I'm glad you stopped by. I know there's a lot going on for you, so here's a quick summary of what I'm up to these days.​

 

​🎻 Teaching people to play fiddle and violin through the FiddleHed course. Building the Play Every Day community and learning system to help people practice music and stick with it. The mission is to make learning music more fun. It’s been a joy building this little corner of the universe.

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🐣 New addition to the fam: Sonny James. I'd say we had a baby, but really my wife Melissa did all the work (and still is). As of July 2025, our daughter Veda is 2.5 years old—a little comedian, athlete, and junior astronaut. 

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🏃🏾 Started training for marathons. Ran my first in April 2025. Long-term goal is to be competitive in my age class. But for now I'm just trying to get home before the kids wake up.

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🎶 Most of my creative energy is going into FiddleHed and PED. But I also made an album called Fiddle Ragas, which dives deep into folk melodies through long-form improvisation. I rarely play out these days, but I have a feeling my inner rockstar will rise again as the kids grow up. Maybe they'll let me join their band.

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🗣️ Let’s talk about:

• Awakening from the Meaning Crisis

• Meditation, Buddhism, Stoicism, all religions

• I’m excited to create with AI...though sometimes I’m gripped by the fear that humans will soon be totally useless...but like Chuang-Tzu says, “The useless tree doesn’t get chopped down”

• Parenting philosophy: Taking Children Seriously, homeschooling, hand-to-hand parenting

• Music I’m listening to these days​

 

 

Want to get in touch? Email me.​​​

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Thanks for reading, wishing you well.

 

Last updated July 2024

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