Can anyone suggest a name for my new fiddle album?
Hi Everyone,
My name's Iain Anderson. I'm recording my debut fiddle album in Edinburgh this coming weekend (18th and 19th August ). The sleeve notes have been written and the tunes have been rehearsed but i still don't have a title!!! I'm trying to steer clear of titles like 'Fiddlesticks' and 'Fit as a Fiddle' ... What I need is something catchy! If you have any good suggestions and I use it, I'll send you a copy if you give me a contact ...
The fiddle often gets the focus, the bow and rosin less so ~
Bowing Out / Bowing In
Bowing to Convention / Bowing to Tradition
Bow to the Fiddle
Bow and Scrape
Horse Hair and Pine Resin
Rosin and Bow / Rosin the Bow
Rosin Dust
Fire in the Rosin
A Glint of Amber / The Amber Stone
Ian's Amber / Wood Pitch & Horse Hair
~ It would help to know more about the album and it's content and inspiration...and the 'author'... It seems a very personaly thing. Here's a trick as recommended by a famous Sci-Fi author, Ray Bradbury, and you can do it with yourself or friends. You musn't edit anything at all, however absurd or rediculous or rude it might be ~ sit down and just let your brain cells loose and let them be silly ~ write down everything, or tape it for that matter, but don't stop, just let it keep flowing and being whatever it wants to be and go wherever it wants to go ~ WITHOUT EDITING IT ~ before or during, just let go. After a long bought of nonesense, you could take a rest, maybe have a drink, and then either go over all the wild carefree creations that came, or give it another try or two and save the 'review' till later, even the next day. Usually you'll surprise yourself, or you and whoever else you might invite in on the fun, and you'll find a few good possibilities amongst a lot of varied content, much of it which may not have any bearing whatsoever on your subject. That would be a good sign, that you didn't hesitate and get in the way of this exercise in freedom. Ray Bradbury described it better than I can, but it is fun and it has gotten me out of a few similar ruts myself, and has worked for others too, including Ray Bradbury. So, find a little time, give it a try, and have fun with it. If you get a lot of laughter out of it that's a good sign. Good luck.
Re: Can anyone suggest a name for my fiddle album?
The Chiff in the Bow
The Flint in the Bow
Flint and Steel
For Every Action
The Catch of the Bow
Friction
Rasp and Rhythm
Rasp with Rhythm
Rhythm Rasp
The Rasp of the Bow
Flint in the Bow, Steel in the String
Rhyme and Reason
Bowknot
Bowline
Bowline on the Bight
Running Bowline
Fiddler's Pitch
Fiddle the Pitch
Pitch the Fiddle
Fiddle Fudge
Pitch and Yaw
The Bite of the Bow
Bow and Bite
Navigator's Bow
Rosin on the Dance Floor
Rosin the Dance Floor
The Dancing Bow
~ nah, too much editing and hesitation... It's late and my bath water is going cold...
Fiddlin' in a Shower
Fiddlin' in the Rain
The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Fiddlin'
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I go along with the stream of unconsciousness theory - was trying this for a new name for my band, many years ago. Went to bed, after writing down the names of American patchwork quilt patterns, there's quite a few evocative titles in there ( it was a hobby of my SO, and it's folky but a bit off the usual track ), woke up in the morning and said " T********t" which was a combination of two of these titles. It was years later when I discovered there was a Canadian band of that name, not much longer established than us.
Yes, write down all this stuff and then sleep on it.
I've played in both Wide-Eyed and Fretless, and Brute Force and Ignorance, so you can't have either of them........
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What a bunch of ~ ~ ~ thanks for the laughs. Such questions, for band names and the like, always go peripheral.
Don't forget the other possible plays on your own name while you're having fun ~ aside from Jethro Tull's flautist...
The Anderson Shelter
Anderson's Shelter
Anthracite
Catgut
The Ebony Frog
The Ideate Centre
Ion and Erse Own
Iain's
Madainn Math
Toiseach an Teine
Air an Órdaig
Ite Air an Órdaig
A Chur
A' Chluas
A' Bruidhinn
Garadh oir a' Chluas
Mil oir a' Chluas
Biadh oir a' Chluas
An T'Arbhar
Bradan Birich
A' Chéilidh
Gual Air an Teine
Gual oir an Teine
An T-aran agus ím
An T-aran agus Mil
Had a bad night's sleep, so forgive any flubs in the previous extrusions...
Held Together with String
Strung Out
Strung Along
How Long is a String
The Length of the String
The Length of a String
String Theory
String
Strung
The Cat With the Fiddle
The Cat and the Frog
A Horse, A Cat and a Frog
Aesop's Fables
The Burl in the Bow
The Burl in the Fiddle
Burl and Brose
Brose
Hi everyone! ... Any more ideas for my fiddle album title????
