Doug Berch

Somehow I ended up with mp3s of an album of Khmer dance music, probably a download I found somewhere online. This is amazing, high spirited music.
The instrumentation features some type of hammered dulcimer, zither, bowed instruments and percussion.
I did a web search recently to learn more about this music and learned that the recordings [...]

I have been attempting to upgrade the back end of my web site for a few days to no avail.
Backups are a wonderful thing!
I’m still working on it but if you notice that my site is down or links are broken, or especially if flaming evil monkeys come flying out of your screen please let [...]

A beautiful snowy day. I get to spend the day in the shop. In a few hours I will have set up another prototype dulcimer and will be playing it. It’s a nice way to start off the month.

I love Winter.
Well, I should say that I love Winter weather when it gets seriously cold and snows.
When I first moved to Michigan I was disappointed to learn that the Lansing area does not get much snow compared to some other parts of the State. What the area lacks in snow is made up for [...]