Holiday
Creative Musicianship: Irish musicians
by Jason Hannah on Mar.17, 2010, under Holiday
This afternoon I was supposed to post part 3 to the “Why Do You Create Music” series, but to be perfectly honest, when I was planning my schedule for the week on this blog, I didn’t take into account that today is St Patrick’s Day.
So, in honor of the Holiday, I hope you’ll forgive me that I’m going to put off the Part 3 post for one day and instead post some videos of some people playing some Irish or Irish-inspired music.
Maybe you’ll watch these videos and decide to go write your own St Patrick’s Day song!
John Joe Kelly Bodhran solo
I am fascinated by the Bodhran drum. I bought one after watching this guy play. He makes it look so easy. It’s not even 10% as easy as he makes it seem. He’s incredible.
The Corrs
I’ve taken an interest in the Coors over the past few years as well… partly because I got the opportunity to talk to Andrea Corr a handful of times on MySpace before her profile became overwhelmed with people adding her, and she is a very nice person… but also partly because I’ve taken an interest in some of the simple Celtic instruments that they put into their songs.
This is a clip of them playing Haste To The Wedding live. It shows off some Irish sounds from the violin, tin whistle, and bodhran
Celtic Guitar
And, because I’m a guitar player, we have to include some Celtic guitar in this post.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! Make some great holiday music!
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Happy Thanksgiving!
by Jason Hannah on Nov.26, 2009, under Holiday
I hope everyone out there has a happy Thanksgiving!
Maybe if you can find some time you’ll discover a new genre of “Thanksgiving Carols”, or perhaps you’ll figure out how to turn your turkey pan into some crazy instrument. Or maybe you’ll just write a song about breaking the wishbone.
Whatever you do, enjoy your day!
Happy Thanksgiving!
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