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What shall we do with these same judges every year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What shall we do with these same judges every year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dia duit a duine!!
My name is Conor Moore and i come from a big town in wexford called Gorey!I am 14 years old and hope to make the irish music profession!I have been praised from several ledgends in the irish music such as the band danu some old greats!!My family are a very talented musiscians and my uncle Pat Fitzpatrick is one of the most talented unique musicians I have ever come across!!
But my main point is that i have experienced the stage and many leinster events in over aged groups but the adjudicators always seem t lik the style with the very thin stick and the high pitched tone!!I myself have been graded 90%-99% in fleadh ceoils!!i use the similar style to donnacadh gough of Danu!!I dnt jst play a reel!!(in 4 4 time)!!i play the tune that comes from the heart!!but adjudicatos never seem to take to that style!!3 years now i av been adjudicated lik that!!So what shall i do session members!!
nb.i also teach bodhran in the gorey area if interested!!
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Just accept that, if you want to win medals, you have to play in the way that pleases the judges - by the sound of it, you're quite capable of that. I think competitions are best viewed as an excercise in discipline, not an outlet for musical expression. When you play in sessions, play from the heart and your fellow musicians will appreciate it (unless one of them happens to be Llig Leahcim).
Carry on teaching Bodhran - there are many players out there in need of a good teacher. But if Llig ever turns up at your door wanting lessons, don't give him any.
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Seriously though - thats always been the problem with comps - the judges are only human and are always going to go for their personal taste of music. Maybe we should have a Trad Idol and then get the audience to vote. That way it isnt just up to a couple of judges who have no taste in tunes.
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Oh - I wasnt serious about the trad idol thing. I was serioust that generally Judges dont know which way is up re Trad - I've watched in constant horror over the years as they pass over deadly talented tune players in favour of boring straight laces 'over the moor to maggie' type players.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"irish music profession = ?"
No matter how you look at it, such a thing exists - and has done, in one form or another, for a long time. The travelling pipers of old were professional musicians, as were the harpers before them. So was Michael Coleman. So is Jacky Daly, Paddy Moloney, Matt Molloy, Mary Bergin, Sean Smyth, Mary MacNamara....
"sorry???????????????????????????"
MG (or is it GM, or LL) - that was a lot of question marks. I trust you understood that my remarks above were in reference to your well-known views on the Irish frame drum, and only that.
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Hi Connor!!! Hittin the caffeine a little too hard?!?!?!
Sorry for this to be the first thing I say to you, but I'm kind of the internet-security nazi....probably not a good idea to give out your full name, age, and town on any website (granted this is the session and it nothing should happen, but remember that anyone can read this)
Sorry I'm really not so uptight....It just struck me as probably not a good idea, esp. for a 14 year old.
As for your actual question, I really have no clue.
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true enough Donough... It's one of the great facets of the Australian trad scene that an "All-Australian" competition never really took off here. And long may it be so.
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Conzer,
have you posted your thoughts and frustrations on a specific bodhran players website/group?I think you'd probably get a good deal of feedback.I think it's called bodojo if you want to google it.
Best,
Fred
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What language is Conzer speaking?
Besides his promiscuous use of punctuation, he seems to be using an alien style of grammar and spelling.
Is this the new e-mail style of writing I hear the youngsters are using?
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Ah Al, that's the lingo of the new Celtic Tiger Ireland ... where there are more mobile (cell) phones that the entire bloody population. Where did we go wrong, I blame it on Denis O'Brien and his ilk
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What is a judge anyway? And who cares about them?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Dont worry about it - good style will win out in the end. My mate Paul Phillips competed for around 8 years before finally winning the All Ireland title.
If you are hell bent on getting a title then maybe you should develop a 'competition' style just for them? If you are a really good player then it shouldn't be too difficult for you to change your style to suit - then again maybe you just want to be you and to hell with the judges?
Finally - if you enjoy playing your way and others around you like it as well then do you really need the approval of some CCÉ know nothings?
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no dnt play wit the rock "the wounded hussar"!!but do support them!!tanx 4 ur advice guys!!huge help!!wil keep them in mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!no sorry i mean...............
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ur rite too!!!t hell wit them!!i will play the way i want t play!!i av learned from this conversation that titles aren't evryting!!wot comes frm the heart counts!tanx guys......
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It's funny how you call Danu "legends in irish music". To me it takes a bit more to call somebody a legend. But then again, since you're 14 they probably are an old band for you. No offence, I hope.
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nope!!non taken!but c'mon they av t be the most talented musicians in ireland at the moment!!donnacadh gough is definetley one of the best bodhran players u av eva seen!!but c'mon,wots ur opinion on them!
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i wudn b a very compeditive chap but it hurts wen ppl come in and play a very plain boring jig nd a reel nd they comin out wit a 2nd r a 3rd!really annoys me!!
