Cheers Max - but I don't know if I've been that helpful to anyone. THat's not *why* I drop by here...I just hang out here and that's it. If the odd pearl of wisdom is cast it's certainly not that ye are swine. Mostly yer a great bunch - and I have learned tons n' tons as well. Leave it at that.
Dear Max,
There are more adjectives than awesome BUT Believe you me
you have got a helluva lot to teach us. Some of us have forgotten how great it is is to be XX years old and seek refuge in dreams through ITM. Teach us once again PLEASE what it's like to hve ENTHUSIASM every day!
Danny:
Whether or not you have been trying to be helpful, I have gleaned valuble information from many of your posts. Hope you don't mind
Joe:
Yeah, I should try to ease off on the word awesome a little more. But this is just such an awesome site full of awesome folks and I always have an awesome time here. Thanks for the encouraging words. Glad to give something as well as getting a bunch.
Well said Joe. He's a great lad. This guy is going places. I just wish my lovely wee girl Roisin (12) would take at least a passing interest in the music....well, actually, she does...have a passing interest...she knows some of the tunes - although she'd never admit it to me. I used to hate ma da going on about Bing Crosby - I still hate Bing. With a passion. And Sinatra. But he did like Paul Robeson - now yer talkin'. I don't even really like now what I liked as a teenager. No, not entirely true. I reckon if I'd heard our music as it is presented nowadays, *then*, I would have been a flute player a decade earlier. As I've said before, elsewhere, I literally hadn't heard Irish music before my twenties. After one Planxty album listening I was smitten for life. So at least Roisin is doing her piano grades - and she's re-started the fiddle. But she has to do all the normal kids stuff of sleepovers, parties, all that stuff. I'd first of all have a normal kid than a music geek. Be a geek in your own time, once you feel ok about being ok. Get a firm foundation of friendships first.
Danny,
And anyone who's listening. Mebbe there's God and maybe there's not. it's a 50/50 bet. But one thing is for sure, the one thing we do have for definite is Humanity. So while in doubt (nobody's come back to tell us) let's take care of eachother as best we can. (and even respect the religious)Meanwhile, let's do the PAGAN MUSIC.
Yes - of course - Jeremy. I bet he squirms when he sees all the praise heaped upon him, daily - and probably squirms slightly ne-e-ervously, when I post. Jezz, so sorry to be such a bane. I just speak from the heart, and that's it. Not only what a phenomenally successfully well-planned (and reactive to innovation) website, but what a great invention, a website for players of traditional music. And thanks for yer patience. Please bear with us a bit longer - even me.
Good man yerself, Joe - don't get me going on that stuff. I've been through religious conversions, and the whole suitcase of my spirituality is one which I have not as yet unpacked at "the session". It's a music website, but that doesn't preclude various forms of hijack. I don't mind droning on about such things, and I do think the whole deal is interconnected, but I'd rather yap on and on with general approbation
What the...LOL! My favorite contributor? Well...I dunno that I have a favorite contributor...it's like asking who my favorite player is, there's no way to answer! I suppose that it's the contributor I'm reading at the time, or something lame like that...
It all depends whether you are looking for constructive, informed opinion or good entertainment value. :>))
I think you score well on both counts, Zina.
I think Will, Chris and a few others are very knowledgeable and contribute a lot of useful information. Danny and Joe etc(while also knowledgeable) add to the "fun". There are a few others who "enjoy stirring the pot"--some of whom are quite lovable characters, others not!!
Many others (probably myself included) just chip in now again and help to keep the whole thing going but we're all necessary pieces of the jigsaw.
How can I pick a favorite? I am enjoying getting to know everyone here! I remember back when I first discovered this site, I was so imressed with Zina I said something like how cool I thought she was and that I wished we could hang out sometime. Nothing like wearing your heart on your sleeve!
Ditto the comment about Max's enthusiasm--it's very inspiring.
Like I said, I like all my new friends here, and will defend them in to the death, or at least in a heated argument which is exactly what happened a couple weeks ago. Details to follow at some other time....
Ah, don't tell me, Andee...the old, Why Do You Waste Your Time With That Stupid Internet Stuff, I Don't Have Time For It, thing? Largely, that's people who don't remember that there's people on the other end of all those keyboards...
Trevor has helped me several times, and Will always does if I can concentrate long enough to read his posts . But Zina has too many Christmas trees.
Danny, let Alyssa talk to Roisin- she said you didn't know who she was when she IM ed. Not that she will help - she always has some sport name depending on what she is playing at the time.