Thanks to everyone so far for their ideas for a title. I've had some brilliant suggestions but if you have any more i'd love to hear 'em ... It's a scottish fiddle album so i'm trying to get a title to fit ... ...................... I decided NOT to go with the name
"Hector MacSporran and the tartan flying machine" . Sorry!
Cheers, Iain Anderson.. ( No, not Jethro Tull !!! ).
And there's one in Spray Beach, New Jersey and Romeoville, Illinois and Phoenix, Arizona and San Rafael, Marin County, California and Leslie, Kentucky and Eufaula, Alabama and Stanley, North Carolina and Daytona Beach, Florida and Doonside, New South Wales and Quesnel and Hornby Island, British Columbia:
And ~ and ~ and ~ damn those Andersons got around and have a hell of a lot of asphalt named after them...
Hey, you could call it ~
The Tar Fiddle
The Asphalt Fiddle
Hot Ashphalt
Melting Tarmacadam
Burning Tyres on Asphalt
All Day Breakfast
Fiddle on the Fly
Anderson's Fiddle
Anderson's Folly
Anderson's
Anderson's Ha'penny
Anderson's Tuppence
Anderson's Two Bits
Anderson's Bight
Anderson's Whim
The Anderson Two-Step
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And you could make a cover of some street signs from Aberdeen (and the other places mentioned above) but illustrated with a remote highland road, and a pic of you playng the fiddle with plenty of "drive" .... and .... and ... and ....
Or a little cartoon map of Scotland with the tracks as place names .....
I tell you I'm wasted on here, wasted
If Haggis Could Fly
Ian Anderson and The Flying Haggis
The Flying Haggis of Love
Haggis 'n Neeps
Neeps 'n Tatties
The Fickle Tattie
The Wormy Neep
The Haggis Toss
The Haggis Hurl
The Haggis Hunt
Hunt for the Haggis
The Wild Haggis
Addressing the Haggis
Great Chieftain o' the Puddin'-Race!
As Feckless as a Wither'd Rash
Like Taps o Thrissle
That Jaups in Luggies
His nieve a nit
Haggis Stew
Sheep's Pluck
Pluck 'n Bannocks
The Caber for a Bow
Caber Toss
The Paisley Kilt
Haggisology
Haggistory
The Haggis Fiddle
Black Sausage, Neeps and Tatties
The Whisky Soaked Coddle
The Thistle's Barb
Hotch-Potch
Colcannon
Crowdie
Crowdie agus Bradan Birruch
Stovies
Atholl Brose
Forfar Bridies
Cloutie Dumpling
Cock-a-Leekie
Edinburgh Rock
Anderson's Single Malt
Ian Anderson's Single Malt
Ian's Uisge Beatha
Anderson's Distillery
Uisge Beatha Anderson
The Brewer's Spurtle
Tattie Bogle
The Fairies' Spirtle
The Tipsy Puddock
Re: Hi everyone! ... Any more ideas for my fiddle album title????
Don't know if Crossing the Bridge has been done before, but if it has, then change to "Just Over the Bridge" or some Scottish phrase indicating the other side/just over/beyond/next to etc.
Re: Hi everyone! ... Any more ideas for my fiddle album title????
Talk about "stream of consciousness", ceolachan!
Why didn't I just consult you when I was looking for a band name, instead of suffering those months of anguish?
But, er,....might one enquire politely if you happen to be using the same substance as did Samuel Coleridge? And is it available for Artists on what used to be called the National Health?
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Is that what that white stuff is? Doctor Watson, the needle please...
(Am) Foghar
(An) Lùnasdal
Ealdhain
Mu Dheireadh Thall
Swaara
Queef a Rowl
Pearls Midst the Midden
Dirt in the Bow ~
Alright, all this carryin' on, I hope that your not going to disappoint me with the same ol' whimseys a la RSCDS or the stiff ruffle and ponce of the fiddlin' gentry of Alban, the Skinny of it and the flurries of the likes of Scott Skinner... There is an audience out there for that sort of ~ I won't say it, but I am definitely one who more appreciates the dirt of the auld ways with it, as survives in the Canadian Maritimes, like Cape Breton, and the out Isles, like the Shetlands, music that is still dancing and not strangled and muffled by too much starch and pomp. I can appreciated the twiddles and the fancy bowing and the 'control' and the tightness of it as a discipline, but that does nothing to warm the depths of my heart and soul.
Fear Duine a Much
Se ____ a Th'Annad!
Se Pathadh a Th'Annad!
Se Salann a Th'Annad!
Se Teine a Th'Annad!
