OK, 'tis the morn' o' the 31st and here's mine - no vid - just on soundcloud.

Nothing much to say about it, still hitting the occasional adjacent string, still fluffing the odd note.  Anything good about it ?  Well, to me, yes - I can play "unrehearsed and off the cuff" for what are now "extended periods of time" without first having to sit down for about 30 minutes, work through the "difficult to me" bits to play and so on.  What else - I feel I am in control of the instrument, rather than the other way round

When I started off, earlier this year, it would have taken - oh the 30 mins of "planning" and maybe 10 recording shots to arrive at something half way reasonable - and even then I would be lucky to get much more than 30 to 45 seconds worth without messing it up totally.   

So that's been my voyage so far with the violin - it really is starting "to feel like a part of me"

Happy fiddling in 2015 folks !

Bill

@Raywells - way to go man!   THAT'S THE SPIRIT !   And best wishes with the 2015 project, I'm sure it will be successful !

Thanks for posting Ray ! 

Heyyy - your participation was not expected - you are busy with your own life !!! LOL - and I hope the performance went well !

LOL ( well, not laughing really ) @Fiddlerman - dude - Ummagumma - "Careful with that axe, Eugene (aka Pierre with knife in hand)"

Hope it heals soon !

[ Wooooo - I haven't listened to this in years - although I still "hear it in my head" from time to time - tells yah FAR TOO MUCH about my wasted youth.... ]  Here you go Floyd fans -

 (yes, they do go on on a bit - but it was "in the era" and you "just did" that kinda thing when wasted...! )

Thanks for reminding me of that, man ( in spite of the sliced open thumb! )

LET 2015 ROCK FOR YOU BRO and keep the site kicking !  ^5s

@coolpinkone - thank you so much for that - the whole thing was really an "off the cuff" thing - the "heat of the moment" - I just felt we needed a thread for any "last minute posters" to kick 2014 in the a$$  LOLOL - and we got three !  That's cool !

Your playing is very precise, sounding great!    Personally, I pay too little attention to timing and intonation and it often sounds - well - not as it should... hmmm  !  

So, well done and thank you !  Have a great 2015 - by my command ! LOL

Fiddlerman said
Great job Toni. Thanks
Exactly Bill. I may even start that party.
Right now I can't play because of my thumb (I know it sounds like an excuse) but I'm hoping Monday I can at least play enough to demo our sold instruments.

...wrap that thumb in a bandage, it'll make it easier for you to slide up the neck as you change position - oh - you can do that already ! LOL.....  (green with envy!)

  Anyway, it's my own fault for mentioning this and going down this road - but now I'm just "lost" - I have wasted ( ? well, no, not really ) 3 hours listening to not only Floyd, but also the Moody Blues - I have always liked "Tuesday Afternoon" (not to forget  Nights in White Satin and so on...) 

  and yes, sadly, I used to have hair like that... hmmmm... LOL

  I think it's not a bad idea to take some "traditional"  rock ( I use the word because of its age - still in living memory of course, but "old enough to be called traditional" !!! LOL ) and re-visit it with a strings-version - I think there is mileage in this.  A "Trad Rock" thread, with projects / parties / whatever...    And a lot of that stuff just isn't fundamentally difficult....  they may not be of the "classical genre", but they are indeed "classics"

... oh well, it's off to find some Jethro Tull now and Heavy Horses - there is no cure for me - I'm sorry to say....   (and if anyone knows of a cure - DO NOT TELL ME!)