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Then you really need my formula.... I know its tough... Ive beeen to alot of contests and have won many but also lost... it has nothing to do with MUSIC. I like the contests where there's more socializing between the musicians than competition.
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over here we have festivals, everyone has a roaring great time, terrible players are gently helped or get the blu tack as a last resort. Competitive music in my opinion is one gigantic farce.
Re: What shall we do with these same judges every year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, conzer, you have some difficult choices;
Do you want to win competitions ?
Do you want to win the approval of your fellow musicians ?
Do you want to make a career in music ?
Do you want to start writing in english ?
( Sorry about the last one, but you're not texting now ).
If the answer to the first question is "Yes" then there are 2 things you have to do; 1) play in the approved style, only better; 2) just follow the judges afterwards and see if they meet up with the fathers of the winners - I've heard there is a terrible problem with cronyism and corruption in some of these local events, it may be only a rumour, but it might be well to be aware of it.
As to the second and third questions, if you play with and for the best musicians you know, then you will be noticed and get ahead, and these competitions won't matter.
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I'd like to take this opportunity to express how increasingly creeped out I am becoming by text message lingo as each day goes by. Everytime I see "u" or "l8r" I cringe, half expecting the porn site pop up window or an advert for genitalia extensions and/viagra (in a bonus combo pack).
I'm not sure whether I feel more or less comforted when it doesn't actually appear.
Re: What shall we do with these same judges every year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don't worry about them! The primary aim of competition is to further the level and competency at which Irish music is played, and give musicians a chance to gain experience in front of a crowd. If you enter any competition, such as the fleadh, siansa, scór na n-óg, réadóirÍ, even opportunity knocks out in the hall in kilanerin, whatever it may be, if you practice hard and up your standard of playing then you have succeeded.
I know where you are coming from, it is hard to practice, enter a competition and then feel as if the judges don't even consider you because you have a style of playing which they are'nt that fond of. I would urge you not to change your style just to win, but play in a style that you like, that suits you, and don't be changing to suit the personal fancies of a few wo/men given golden opinions for a day.
You'll get your break sometime, so have patience, keep plugging away, enjoy playing Irish music in the meantime and don't worry about winning!
Your friend,
Piper JJ
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I have this mental picture of mg as an elephant & conzer as a little mosquito buzzing around.... Steph, am in complete agreement re: the texting thing. Linguistically interesting, personally irritating. Now I understand how my grandmother feels about email. :P
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Well Conor, I can't honestly say that I know you (sorry!!!!!!), although I've been competing in the Leinster for a while on the bodhran in the U-15s. I think what you should do is listen to the U-18s competition. You should also broaden your listening. OK, so Donncha Gough is an excellent player, but look at John Joe Kelly (Flook) and Eaomonn Murray from Beoga.
Don't worry too much about winning - it's not that important. It may be a bit of a cliché, but its the taking part thats important.
My friend Niall and I have been alternating in first and second place at Fleadhanna for years, and we dont let it get to us if one of us gets beaten by the other.
What shall we do with these same judges every year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What shall we do with these same judges every year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dia duit a duine!!
My name is Conor Moore and i come from a big town in wexford called Gorey!I am 14 years old and hope to make the irish music profession!I have been praised from several ledgends in the irish music such as the band danu some old greats!!My family are a very talented musiscians and my uncle Pat Fitzpatrick is one of the most talented unique musicians I have ever come across!!
But my main point is that i have experienced the stage and many leinster events in over aged groups but the adjudicators always seem t lik the style with the very thin stick and the high pitched tone!!I myself have been graded 90%-99% in fleadh ceoils!!i use the similar style to donnacadh gough of Danu!!I dnt jst play a reel!!(in 4 4 time)!!i play the tune that comes from the heart!!but adjudicatos never seem to take to that style!!3 years now i av been adjudicated lik that!!So what shall i do session members!!
nb.i also teach bodhran in the gorey area if interested!!
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by Conzer
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give up teaching the bodhran?
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by llig leahcim
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well can u teach the bodhran!!y giv it up sumtin wen its ur passion!!where u frm!!i dnt want to argue but am very hurt!!
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by Conzer
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my god that a lot of exclamation marks in one posts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by tnoumarap
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You could claim against them for deafness!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Harry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by Harry B
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i cud!!wud be funny!!plz t meet ya!!conzer!!nd u
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by Conzer
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Michael, you've hurt someone's feelings! Now apologize!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by kennedy
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Just accept that, if you want to win medals, you have to play in the way that pleases the judges - by the sound of it, you're quite capable of that. I think competitions are best viewed as an excercise in discipline, not an outlet for musical expression. When you play in sessions, play from the heart and your fellow musicians will appreciate it (unless one of them happens to be Llig Leahcim).
Carry on teaching Bodhran - there are many players out there in need of a good teacher. But if Llig ever turns up at your door wanting lessons, don't give him any.