Se Feum a Th'Annad!
Se Fuaim a Th'Annad!
Se Tuil a Th'Annad!
Se Acras a Th'Annad!
Se Innis a Th'Annad!
Se Torman a Th'Annad!
Comain
Stiùir / Stiùireach
Airgead Agus Ór
Se Teas a Th'Annad!
Sgadan Agus Reannach
An Giomach Ór
Slipuch = Slippery
Guskippletuh = Full of Life (unsure of spelling)
An Dorus Mor
The Open Door
Oh yes, forgive me any muckin' of the lingua Gaelge...
"Guskippletuh" is as it sounded as a friend gave it to me, but he didn't know how to spell it either... It was Gaelic slang... Someone more in touch with the language may have the actual spelling of it?
Best of luck this weekend, whatever the intention or content...
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Call me crazy, but I would worry about the quality of an album when the musician(s) involved doesn't have the creativity to come up with their own name.
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Hey, I kind of agree, that the 'source' is the best place for a name, but humour the poor lad, it is his first effort, I suspect, so he is probably one hell of a bundle of nerves and can't think straight, not that all our jawing is going to help with him regaining balance and sanity. It is this coming weekend, he must be wettin' himself.
So, a bit of understanding and compassion Crysania, imagine yourself in a similar situation, you might just suffer a freeze on the creative juices. I know I'd be worried. I much prefer dancers in front to take off some of the heat, and to add to the warmth. But a studio, and having worked up to actually doing this, the poor lad. I wish him all the best. I do agree with you and a few others though, Iain, you would be best to just invite your closest and dearest family and or freinds over for a barbie and a drink and have a round table idea fest, writing every silly little thing down, and then, sleeping on it, and coming back. All the silliness I've added is really there just as fodder for ideas, with the hopes you'll find the seed for your title in your own heart, or maybe something from the madness will lodge there and in your hands and mind will find something that fits you and the situation...
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Ptarmigan,
" the mangled badger" is from d'unbelievables!
"I WOULDN'T THANK YOU FOR IT SIR, I WOULDN'T WANT IT, D'WANT TA HEAR A TUNE SIR, I LEARNT DIS TUNE FROM A BLIND HARPOONIST UP IN DONEGAL, ITS CALLED THE MANGLED BADGER"
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I've been in similar situations with naming compositions and sure, sometimes it's difficult to come up with just the right name. But since it's my personal project and my creative output, I feel like it's my responsibility to come up with a name.
And really -- as far as catchy names go? Who cares? Many of the great's first albums were either self-titled or just "Traditional music of Ireland." And they're still great albums a lot of people buy.
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Decide what mood you want to evoke, and name it appropriately. If it sounds very much like a session, call it "At the Pub," "Tunes in the Back Room," or something like that. I have a couple of names I particularly like, and have never seen, but will keep them to myself for potential future use (ha ha).
Interesting note--I have been told that titles are one thing that cannot be copyrighted in the US, I guess someone wisely decided that there are only so many short phrases to go around.
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Nice one Crysania, the truth will out...
I still think he should make a party of it and invite a select few who know him and can contribute something with more meaning than any of us detatched digital instances can... Think of the craic, good company, some music, good food and drink ~ and being able to relax your guard amongst folks who care about you. What better way to free up those creative juices and get past this blockage...
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Thanks to everyone for the contributions, I really appreciate it. Don't let me stop you though - the more ideas the better. Also, if you know of any relevant magazines/publications near you who would be interested in reviewing the CD please let me know. The album is being recorded this weekend and will be released early October.
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Bow & Quiver
The Fiddler's Creel
Can Anyone Suggest a Name for My Fiddle Album?
Another Fiddle Album
Not Just Another Fiddle Album
Suggest a Name
Suggested Name
Nothing Quite Fits
Fitz
Another String Down
The Edinburgh Colliery Fiddle Band
Bandjaxed & Befuddled
Sorry ~ I need this temporary distraction while I'm trying to come up with something altogether unrelated to fiddle album titles. Sometimes such distractions lead me to the answer for the another task... Now I've got it I must return to my own tasks ~
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Inane Rosin Ad
Radio Nannies
Do Nannies Air
Da' Oar Ninnies
Airs Anon, I End
Raise Anon Din
Neon Airs And I
An Onside Rain
In One Sad Rain
Insane Rain Do
No Rad Asinine
An Inner Adios
Inane Inroads
Nae Inroads In
Nae An Iris Nod
Nae Air Dins On
Onion Ears And I
A Rad Noise Inn
In An Arid Nose
I Do An Ear Sin
Can anyone suggest a name for my fiddle album?
Can anyone suggest a name for my new fiddle album?
