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I post videos on my YouTube channel to:

  • provide students with ongoing support between lessons
  • demonstrate tunes at a range of tempos – from dead slow to up-to-speed
  • deconstruct difficult and more complex tunes
  • showcase presentations from workshops that I have lead
  • feature my own compositions, recordings from performances and jam sessions
  • vlog my own learning journey & musical career

I have received so much wonderful feedback from players across the world who have let me know how important my videos are in their learning. This is a very humbling feeling.

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Performance anxiety ❤️‍🩹 | Chatterbox ep12 clip #folkmusician
Are English sessions too polite these days? 🪗 🤔
Martin Ellison is a gem of the traditional English folk music scene. Hailing from Leyland in the industrial North West of England, he's had an affinity with Southern English Country Music since his early teens. Growing up through the revival of the late 60s and 70s he was exposed to a variety of influential folkies including Bernard Wrigley "The Bolton Bullfrog", Shirley and Dolly Collins, Mike Harding, John Kirkpatrick, Reg Hall, Roger Edwards, Oscar Woods, Bob Cann among many others. He grew up playing for Garstang NW Morris and went on to form his ceilidh band Ran Tan Band and played for The Threlfall Sisters. Join us for a cosy, wholesome conversation between two generations of traditional English folk musicians comparing notes on session etiquette, the positives and negatives of sharing on social media, and opening up about our personal battles with mental health and performance anxiety. Martin's Links: YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSzwGhFePt199aKElOaxzHA Facebook | https://en-gb.facebook.com/martin.ellison.52 Replay Martin's Melinar tutorial: A Masterclass With The Maestro: https://www.patreon.com/posts/116906019 Mel's Festive Melodeon workshop & concert Birmingham Accordion Centre 7th December 2024: https://accordioncentre.com/acb/whats-on/ Mel's melodeon workshops at The Stables, Milton Keynes Jan & Mar 2025: https://stables.org/workshops Sign up to the Folk Unbound mailing list for more information about mine & Lucy's folk camp in July 2025: https://pages.melbiggsmusic.co.uk/fsuf83bapj Join my PATREON for extended episodes, guest tutor Melinars & learning resource archive: www.patreon.com/melbiggsmusic Visit my website for on demand classes, courses, live dates, merch & more: www.melbiggsmusic.co.uk Intro & outro music: 'Dream Big' by Mel Biggs. All rights reserved. Listen to the full track on my album 'From Darkness Comes Light': www.melbiggsmusic.bandcamp.com Get in touch: chatterbox@melbiggsmusic.co.uk Don't forget to like/subscribe/follow: YouTube | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/melbiggs_melodeonteacher/ Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/MelBiggsMusic/
Martin Ellison: Sessions, Socials, & Stage Fright | Chatterbox with Mel Biggs S1E12
Martin Ellison teaches some tricks and twists! ✨
Positive vibes only… 😭😂
This tune has taken quite a few hours to get under my fingers over the last week! I've carried on bludgeoning away to the point that I can get distracted, and carry on without it crumbling into a discordant mess under my fingers! G minor is a new key for me on the Handry, and slowly but surely I'm getting used to all this still new-to-me feeling box has to offer. Thanks to a new student of mine for suggesting it in the first place! I love when students bring new tunes into my life. I really enjoyed working out the chords to this one 🙂 Played on a 3rd button start Castagnari Handry 18 G/C/Laloy https://www.melbiggsmusic.co.uk TUTORIALS TO HELP YOU: Playing By Ear: How to Hear When to Change Chords: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65685902 Playing By Ear: Know Which Chord to Change To: https://www.patreon.com/posts/66283970 Chord Theory Part 4: Working Out Harmony From Written Melody: https://www.patreon.com/posts/70650434 ----------------------------------------------------------------- MY ALBUM: Available to buy physical CD and/or digital format: https://bit.ly/2SzHWl7 Listen via streaming on Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/2SyPdC0 THE MEL BIGGS TUNE BOOK AVAILABLE HERE Physical/Digital: https://bit.ly/34olm1K If you have enjoyed this video or found it useful please consider supporting my work through Patreon! Sign up for EXCLUSIVE teaching content and become one of Mel's Angels: https://www.patreon.com/melbiggsmusic The Mel Method: Why I should be your melodeon teacher: https://bit.ly/2rtpw52 Mel Biggs Music is proudly supported by Acorn Instruments: https://www.acorninstruments.co.uk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find and follow… Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MelBiggsMusic/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelBiggsMusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melbiggs_melodeonteacher/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/mel-biggs-music
Carl Wark (Dave Shepherd / Blowzabella arr. Mel Biggs) | Mel Biggs Melodeon Teacher
I've been keeping a secret from you… 🤫 #FolkMusician
Turning negatives into positives ✊
Not feeling welcome on the folk scene 😕
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