Fiedel Max

I told myself not to spend any money yet until the next payday but sometimes I have no control of my fingers. Or maybe I do but I am just confident that if worse comes to worst, Mann ist da! 🤭 So here I am, another violin book for 14 euro. Just because I am…

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Catch of the Day

Weather is lovely today for a so called “winter” being 17C, no wind and its sunny. So Mann played hooky today and went fishing instead. Since 8 this morning however, this is his only catch. If Mann is a fisherman, his family will starve. But being a pinoy, I can always stretch this with a…

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Knickerbocker Glory

Knickerbocker Glory, page 5 of Waggon Wheels by Katherine and Hugh Colledge. Youtube has a playlist of wagon wheels and part 1 is with violin only and part 2 is with piano accompaniment. I listened to part 1 and I am not yet at this level. 😭 Maybe in 45 years perhaps? Mann asked me…

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Paddle Steamer

It is very frustrating to see a video of someone playing a violin really truly well and then you see this video. The struggle is real. It has been a year of off and on self-learning violin journey and I am now in Waggon Wheel page 4 of  Katherine and High Colledge.  But still enjoy…

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