Welcome to the music of John Boulware. I play the fiddle, viola, mandolin, guitar (fingerstyle and flatpicking), bass, and tenor guitar. I sing and play a variety of acoustic music styles including bluegrass, old-time, gospel, celtic, swing, country, and classical. I play for weddings, parties, and festivals. I have also filled in with bands and done session work. I teach guitar, fiddle, and mandolin lessons with the Folk School of Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Tn. |
News: 2/14/12 - Now playing with County Clare, and Skype lessons!
Hey guys! I just recently started playing with a new group in Alabama: Shannon and Heather Slaughter and County Clare. You can find our page here. We played our first show December 30th at the Local Color Cafe in Sprinville, Al. Our next one is a house concert this upcoming saturday the 18th in Vincent, Alabama, then in Flinstone, Georgia at Mike's Music on the 24th. Be sure to check out the site for more show dates and details about the band!
Also, I have just recently started teaching live internet video lessons on Skype!! Current students use the button below or on the Skype page to pay.
News: 6/14/11 - Fund Raising for the Belgium Trip!!!
ALRIGHT!! IT'S FUND RAISING TIME!! Christie Burns, Lon Eldridge, and myself will be going to Belgium this summer for an international music festival/camp called Flanders Ethno. It's a festival where people from around the world will bring all kinds of instruments and will teach everyone a traditional tune from their country. At the end, we will all get together and put on a show with the tunes we have learned from our new friends. The three of us will be the first american delegates to participate. Check out the link below and tell everyone you know. We need all the help we can get!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/christieburns/tune-tripping-where-music-goes-we-go?ref=live
Also check out the right side of that page. For pledging different amounts to us, you can get some cool free things, including a book/cd combo of some of the tunes we learned during our time there, or even your own house concert from us!!
News: 2/16/11 Finally an update!
Hey guys, sorry it's been so long since my last update. However, I do have lots of cool new stuff for you:
First off, I have added an interactive calendar! This has a listing of the shows that I will be playing in the future. Keep checking in because I will be updating it as I get new gigs! I look forward to seeing you at some of them!
Next, you can now follow me on twitter! You can get instant updates on what I'm currently doing. Check my page at http://twitter.com/johnboulware. You can also have these status updates sent to your phone! Check out the page to find out more.
Third, as you can see in the picture above, I have a new way of displaying pictures. If you visit the photos page, you will see that I have more photos up in the form of slide shows. I'll be adding more pictures to these slide shows as I play more shows and meet new people.
And last but DEFINITELY not least, I have been working on a new website called Music Theory for Musicians, not Theorists. This is a site I made to help people learn music theory in a way that makes sense.
News: Updates to the Website
Slim Pickin's
I have started playing with a bluegrass band in Chattanooga called Slim Pickin's. We have recently won three awards and have recieved lots of local publicity. Check out our myspace here. Feel free to contact us and sign up for our mailing list.
Folk School of Chattanooga
The other music teachers that I work with have recently organized The Mountain Music Folk School. We are moving to a new location and have lots of big plans in store for the future including new group classes. Take a look at our website for more details.
News: Update to the Website - New Photos
I have updated the Bac Trakers' section of the photo albums. Check it out!
News: Spatial Effects at Caffeine Addicts in Ringgold, Ga
Friday, November 21st, I played with Spatial Effects at Caffeine Addicts in Ringgold. You can read more about the band and the venue here.
News: Playing the Signal Mountain Opry's 29th Anniversary Show
This Friday, September 5th I will be playing with Lou Wamp and Swing Shift and Valley Grass for the Moutain Opry's Anniversay show this year. Admission is free so come on out and support a great local bluegrass/old-time/country music venue.
http://www.geocities.com/mountainopry/directions.html
News: Article in the Chattanooga Times Free Press!!
Casey Phillips wrote an article for the Chattanooga Times Free Press about me winning both fiddle categories at Uncle Dave Macon Days this year. Check it out online here. There is also a video of me playing Brilliancy, the tune that I won the Contest Style division at Uncle Dave Macon Days with.
I have also put some photos up from the contest I won recently down in Ringgold, GA. You can read about that here.
News: Last article in Bowing Technique series
That's right. I have finished the article series with a 4th installment, Advanced Bowing Tips and Tricks. You can always find all of this series here. Soon I will start working on some music theory lessons to post on there.
I have also posted a new transcription of the song Uncle Penn by Bill Monroe.
You can find it in the Sheet Music section.
News: New Twin Fiddle Music: Liberty
Bowing:Volume and Tone Pointers
NEW ARTICLE!!!
I have posted my first twin fiddle transcription. The song is a classic fiddle tune called Liberty.
Here is the next episode in the bowing series: Volume and Tone Pointers.
http://johnboulware.com/wordpress/?p=15
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News: 7 Exercises to Improve Your Bowing -
NEW ARTICLE!!!
Here is the next article in the Bowing Technique series I have going on.
http://johnboulware.com/wordpress/?p=7
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News: The 3-Point Perfect Bow Grip -
NEW ARTICLE!!!
I have started a series of articles on bowing tehnique. Here is the first one in the series:
http://johnboulware.com/wordpress/?p=6
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News: Article in the Chattanoogan.com!!
Tom Brown recently wrote an article on me and recently published in on an internet news site called the Chattanoogan.com.
Here is a link to it if you would like to read it:
http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_110618.asp
Oh, and I have a new blog post up about my trip to West Virginia. (Pictures coming soon!)
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