Fiddletyme

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Influences and inspiration

I have many people who have influenced my love for music and performing. I love Alison Krauss; her beautiful tone quality is outstanding. I even use the same microphone she has used, a Shure SM58. Her attitude about how her instrument sounds within a band setting is an important standard to establish. When playing anything melodious, I always try to make my sound eloquent. To me, vibrato is a crucial part of the sound, but it should never be used enough to dominate it. Growing up, I listened to the Carpenters, and I feel the same way about Karen Carpenter's golden voice. I would listen to her songs over and over, and to this day, I still get that same feeling listening to her tone quality. It is just beautiful and iconic. I grew up in the Disco era, I absolutely love rhythm, funk, and a serious pulse, even though I play the violin and fiddle. Even when a rhythm is somewhat basic, it needs to be rock-solid because it is the driving force of any song or arrangement. Professional players don't play basic—they play solid. Jazz is a newfound love that I discovered over the last twenty years. However, I grew up listening to big band songs and arrangements because my parents remembered music from that era. I often thought I was born at the wrong time because I love the style of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and the Andrews (link hidden)ople might think that as a fiddler, my main influences would only be other fiddlers, but that isn't the case. My most important influence was my private teacher, who was like a second father to me. Victor Passowisty who taught me the Violin and how to play the Fiddle. But, he taught me to be a Musician first and a Fiddler second. I guess that is why I love all kinds of music. It inspired me to obtain a music degree and teach in a secondary school music program, where I always tried to incorporate my teenagers' personal music tastes into what they learned to keep them (link hidden)day, I still listen to (link hidden)91 daily. I deeply admire the improvisation involved in jazz playing, and I enjoy improvising over melodies myself. The more I practice this style, the more comfortable I feel taking solos in a band setting. The greats I will always enjoy include Miss Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Huey Lewis and the News, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, LeAnn Rimes, and Bruno Mars, just to name a (link hidden)y Corrections MadeSpelling: Fixed espically (especially), arra (era), arrnagement (arrangement), encorporate (incorporate), Leanne (LeAnn), and Glen Millar / Andrew Sisters (Glenn Miller / Andrews Sisters)

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