I would really enjoy finding somebody in the southern Indiana region who could give me a few lessons and pointers to assist me in improving my ornamentation, learn more tunes, and guide me through the tunes I already know to help me with my overall sound which needs improving.
Any flute, whistle, low whistle, or mandolin/octave mandolin/bouzouki/mandola players who are in the southern indiana region (around daviess county/amish country ) , I would really enjoy to learn from, before I leave the country in some months.
Anyone within 1 hour or so of driving distance from Daviess County, I’d be happy to meet and play some tunes with and hopefully learn a bit from!
I will likely be starting some lessons soon over skype with a good player, however, I’d also like to find someone with which to play in person!
Ah thanks! I lived in Bloomington for 2 1/2 years while I was going to college, so I am familiar with the area. I really like that city a lot, too. I will certainly check with him. Thanks for the info!
Bloomington is roughly an hour north of where I live, but certainly not out of my range. I’m farther south, in the middle of nowhere .
Sure, Sir C. I know driving the backroads there can be slow (I lived in Bloomington, too). But might be worthwhile since there are trad musicians there to take advantage of. Good luck!
I don’t know how current the listings are here, but, you might inquire within for some help. Wait a moment to load info. Click on the tabs, then click over the dots for contacts. Geez, every state should do this.
Good luck with your search. http://folktraditions.com/#
We’re farther east of you in Louisville, but you’re welcome to come up anytime. If Evansville is closer (not sure where Daviess Co. IN is … or do you mean Daviess, KY?), there are some good flute and mandolin players down there. I think at least one fellow from Evansville is coming to Louisville for our session this Sunday.
There’s also a topnotch piper and whistle player in Bowling Green, KY.
Aha, I just looked at a map. Cartography is a beautiful thing.
Send a note to Tintin on this board. He’s a dandy flute & whistle player, and he’ll hook you up with some fiddle/mandolin/banjaxists, too. They have lovely music in Evansville.
I have some family in bowling green KY, it might be a bit out of my range.
Evansville is about the same distance as bloomington, but in a different direction. I’m 30 minutes from vincinnes.
I will write Tintin about that soon. I think he might even come around the session in washington.
I also want to post an update about what I’m looking for-
I am about to have a set of uilleann pipes, and I’d really like to find as many contacts around this area who play them as possible.
I will definitely check out the sessions in both bloomington and evansville! Thanks for writing!
The whistle/flute/pipes players are actually a much higher priority for me than mandolin teachers. For some reason I seem to progress very quickly and learn things very very easily… but whistle is just a difficult instrument for me. Seems with most people it’s the other way around, but I started with stringed instruments when I was a lot younger, so it comes a bit more easily to me.
If I can’t find any pipers closer, I might even consider maybe making a trip to bowling green. You are welcome to PM me with details, I’d appreciate it!
) , I would really enjoy to learn from, before I leave the country in some months.