Every fiddle player needs a fiddle mentor. 

Here are a few reasons why:

Because it's hard to know how you're really doing. Your fellow musicians and loved ones can give you feedback, but often it's conflicting feedback; or it's feedback that's not grounded in what really works in a Celtic music session; OR they care about you too much to tell you the awkward truth. 

Because when you've practised and practised your tunes and it isn't feeling quite right, it's hard to know what to fix because you're simply too close to the music. This is a scary place to be—especially alone—because when you don't know how make your playing better, your mind goes bonkers with your worst fears of bombing in a Celtic music session.

Because many of my clients have played a musical instrument and yet to have experienced fun in their playing—it's not something they ever thought possible but they want to join in a Celtic music session—and they feel totally out of their element (despite being impressively accomplished in other areas of their lives).

Can you relate?