My name is Jenny, and I'm glad you're here.

I'm guessing that you found me for one of two reasons:

1 ~ You enjoy the music of my band, Circa Paleo and want to know more about it.
2 ~ You have a Hot Violinist within and are seeking some tips on how to do all of this yourself.

I'm mostly focusing on the instructional stuff here, but this is also a great place to hang out if you want more behind the scenes info and unreleased previews of my music projects.

If you're just here to listen and watch, that's cool, but now a few words for you fiddlers and fiddlers to be:

I'm not claiming to be an expert of the violin, but I do know a LOT about starting violin "late" since I myself began my fiddle journey at age 18. I've also learned a lot about unique world music styles over the past several years of traveling all over the place.

Now I want to share all the quirky tips and music that I've learned. In other words…

I'm here to make YOU into a Hot Violinist.

Before we go further, lets define hot, shall we? Because the hot I’m talking about reaches far beyond smokin’ fiddle riffs and gym bodies. Check out my first blog post, "The Hot Violinist Manifesto," to read about what "hot" really means to me.

Hot Beginner Tip #1: How to Hold the Bow

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jenny

The bow hold can vary and still be “good” just depending on the style, but here is a basic starting point that is good for any style of music. Please let me know if it makes sense or not and send along any questions that come up when you try it. If you don't have a violin or a bow, you can use a pencil just to see how awesome you are at this.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuKooUBgKMU?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=349]

Original “Hot Violinist” Video Reposted

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Jenny

My heart skipped a beat when I heard that “The Hot Violinist” which features the full length performance of The Kiss and just passed 900,000 views was removed from YouTube. But now it's back! It was a little sad to see it go (so close to a million!), but I can't complain because Contragear, the original poster, has been so super supportive of me! Apparently he wanted to clean up the ending of the video so here it is in its new and improved form:

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVbu8bh7SWk&w=420&h=315]

I'm glad it's back, because without the reference of the original popular YouTube video I appear to be a crazy girl seemingly going around calling myself Hot all the time! Please share this video with your friends if you feel inclined to help me rebuild the groovy momentum that the original video had going for it. Thanks guys!

How to Play Last of The Mohicans Theme!

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Jenny

Attention fiddlers! This will get you started on the ornamentation needed to play this tune:

I will soon be posting the follow up Parts 2-4 as well as some beginner tips, so hop on over to the YouTube channel to subscribe if you don't wanna miss one. If you still need the sheet music, just use the sign up form in the sidebar to join the mailing list and receive the FREE sheet music.

Soon we will have a worldwide orchestra playing this tune~ Muah-hahaha!

Oh! If you get a chance to try this technique, please leave me a comment and let us all know how it's going for you.

Welcome!