
Adner Ortego’s Spanish Two-Step
By Mitch Reed / April 20, 2018
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed and welcome to my vlog. My vlog today is on an old friend of mine who
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Rare Cajun and Creole Cross-tunes
By Mitch Reed / April 17, 2018
Learn about the lost fiddle style of Cajun and Creole cross-tuning.
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Cajun Jigs
By Mitch Reed / March 17, 2018
Fontenot's Jig and Saute Crapaud, in honor of St. Patrick's Day and the Scotch-Irish connection.
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Fleur de Lis
By Mitch Reed / February 23, 2018
A local favorite by Lynn Harrington, played slowly so you can catch the notes...especially for those who have been playing
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A Big Announcement
By Mitch Reed / February 15, 2018
I have some big news to share, Y'all!
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Edius Naquin
By Mitch Reed / February 15, 2018
A little bit about Edius Naquin, a couple of tunes and then some.
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Pascal’s Zegrets and Cajun Band Lab
By Mitch Reed / February 15, 2018
The tune and the tale of Pascal's Zegrets, plus info on Cajun Band Lab.
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Happy Holidays!
By Mitch Reed / February 15, 2018
Here are two medleys and a shout-out to all my YouTube subscribers, Facebook followers, website Members, and students...Happy Holidays!
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How to Make It Sound Cajun
By Mitch Reed / December 6, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed. My vlog this week is on how to make things sound Cajun... what kind of
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Tales from The Holiday Lounge
By Mitch Reed / November 13, 2017
[0:07] All right, that's a tune that I wrote with Charivari years ago, many years ago called The Holiday, or
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Cowboy Waltz with a Dropped E
By Mitch Reed / September 21, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed. Welcome to my vlog and on my vlog this week I'm going to talk about
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Eraste Carrière’s Mazurka Breakdown
By Mitch Reed / September 14, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed and my vlog this week is on Bébé's brother, his name was Eraste Carriére. And he
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The Same But Different
By Mitch Reed / July 20, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed and my vlog this week is on the same tune played differently. So I'm going
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Calvin Carrière
By Mitch Reed / June 4, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed, welcome to my vlog! And my vlog this week is on going to visit Calvin
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How to Practice Seconding by Yourself
By Mitch Reed / May 28, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed and my vlog today is on how to practice seconding by yourself on the fiddle.
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The Right Bow at the Right Time
By Mitch Reed / May 10, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed. Welcome to my vlog and today I'm going to talk about bows. And I thought
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Wallace “Cheese” Read Medley Breakdown
By Mitch Reed / May 2, 2017
Hi! I'm Mitch Reed. My vlog this week is on the legendary Cajun fiddler Cheese Read from Mamou, Louisiana,
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Cajun & Creole Blues
By Mitch Reed / April 13, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed...welcome to my vlog! And my vlog this week is on Creole and Cajun blueses. Really
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Cajun & Creole One-Steps
By Mitch Reed / April 2, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed. Welcome to my vlog and my vlog this week is on Cajun & Creole one-steps.
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The Forgotten Cross Tuning Traditions of Cajuns & Creoles
By Mitch Reed / March 13, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed...welcome to my vlog! My vlog this week is on cross-tuning, tunes, and players. I just
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How to Practice Quietly
By Mitch Reed / February 3, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed, welcome to my vlog. today I'm going to talk about how to practice quietly. Not
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Seconding at a Cajun Jam
By Mitch Reed / January 20, 2017
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed, welcome to my vlog. Today I'm going to talk about going to a jam and
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Using Tape on Your Fingerboard
By Mitch Reed / January 11, 2017
Hi! Welcome to my vlog...and my vlog this week is going to be on, "Should I have tape on
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Tuning Your Fiddle in Winter
By Mitch Reed / January 8, 2017
Hi! Welcome to my Vlog. Today I wanted to discuss a couple of things about fiddle maintenance. We are
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Double-Time Bowing
By Mitch Reed / December 30, 2016
Hi, today on my Vlog I'm going to talk about double bowing for Cajun waltzes. What I mean by that
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The Differences Between Fiddle and Violin
By Mitch Reed / December 22, 2016
Hi! Today on my vlog I'm going to talk a little bit about something a lot of people ask
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Cajunized Holiday Tunes
By Mitch Reed / December 6, 2016
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed...welcome to my vlog! This week I am going to talk about how you can take
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The Music of Bretagne and Poitou
By Mitch Reed / November 14, 2016
