Terry Wilson

RIP to our good friend Terry. You brought so much joy and happy energy to so many people on this earth!

Terry

Will keep you in prayer for uncomplicated healing and quick recovery from your surgery.

Blessings

Richard

 Hey to you, Maria.  I have been going through a lot in the past 10 months.

Another back surgery,  hand surgery, and dealing with taking care of my grandson since the death of his 38 yr old mother last April 2016.

But life goes on.  I am much better, but laying off stringed instruments until strum hand heals 100%.  Arthritis will always hang around.

Still playing harmonica, and leading singing and devotions, at a senior center each week.   This past Monday I helped bus 14 seniors, average age 88, to a church to minister to the seniors at that church.  Go figure☺.  63 in attendance. 

Anyways, thanks for asking.  I know you are doing well with your many music endeavors. 

To all, stay kind to others.

Terry I haven't heard from you in a while and I'm hoping you are well. I couldn't send you a private message for whatever reason. So I thought I would just post here!!

Take care

Maria

Terry there's also a box just under your name in the private message center that says refers to blocking users, you may want to click on that to unblock users. I see you have me blocked from sending private messages.

Terry I haven't responded to you because I get the message back "This user is not accepting messages at this time". I am deeply sorry for your loss and for your son.

Terry, some folks want to private message with you. Re your comment about not being able to see the whole message - on the blue-green banner at the top of the private message box, there is a box that says expand all replies, if you hit this it will allow you to read the messages completely.

Hello Terry, in response to your question about my dulcimer. It was built by a local northern Alberta builder, probably the only builder here. He lives in Fairview, Alberta which is about an hour and a half north of me. He hasn't built many, only about 25 at the time when he built mine which was in 2012 and he had been building for 20 years then. He is very "pernickety" and does beautiful work and only builds as the spirit moves him. I haven't spoken to him for at least a year (that's a shame, isn't it). His name is Reg Davy, his phone number is 780-834-7681 and his email is regdavy@telusplanet.net . He's a good man.

Hey Terry re "Softly and Tenderly" that's nothin', you should see me play standing on my head! LOL

Terry, got your note and am glad it was helpful.   If you really want to get into the flute, I would suggest you get a copy of John Vames' book on Native American Flute methods.  He has one for traditional music and another for Jazz on the NAF.   Also, Clint Goss has a couple of CD's out that have various drumbeats that you can use as background music while you play or practice.

The NAF is an amazing instrument, though the modern ones do not sound anything at all like the ones natives used.  There are a few recordings around of native players from long ago.  Perhaps this link will work:

http://www.flutetree.com/links/Recordings.html 

You might get a kick out of going to Coyote Oldman's web site, there is a play button on the upper left of his home page that Michael put there so you can here what the Anasazi flute sounds like.  the one he makes is an exact replica of one found somewhere around Chaco Canyon.  I bought one years ago and I'll tell you it is a bear to play....rim blown, now sound box, just a 28" straight tube.........take a listen and you will be amazed what Michael can do with it. He also made a Mojave rim blown for me... same story, shorter, 4 holes but great sound........when you get going the next thing you will want is a hand drum, I use Keith Little Badger's......there is a website where you can buy one......traditional builder and not out of the ball park price wise.

Hi Terry, just thought I would post to your wall what I use to record rather than to the general discussion. I have a little canon vixia hf r500 camcorder on an inexpensive tripod. I set it up 3 or 4 feet from where I'm sitting and start filming. When I finally get a good "take" I download the whole "movie" into my computer. Then I use a video converter. I use a free off the internet soft ware product called "Any Video Converter". You can certainly pay for better products, but this one works just fine for me. I load the entire movie into the converter and cut out the segment I want to keep, then I "convert" that segment into a smaller more manageable video, rename it and voila. I'm sure my audio and video is no way professional but hey I'm just doing this for kicks and it's lots of fun for me.

Hi Terry, I've had to delete your two "River" videos because the Bill Staines song is copyrighted.  Please see my private message in your INBOX-  thanks!

Hi Terry, please see my private message in your INBOX. Thanks!   :)

Terry here ya go. I send it this way all the time...if you have any trouble with it let me know.

Hello Terry, thanks for the comment about my bowing, still a 'work in progress', I do believe , lol. As for what bow, I have tried a purpose built for use with bowed psaltry, also a three quarter sized 'childs standard violin bow, but always seem to gravitate back to a bow I made by shaping a piece of ash to suitable length/thickness, notching each end, tying appropriately placed knots in a length of violin bowhair,and slipping them into the notches primitive, but it works. As for bowing a MacS., I have done, but I find that a better sound is obtained from a 'thicker' string than the gauges usually fitted on a standard 28" VSL MacS.

best wishes

John

Thank you for your kind words about my playing, Terry. And thank you for coming out on Saturday and braving the rain to be there for our concert. We had such a fun time in Townsend! Congratulations on ordering your new Clemmer dulcimer too-- that is very exciting!!

Terry thanks and have a great rest of week!

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Hi Terry,

It really sounds like you are off to a flying start with your playing. Keep your mind open and keep trying new techniques. Tell yourself that you don't know what you don't know - so the way you do something or think about something today is not going to be the way you do something or think about something tomorrow. And that's how our playing gets better - we don't practice to play the way we play today, we practice to play the way we are going to play tomorrow but we don't necessarily know what that new way of playing is going to look, sound or feel like until we get there!!!!! Some skills and understandings will be easily won, sometimes there will be lightbulb moments, sometimes it will feel like a real struggle,and sometimes you wont even notice what new stuff you have learnt until you look back and see where you have come from!

Enjoy the journey