How to Adjust your Chin Rest for Violin or Fiddle This is an educational post on how to adjust your chin rest for violin and fiddle. We get this question often so we decided to put together an article on violin and fiddle chin rests. BEFORE YOU START  First, before you do anything check your posture and check to see if your bow arm can move freely about comfortably  CHIN REST TOOL The easiest way to adjust your chin rest is by using a chin rest shaft screwdriver tool. I’ve included this link to the picture below:  Violin Chin Rest Shaft Screwdriver Screw Wrench Tool INSERT PICTU ..read more

One Word December Writing Prompts PRO-TIP Writing daily has been shown to help reduce stress, while also creating a positive habit that can be applied to many aspects of life. If writing daily is too much, try weekly or monthly. Each month we will be coming out will a new list of word prompts, so pick a word that resonates most with you. QUESTION OF THE DAY What word prompt did you find the easiest to write about this month? OTHER ARTICLES BY LESSON PROS Here are some other articles you may enjoy from Lesson Pros. 16 TIPS HOW TO MAKE YOUR PRACTICE SESSIONS BETTER HOW TO MAKE YOUR PRIVATE LES ..read more

One Word November Writing Prompts – Lesson Pros PRO-TIP Writing daily has been shown to help reduce stress, while also creating a positive habit that can be applied to many aspects of life. If writing daily is too much, try weekly or monthly. Each month we will be coming out will a new list of word prompts, so pick a word that resonates most with you. QUESTION OF THE DAY What word prompt did you find the easiest to write about this month? OTHER ARTICLES BY LESSON PROS Here are some other articles you may enjoy from Lesson Pros. 16 TIPS HOW TO MAKE YOUR PRACTICE SESSIONS BETTER HOW TO MAKE YO ..read more

One Word June Writing Prompts – Lesson Pros Hello Readers, the time is here for the June Writing Prompts! Each month, we have followed a different theme along with our daily one-word prompts. For this month, I have two challenges for you. The first is to use each one of these words in one piece that you create. The order does not matter, nor does the type of writing that you do. You can use these words in a song, a poem, a blog, a short story, an essay, a journal, or any other form of writing. A few modifications to this idea would be starting with using 5 words. See how this works for you, th ..read more

Wow! What a fantastic week at LarryFest!!! Well, we just came down from the biggest high. No, I’m not talking about drugs here. I’m talking about a musical high.  That’s what just happened at the LarryFest Bluegrass Festival this year.  It’s that moment when you do something so fun you wish it could continue forever. INSPIRATION We pulled into LarryFest in LaFarge, WI about 8:10 PM on Tuesday the 17th of August, and per instruction, we parked in the parking lot. A perfect spot for Inspiration, our 41′ Grand Design Reflection 5th Wheel, to park for the night. Once we were settled, Chu ..read more

Photo by Jace Kartye INTERVIEW WITH FIRESIDE COLLECTIVE Sandi: How did you get started playing music?  Joe Cicero (guitar): My dad played guitar and we always had a few around the house. He showed me a few chords when I was about 10 years old and got me on my way. Of course, back then I’d never heard of bluegrass, so I started off playing Led Zeppelin and Tom Petty tunes. Alex Genova (banjo): My grandparents lived next door when I was little. My grandma played piano and sang. She taught me how to sing and play the piano when I was very young, like 3 or 4.  When I got a little ol ..read more

One Word October Writing Prompts – Lesson Pros Beloved Friends, The time has come for us to start snuggling up with a nice book and a warm cup of choco. As the seasons change, we can find time to reflect on ourselves. I want you to think about the first fall that you can remember and write about it. I know many of you may not have similar climates, vegetation, or cultural practices, but that is the beauty of it. Share a childhood memory related to fall or the month of October. Along with that memory, here are the October word prompts. Write a little bit each day using each of these words. PRO ..read more

One Word September Writing Prompts – Lesson Pros PRO TIP Writing daily has been shown to help reduce stress, while also creating a positive habit that can be applied to many aspects of life. If writing daily is too much, try weekly or monthly. Each month we will be coming out will a new list of word prompts, so pick a word that resonates most with you. QUESTION OF THE DAY What word prompt did you find the easiest to write about this month? OTHER ARTICLES BY LESSON PROS Here are some other articles you may enjoy from Lesson Pros. 16 TIPS – HOW TO MAKE YOUR PRACTICE SESSIONS BETTER HOW TO MAKE ..read more

One Word August Writing Prompts – Lesson Pros At last, August is here, along with another month of new word prompts! Recently, we have been on a trend of doing a specific exercise for each month along with our word prompts. This August, we will be continuing down that path, and for this month we will be looking at our individual proficiencies. I want you to ask yourself, What am I a master at? Or, What am I an expert in? Really think about this question. It may be a weird concept at first, but there will always be something that you know more about than others. This is great PRO TIP Writ ..read more

One Word July Writing Prompts – Lesson Pros It is now July, a time to reflect with ease, and what better way to do that than with some writing prompts? For our July Word Writing Prompts, I urge you to take a look back on your life. Instead of our typically one-word prompts, I encourage you to look at each word from two different lenses. The first lens illustrates how you would respond to this word if it were coming from your past. And the second lens of how you see the world today. A brief example of this idea using the word tenacious: Past: The world requires tenacity in order to survive it ..read more