Musical Inspiration – Jaco Pastorius 

Musical Inspiration – Jaco Pastorius 

  I talked in my last musical inspiration about how you should always look for inspiration from musicians that don’t play your primary instrument. The reason is that sometimes being inspired by musicians that don’t play your instrument can lead to an...
Musical Inspiration – Victor Wooten

Musical Inspiration – Victor Wooten

Over the years since I started playing the fiddle, I have listened to a lot of fiddlers for inspiration, and it has served me well. I definitely think that you should see what is being done on your instrument before you switch it up and try new things. But once...
Musical Inspiration – Jacob Collier

Musical Inspiration – Jacob Collier

Someone that has been inspiring me a lot lately is Jacob Collier. He is not a fiddler, he’s not even a folk artist, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t appreciate how much of a musical genius he is. For those of you who don’t already know him, Jacob is a jazz artist...
My Audition at the Berklee College of Music

My Audition at the Berklee College of Music

My Audition at the Berklee College of Music Back in October I submitted my application to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Right after the submission I booked an audition and interview. During this process I got to choose a few preferred times and...
Musical Inspiration – Quinn Bachand

Musical Inspiration – Quinn Bachand

Musical Inspiration – Quinn Bachand Many of you may know who Quinn Bachand is through various groups that he is in; Qristina & Quinn Bachand, Brishen, Kittle & Co. I first saw Quinn when he was touring as a guitarist/fiddler/banjo player for Shane Cook,...