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by ragaman
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by ragaman
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Seriously though - thats always been the problem with comps - the judges are only human and are always going to go for their personal taste of music. Maybe we should have a Trad Idol and then get the audience to vote. That way it isnt just up to a couple of judges who have no taste in tunes.
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by bb
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sorry???????????????????????????
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by llig leahcim
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Oh - I wasnt serious about the trad idol thing. I was serioust that generally Judges dont know which way is up re Trad - I've watched in constant horror over the years as they pass over deadly talented tune players in favour of boring straight laces 'over the moor to maggie' type players.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# Posted on September 27th 2006 by bb
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word beebs. The quickest thing that will destroy musical and creative development is a competion. just look at the solo dancing world.
(and now, in a startlingly zen moment, feel the power of the LACK of exclamation marks....)
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by SirNose
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I've said this loads of time:
music competition = oxymoron
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by llig leahcim
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irish music profession = ?
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Bren
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tee he
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by llig leahcim
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"irish music profession = ?"
No matter how you look at it, such a thing exists - and has done, in one form or another, for a long time. The travelling pipers of old were professional musicians, as were the harpers before them. So was Michael Coleman. So is Jacky Daly, Paddy Moloney, Matt Molloy, Mary Bergin, Sean Smyth, Mary MacNamara....
"sorry???????????????????????????"
MG (or is it GM, or LL) - that was a lot of question marks. I trust you understood that my remarks above were in reference to your well-known views on the Irish frame drum, and only that.
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by ragaman
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Hi Connor!!! Hittin the caffeine a little too hard?!?!?!
Sorry for this to be the first thing I say to you, but I'm kind of the internet-security nazi....probably not a good idea to give out your full name, age, and town on any website (granted this is the session and it nothing should happen, but remember that anyone can read this)
Sorry I'm really not so uptight....It just struck me as probably not a good idea, esp. for a 14 year old.
As for your actual question, I really have no clue.
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by possumawesome
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Ooops sorry Conor
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by possumawesome
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There - I just got rid of the exclamation marks - it didn't hurt a bit.
Solution to problem: just don't go to the competitions.
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Donough
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true enough Donough... It's one of the great facets of the Australian trad scene that an "All-Australian" competition never really took off here. And long may it be so.
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by SirNose
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If we had a trad Idle it would have to be called "Diddily Idle"
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by woops
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Conzer,
have you posted your thoughts and frustrations on a specific bodhran players website/group?I think you'd probably get a good deal of feedback.I think it's called bodojo if you want to google it.
Best,
Fred
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Fred Arley
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! gOOD IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by eurbanjo
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What language is Conzer speaking?
Besides his promiscuous use of punctuation, he seems to be using an alien style of grammar and spelling.
Is this the new e-mail style of writing I hear the youngsters are using?
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by AlBrown
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Ah Al, that's the lingo of the new Celtic Tiger Ireland ... where there are more mobile (cell) phones that the entire bloody population. Where did we go wrong, I blame it on Denis O'Brien and his ilk
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by the wounded hussar
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"(and now, in a startlingly zen moment, feel the power of the LACK of exclamation marks....)"
Oh, No! I just put everything into exclamation mark futures. I reckon if this thread goes on for another day or two I stand to make a killing.
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Bo_in_VA
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What is a judge anyway? And who cares about them?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Beheader
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Agus conas ata tu, Conor. If you are from Gorey, you must play out at The Rock, I guess. Do you play a melody instrument as well or just the bodhran?
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by the wounded hussar
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Dont worry about it - good style will win out in the end. My mate Paul Phillips competed for around 8 years before finally winning the All Ireland title.
If you are hell bent on getting a title then maybe you should develop a 'competition' style just for them? If you are a really good player then it shouldn't be too difficult for you to change your style to suit - then again maybe you just want to be you and to hell with the judges?
Finally - if you enjoy playing your way and others around you like it as well then do you really need the approval of some CCÉ know nothings?
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by breandan
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no dnt play wit the rock "the wounded hussar"!!but do support them!!tanx 4 ur advice guys!!huge help!!wil keep them in mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!no sorry i mean...............
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Conzer
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ur rite too!!!t hell wit them!!i will play the way i want t play!!i av learned from this conversation that titles aren't evryting!!wot comes frm the heart counts!tanx guys......
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Conzer
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It's funny how you call Danu "legends in irish music". To me it takes a bit more to call somebody a legend. But then again, since you're 14 they probably are an old band for you. No offence, I hope.
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Beheader
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nope!!non taken!but c'mon they av t be the most talented musicians in ireland at the moment!!donnacadh gough is definetley one of the best bodhran players u av eva seen!!but c'mon,wots ur opinion on them!
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Conzer
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Of course they're good! I just don't think they make it to legends.
