You know, the best thing about the session is accidentally wandering upon a tune that you know very well by ear but never learnt to play. I just played a reel that I'e probably heard a thousand times but never tried to play it - I just happened to have a go at it from this site. Nice that.
I don't understand, please talk me through the scenario:
You have heard a tune a thousand times and yet you have never tried to play it? Then what? You happened to have a go at it from this site? I don't understand. I don't know what you are on about. Do you mean you had a go at it from the abc?
Honestly, I'm not being facetious or in any way sarcastic or anything, It's just that I'm aghast.
I'd say the best thing is the camaraderie and generosity of spirit which ensures the page doesn't turn into a punch up (at least,not every day it doesn't, which is quite remarkable really, given the mix of rough characters, of poetic troubadours, of temperamental strolling players, of opinionated ramblers, who mingle here...supervised only by one lone Jeremy, perched high up there in the watch tower...)
The best thing about The Session (at least that what I thought we were talking about..) is when Michael or Dow comes on and they say out loud (or at least in their posts) to someone's face, what quite a lot of people were already thinking, but were too polite...nay, diffident, to mention.
Makes me larff that does.
the best thing about the session is imagining what everybody looks like...i can imagine what key maniac lad looks like....he looks like a key that is manical....bodhran bliss, you look like a bodhran...erm...who else?...aah yes Dow looks like a chemical company...ceolachan looks like a drunkard...the possibilities are endless!
& Dan the Man looks like any ol' bloke with a tooth drill in his hand...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... "Is it safe?" AAAAA!!! NO IT'S NOT!!! "Is it safe?" Oil of cloves, I love oil of cloves...
AAhh this has been well and truely hijacked!!
But the reason I think the session is great, is that you never know where it will take you !
Which I think was youre point to begin with Richrua?
Yeah, what I meant was - we all have so many tunes in our heads that we have heard so many times, but for whatever reason have never tried to learn all of them. (For example - you could listen to a cd for many years without actually trying to learn all of the tunes). These tunes just float about in your head until the day that you happen to have a go at playing them. The other day I was browsing here and had a go at a reel from the abc s - and low and behold I had it quickly simply because the tune was in my head already from god only knows when.
The tunes? the craic? the dancin? The whole social aspects ? ahh, too many things to mention.
Oh, you mean this session.!....... meeting people[ in a way], the craic, humour, helping people out, usefull advice, the ebb and flow of a good discussion, a good scrap, the humour!
Yes Richrua I know exactly what you mean. In a strange way I have had a similar experience over the last few months. I have managed to play tunes I didn't immediately recognise and only afterwards discovered they were tunes I knew very well but played in a different key.
Is this a similar thing? Tunes heard but never played and tunes played often , played differently?
The advice given freely, the warmness of some of ya all, the smiles I get reading some of the craic. Its like no other site..yet for a world wide site, it has a common aim for us all. We love it really.
Has to be one of the best sites on the web. It's like being at a session with half the world. You can bounce ideas off people from Perth to Boston and all places in between, get the name of any unknown tune literally in minutes, flag up sessions and concerts, re-discover that tune you heard ages ago but forgot (like richrua) and perhaps, best of all, enjoy a bit of craic now and again.
the best thing about the session
the best thing about the session
You know, the best thing about the session is accidentally wandering upon a tune that you know very well by ear but never learnt to play. I just played a reel that I'e probably heard a thousand times but never tried to play it - I just happened to have a go at it from this site. Nice that.
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by richrua
Re: the best thing about the session
I'd say the best thing is the colour
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by mehitabel23
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I don't understand, please talk me through the scenario:
You have heard a tune a thousand times and yet you have never tried to play it? Then what? You happened to have a go at it from this site? I don't understand. I don't know what you are on about. Do you mean you had a go at it from the abc?
Honestly, I'm not being facetious or in any way sarcastic or anything, It's just that I'm aghast.
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by llig leahcim
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I'd say the best thing is the camaraderie and generosity of spirit which ensures the page doesn't turn into a punch up (at least,not every day it doesn't, which is quite remarkable really, given the mix of rough characters, of poetic troubadours, of temperamental strolling players, of opinionated ramblers, who mingle here...supervised only by one lone Jeremy, perched high up there in the watch tower...)
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by wolfbird
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Let's not forget the rough troubadours, poetic ramblers, temperamental characters and opinionated strolling players?
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by ceolachan
~ And ~ those sitting...
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by ceolachan
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And the shifty indistinct characters lurking in the shadows and dark corners...and, well, what IS that thing over there ??