Hi Everyone,
My name's Iain Anderson. I'm recording my debut fiddle album in Edinburgh this coming weekend (18th and 19th August ). The sleeve notes have been written and the tunes have been rehearsed but i still don't have a title!!! I'm trying to steer clear of titles like 'Fiddlesticks' and 'Fit as a Fiddle' ... What I need is something catchy! If you have any good suggestions and I use it, I'll send you a copy if you give me a contact ...
Many, Many Thanks!!!
Iain Anderson.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Iain Anderson
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How about No Strings Attached? ... maybe not!
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Iain Anderson
Re: Can anyone suggest a name for my fiddle album?
Or Strings and Things? ... er, ..... no.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Iain Anderson
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What tracks?
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by ceolachan
A list of your tracks / tunes might help as inspiration...
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by ceolachan
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how about "a fretless fancy"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by newfie percussionist
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How 'bout
"Menstrual in the Gallery"
or
"I Ain’t Ian Anderson."
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by fidkid
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A fortune-cookie fortune that I thought would make a nice album title:
'Psychics Will Lead Dogs to Your Body."
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by fidkid
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"Yep, It's Spelled Correctly"
"Bowed and Unbroken"
"Bows and Scrapes"
"Rosined and Ready"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by joesmith
The fiddle often gets the focus, the bow and rosin less so ~
Bowing Out / Bowing In
Bowing to Convention / Bowing to Tradition
Bow to the Fiddle
Bow and Scrape
Horse Hair and Pine Resin
Rosin and Bow / Rosin the Bow
Rosin Dust
Fire in the Rosin
A Glint of Amber / The Amber Stone
Ian's Amber / Wood Pitch & Horse Hair
~ It would help to know more about the album and it's content and inspiration...and the 'author'... It seems a very personaly thing. Here's a trick as recommended by a famous Sci-Fi author, Ray Bradbury, and you can do it with yourself or friends. You musn't edit anything at all, however absurd or rediculous or rude it might be ~ sit down and just let your brain cells loose and let them be silly ~ write down everything, or tape it for that matter, but don't stop, just let it keep flowing and being whatever it wants to be and go wherever it wants to go ~ WITHOUT EDITING IT ~ before or during, just let go. After a long bought of nonesense, you could take a rest, maybe have a drink, and then either go over all the wild carefree creations that came, or give it another try or two and save the 'review' till later, even the next day. Usually you'll surprise yourself, or you and whoever else you might invite in on the fun, and you'll find a few good possibilities amongst a lot of varied content, much of it which may not have any bearing whatsoever on your subject. That would be a good sign, that you didn't hesitate and get in the way of this exercise in freedom. Ray Bradbury described it better than I can, but it is fun and it has gotten me out of a few similar ruts myself, and has worked for others too, including Ray Bradbury. So, find a little time, give it a try, and have fun with it. If you get a lot of laughter out of it that's a good sign. Good luck.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by ceolachan
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I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING... SORRY!
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Phantom Button
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" free beer?"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by jrathbun
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The Chiff in the Bow
The Flint in the Bow
Flint and Steel
For Every Action
The Catch of the Bow
Friction
Rasp and Rhythm
Rasp with Rhythm
Rhythm Rasp
The Rasp of the Bow
Flint in the Bow, Steel in the String
Rhyme and Reason
Bowknot
Bowline
Bowline on the Bight
Running Bowline
Fiddler's Pitch
Fiddle the Pitch
Pitch the Fiddle
Fiddle Fudge
Pitch and Yaw
The Bite of the Bow
Bow and Bite
Navigator's Bow
Rosin on the Dance Floor
Rosin the Dance Floor
The Dancing Bow
~ nah, too much editing and hesitation... It's late and my bath water is going cold...
Fiddlin' in a Shower
Fiddlin' in the Rain
The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Fiddlin'
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by ceolachan
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lil' fidl'
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Pere
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Ha.
Bet you've never heard any Ian Anderson references before.
Sorry.
Is there a tune that really speaks to you? The gem of your album? That's not a bad place to start.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by fidkid
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Don't know why this came to me, but it's a play on words from a Sinatra tune. "i've got you, under my chin". I know... probably a stupid suggestion.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by nofrets
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Oh, and good luck, by the way. This has to be exciting times for you. Best wishes on your first cd launch!
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by nofrets
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"No, not the fecking fish farmer"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Bren
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you could always call it
"A Tribute to Jaime Hammack"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by jaime!
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The Edinburgh Fiddler
Iain "no, not that one" Anderson
Or just name it after one of the tunes that you're recording. It would be even better if it was your own composition that you used the title for.
