I know this is an old thread, but it has me fascinated. Indeed, for the past while I've been in and out of obsession about Gondor just south of the White Mountains and about the folk who live there, particularly the men who went to fight in Gondor's defense. In thinking about building up a persona f...

Yay, another Fandabi Dozi fan! I've also drawn a lot of inspiration from him - I even got a great plaid that I've worn on one hike so far. It's about time to take it out again on another excursion. While the particulars of how his kit all fits together might be specific to the 17th century, much of ...

Yay! A new video to watch! And I loved the canoe pictures: I used to do a lot of canoeing as a teenager. Gotta get back into it.

This thread is such a blessing to me, I can't even tell you.

I like that short video, Eofor! It makes me want to quit the warm safety of my house and go out into the weather with some stout fellows.

So, Iodo, I too would love to see whatever you make of your video!

Yes - keep on doing what you're doing, Iodo!

Hello there! I'm new here too, and the people here are gracious and encouraging. In particular I appreciate the encouragement while starting out with minimal kit.

It's cold and snowy in Utah Valley these days and I've been soft and haven't gone out into it much. So here are some pictures from a little ramble I took up one of our foothills one morning last October, trying out my new great plaid. I don't have a really good shot of me in the plaid, but as you ca...

Apparently there are a lot of bodhran jokes, such as: One day a bodhran player left his car unlocked. When we realized what he had done, he hurried back to his car and opened it up. But it was too late: it was already crammed full of bodhrans. Or: What's the best way to play a bodhran? With a pen kn...

Thanks all for the kind words. I'll keep practicing and recording and sharing. Always glad to hear appreciation for drones. I like them too: bagpipes, hurdy-gurdies. It would be interesting to try one of the old world ancestors of the mountain dulcimer, with drone strings that have no frets under th...

These are all lovely. I've long craved one of those old Saxon lyres. And I'm enjoying observing the details of flute-making.

I've been learning to play the mountain dulcimer. Here's a tune I've been working on, in honor of Beorn: https://soundcloud.com/studentofrhythm/bear-tune-rough?si=4c72033183804e0b91ab513f96a761c5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing And here's a little tune I ...

This is excellent! Frame drums are such fun. I'll see about taking some tasty pictures of mine and hope to see others' soon. A bit easier to cart around than my harps. ;) Eledhwen I dropped one of my frame drums on a hike about eight years ago and down the steep hillside it rolled, bouncing all the ...

cool stuff :) the only musical instrument I have ever played is the drums, I use-to play a drum kit when I was at high-school because they had one, but because there's not enough room in the house, when I left I switched to playing a type of Irish frame drum called a bodhran Yay for the bodhran! I ...

Oh man, that hit me. Thanks for sharing!

The stick dulcimer's a fun little instrument--I really want to make my own with four strings and mandolin tuning. I just got a stick dulcimer too! I've had a mountain dulcimer for a while and recently took it up again. One of these days I'll take the stick on a ramble in the woods, maybe with my fl...