Music is holy, art is sacred, and creativity is power
Everyday is EARTH DAY to a farmer
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." Oscar Wilde
Some men are drawn to oceans, they cannot breathe unless the air is scented with a salty mist. Others are drawn to land that is flat, and the air is sullen and is leaden as August. My people were drawn to mountains- Earl Hamner Jr.
Probably not considered traditional, but I do drumming with a pipe band. Although, when you think about it, the drum is the most ancient of all instruments.
I was taking piping lessons when I was much younger. Actually, I was trading lessons with a piper friend of mine. When I went into the Army, my pracitce chanter got lost in the shuffle. I never got another one.
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Cheers! Todd
Normal is a relative term. For some reason it is not a term my relatives use to describe me.
Is it legal to change the status of your played instrument to "Traditional" if you've heard someone playing it on HR?
I just heard a tremendous sax solo from a Fenian's song.....so sax is now Celtic?
--Pneumandro
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My biological mom is English, Irish, Scottish. My biological father is English/German. Guess that makes me 1/5 German, 1/5 Irish, 2/5 English and a fifth of Scotch!
There was actually a little while when Jazz/Big Bands were getting popular in Ireland. Because people were making saxophone or trombone their instruments (instead of fiddle or pipes) these "jazz" instruments began to find their way into the ceili bands of the time. Likewise...jazz inflection was starting to creep it's way in too and the local dance music became a weird swing Jazz/Irish hybrid
Could you imagine doing the Walls of Limerick or the Haymaker's jig to Benny Goodman swing??
Cheers,
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It's amazing what you can do with a little motivation and a lot of whiskey. -Name that Musician
I play the bagpipesjavascript:emoticon('::musicnote'). I have been playing for about 25 years. I guess that dates me somewhat. By the way how can I get a copy of that kid with the bagpipes blowing up the bike tire. That is great!!!
hey there i play ahhhh lets see hammered dulcimer (as apposed to the sober dulcimer) bowed psaltry..... mandolin and octave mandolin, hurdy gurdy ummmm lil bit o penny whistle... and borhan...... and i think that is it..... been doing so for quite a few years did seven years at the local ren faire.
Arianrhod just read the rest of the posts since october i see..... if there is anything i can do to help ya on the road to being hammered....lemme know..... but it looks like you got music under controll
dundee.. I am using this handle, because I did something stupid to the Arianrhod one.. So this will be me for a bit ...
I did just start in Oct.. but with the winter here, missed quite a few weeks.. Very lucky to have a teacher about twenty minutes away
Working on the Arkansa Travler atm.. good tune.. but I look foreward to playing other types of music..
I don't know about haveing the music under control ... as for being hammered.... Not as much since college
In Service to the Dream, Paula
My teacher and I both looked for HD's.. she found me one in nearby Ohio.. This lady was selling a Lost Valley.. with everything.. its a 16/16 .. I have to get a pic posted.. Linda Foley is a caver, and her husband is a luther.. so she did the sound holes.. its pretty unique..
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What fresh hell is this ? Dorthy Parker
The longer I live the greater is my respect for manure in al its forms. Elizabeth Von Armim