Cheers,
Armand
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by fiddlinviolinin
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Notes From The Hair
Come Hair 'n Listen - maybe not
Screw Stick & Frog
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Donough
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If it's a solo CD Iain, why not call it - 'Fiddling with Myself'
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Ptarmigan
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"death row cull"
Iian Anderson plays fiddle
"jethro tull"
Ian Anderson plays flute
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Ripthecalico
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It depends if you are about 16 - 20 yrs old you could call it the
"Kiddy Fiddler" on the mountain
or "If one more person asks me if I also play the flute I will kill"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Ripthecalico
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"Nevermind the Diddley
feel the width of my bow"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Ripthecalico
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FIDDELING WITH YOURSELF?
Or has Bola soul?
Does it have to be a serious name.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by eurbanjo
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"Bow wow wow"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by DADdyGADdy
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"Mr. Bow-it-all"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by DADdyGADdy
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I'm sure it's been done before but, "Take a Bow" ?
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
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Or how about simply "My New Fiddle Album"?
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
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(Ptarmigan - I seem to remember a record called "Derek Bell Plays With Himself"...)
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by nicholas
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On the Fiddle
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by murfbox
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New Kilts and no panties
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Compo
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Mr Creosote's Wafer
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Compo
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Mrs Bewton and her beaver-like tendencies.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
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The Mangled Badger!
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by flanum
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How about 'Fiddle-dee dee'?
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by copo24
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Tethro Jull?
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by kuec
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I go along with the stream of unconsciousness theory - was trying this for a new name for my band, many years ago. Went to bed, after writing down the names of American patchwork quilt patterns, there's quite a few evocative titles in there ( it was a hobby of my SO, and it's folky but a bit off the usual track ), woke up in the morning and said " T********t" which was a combination of two of these titles. It was years later when I discovered there was a Canadian band of that name, not much longer established than us.
Yes, write down all this stuff and then sleep on it.
I've played in both Wide-Eyed and Fretless, and Brute Force and Ignorance, so you can't have either of them........
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Guernsey Pete
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"The Mangled Badger!" Flanum - what the flute has that to do with Fiddle Music?.
You might as well call it - "I hope yer next sh*te's a Hedgehog!"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Ptarmigan
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Would someone translate "I hope yer next sh*te's a Hedgehog!" into Irish for me? Please. Pleasepleaseplease.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by fidkid
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Tunes from an old orange box
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Pete Stephenson.
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"tá súil agam sin do faeces seo chugainn é gráinneog"
I think thats what it is but i may be way off, you never know with me!
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by tnoumarap
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Go raibh maith agat, new-strings!
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by fidkid
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Strung Out and Utterly Fluteless
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by lcox
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What a bunch of ~ ~ ~ thanks for the laughs. Such questions, for band names and the like, always go peripheral.
Don't forget the other possible plays on your own name while you're having fun ~ aside from Jethro Tull's flautist...
The Anderson Shelter
Anderson's Shelter
Anthracite
Catgut
The Ebony Frog
The Ideate Centre
Ion and Erse Own
Iain's
Madainn Math
Toiseach an Teine
Air an Órdaig
Ite Air an Órdaig
A Chur
A' Chluas
A' Bruidhinn
Garadh oir a' Chluas
Mil oir a' Chluas
Biadh oir a' Chluas
An T'Arbhar
Bradan Birich
A' Chéilidh
Gual Air an Teine
Gual oir an Teine
An T-aran agus ím
An T-aran agus Mil
Had a bad night's sleep, so forgive any flubs in the previous extrusions...
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by ceolachan
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And while your at it Iain, you should give New Strings 'machine' the 'Band Generator' a spin - I did, punching in Scots Fiddle & it spat out:
Scots Fiddle Insomnia
Revolving Scots Fiddle
Condemned Scots Fiddle
Scots Fiddle Extravaganza
Ageless Scots Fiddle and the Butt-ugly Cave
Scots Fiddle Trouble
Scots Fiddle of the Acting
Scots Fiddle Fist of the Teal Ink
Scots Fiddle Armored
Scots Fiddle Download
http://www.bandnamemaker.com/generator/
It's almost as much fun as 'Bashing a Penguin' & who knows, you might just come up with a cracker!
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Ptarmigan
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Óran air an Sraeng
Óran oir an Sraeng
Uisge air an Sraeng
Buail air an Sraeng
Óran Sraeng
I need a good stiff double of good ol' unadulterated Uisge Beatha... Now that would be a promise of reward worth sweatin' out some titles for...
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by ceolachan
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Óran Ian
Óran do ~ ?
Oh yeah, the need for drink...
