by Jenny O'Connor | Oct 24, 2011 | Blog, Videos
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!),...
by Jenny O'Connor | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog, Videos
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...
by Jenny O'Connor | Oct 16, 2011 | Blog
I met a new friend at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire. She’s a brilliant costume designer and is keeping a blog about her adventures. She did a nice write up and about my band and my travels: The Hot Violinist Go show her some...
by Jenny O'Connor | Sep 2, 2011 | Blog
Jordi Wave, thank you for the kind and thoughtful comment: “From inside, this is the secret It is clear that the music flows in you.” I wanted to respond because I feel like I am on to a little secret of how to connect with music in a way that will help...
by Jenny O'Connor | Aug 11, 2011 | Blog
I wanted to share some music from our recent performances in Ohio: [youtube http://youtu.be/ubpuz1yRvPw] This is an original tune, written by me and Mark Varelas, in a Gypsy style. We used an exotic scale that was introduced to me as the Greek Hitzaz scale. Here are...
by Jenny O'Connor | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog
Some questions have been rolling in regarding the tune I’m playing in this video. The lilting main riff comes from a tune called The Gael written by Dougie MacLean, the Scottish fiddler. Trevor Jones adapted it for use in The Last of the Mohicans, adding those...
