Tiomp‡n Alley,David James' Music Website!Founded November 12, 2001The Guardian.co.uk, July 24, 2011: "In the middle of all these tragic events, I am proud to live in a country that has stood firm at a critical time. I am deeply impressed by how much dignity and compassion I have seen. We are a small nation, but a proud people. We will never abandon our values. Our reply is: more democracy, more openness, and more humanity. But never naivity.
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E-mail David James:djames@tiompanalley.comContact:David James
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Who, What, Why, When, Where?Welcome to the authorized Website of David James, performer, songwriter and teacher on the hammered dulcimer, fiddle and many other instruments. NEW! Kids Fiddle! - fiddle site for little kids and little-kids-at-heart. I only have two tunes on it now but it's gonna grow. Diary: The ongoing story of this web site, observations of all kinds mostly on musical subjects, life, teaching and personal appearances. Tiomp‡n is the Irish language word for hammered dulcimer. For me, using it implies respect for traditional style and the comradeship of the worldwide traditional music family. What's here: Everything underlined is a clickable link to another page. BOOKING INFORMATION, biographies and photographs of David James, David James and Kim Hoffmann, songs I wrote, songs I sing, my own tune compositions, some of my favorite traditional tunes. Workshops/ teaching handouts!Through the years, I've developed some ideas and methods for teaching hammered dulcimer, fiddle, tin whistle, bodhr‡n, accompaniment, etc., into handouts. Watch this site for audio downloads for learning tunes and method. First Five: (under construction) beginners tutorial covering every aspect I can think of to help you learn to read music and play your first five Irish tunes on the fiddle, tin whistle and hammered dulcimer. Festival workshop hand-outs, start here. Photograph Gallery, RecordingsPersonal appearances, students, friends, mugging, weddings, wakes. Recordings/ AvailabilitySOME IMPORTANT UPDATES:March 4, 2011 - new personal appearances, and a general plea to support progressive causes in the Midwest that are under ferocious assault by the right wing. Solidarity Forever! Palm Putter my friend Richard Biggs has, maybe, revolutionized golf putting. He's also a top-class violin repair person and bow maker. July 10, 2009 New duet and trio tunes for Evart Festival November 20, 2008 updated the Personal Appearances page at last! Also some new entries in the Freedom Summer 08 resources page. August 12, 2008 Here goes the new OLD TIME MUSIC PAGE with MP3s, resources, sheet music, links and soon many other things.June 14, 2008: Thoughts on Indiana higher education tuition costs, etc. Caution: politicalMay 18, 2008, more stuff in the Freedom Summer '08 Resource Page
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