For me a legend would be someone like Seamus Ennis for example...
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Beheader
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Also I would like to tell you: Play the way you like it and forget about judges opinions, they are nobody.
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Beheader
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tanx!wel im only young!!seamus is a ledgend!!class musician!
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Conzer
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Here is a hand formula to remember when enetering alot of contests...
Contests+Music= Contests
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by The Merry Highlander
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i wudn b a very compeditive chap but it hurts wen ppl come in and play a very plain boring jig nd a reel nd they comin out wit a 2nd r a 3rd!really annoys me!!
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by Conzer
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Then you really need my formula.... I know its tough... Ive beeen to alot of contests and have won many but also lost... it has nothing to do with MUSIC. I like the contests where there's more socializing between the musicians than competition.
# Posted on September 28th 2006 by The Merry Highlander
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over here we have festivals, everyone has a roaring great time, terrible players are gently helped or get the blu tack as a last resort. Competitive music in my opinion is one gigantic farce.
# Posted on September 29th 2006 by Joze
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Well, conzer, you have some difficult choices;
Do you want to win competitions ?
Do you want to win the approval of your fellow musicians ?
Do you want to make a career in music ?
Do you want to start writing in english ?
( Sorry about the last one, but you're not texting now ).
If the answer to the first question is "Yes" then there are 2 things you have to do; 1) play in the approved style, only better; 2) just follow the judges afterwards and see if they meet up with the fathers of the winners - I've heard there is a terrible problem with cronyism and corruption in some of these local events, it may be only a rumour, but it might be well to be aware of it.
As to the second and third questions, if you play with and for the best musicians you know, then you will be noticed and get ahead, and these competitions won't matter.
# Posted on September 29th 2006 by Guernsey Pete
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There's a simple solution to the judge problem: sort them out with a Brazilian cleaner. After a few weeks you'll have them in your pocket.
# Posted on September 29th 2006 by Conán McDonnell
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That is SO funny.
We only use a Dyson, wouldn't have the same effect.
# Posted on September 29th 2006 by Guernsey Pete
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i got an A in my english summer exam thank you very much!but no seriously,thanks for the help and the english lesson!!
# Posted on September 29th 2006 by Conzer
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I got an a in mine too
# Posted on September 29th 2006 by llig leahcim
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U again!!
# Posted on September 29th 2006 by Conzer
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I'd like to take this opportunity to express how increasingly creeped out I am becoming by text message lingo as each day goes by. Everytime I see "u" or "l8r" I cringe, half expecting the porn site pop up window or an advert for genitalia extensions and/viagra (in a bonus combo pack).
I'm not sure whether I feel more or less comforted when it doesn't actually appear.
# Posted on September 30th 2006 by _Steph_
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gud luk wth ur fo B a, Steph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# Posted on September 30th 2006 by joesmith
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"ur" a weerd persn "steff!"!!top class txt msging dare!!
# Posted on October 1st 2006 by Conzer
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Put them in the room with the captains daughter?
# Posted on October 4th 2006 by The Merry Highlander
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Don't worry about them! The primary aim of competition is to further the level and competency at which Irish music is played, and give musicians a chance to gain experience in front of a crowd. If you enter any competition, such as the fleadh, siansa, scór na n-óg, réadóirÍ, even opportunity knocks out in the hall in kilanerin, whatever it may be, if you practice hard and up your standard of playing then you have succeeded.
I know where you are coming from, it is hard to practice, enter a competition and then feel as if the judges don't even consider you because you have a style of playing which they are'nt that fond of. I would urge you not to change your style just to win, but play in a style that you like, that suits you, and don't be changing to suit the personal fancies of a few wo/men given golden opinions for a day.
You'll get your break sometime, so have patience, keep plugging away, enjoy playing Irish music in the meantime and don't worry about winning!
Your friend,
Piper JJ
# Posted on January 7th 2007 by piper jj
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I have this mental picture of mg as an elephant & conzer as a little mosquito buzzing around.... Steph, am in complete agreement re: the texting thing. Linguistically interesting, personally irritating. Now I understand how my grandmother feels about email. :P
(This has got to be a windup.)
# Posted on January 7th 2007 by emily_bmore
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Well Conor, I can't honestly say that I know you (sorry!!!!!!), although I've been competing in the Leinster for a while on the bodhran in the U-15s. I think what you should do is listen to the U-18s competition. You should also broaden your listening. OK, so Donncha Gough is an excellent player, but look at John Joe Kelly (Flook) and Eaomonn Murray from Beoga.
Don't worry too much about winning - it's not that important. It may be a bit of a cliché, but its the taking part thats important.
My friend Niall and I have been alternating in first and second place at Fleadhanna for years, and we dont let it get to us if one of us gets beaten by the other.
Keep Bangin'!!!!!!!
James
# Posted on January 17th 2007 by bodhran guy