Jennifer
This is a great 'board by anybody's standard. There's a wealth of accumulated knowledge floating around, backed up by a hellava lot of character and passion. Glad to know y'all.
btw, Andee - in South Korea there's a superstition that the Internet is linked to the world of the dead - apparently the belief has something to do with modems dialing up sounding like the screaming of ghosts. Tell your friend Seoul is lovely this time of year
Hey Geoff, arf arf, that whole thing is dicey, if you know what I mean, nudge nudge wink wink, not that this has anything to do with Irish music and by the way, bodhrans are good and pa's are crap, you know, but I'm just winding you up!
*snort*
Jenthur, two Christmas trees is JUST right to avoid an argument over which tree we're putting up this year. Peace on earth is an admirable goal!
After reading a previous thread entitled "Nutters"?, I'd have to say Danny is my favourite contributer.
The warm and understanding approach with which he deals with the issue of disability is an inspiration to us all.
Q--that is so creepy about that Korean superstition....it makes my skin crawl thinking about it.
You know, I gues when any new communication technology comes out whether it is the internet or telephones or who knows maybe even writing was considered magical in a bad way until more people understood how it worked. Not that I understand how any of this internet stuff actually works...
Oh, I'm so misunderstood. *grin* Dave, I told you to REMIND me to kill you (and I regularly threaten Harmon, it's the only way to keep him in line), so I don't know that it's current, and it's your own fault if I do. LOL Okay, if you want creeping out, have someone post your name in a thread title, it makes me jump every time I see it on the list of recent comments...I am ASSUMING that Joe was asking me who my favorite contributor was, not that he's winding me up!
Danny, your post about your daughter got me to thinking...
My son has taken a great interest in guitar - electric guitar, played in the tradition of Metallica and Linkin Park. I got him started on an acoustic with a few chords and so on, but his peers steered him towards the world of distortion and overdrive. I'm thrilled at his level of interest. He plays sax in the school band as well.
Well, one evening I asked him to fetch his old acoustic, and put the chords to "Boys of Bluehill" and "Off to California" in front of him, and got out the banjo. We had a ball playing together, and then he hit me with an "out of the mouths of babes" insight ... he said: "You know, it doesn't really matter what music you're playing, so long as you're playing with other people you like."
Where was he twenty or thirty years ago when I could really have used advice like that? To think of the fun I could have had playing uncool music and making great friends. I could even have started playing ITM back then instead of waiting till my forties - Lord knows I spent enough time listening to it while I was trying to be a great (solo) blues and ragtime guitarist.
Anyway, I've got to go and learn some power chords and windmill strums on the banjo now...
Zina Lee
Zina Lee
Who is your favourite contributor on this site? AND who is the most::::::::::::?????????????
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Joe Quinn
Re: Zina Lee
Tanya, followed by NWG, followed by PP then MG then Joe Quinn:~}
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Zina Lee
Ta, Danny. but....
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Joe Quinn
Re: Zina Lee
Just joking, Joe.
Zina is of course possibly the most prolific, wise and caring member here. 3 cheers for the Warrior Princess!!
Hip Hip...Hoorray!
Hip Hip...Hoorray!
Hip Hip...Hoorray!
It's not even her birthday...at least, not that I know....
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Zina Lee
Aye, aDanny,
When IS your birthday, Zina, O Queen of America-side ITM?
How can we honour it ? ( Note it is honoUr NOT honor)
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Joe Quinn
Re: Zina Lee
Don't know that I have a favorite. Zina, Will and Danny sure have given me a bunch of help.
I like everybody! Everyone's awesome in their own way.
But I do have to thank all you regular posters for helping me in my ignorance.
-Max
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Max Becher
Re: Zina Lee
Cheers Max - but I don't know if I've been that helpful to anyone. THat's not *why* I drop by here...I just hang out here and that's it. If the odd pearl of wisdom is cast it's certainly not that ye are swine. Mostly yer a great bunch - and I have learned tons n' tons as well. Leave it at that.
Danny
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Zina Lee
Dear Max,
There are more adjectives than awesome BUT Believe you me
you have got a helluva lot to teach us. Some of us have forgotten how great it is is to be XX years old and seek refuge in dreams through ITM. Teach us once again PLEASE what it's like to hve ENTHUSIASM every day!