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by ceolachan
Held Together with String
Strung Out
Strung Along
How Long is a String
The Length of the String
The Length of a String
String Theory
String
Strung
The Cat With the Fiddle
The Cat and the Frog
A Horse, A Cat and a Frog
Aesop's Fables
The Burl in the Bow
The Burl in the Fiddle
Burl and Brose
Brose
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by ceolachan
Scotch Pine
Bog Oak
A Shank of Wood and a Hank of Hair
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by ceolachan
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Let the hair sit,
The Mare's Tail,
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Shtrum
Re: Can anyone suggest a name for my fiddle album?
How about "The Forbidden Fiddle", catchy, isn't it?
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by tnoumarap
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Fiddler on the Loose.
Sorry.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by bosco
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Fiddler on the hoof
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by wormdiet
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Although "interview with the vamper" has got to be the best recent title for anything.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by wormdiet
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Traditional Dance Music of Scotland Played on the Violin in a Non-Classical Manner.
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by wormdiet
Re: Can anyone suggest a name for my fiddle album?
If you were from Aberdeen, you could call it "Anderson Drive"
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Bren
Hi everyone! ... Any more ideas for my fiddle album title????
Thanks to everyone so far for their ideas for a title. I've had some brilliant suggestions but if you have any more i'd love to hear 'em ... It's a scottish fiddle album so i'm trying to get a title to fit ... ...................... I decided NOT to go with the name
"Hector MacSporran and the tartan flying machine" . Sorry!
Cheers, Iain Anderson.. ( No, not Jethro Tull !!! ).
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Iain Anderson
Re: Hi everyone! ... Any more ideas for my fiddle album title????
How about Crossing the bridge?? - or has that been done??
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Iain Anderson
Re: Hi everyone! ... Any more ideas for my fiddle album title????
Or ... Highly Strung???
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Iain Anderson
Re: Hi everyone! ... Any more ideas for my fiddle album title????
Or even ... Rhyhme nor rosin??? (ok, maybe not !!!).
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Iain Anderson
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Let's not forget Georgia:
http://www.andersondrive.org/
And there's one in Spray Beach, New Jersey and Romeoville, Illinois and Phoenix, Arizona and San Rafael, Marin County, California and Leslie, Kentucky and Eufaula, Alabama and Stanley, North Carolina and Daytona Beach, Florida and Doonside, New South Wales and Quesnel and Hornby Island, British Columbia:
http://www.hornbyisland.net/
http://www.hornbyisland.net/anderson.html
And ~ and ~ and ~ damn those Andersons got around and have a hell of a lot of asphalt named after them...
Hey, you could call it ~
The Tar Fiddle
The Asphalt Fiddle
Hot Ashphalt
Melting Tarmacadam
Burning Tyres on Asphalt
All Day Breakfast
Fiddle on the Fly
Anderson's Fiddle
Anderson's Folly
Anderson's
Anderson's Ha'penny
Anderson's Tuppence
Anderson's Two Bits
Anderson's Bight
Anderson's Whim
The Anderson Two-Step
Back to the drink ~
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by ceolachan
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"Can anyone suggest a name for my fiddle album?"
# Posted on August 14th 2006 by Iain Anderson
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/10895
Lest we forget the history...a few contributions back...
I wonder if Jeremy lets duplications fly in the discussions?
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by ceolachan
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And you could make a cover of some street signs from Aberdeen (and the other places mentioned above) but illustrated with a remote highland road, and a pic of you playng the fiddle with plenty of "drive" .... and .... and ... and ....
Or a little cartoon map of Scotland with the tracks as place names .....
I tell you I'm wasted on here, wasted
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Bren
Re: Hi everyone! ... Any more ideas for my fiddle album title????
"Aqualung"? "Why do I stand on only one foot"?
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Farr
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Anderson's All Meat Haggis
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by ceolachan
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Fiddle in Fife
Fife Fiddlin'
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by GerryTh
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How about "Cracked it !"
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by nicholas
And continuing with the food theme ~
If Haggis Could Fly
Ian Anderson and The Flying Haggis
The Flying Haggis of Love
Haggis 'n Neeps
Neeps 'n Tatties
The Fickle Tattie
The Wormy Neep
The Haggis Toss
The Haggis Hurl
The Haggis Hunt
Hunt for the Haggis
The Wild Haggis
Addressing the Haggis
Great Chieftain o' the Puddin'-Race!
