Hi Guys,

You can call me m8, and I would be honored to join this great online community at fiddlerman.com. I've spent a bit of time lurking the website and checking out some instructional videos, and I've been really inspired by this entire community.

My story, in brief, is that I actually took violin lessons as a little kid from 2nd – 6th grade. I moved across the U.S. in 7th grade, and left a lot behind me. While I still played the violin throughout middle and high school, my progress on the violin halted, and the sad truth is that I lacked motivation to excel, let alone continue.

While there were many good things going on in my life at the time, throughout high school and college I never picked up the violin. Music has always been a part of me, and to this day I really love listening to artists like Yo-Yo Ma, or works by Howard Shore, John Williams, and recently, Fiddlerman

A little bit about myself, I'm a younger guy in my 20's, I now live in Hawaii, and I'm interested in science and math. I'm also going to pick up a violin for the first time in six years once my Cecilio electric violin arrives on May 31, and I can't wait (your review sold me, Fiddlerman). I'm really looking forward to practicing with a pair of headphones on.

My goals:

Anyway, I'm really excited to continue my learning of the violin alongside everyone else on here. Some things I want to improve upon is my ability to read music so I may confidently sight-read. I'm also really excited to develop some vibrato. When I last played I was beginning to learn what I now know is called arm vibrato. My dream, like others, is to make that violin sing like FM and so many other great artists. To help me in that goal, I'm hoping to learn some wrist and finger vibrato. Finally, the last thing I would really like to learn is some blues, bluegrass, and fiddle music. I've never played a drop of it, but I would love to start.

Of course, I hope to make some friends here too!

Well everyone, that's my introduction.

thanks everyone!! You guys are great.

But alas, my violin still hasn't arrived!! I am bummed.

The violin was supposed to be in my hands on the 31st, but after calling up UPS I found out the UPS driver was unable to find my apartment… "driver error" aie!!

I hope it gets here soon!! I'm leaving for a brief trip tonight, and oh how I would love to hold it before I go.

heh! Anyway, I was wondering if ya'll could recommend a good fiddling song to me. One that would be good for pulling out at parties, etc. It will be my first, but I don't mind a good challenge. Thanks.