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Thursday, December 4, 2025

My Favorite Music of 2025: Two Albums Really Stood Out

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Tortoise - Touch I've posted a list of my favorite albums of the year each year for at least the last 15 cycles, and at this point I...
Saturday, November 8, 2025

Learn It Fast to Play It Fast

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A friend's newsletter this week led me to the Fast Practice Technique as taught by trombonist Jason Sulliman. The basic idea is that you...

You Don't Have To Be Irish To Play Irish Music

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From what I have noticed, as long as you're playing an instrument suitable to Irish music, and as long as you are playing it with some s...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Happy Enchilada Tunes

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We all have our Happy Enchilada tunes. By that I mean tunes where you mis-hear some of the notes so that your fingers play something that is...
Monday, October 27, 2025

Melodica for Irish airs, O'Carolan tunes, and other slow pieces

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As sometimes happens with me, about a week ago out of the blue I decided that I should get a melodica for playing some of the slower session...
Saturday, October 4, 2025

The One Thing I Wish I Had Done More of When I Started Playing Tenor Banjo

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It's been over 19 years since I first got a tenor banjo. There are lots of things I wish knew starting out, including don't worry ab...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

Poulsbo and Leavenworth - Exploring Washington's Euro-Themed Towns

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We did a close to home "European" vacation this past week, visiting both of Washington state's European style towns: Poulsbo a...