Bluegrass

For some reason, that tune opened in Quick Time and the sound is terrible. Better to open it in Windows Media. I'll check to see if that was my fault and change it if possible.
Fred

Delightful, Fred! Just downright delightful!

Thank you so much for sharing your music with us. With all the music being shared here, I feel as if I'm in the presence of giants. I wish I could stand upon your shoulders, but my balance is pretty bad.

I'm planning a return to singing in our chorus, now that my myasthenia gravis seems to be better controlled, so I may be using MidiNotate more than I have recently.

But I've also returned to working on websites and programming for income, leaving me far less time to play with music than I would like.


Blessings,

Lee Eschen

Hi Lee,
Thank you for the nice words of encouragement. It sure is great news to hear you are getting the myasthenia gravis under control. That is fantastic! If it lets you work more with the software that is a tremendous bonus. I hadn't written anything in years and years until I got Composer a year and a half ago. Now it is even replacing a lot of golf. You would have a tough time trying to reach my shoulders. I am standing on the shoulders of quite a few great composers on this site. You're right, we are both in the presence of giants!
Speaking of websites, I just finished mine. Feel free to take a look. Maybe you can give me some insight. Thanks again!
Fred
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeu3q92/iwritethesongs/

Hi Fred,

Now that thar be agoin some. Guess what I'm listening to. It's astounding how easily you can segue from style to style and bring a sense of authenticity to each.

You don't hear the old music much any more in this immediate area, but I can clearly remember when there was a square dance every weekend, with local musicians, including my father in law, who played fiddle and what I always called a Hawaiian guitar, and you have the sound down pat. West Virginia PBS has produced a number of programs that are about or include segments with folks really deep in the hills playing and singing; I can easily picture the front porch of a cabin populated by a couple of guys with fiddles and banjos and a squeeze box, and of course a washboard, when I listen to "Blue, Blue Grass..."

While on TV: Ohio University's PBS channel has a program called "Jubilee" every Thursday evening, each featuring a different group, often bluegrass. I'm not sure if it's just local or national, but you might check your listings, if you'd like to hear some "live" stuff.

I visited your website. Very nice. Hay, with a swing like that, you ought to keep score... You can tell Patsy that if I were analyzing her work to a room full of students, I would use the word "genius" somewhere along the way. I hope she exhibits... When you took the crumpled clarinet back to Ted, if you'd had Raven along, he might have given you a refund...

After the bluegrass, what's next? Can't wait to find out.

all best,
mgj