Meeting June 15th & Announcements

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Paul Tyler

Let’s play our tunes together!
Sunday, June 15, 6:30-9:30
Leadway Bar and Gallery 5233 N. Damen, Chicago

It’s free. Just let me know you’re coming. (ptyler@oldtownschool.org)

Announcing the 6th Midwest Fiddle Championship.

Click the above link for rules and information about the Youth and Fiddle Team contests scheduled for 7 pm, Thursday, July 10th at Giddings Plaza in Lincoln Square. An online entry form will soon be linked to the information page. For more, contact me at ptyler@oldtownschool.org.

Youth and Fiddle Team winners will perform on the Main Stage of the Chicago Folk & Roots Festival 2008 at 12:55 pm, Sunday, July 13th in Welles Park.

Added this year is a division for Fiddle Bands with Dancers. Five specially invited fiddle bands will compete on the main stage. Immediately following, three of the bands will proceed to the Dance Tent so every one can dance to their music. There will be a brief instruction period before each band plays.

The Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago Chapter)

Posted on February 23, 2008 by Paul Tyler

The Fiddle Club of the World (Chicago Chapter) kicks off its inaugural season with a series of three monthly meetings that will each offer an unplugged concert by a featured guest musician. The concert will be followed by a jam session for club members with the featured guest. Several tunes from the upcoming meeting’s guest will be posted a month ahead of time on this website (https://drdosido.net/fiddleclub/) under the category “Tunes” linked on the right sidebar.

Black and white photo of old fiddlers

Visit this website regularly to learn tunes in preparation for the next jam session, and to keep up with Fiddle Club news and events.

Dues for the Fiddle Club of the World are $12 per meeting. To become a member register for the meetings by clicking this link for Workshops and search for the name of the featured guest.

You may also register by visiting the Old Town School of Folk Music at 4544 Lincoln Ave. or 909 W. Armitage in Chicago, or by calling 773.728.6000.

When you register for a workshop you become a member of the Fiddle Club of the World, and your name goes on a list allowing entrance to that meeting of the Fiddle Club.

Initially, meetings of the Fiddle Club of the World are schedule for the party room of
Leadway Bar and Gallery
5233 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
773-728-2663

Space is limited, so register early.

Playing and Downloading

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Paul Tyler

NOTE: These instructions
have been rendered obsolete.

What happens when you click on a tune link depends on what web browser you use and how you have it set to handle .mp3 files.

Here’s what I’ve learned about Firefox, my browser of choice. I rely on iTunes to manage music files. Unfortunately, iTunes is bundled with Quicktime, which insinuates itself into Firefox as the default plug-in for all sorts of media files. In Firefox, Quicktime will not play more than a few seconds of a tune. So I changed my Firefox settings.

Firefox for Windows instructions: click these in order
Tools (menu bar)
Options (bottom of the menu)
Content (tab or button)
File Types (box) with Manage (button)
Search for or scroll down to find MP3 (“MPEG Layer 3 Audio”)
Change Action (button)
Save to computer (check box)

Firefox for Mac suggestions
To download, one of these should work.
right-click link, or
hold down Apple and click link, or
hold down Alt-Option and click link

You can also pick another music program as a default to open mp3 files.
If you’re smarter than me you can install another plug-in to be the default.
Quicktime works better with Internet Explorer, but I don’t care to use that browser.

If anyone has any advice for other browsers and platforms, please share it with the rest of the Fiddle Club.

Good luck.

Paul