Author: Donald Rickert
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The Problem with Musical Instrument Mega-Stores
I do not believe that it is part of the business plan of most big music stores, "brick-and-morter" as well as online, to put the small independent musical instrument makers out of business. I don't know, maybe it is. Intended or not, that has been the effect…duh!…what happened to all of the great small specialty stores…
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Adventurous Muse Store Gets National Business News Coverage!
The Adventurous Muse Store is, of course, the place you go to buy musical instruments by Don Rickert Lutherie and other select manufacturers. Fox Business has a section called Small Business Center. The Small Business Center does a regular column on DETERMINED enterpreneurs. We are featured in today's column, Determined: Reader Round-Up By Brandi Stewart.…
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Gut Fiddle Strings: Let the Truth Overcome Your Fear!
Metal wound strings and modern synthetic core strings (e.g. Dr. Thomastik) are wonderful for the modern fiddler, regardless of the type of music he or she is playing. The good ones, such as D'Addario Helicores and Infeld Super-Flexible rope core strings, sound great, are easy on the fingers (and your instrument) and stay in tune. Other…
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Trew Ska’ish Project Information
Follow the links below to find out more about the Trew Ska'ish Project, which can be summarized as old Scots fiddle tunes done Ska style…yeah, that's right! You can find the Trew Ska'ish experimental tunes among all of the the other MP3s posted. Previous Posts about Trew Ska'ish: Soldiers Skankin Update Next Trew Ska'ish Tune…
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Soldiers Skankin Update
See ealier post on Soldiers Skankin (Ska version of Soldiers Joy). You would think that we would be done with the bloody tune by now, but lots of other stuff going on (like getting all of Jon Whiddon's art online at Adventure and Whimsy) and finishing up design on 3 new instruments…2 electric violins and…
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Soldiers Skankin’ (Ska version of Soldiers Joy) Almost Ready
Another day or 2! Of course we will have an MP3 that you can download…
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Next Trew Ska’ish Tune to Feature a Rickert Neil Gow 21C Travel Violin
The growing number of people who are following the progress of our insane Trew Ska'ish project on FaceBook and iLike will love the next one…Soldier's Joy done as a primarily electronic Ska rendition. It will feature an actual Neil Gow 21C Travel Violin, as well as a Dulcijo (diatonic banjo) by Michael Fox, both played…
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Ska, Synthesizers, Traditional Music and the Folk Establishment
Interesting discussion thread on these topics and more, including commentary by Friends (no, not us) on the institutions that comprise the Traditional Music and Country Dance Establisment on Don Rickert's Facebook Wall. Is the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) stuck in a time warp? Read opinion on this as well.
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New Ska Version of a Famous Scottish Country Dance
We have lots to bring you up-to-date about, including our new experiment in the Trew Ska'ish project. We'll tell you all about it later, but for now, just enjoy our new medley (downloadable MP3) of the original Skye Collection version of Flowers of Edinburgh (on accordion…those strange chords are right out of the old manuscript…wish…
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