DavisJames

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Location: St.Catharines
Country: Canada

My Latest Followers:

Bvmaestro Beth T StudentofRhythm Nate glowhazel dulcidom granto mrdougg leslie Jim Phillips Salt Springs Leo Kretzner Cynthia Wigington Gregg Schneeman Christine Shoemaker Martin Oesterle Gordon Hardy Pierre-Yves Donnio Rob N Lackey Mark Filler John C. Knopf Maddie Myers Cristian Huet Dusty Turtle Ethan Chastain Tom McDonald Mary Z. Cox Randy Adams Robin Thompson Strumelia

Stats

youtube videos: 4
audio tracks: 21

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Latest Activity

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DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 days ago • comments: 6
Liked a music item created by @mikemullen1: Huron Carol_Dulcimer_12_19
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 days ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on War of 1812:
"That is so ticklish on the ears(meaning I like it).My forebears were in that war and the one before it,on the other side.Music crosses borders better than..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Lonesome Valley:
"Thanks John.I enjoy listening to this.Also good to hear the name "Richard Dyer-Bennett".A big force in the continuation of Appalachian music and quite a..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 5 days ago • comments: 1
Posted a new Comment on Crafty Maid's policy:
"My mum's parents were from Yorkshire,emigrated to Canada in the early 1900's...they would've loved this and given you a begrudging compliment...which amounts..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 5 days ago • comments: 1
Liked a music item created by @foggers: Crafty Maid's policy
DavisJames
@davisjames • 5 days ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on When I first went to Caledonia.:
"I seldom use a capo,but I like the "bark" and jingly jangly of the teardrop capoed at the 5th. fret."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 5 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Old Motel:
"That's funny Robin,but now that you mention it,I can hear the similarities!(Scotland the Brave)."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 5 days ago • comments: 3
Posted a new Comment on Old Motel:
"Got that wrong re the tuning!The drones are D g dd,that enables the G-D bass on the 1st half of the 2nd. verse."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 6 days ago • comments: 1
Created a new Audio File:
Prairie Medley.
DavisJames
@davisjames • 6 days ago • comments: 3
Created a new Audio File:
Old Motel
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 19
Liked a video item created by @rob-n-lackey: Black Eyed Susie - Gardner dulcimer
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 2
Liked a music item created by @foggers: Working Girl Blues
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 0
Liked a music item created by @daniel-crommie: Bergerette
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 6
Posted a new Comment on The Princess Royal.:
"Upon reflection it's the Nashville trick in reverse.On the guitar you'd be playing the bass strings with the pick,slightly muted with the heel of your..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • one week ago • comments: 8
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: All the Abandoned Mines
DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Peasant Dance:
"Very cool.I bet Morris dancers would like this( that thing they do with the sticks)."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on Downtown Eastside Blues.:
"I find the dulcimer wonderful because of the comfort level the drone strings provide when playing a melody....nevertheless I have found that the scheitholt..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 10
Liked a youtube item created by @phil-myers: Be Thou My Vision
DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Be Thou My Vision:
"It sounds wonderful.I did notice that the body is deeper and wider than my scheitholt.I'm going a different direction at the moment.I would like to play an..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Be Thou My Vision:
"That's lovely!Would you call that a baritone scheitholt?Or are the strings just tuned low?Sounds very different from my Jack Ferguson scheitholt."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 7
Liked a youtube item created by @martin-oesterle: Grimstock Dulcimerspielkreis Ludwigsburg
DavisJames
@davisjames • 2 weeks ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Livi:
"It also sounds like mandolin(doubled strings).Do you have percussion in the background?Whatever it is,it works."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 12
Posted a new Comment on Sweet Yellows and Pinks:
"Spring has finally sprung here(after many stops and starts)...Yes,the flowers and blossoms,finally easy to know what to wear ouside..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 1
Liked a youtube item created by @damon: It's Time!
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 12
Posted a new Comment on Restoration Of Vintage Arthur Dixon Mountain Dulcimer:
"Nice video.Loves to see that T-shirt with the flag."
DavisJames
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 7
Posted a new Comment on The Clergy's Lamentation:
"Lovely.I especially like the fact  that for a few moments you mix up the time signatures which is a big part of traditional music(sorry,amateur folklorist..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 10
Posted a new Comment on Natchez Under The Hill:
"There's an expression in Cape Breton,",Drive 'er MacIvor!".. you do that."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 13
Posted a new Comment on Nesting Season:
"Hi Robin,I like this tune a lot!Everytime I hear it I think of "Copperhead Road" by Steve Earle..It's in the mixolydian mode,sure,but  there seemed to be..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "American old time music.":
"On reflection-I still play,but would hesitate to record, the music of my youth(Ottawa Valley style).A lot of it has been recorded many times over,why do it..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Posted a response to "American old time music.":
"It's just something I noticed(the dearth of old time American music in audio/video).. I meant to create a new topic in forums."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "American old time music.":
"I don't hear much old time American music on the website anymore.I love that stuff but I have to go back in the archives to hear it.In the meantime I'm..."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Cuncti Simus Concanentes:
"Stands right up there with the music I've heard from "Trencadie",a band singing in southern French and Catalan.. beautiful."
DavisJames
@davisjames • 3 weeks ago • comments: 6
Liked a music item created by @robin-thompson: After the Flood
DavisJames
@davisjames • 4 weeks ago • comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on Recessional:
"Great stuff!I especially like the simulated harmonium...there's a big East Indian diaspora in my neck of the woods so  they come up on ebay occasionally.May..."

