I'm a translator (German-English) by trade and acoustic musician by avocation. I play primarily fiddle (Irish and old-timey), but also 5-string Bluegrass banjo, mandolin (regular and octave), dobro, guitar, bodhran, spoons, concertina and a few other instruments. I live in the "motherlode" area of California in Amador county. My BA was in music composition from San Jose State, but I dropped classical music after marriage. My family lives about 15 minutes from any sign of civilization and 1.5 hours to the nearest city. My wife is a nurse practitioner, and I have three kids (11, 14, 17). My musical involvement includes assisting the worship team in church every Sunday, an irregular Irish duo, a regular old-timey band, and a sheet-music-oriented folk/Irish trio with a classical pianist and my wife on flute and penny whistle.
Tunes in fiddlerj's tunebook: 13
| Discussions | Re: Inviting All Lurkers to Reveal Themselves | May 20th 2002 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Beare Island | reel | Edorian |
| Crested Hens | waltz | Dmajor |
| The Cuil Aodha | jig | Gmajor |
| Eynhallow Soond | reel | Eminor |
| The King's Fancy | jig | Gminor |
| Laura And Ethena | reel | Dminor |
| Laura Lynn Cunningham | reel | Bminor |
| Music For A Found Harmonium | reel | Dmajor |
| Rosewood | jig | Amajor |
| The Skye Boat Song | waltz | Gmajor |
| Sourgrass And Granite | waltz | Dmajor |
| Tripping Down The Stairs | reel | Gmajor |
| The Watchmaker | reel | Aminor |