Hi! I'm Mitch Reed and today on my vlog I'm going to talk a little bit about the music
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Cajun & Creole Polkas
By Mitch Reed / November 7, 2016
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed and today my vlog is on the Cajun & Creole polka. Definitely a type of
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How to Practice Cajun & Creole Seconding
By Mitch Reed / October 25, 2016
Hi...Welcome to my Vlog today! I'm going to talk about how to practice seconding. I get this question a lot
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Playing Two Strings at a Time
By Mitch Reed / October 7, 2016
Hi...Welcome to The Vlog! Today I'm going to talk about droning or double stops. Double stops are when you
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Learning to Play by Ear
By Mitch Reed / October 7, 2016
Hi, welcome to The Vlog! This week I'm going to talk about playing by ear. I've had a lot
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Cajun & Creole Contradances
By Mitch Reed / September 23, 2016
Sounds like I live in Manhattan or something. We've got all kinds of outside sounds of big machines rolling
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CelticFest Mississippi
By Mitch Reed / September 15, 2016
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed and welcome to my Vlog. Today I wanna talk about my weekend, I think. So
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Shuffle Bowing
By Mitch Reed / August 16, 2016
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed. Welcome to The Vlog! Today I'm gonna talk about the shuffle bowing. It's a bowing
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Cajun & Creole Fiddle 101
By Mitch Reed / July 28, 2016
Hi! I thought I would like to give a quick tutorial on Cajun fiddle and how to get those
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Loving Your Fiddle
By Mitch Reed / July 19, 2016
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed...Welcome to The Vlog! Today I thought I would talk a little bit about something that I
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Clean It Up!
By Mitch Reed / July 14, 2016
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed...Welcome to The Vlog! Today I'm going to talk about really just trying to get a
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Cajun & Creole Blues
By Mitch Reed / July 1, 2016
Hi! I'm Mitch Reed. My vlog this week is on Cajun and Creole Blues. I just wanted to talk a
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Allons à Appalachia
By Mitch Reed / June 24, 2016
Hi, I'm Mitch Reed...welcome to my Vlog! Today I wanted to tell a little bit of a story
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Ornamentation in Cajun & Creole Music
By Mitch Reed / June 17, 2016
Hi! I'm Mitch Reed and welcome to my vlog. Today I'm going to talk about ornamentation in Cajun
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The Lost Tunes
By Mitch Reed / May 27, 2016
Hi! Welcome. My name is Mitch Reed and I'm gonna talk a little bit about what I call The
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Top 10 Cajun Albums
By Mitch Reed / May 13, 2016
Hey! How's it going today? I'm Mitch Reed and I thought it would be fun to talk today
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Tapping Your Feet
By Mitch Reed / April 27, 2016
By the way, you can’t see my face because I have the camera focused on my feet…A lot of
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Drones, Double Stops, Double Strings
By Mitch Reed / April 12, 2016
Hi! Welcome to my vlog...today I’m going to talk about playing 2 strings at a time. Double strings, double stops, droning,
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The Scotch-Irish Connection
By Mitch Reed / April 10, 2016
It's the week of St. Patrick's day and I thought it might be a little interesting to talk about
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Chords! Chords! Chords!
By Mitch Reed / April 9, 2016
Hi! Welcome to my vlog. Today I'm going to talk about chords again. A lot of people have been asking
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The Mardi Gras Songs
By Mitch Reed / April 8, 2016
Hi! Welcome to my Vlog. Today I thought it would be kind of fun to talk about the three different
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Tunes vs Songs
By Mitch Reed / April 7, 2016
Hi! Thanks for joining me today on my blog and I'm gonna talk about today the difference between a tune
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Creole Cello
By Mitch Reed / April 5, 2016
Hi, welcome to my blog today...and today I'm talking about playing Cajun and Creole music on different instruments. So
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Cajun Jamming, Part 2
By Mitch Reed / April 3, 2016
Hi! I'm Mitch Reed. Welcome to my fiddle blog and today I was going to talk a little bit
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Cajun Jamming, Part 1
By Mitch Reed / April 2, 2016
Hi! I'm Mitch Reed. Welcome to my fiddle blog today. I wanted to talk about some things that people have
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Tips to Help You Practice
By Mitch Reed / April 1, 2016
Hi, welcome to my fiddle blog. Here I just talk about a few things, some suggestions about learning and what
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Bigfoot Reel
By Mitch Reed / March 30, 2016
That was a tune called "The Bigfoot Reel" and I wrote this tune after being chased out of the
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Choosing the Right Fiddle
By Mitch Reed / March 16, 2016
Hi! Welcome to my vlog about what type of fiddle to choose. There are a couple of different styles of
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Talk About Cajun Tuning
By Mitch Reed / February 4, 2016
Alright! Welcome. I'm gonna talk a little bit about what we call Cajun Tuning. And so what Cajun tuning
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