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Joe Quinn
Re: Zina Lee
Danny:
Whether or not you have been trying to be helpful, I have gleaned valuble information from many of your posts. Hope you don't mind
Joe:
Thanks for the encouraging words. Glad to give something as well as getting a bunch.
Yeah, I should try to ease off on the word awesome a little more. But this is just such an awesome site full of awesome folks and I always have an awesome time here.
-Max
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Max Becher
Re: Zina Lee
Oh, and let's not forget Jeremy, who makes it all possible.
-Max
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Max Becher
Re: Zina Lee
Yep, Ta Jeremy. You're some man for one man.
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Joe Quinn
Re: Zina Lee
Well said Joe. He's a great lad. This guy is going places. I just wish my lovely wee girl Roisin (12) would take at least a passing interest in the music....well, actually, she does...have a passing interest...she knows some of the tunes - although she'd never admit it to me. I used to hate ma da going on about Bing Crosby - I still hate Bing. With a passion. And Sinatra. But he did like Paul Robeson - now yer talkin'. I don't even really like now what I liked as a teenager. No, not entirely true. I reckon if I'd heard our music as it is presented nowadays, *then*, I would have been a flute player a decade earlier. As I've said before, elsewhere, I literally hadn't heard Irish music before my twenties. After one Planxty album listening I was smitten for life. So at least Roisin is doing her piano grades - and she's re-started the fiddle. But she has to do all the normal kids stuff of sleepovers, parties, all that stuff. I'd first of all have a normal kid than a music geek. Be a geek in your own time, once you feel ok about being ok. Get a firm foundation of friendships first.
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Zina Lee
Danny,
And anyone who's listening. Mebbe there's God and maybe there's not. it's a 50/50 bet. But one thing is for sure, the one thing we do have for definite is Humanity. So while in doubt (nobody's come back to tell us) let's take care of eachother as best we can. (and even respect the religious)Meanwhile, let's do the PAGAN MUSIC.
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Joe Quinn
Re: Zina Lee
Yes - of course - Jeremy. I bet he squirms when he sees all the praise heaped upon him, daily - and probably squirms slightly ne-e-ervously, when I post. Jezz, so sorry to be such a bane. I just speak from the heart, and that's it. Not only what a phenomenally successfully well-planned (and reactive to innovation) website, but what a great invention, a website for players of traditional music. And thanks for yer patience. Please bear with us a bit longer - even me.
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Key Maniac Lad
Re: Zina Lee
Amen
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Joe Quinn
Re: Zina Lee
Goodnight, gentlemen.
Gotta go. Looking 4 ward 2 playing in Smithfield 2 morrow afternoon in De Cobbles. Do drop in.
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Joe Quinn
Re: Zina Lee
Good man yerself, Joe - don't get me going on that stuff. I've been through religious conversions, and the whole suitcase of my spirituality is one which I have not as yet unpacked at "the session". It's a music website, but that doesn't preclude various forms of hijack. I don't mind droning on about such things, and I do think the whole deal is interconnected, but I'd rather yap on and on with general approbation
Si?
o
No?
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Key Maniac Lad
Oh, good heavens.
What the...LOL! My favorite contributor? Well...I dunno that I have a favorite contributor...it's like asking who my favorite player is, there's no way to answer! I suppose that it's the contributor I'm reading at the time, or something lame like that...
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Zina Lee
Re: Zina Lee
It all depends whether you are looking for constructive, informed opinion or good entertainment value. :>))
I think you score well on both counts, Zina.
I think Will, Chris and a few others are very knowledgeable and contribute a lot of useful information. Danny and Joe etc(while also knowledgeable) add to the "fun". There are a few others who "enjoy stirring the pot"--some of whom are quite lovable characters, others not!!
Many others (probably myself included) just chip in now again and help to keep the whole thing going but we're all necessary pieces of the jigsaw.
John
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Johannes J
Re: Zina Lee
How can I pick a favorite? I am enjoying getting to know everyone here! I remember back when I first discovered this site, I was so imressed with Zina I said something like how cool I thought she was and that I wished we could hang out sometime. Nothing like wearing your heart on your sleeve!
Ditto the comment about Max's enthusiasm--it's very inspiring.
Like I said, I like all my new friends here, and will defend them in to the death, or at least in a heated argument which is exactly what happened a couple weeks ago. Details to follow at some other time....
# Posted on January 10th 2004 by Andee
Re: Zina Lee
Ah, don't tell me, Andee...the old, Why Do You Waste Your Time With That Stupid Internet Stuff, I Don't Have Time For It, thing? Largely, that's people who don't remember that there's people on the other end of all those keyboards...
