I'm from Philadelphia and environs, PA USA.
I enjoy shooting my guns, using racial slurs at cocktail parties, taking orders from imaginary voices in my head, reading children's books while Rome burns, ignoring national disasters, taking away the rights of other citizens, and picking fights with people who cannot fight back.
I tinker with the written word a bit as well.
I've been playing fiddle since 1998, self taught, until common sense broke through and I began taking lessons and going to workshops in 2002.
I was recently condemned to play the 30-button C/G Anglo concertina. I've been playing this curse of an instrument since February, 2006 and quite enjoy it.
Please, everyone, learn to use the semicolon. ;^}
Tunes in grymater's tunebook: 159
| Eugene O'Donnell's | slip jig | July 27th 2007 |
| The Circus | hornpipe | July 20th 2007 |
| Eddie Kelly's | reel | September 27th 2006 |
| Woodcock Hill | hornpipe | June 12th 2006 |
| Hunt For Wild Flora | reel | May 15th 2006 |
| The Devil And The Farmer’s Wife | June 10th 2004 |
| Melbourne Sleeper | March 29th 2004 |
| Floating Candles | March 25th 2004 |
| Out Of Ireland | Mick Moloney | July 11th 2006 |
| Traditional Irish Music In America: The East Coast | Various Artists | October 25th 2005 |
| Ceol Mor | Ceol Mor | June 15th 2004 |
| October Song | The House Band | June 1st 2004 |
| Barachois | Barachois | June 1st 2004 |
| Erich Steiner Carbon Fiber Bows | February 14th 2005 |
| What are "Boughalauns/Buachalawns/Buchalawns"? | December 6th 2004 |
| Where's the craic in D.C.? | November 10th 2004 |
| Name this tune? | September 22nd 2004 |
| The Irish for 'no' and 'know' | August 30th 2004 |
| Tunes | New setting | January 1st 2008 |
| Tunes | Name Change! | December 30th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: the ten commandaments of sessions(with apologies to the Old Testament) | November 1st 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: Earliest experiences of The Session? | September 25th 2007 |
| Tunes | July 29th 2007 |