Champion Fiddler, Inspired Performer
Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at http://www.myTalentForge.com. Oh, hi! I’m Vi Wickam. I’m here with your myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week. Today we’re going to talk about putting things back together when we’re practicing. So an important strategy while practicing is breaking things apart. And that’s one […]
Each time I put out an album, It is important to me that I push the envelope a little bit. That I grow outside of my comfort zone. That I up my game in some way. When Justin Branum and I created Armadillo on a Hot Tin Roof, we did this in a number of […]
Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is your myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week. Learn to say no! Now this is the third Quick Tip that I’m sharing some of my weaknesses with you. I’m not very good at saying no. But I’m getting better! There’s so many opportunities and so much fun out there […]
Hi I’m Vi Wickam, and this is another myTalentForge.com Quick Tip. Enjoy the silence. This is another Quick Tip that is in my realm of discomfort. I have a tendency to be listening to things all the time. I listen to music. I listen to podcasts. I listen to more music. I play music. I’m […]
Oh, hi there! Vi Wickam here, with a myTalentForge.com Quick Tip of the Week! Today’s tip is go back to the basics! Do those things that you did when you first started the instrument. Or maybe the things you should have done when you first started playing the instrument, but you never spent the time, […]
[The song played at the beginning of the lesson is an original tune I wrote called “Buttered Beans“]. Hey everybody, Vi Wickam here with another [my] Talent Forge Quick Tip of the Week! Today we are going to talk about practicing- just a little bit. We’ve talked a little bit about the difference between practicing […]
Hi, Vi Wickam here for myTalentForge.com. This a free fiddle lesson for one of my favorite fiddle tunes. It’s a jig called Irish Washerwoman. Lots of fun! There’s a lot you can do with it! And it’s a tune just about everyone will recognize. I’m going to play it for you first, at kind of […]
Find more Quick Tips and lessons by Vi Wickam and other teachers at http://www.myTalentForge.com. [The song I play at the beginning of this video is called “Redwing”.] Hey everybody! Vi Wickam here, with today’s [my] Talent Forge Quick Tip of the Week! Start your day with music. This may seem like an obvious thing for […]
Thanks to Artie Martello for Featuring Armadillo on a Hot Tin Roof on his Mostly Folk Podcast. It was a pleasure to be a part of his show! You can stream the podcast below. About Mostly Folk Mostly Folk is a podcast from the Catskill Mountains NY. , playing newly released albums, classic folk, indie […]
Hi I’m Vi Wickam, here with another free lesson from myTalentForge.com. This is Ashokan Farewell, and this is the lesson on the harmony. Ashokan Farewell is a beautiful waltz tune in the key of D written by Jay Unger, who is a fantastic fiddler and song writer, up in the North East- in upstate New […]