As Feckless as a Wither'd Rash
Like Taps o Thrissle
That Jaups in Luggies
His nieve a nit
Haggis Stew
Sheep's Pluck
Pluck 'n Bannocks
The Caber for a Bow
Caber Toss
The Paisley Kilt
Haggisology
Haggistory
The Haggis Fiddle
Black Sausage, Neeps and Tatties
The Whisky Soaked Coddle
The Thistle's Barb
Hotch-Potch
Colcannon
Crowdie
Crowdie agus Bradan Birruch
Stovies
Atholl Brose
Forfar Bridies
Cloutie Dumpling
Cock-a-Leekie
Edinburgh Rock
Anderson's Single Malt
Ian Anderson's Single Malt
Ian's Uisge Beatha
Anderson's Distillery
Uisge Beatha Anderson
The Brewer's Spurtle
Tattie Bogle
The Fairies' Spirtle
The Tipsy Puddock
~ time for bed...
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by ceolachan
Puddock Stew
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by ceolachan
Re: Hi everyone! ... Any more ideas for my fiddle album title????
Don't know if Crossing the Bridge has been done before, but if it has, then change to "Just Over the Bridge" or some Scottish phrase indicating the other side/just over/beyond/next to etc.
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Donough
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"Free Phone Card With Purchase"
"Price Reduced For Quick Sale"
"Marked Down"
"Closeout"
"Free"
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by joesmith
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McGillicuddy's Christmas Party?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGillicuddy_Serious_Party
these guys were fun, basically drunk university students in skirts.
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Joze
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'For Your Ears Only'.
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by BowHand
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Iain, are you sorry you asked?
Not yet? It gets worse......
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by oldstrings
Re: Hi everyone! ... Any more ideas for my fiddle album title????
Talk about "stream of consciousness", ceolachan!
Why didn't I just consult you when I was looking for a band name, instead of suffering those months of anguish?
But, er,....might one enquire politely if you happen to be using the same substance as did Samuel Coleridge? And is it available for Artists on what used to be called the National Health?
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by oldstrings
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How about a sticker that reads:
If you loved Riverdance...Don't bother, this is the REEL thing.
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Greenwiggle
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Is that what that white stuff is? Doctor Watson, the needle please...
(Am) Foghar
(An) Lùnasdal
Ealdhain
Mu Dheireadh Thall
Swaara
Queef a Rowl
Pearls Midst the Midden
Dirt in the Bow ~
Alright, all this carryin' on, I hope that your not going to disappoint me with the same ol' whimseys a la RSCDS or the stiff ruffle and ponce of the fiddlin' gentry of Alban, the Skinny of it and the flurries of the likes of Scott Skinner... There is an audience out there for that sort of ~ I won't say it, but I am definitely one who more appreciates the dirt of the auld ways with it, as survives in the Canadian Maritimes, like Cape Breton, and the out Isles, like the Shetlands, music that is still dancing and not strangled and muffled by too much starch and pomp. I can appreciated the twiddles and the fancy bowing and the 'control' and the tightness of it as a discipline, but that does nothing to warm the depths of my heart and soul.
Fear Duine a Much
Se ____ a Th'Annad!
Se Pathadh a Th'Annad!
Se Salann a Th'Annad!
Se Teine a Th'Annad!
Se Feum a Th'Annad!
Se Fuaim a Th'Annad!
Se Tuil a Th'Annad!
Se Acras a Th'Annad!
Se Innis a Th'Annad!
Se Torman a Th'Annad!
Comain
Stiùir / Stiùireach
Airgead Agus Ór
Se Teas a Th'Annad!
Sgadan Agus Reannach
An Giomach Ór
Slipuch = Slippery
Guskippletuh = Full of Life (unsure of spelling)
An Dorus Mor
The Open Door
Back to some 'serious' work now...
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by ceolachan
Oh yes, forgive me any muckin' of the lingua Gaelge...
"Guskippletuh" is as it sounded as a friend gave it to me, but he didn't know how to spell it either... It was Gaelic slang... Someone more in touch with the language may have the actual spelling of it?
Best of luck this weekend, whatever the intention or content...
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by ceolachan
An Mochin Sona
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by ceolachan
Re: Can anyone suggest a name for my fiddle album?
Call me crazy, but I would worry about the quality of an album when the musician(s) involved doesn't have the creativity to come up with their own name.
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Crysania
Re: Can anyone suggest a name for my fiddle album?
Hey, I kind of agree, that the 'source' is the best place for a name, but humour the poor lad, it is his first effort, I suspect, so he is probably one hell of a bundle of nerves and can't think straight, not that all our jawing is going to help with him regaining balance and sanity. It is this coming weekend, he must be wettin' himself.
So, a bit of understanding and compassion Crysania, imagine yourself in a similar situation, you might just suffer a freeze on the creative juices. I know I'd be worried. I much prefer dancers in front to take off some of the heat, and to add to the warmth. But a studio, and having worked up to actually doing this, the poor lad. I wish him all the best. I do agree with you and a few others though, Iain, you would be best to just invite your closest and dearest family and or freinds over for a barbie and a drink and have a round table idea fest, writing every silly little thing down, and then, sleeping on it, and coming back. All the silliness I've added is really there just as fodder for ideas, with the hopes you'll find the seed for your title in your own heart, or maybe something from the madness will lodge there and in your hands and mind will find something that fits you and the situation...
