Hello my friends! I wrote this New Tune Challenge melody a couple of weeks ago as I was walking my dog. The Colorado Sun was shining in the crisp morning air. I was filled with a sense of comfort and peace. A New Year is upon us! A year filled with new hope and opportunity. […]
Fiddling Sasquatch – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Hello, my friends! Vi the Fiddler Wickam here with today’s New Tune Challenge! I call this one Fiddling Sasquatch and I have my Fiddlin’ Sasquatch shirt on. This morning as I was getting ready for my day, I saw this shirt in my closet and I thought, what would a Fiddling Sasquatch sound like? And […]
Almost Minor – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Hello, my fiddle friends! I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking surely by now Vi Wickam has run out of fiddle tunes, but I’m not even close! This is another original of mine I wrote this last March at the beginnings of the COVID pandemic. I called it Almost Minor and I wrote it as […]
C-Saw Rag – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Happy New Year! Vi Wickam here with another New Tune Challenge. This one is called the C-Saw Rag. I was going to record this one as my Christmas tune, but it was delayed by a week because I wrote and recorded The Christmas Star as we were setting up to record. So, this is my […]
The Christmas Star – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Hi everybody, I’m back with another New Tune Challenge! I call this one The Christmas Star. It’s a waltz I wrote about 45 seconds before recording. I had a seed of this tune as I was falling as falling asleep two or three nights ago. I was laying in bed and this melody popped into […]
Descent Into the Depths – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Hello, my fine fiddling friends! Here’s a New Tune Challenge for you! I just finished writing this one about five minutes before I recorded it. It’s a jig in the key of D, called it Descent Into the Depths. You could just call it Descent, if you want to. Or, you could call it decent […]
Uncle JC’s Hornpipe – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
I’m back with another tune in my New Tune Challenge! I wrote this tune this last week, after Sherri Wortham suggested that I should write a tune for JC Hounshell. JC’s a great Texas Fiddler. I’ve judged the Grand Lake American Heritage Fiddle Fest with him a number of times, and I learned a couple […]
Russian Christmas – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Hello, my friends! Here’s another addition to my New Tune Challenge series. This one is kind of a Christmasy tune called Russian Christmas. It’s got a Eastern European or Russian kind of sound to it. Last weekend, while my wife Christina and I were riding in the car (she was driving), I started humming a […]
Realities For Children Nightlights 2020
On the 1st of this month, I had the opportunity to perform again as part of the Realties for Children NightLights Tree Lighting Ceremony with a few of my favorite music friends – Franklin Taggart (guitar/vocals), Taylor Smith (bass/vocals), Chris Stongle (drums), and Marshall Smith (Keys). Since they live streamed the whole event, and it’s […]
Pass The Grog – Vi The Fiddler’s New Tune Challenge
Hello, my fine fiddling friends! I’m here with another tune from my New Tune Challenge! This is a tune I wrote a couple of years ago. It’s a jig in the key of G. I’m trying to mix it up and give you some different tunes of different types. I call this one Pass The […]
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