Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 02:02:15 -0600
Subject: Re: Links & Fiddles

Hi Mickey,
Yes the fiddle arrived intact!! Thanks for picking me out a nice one. It arrived shortly before I had to go out of town. I was in Washington DC last week and I'm in Savannah, GA right now. I'll be home Friday and should get a chance to play with it some!!
I'll get your banner up on my site soon. Still rebuilding what we lost a couple months ago. Geeze life has gotten Soooooo busy!! I did get to watch your fiddle video and it is Excellent!!! So much better than anything else I've seen. I love the way you explain EVERYTHING!!!!!
Thanks again,
Dan

Dan,

I see you're on the road as usual. I remember a few years back when you were in Deadwood one week before we were there...that would have been a hell of a chance encounter...

You might consider taking your violin with you...You can also practice a violin by playing it like a mandolin...this helps develop your knowledge of the fingerboard and eliminates the need to draw the bow. And, the violin is more portable than any other so-called travel instrument. Just a suggestion...

I'm still working on quite a few projects myself. I'm currently finishing a book on Fingerstyle Mandolin...the start of it is now posted on our website at:
http://www.folkofthewood.com/page5316.htm

I believe you might find the Preface somewhat interesting...it's a small window to my lifelong musical journey...I'd love to get your take on it...to date I do not know of one video or book on fingerstyle mandolin.

You might also find our community website of interest:
Alto, New Mexico's official website:
http://www.altonewmexico.us

Contact:
webmaster@altonewmexico.us
PO Box 2810
Alto, New Mexico 88312

It might inspire you to finally come by for a visit...

Hope you're having a fun and safe journey, Mickey

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Subject: Intro to the Violin & Fiddle
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 08:34:00 -0400

Do you have this item as a DVD instead of VHS?

We had high hopes of having the DVD ready this summer...unfortunately, as an instrument retail operation, we're buried under...and, we do everything in-house and do not out-source...so, our only excuse is that our resources are exhausted...this video is 2.5 hours in length and on DVD this requires two separate DVD's...hence the price may be another 50% above the cost of the VHS...so, the VHS is a good value as it stands...

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Subject: RE: Intro to the Violin & Fiddle:
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:30:02 -0500

Hi Mickey,

Me again,
Regarding your video "Intro to the Violin & Fiddle" are there any DVD copies or plans to do so?

Greetings Raymond,

DVD's are in the works. We're up against encoding to mpeg2...we have the original video edited and stored on a hard drive. We digitally record everything therefore, the step to DVD should be a natural process. Unfortunately, it's still a time consuming process. Our projected dates for release on DVD is the first part of 2004. Please stay tuned on our website for updates.

Mickey

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Subject: details about the video for violin
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 16:25:32 +0800

Dear Sir, I wonder if your video tape explains the different bow strokes, like stac, spicato et. in slow motion for a beginner to follow. I am an elderly beginner and am afraid to go to a younger techer for fear of being rediculed I being slow of understanding. Aodeo like yours would be aboon
Plwasw reply
joseph mathews


Greetings Joseph,

Thanks so much for your interest in our violin/fiddle video. This video is a basic instructional video that leans heavily on methodology as opposed to teaching one song after another. Many bowing techniques are covered such as lifting the bow, proper bowing hand, shuffle bowing, proper bow angle, tremolo, etc. However, the violin bowing techniques you're asking about are not included. Even so, we are bringing out a series of videos on violin and hope to cover these bowing techniques in our sequel to the first video. Unfortunately, within a 2 and 1/2-hour framework, on one video, it's impossible to cover some of the finer violin techniques you're requesting. Keep in mind, we also cover many left hand techniques in this video including, but not limited to: vibrato, the trill, the slide, etc. Again, this video is, at the very least, a methodology video; whereas, most violin instructional videos appear to be song compilations that touch on violin technique and studies.

Wishing you the best in your research efforts, Mickey

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Subject: details about the video "Introduction to the Violin & Fiddle"
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 16:25:32 +0800

Dear Sir, I wonder if your video tape explains the different bow strokes, like stac, spicato et. in slow motion for a beginner to follow. I am an elderly beginner and am afraid to go to a younger techer for fear of being rediculed I being slow of understanding. Aodeo like yours would be aboon
Please reply
joseph

Greetings Joseph,

Thanks so much for your interest in our violin/fiddle video. This video is a basic instructional video that leans heavily on methodology as opposed to teaching one song after another. Many bowing techniques are covered such as lifting the bow, proper bowing hand, shuffle bowing, proper bow angle, tremolo, etc. However, the violin bowing techniques you're asking about are not included. Even so, we are bringing out a series of videos on violin and hope to cover these bowing techniques in our sequel to the first video. Unfortunately, within a 2-hour framework, it's impossible to cover some of the finer violin techniques you're requesting. Keep in mind, we also cover many left hand techniques in this video including, but not limited to: vibrato, the trill, the slide, etc. Again, this video is, at the very least, a methodology video; whereas, most other violin instructional videos appear to be song compilations.

Wishing you the best in your research efforts, Mickey

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Mickey Cochran
Production/CIO
Folk of the Wood
http://www.folkofthewood.com