There are violinists who make music, and then there are artists such as Meg Mulhearn , who use the violin as sort of a paintbrush . “A lot of times when people find out I’m a violinist or a fiddler, they’ll ask if I play bluegrass or old-time or something like that and I have in the past,” Mulhearn said. “I think I wanted to do something more experimental or unexpected with the violin.”