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Hi, August 2021 almost two years ago my lovely wife bought me my first violin since then I've struggled to play it with so much heavy work to get through. Surely this must be the last load of logs; the only tree work I'll do in future is storm damage; I'm not taking any more big trees down...

Hi, Thanks Raymond; these are the first steel strings I've used and it took quite a while balancing them to get them in tune but then having sorted them out I've not touched the violin or even been into the studio; last week for the full seven days I've worked flat out felling the oak tree...

Hi, Thanks Raymond. Yes dry & very hot here too with zero rain which is rare for Yorkshire; I'm making the most of this glorious summer weather whilst it lasts. One of the departments I was in charge at at work was the timber department; I designed many special pallets for the electric motors...

Hi, Thanks rob; can you please send some of the rain to Huddersfield; for over a week the Met office has been forecasting thunder storms for Huddersfield but as yet not a drop of water has fallen from the sky; it's bucketed down about 30 miles away. This is so rare for me to want rain because...

Hi, Thanks rob for your quick reply and information. Yes I've already browsed the String Zone website and been looking at the excellent reviews; I decided to go with Gear4music because I've bought quite a few items from them; looking at the prices I don't think there's a lot of difference. I've...

Hi, I've just emailed Gear4music requesting details of the ZYEX strings originally supplied with my Yamaha YEV-104; this time I'll ask the question before buying. Kind regards, Colin.

Hi, As usual both you rob & Raymond make lots of sense; the rate I'm going I haven't got my foot on the first rung of the ladder in fact I can't see the ladder. I've already visited Gear4music and bought a full set of Stagg strings costing a measly £13.99 inc postage; I'll fit these to my...

Hi, I'm wet with sweat after a session in the garden and have just knocked off for dinner so I can do a bit of catching up. Not a silly question at all rob and I'll try to explain. for those of you far more experienced playing violins it's a good question but to me I simply didn't know any...

Hi, Many thanks Raymond for your excellent advice which I fully intend to accept. The oak tree is 43' tall and it's very heavy wood; I'll remove it next week. Back to the plot; I've been so fed up of constant problems and I've now got lots of gardening ahead of me but this morning I put...

Hi, Will my bad luck ever let up; I just tried to reply to an email and this is so typical of anything I want to do. I've never known VM to be as bad as it now is; it's rubbish. Will I make it to the garden to measure the oak tree? Kind regards, Colin.

Hi, Having spent this morning cleaning and taking images of my Lorch Lathe I've now posted it for sale. It's a gorgeous English summer day; hot with lovely sunshine. 30 minutes ago full of enthusiasm I thought time to get into the studio for an hours violin practice no other pressing jobs to...

Hi, What a great idea rob; many thanks I'm sure I can live with that as I understand it and I'll give it a go; I'm not tone deaf just have a very poor memory; muscle memory though I can learn much better than trying to learn by sound. I'm as keen as ever to play my violins and in spite of...

Hi, Many thanks Raymond for your informative reply. I've been looking at administrative tools etc but the drive isn't recognized so something is wrong; not a problem now though having a new external drive to arrive; thank you. I do use Windows Media Player a lot also VLC but I'd need to...

Hi, Will I ever get peaceful studio time without problems. three days ago as usual I was very busy in the morning but in the afternoon decided to swap our Skoda Yeti wheels front to back a job I've done many times. I'd completed the job and was putting the spare wheel back into the boot well...

Hi, An old problem refuses to go away; manure spreading feral pigeons nesting in our big blue spruce tree; every day cleaning up their mess just another job interfering with playing my violins. I downloaded a Peregrine Falcon singing adding it to memory stick then I used Audacity to make it...

Hi, Just wonderful Jimmy. Well impressed. Kind regards, Colin.

Hi, A good day today; violin practice this ,morning for an hour which I enjoyed. This afternoon made lots of progress with the laptop in the studio; I could play memory sticks on the laptop but sound output was very low even with earphones so I browsed the web and now it sure is loud; easy if...

Hi, This is kind of you TalismanRich thanks so much. I've just played it in its entirety but as you say it's a bit too quick for my level so far; it's also good of you to offer to slow it down but at the moment I wouldn't want to waste your time. I can easily get the original Simon & Garfunkel...

Hi, Thanks Raymond for your reply. You make a lot of good sense; I think I'll try both to see which I find is better for me; I need to set up my mic and Tascam pocket studio again and start recording from YouTube but as usual it all takes a great deal of time. I enjoyed three decent violin...

Hi, Shopping done by 7:30 this morning and am about to wander into the studio. Just one question please; which would benefit me most to record and play against; violin solo or actual song? Kind regards, Colin.