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by Zina Lee
Re: Zina Lee
Yes, she actually called it a "ghostly" form of communication.
A keyboard is not a Oujia board.
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by Andee
Re: Zina Lee
My favorite contributor - anyone who says bodhrans are good and piano accs are crap - just to wind me up!
My least favorite contributor - anyone exchanging private jokes on the session instead of by private email, as well as anyone posting non-ITM blurb.
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by geoffwright
Re: Zina Lee
JAY-SUS!
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by Caoimghgin
Re: Zina Lee
Trevor has helped me several times, and Will always does if I can concentrate long enough to read his posts . But Zina has too many Christmas trees.
Danny, let Alyssa talk to Roisin- she said you didn't know who she was when she IM ed. Not that she will help - she always has some sport name depending on what she is playing at the time.
Jennifer
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by Jenthur
Re: Zina Lee
ROFL Jen!
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by emily_bmore
Re: Zina Lee
This is a great 'board by anybody's standard. There's a wealth of accumulated knowledge floating around, backed up by a hellava lot of character and passion. Glad to know y'all.
btw, Andee - in South Korea there's a superstition that the Internet is linked to the world of the dead - apparently the belief has something to do with modems dialing up sounding like the screaming of ghosts. Tell your friend Seoul is lovely this time of year
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by Q
Re: Zina Lee
Hey Geoff, arf arf, that whole thing is dicey, if you know what I mean, nudge nudge wink wink, not that this has anything to do with Irish music and by the way, bodhrans are good and pa's are crap, you know, but I'm just winding you up!
*snort*
Jenthur, two Christmas trees is JUST right to avoid an argument over which tree we're putting up this year.
Peace on earth is an admirable goal!
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by Zina Lee
Re: Zina Lee
After reading a previous thread entitled "Nutters"?, I'd have to say Danny is my favourite contributer.
The warm and understanding approach with which he deals with the issue of disability is an inspiration to us all.
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display.php/2015
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by BowHand
Re: Zina Lee
Q--that is so creepy about that Korean superstition....it makes my skin crawl thinking about it.
You know, I gues when any new communication technology comes out whether it is the internet or telephones or who knows maybe even writing was considered magical in a bad way until more people understood how it worked. Not that I understand how any of this internet stuff actually works...
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by Andee
Re: Zina Lee
Only just came in on this thread, and haven't read all of it, just the first post.
Zina Lee - she'd be the one currently threatening (promising) to kill me and at least one other regular contributor (I think it was Will).
Anyone as open and honest as that has to be my favourite.
Dave
# Posted on January 11th 2004 by showaddydadito
Re: Zina Lee
Oh, I'm so misunderstood. *grin* Dave, I told you to REMIND me to kill you (and I regularly threaten Harmon, it's the only way to keep him in line), so I don't know that it's current, and it's your own fault if I do. LOL Okay, if you want creeping out, have someone post your name in a thread title, it makes me jump every time I see it on the list of recent comments...I am ASSUMING that Joe was asking me who my favorite contributor was, not that he's winding me up!
# Posted on January 12th 2004 by Zina Lee
Kids & ITM
Danny, your post about your daughter got me to thinking...
My son has taken a great interest in guitar - electric guitar, played in the tradition of Metallica and Linkin Park. I got him started on an acoustic with a few chords and so on, but his peers steered him towards the world of distortion and overdrive. I'm thrilled at his level of interest. He plays sax in the school band as well.
Well, one evening I asked him to fetch his old acoustic, and put the chords to "Boys of Bluehill" and "Off to California" in front of him, and got out the banjo. We had a ball playing together, and then he hit me with an "out of the mouths of babes" insight ... he said: "You know, it doesn't really matter what music you're playing, so long as you're playing with other people you like."
Where was he twenty or thirty years ago when I could really have used advice like that? To think of the fun I could have had playing uncool music and making great friends. I could even have started playing ITM back then instead of waiting till my forties - Lord knows I spent enough time listening to it while I was trying to be a great (solo) blues and ragtime guitarist.
Anyway, I've got to go and learn some power chords and windmill strums on the banjo now...
# Posted on January 12th 2004 by grego
Re: Zina Lee
And I paid for every bah hum bug because I got the flu for four days.
And my cats sleep IN the Christmas tree so I can't put decorations on it. They climb it and sleep about a foot from the top. Jennifer
# Posted on January 13th 2004 by Jenthur