Category Archives: Member Articles

My name is John Luck (Ferret) and I live in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. I was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1950. My family and I moved to Byron Bay around 30 years ago and am … Continue reading →

Join the forum discussion on this post• Please begin by telling us anything you would like to about yourself. Age, place of birth, residence, etc. Well, as for my age, I’m kinda like not 21 any more, although I feel … Continue reading →

Players from around the globe, members of Fiddlerman.com, join together and record themselves to produce a group performance of “Pachelbel’s Canon”. Around 40 tracks and 25 players from around the world contribute to this performance. Many of them having played … Continue reading →

Join the forum discussion on this post Instead of rehairing one of my fiddlerman carbon fiber bows I decided to test it’s strength out of curiousity. I was pleasantly please to discover how tough they really are. Not aware that … Continue reading →

From Strings Magazine (allthingsstrings) on YouTube: Michael Thurber (bass) and Charles Yang (violin) perform a duet on their NS Design electric stringed instruments at the company’s exhibit booth at NAMM 2013, the musical instrument trade show held in mid January … Continue reading →

Please begin by telling us anything you would like to about yourself. Age, place of birth, residence, etc. I am 41 years old, I was born in Norwalk, Conneticut. My dad was in the Navy stationed in Groton, Ct. We … Continue reading →

Twenty-five fiddlerman.com members sent their videos in for a total of 52 tracks. This is the result of the 2012 Fiddlerman Christmas Project. For information on future projects stay posted at Fiddlerman.com and especially the forum. See below the instructions, … Continue reading →

• Please begin by telling us anything you would like to about yourself. Age, place of birth, residence, etc.  63 years – Madurai, India – Tuticorin, India. • What made you decide to play the violin?  When I was 12 … Continue reading →

Join the forum discussion on this post Cremona Kreisler Violin These violins are so good that we have a hard time believing that they are replicas and not fine old Italian violins. Recently we tested more than a dozen new … Continue reading →

Phrasing can make your performance special. To phrase is to do with music exactly the same thing you do when you tell a story or communicate language expressively. Use dynamics and expressions to convey your feelings about a piece of … Continue reading →