Good luck ~ 'c'
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by ceolachan
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Ptarmigan,
" the mangled badger" is from d'unbelievables!
"I WOULDN'T THANK YOU FOR IT SIR, I WOULDN'T WANT IT, D'WANT TA HEAR A TUNE SIR, I LEARNT DIS TUNE FROM A BLIND HARPOONIST UP IN DONEGAL, ITS CALLED THE MANGLED BADGER"
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by flanum
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I've been in similar situations with naming compositions and sure, sometimes it's difficult to come up with just the right name. But since it's my personal project and my creative output, I feel like it's my responsibility to come up with a name.
And really -- as far as catchy names go? Who cares? Many of the great's first albums were either self-titled or just "Traditional music of Ireland." And they're still great albums a lot of people buy.
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Crysania
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How about "Toss another accordion on the fire, Séamus!" ?
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by Jeeves Tones
Re: Can anyone suggest a name for my fiddle album?
Decide what mood you want to evoke, and name it appropriately. If it sounds very much like a session, call it "At the Pub," "Tunes in the Back Room," or something like that. I have a couple of names I particularly like, and have never seen, but will keep them to myself for potential future use (ha ha).
Interesting note--I have been told that titles are one thing that cannot be copyrighted in the US, I guess someone wisely decided that there are only so many short phrases to go around.
# Posted on August 15th 2006 by AlBrown
Caledonian Stringed Sonorousness, Caledonian Muse, The Anderson Sh(T)apes,
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by BowHand
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Nice one Crysania, the truth will out...
I still think he should make a party of it and invite a select few who know him and can contribute something with more meaning than any of us detatched digital instances can... Think of the craic, good company, some music, good food and drink ~ and being able to relax your guard amongst folks who care about you. What better way to free up those creative juices and get past this blockage...
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by ceolachan
Re: Can anyone suggest a name for my fiddle album?
Thanks to everyone for the contributions, I really appreciate it. Don't let me stop you though - the more ideas the better. Also, if you know of any relevant magazines/publications near you who would be interested in reviewing the CD please let me know. The album is being recorded this weekend and will be released early October.
CHEERS GUYS !!!
Iain.
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by Iain Anderson
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Racking my fiddle
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by boogie
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Old Haggis you have killed me
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by curamach
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Bow & Quiver
The Fiddler's Creel
Can Anyone Suggest a Name for My Fiddle Album?
Another Fiddle Album
Not Just Another Fiddle Album
Suggest a Name
Suggested Name
Nothing Quite Fits
Fitz
Another String Down
The Edinburgh Colliery Fiddle Band
Bandjaxed & Befuddled
Sorry ~ I need this temporary distraction while I'm trying to come up with something altogether unrelated to fiddle album titles. Sometimes such distractions lead me to the answer for the another task... Now I've got it I must return to my own tasks ~
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by ceolachan
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Any anagrams on Iain Anderson anybody?
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by ceolachan
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Inane Rosin Ad
Radio Nannies
Do Nannies Air
Da' Oar Ninnies
Airs Anon, I End
Raise Anon Din
Neon Airs And I
An Onside Rain
In One Sad Rain
Insane Rain Do
No Rad Asinine
An Inner Adios
Inane Inroads
Nae Inroads In
Nae An Iris Nod
Nae Air Dins On
Onion Ears And I
A Rad Noise Inn
In An Arid Nose
I Do An Ear Sin
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by Will CPT
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Just the man I was after...
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by ceolachan
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And I ar Noise
radian noise "NA"
na-na noise raid
noise and arian
Nair Noise Ad
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by ceolachan
NAD Air Noise
# Posted on August 16th 2006 by ceolachan
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I cant get over you untill you get out from underneath him?
# Posted on August 17th 2006 by eurbanjo
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Tribute to Frankie Gavins special bits?
# Posted on August 17th 2006 by eurbanjo
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"Rome's Burning"
# Posted on August 17th 2006 by nicholas
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Roman in the Glowmin...
# Posted on August 17th 2006 by ceolachan
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A Four String Affair
# Posted on August 18th 2006 by BowHand
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Stringers' Club
# Posted on August 22nd 2006 by ButtonBoxer
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May contain sex, nudity and violin's
# Posted on August 22nd 2006 by ButtonBoxer
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I once saw a little book that gave 'pi' to one million decimal places, follow suite by plastering the notes with all of these fine suggestions.
# Posted on August 25th 2006 by Pete Stephenson.