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by wolfbird
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The best thing for me is being part of the sound we put out. I just like being a part of the music.
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by grumblingoldwoman
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The best thing about The Session (at least that what I thought we were talking about..) is when Michael or Dow comes on and they say out loud (or at least in their posts) to someone's face, what quite a lot of people were already thinking, but were too polite...nay, diffident, to mention.
Makes me larff that does.
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by Key Maniac Lad
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I agree with Mehi. Though I sometimes think that Jeremy should turn the site blue for a day, just to see the reaction...
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by Joe CSS
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The session is a connection ...
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by Clear Drops
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The best thing is Bodhran Bliss.
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by sbhikes
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Ok... time for a break... everyone go for a walk now... get some fresh air and that sort of thing...
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by Phantom Button
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...A random community of moths drawn to a flame...
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by P-K
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bodhoran-baiting
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by geoffwright
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Jack, sbhikes is entitled to her/his well founded opinion.
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by bodhran bliss
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>Jack, sbhikes is entitled to her/his well founded opinion.
That would be 'her'.
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by sbhikes
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I thought as much. Females are usually more discerning.
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by bodhran bliss
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the best thing about the session is imagining what everybody looks like...i can imagine what key maniac lad looks like....he looks like a key that is manical....bodhran bliss, you look like a bodhran...erm...who else?...aah yes Dow looks like a chemical company...ceolachan looks like a drunkard...the possibilities are endless!
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by D.J.F.
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& Dan the Man looks like any ol' bloke with a tooth drill in his hand...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... "Is it safe?" AAAAA!!! NO IT'S NOT!!! "Is it safe?" Oil of cloves, I love oil of cloves...
So Dan, do you have a German accent?
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by ceolachan
"Hick!" (Sadly, there is no cross-eyed smilie to put here, so I'll leave it to your imagination, along with everything else...
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by ceolachan
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HAHA!! am i really that mental in your eyes!?
Nein, ich habe nicht einer deutscher accenter (ok i don;t know the word for "accent" in german") shall i develop one though?
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by D.J.F.
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'Akzent' mein fuhrer...
No, not German, I was just winding you up.
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by ceolachan
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AAhh this has been well and truely hijacked!!
But the reason I think the session is great, is that you never know where it will take you !
Which I think was youre point to begin with Richrua?
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by flossie
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I know the 'e' should not be there. Thankyou before you tell me.
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by flossie
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Yeah, what I meant was - we all have so many tunes in our heads that we have heard so many times, but for whatever reason have never tried to learn all of them. (For example - you could listen to a cd for many years without actually trying to learn all of the tunes). These tunes just float about in your head until the day that you happen to have a go at playing them. The other day I was browsing here and had a go at a reel from the abc s - and low and behold I had it quickly simply because the tune was in my head already from god only knows when.
I just like the way that happens, that's all!
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by richrua
Re: the best thing about the session
The tunes? the craic? the dancin? The whole social aspects ? ahh, too many things to mention.
Oh, you mean this session.!....... meeting people[ in a way], the craic, humour, helping people out, usefull advice, the ebb and flow of a good discussion, a good scrap, the humour!
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by jig
Re: the best thing about the session
Yes Richrua I know exactly what you mean. In a strange way I have had a similar experience over the last few months. I have managed to play tunes I didn't immediately recognise and only afterwards discovered they were tunes I knew very well but played in a different key.
Is this a similar thing? Tunes heard but never played and tunes played often , played differently?
# Posted on December 9th 2007 by flossie
Re: the best thing about the session
someone mentioned the colour? it's giving me a headache and i've been here five minutes.. sorry guys, a lil' negative vibe goin there.. 'apologies'
# Posted on December 10th 2007 by diarmaidanconnachtach
Re: the best thing about the session
The advice given freely, the warmness of some of ya all, the smiles I get reading some of the craic. Its like no other site..yet for a world wide site, it has a common aim for us all. We love it really.
# Posted on December 12th 2007 by Dave_
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Has to be one of the best sites on the web. It's like being at a session with half the world. You can bounce ideas off people from Perth to Boston and all places in between, get the name of any unknown tune literally in minutes, flag up sessions and concerts, re-discover that tune you heard ages ago but forgot (like richrua) and perhaps, best of all, enjoy a bit of craic now and again.
# Posted on December 12th 2007 by Bannerman
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The best thing is when someone unexpected turns up and kicks some life into a routine performance.
Much like a real session.
# Posted on December 14th 2007 by Guernsey Pete