CHRIS HAIGH; SESSION MUSICIAN/VIOLINIST/FIDDLE PLAYER

If you're looking for a fiddle player for a recording session, you've got a potential problem. "Straight" string parts are easy- there are lots of orchestral players with the technique and experience to play whatever you put in front of them. If, however, you're looking for a particular style, such as country, Irish, swing or gypsy, you're in danger of landing yourself with a fish out of water- highly trained, skilled and experienced- but still a fish out of water!

Worse still if you haven't got a written part, but just want a fiddle player to play something generic to fit the piece you're recording- you're then looking at red faces all round and a quick leaf through the MU book. Enter stage left, bashfully but confidently -renowned "round the world" fiddler Chris Haigh. As a session musician I've seen most of what people can throw at me: I've played on over 60 albums, covering the commercial (Michael Ball, Alison Moyet, Rolf Harris, James Galway, Steps), the exotic (Oumou Sangare, Ute Lemper, Kremlinaires, Tziganarama) the cool (Morcheeba, Daily Planet), and the obsure (too many to mention!) I've done library albums, film scores and jingles by the bucket load.

I've rarely been given a score at a recording session, though I can read one, and rarely need to go more than a couple of takes. I've spent thirty years delving into all the different fiddle styles- Irish, Scottish, Country, cajun, bluegrass , western swing, Russian, Balkan, Klezmer, gypsy, jazz, rock and blues. Not just in a shallow way but seriously and in detail (check out my book "Fiddling aound the World" and the associated website www.fiddlingaround.co.uk.)

 

So if you're looking for a safe pair of hands to cover a fiddle or violin session, get in touch. You can email me at chris@fiddlingaround.co.ukor ring me on 020 85343887 or 07759 680533.