Latest Group Discussions

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Latest Audio

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Prairie Medley.

Prairie Medley.


@DavisJames
6 days ago - Comments: 1
Old Motel

Old Motel


@DavisJames
6 days ago - Comments: 3
The Princess Royal.

The Princess Royal.


@DavisJames
2 months ago - Comments: 6
Danville Girl.

Danville Girl.


@DavisJames
3 months ago - Comments: 5
The 4 poster bed.

The 4 poster bed.


@DavisJames
6 months ago - Comments: 10
Champagne Waltz.

Champagne Waltz.


@DavisJames
6 months ago - Comments: 5
Drunken Captain.

Drunken Captain.


@DavisJames
9 months ago - Comments: 2
Valse Clog de Peribonka.

Valse Clog de Peribonka.


@DavisJames
10 months ago - Comments: 4
The Indian's Lament.

The Indian's Lament.


@DavisJames
11 months ago - Comments: 6
Napoleon crossing the alps.

Napoleon crossing the alps.


@DavisJames
last year - Comments: 4
Louie's Schottische.

Louie's Schottische.


@DavisJames
last year - Comments: 6
Strathspey and Reel.

Strathspey and Reel.


@DavisJames
last year - Comments: 1
Cuckoo's Nest.

Cuckoo's Nest.


@DavisJames
2 years ago - Comments: 1
Downtown Eastside Blues.

Downtown Eastside Blues.


@DavisJames
2 years ago - Comments: 7
Westernlands Waltz.

Westernlands Waltz.


@DavisJames
2 years ago - Comments: 2

Latest Videos

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Bending the strings

Bending the strings


@DavisJames
last year - Comments: 5
asheville girls

asheville girls


@DavisJames
3 years ago - Comments: 3
Cherry Dulcimer Song

Cherry Dulcimer Song


@DavisJames
4 years ago - Comments: 9

Comments

Ken Longfield
12/29/23 11:13:30PM @ken-longfield:

I grew up not far from the Hudson River on the western side of the Palisades in north eastern NJ. We spent many delightful days traveling up the western side of the river up to Kingston and back.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."


Ken Longfield
12/28/23 06:36:34PM @ken-longfield:

I, too, have ancestors that came over from the Palitinate. Perhaps it is that and the fact that I live in central Pennsylvania that peaked my interest in the the Pennsylvania German zitter, a relative of the German hummel. I have two instruments for the last quarter of 19th century that I've restored plus I have examined instruments in the Mercer Museum, Landis Valley Farm and Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."


Strumelia
12/01/23 03:55:50PM @strumelia:

James you are so kind and thoughtful to support FOTMD as you do. Thank You!  🎄🙋🏼‍♀️


Strumelia
12/27/21 05:10:38PM @strumelia:

@davisjames, thank you so much for your thoughtful site donation to FOTMD. It is so very appreciated. 🥰


Salt Springs
12/10/21 04:48:22AM @salt-springs:

June Apple Dulcimers in Maryland builds Scheitholts.  I have one.... it is an outstanding instrument.


DavisJames
12/08/21 05:46:45PM @davisjames:

Thanks again for the welcoming words.


Jim Fawcett
11/25/21 07:12:22PM @jim-fawcett:

Hey Davis, welcome aboard. Glad ya found us.


Ben Barr Jr
11/25/21 05:44:41AM @benjamin-w-barr-jr:

Hi Davis, and welcome to the wonderful world of the Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer.  It's a good place to come, spend some time, learn about the dulcimer, and to meet some good people.

Ben


Ken Longfield
11/24/21 12:36:59PM @ken-longfield:

Welcome to FOTMD, DavisJames. It is good to have you aboard. I look forward to your participation in these discussions. Let us know if we can help you in any way along your dulcimer journey.

Ken

"The dulcimer sings a sweet song."


Richard Streib
11/23/21 07:53:28PM @richard-streib:

Welcome Davisjames to Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer. Glad you joined. This is a great community of dulcimer folks. Join the discussions. Ask questions. Make lots of dulcimer friends. Best wishes on your dulcimer journey.