My new CD "Feis Favorites" is out on iTunes, my site "markarringtonmusic.com", CDBaby, Amazon, etc. It's the only "feis" music (tempos necessary for competitive Irish dancers) in real trad group style. You can hear full-length samples on my site. Is anyone else doing the one man band routine? Any ideas?
Playing for competitive step dancers is definitely different, especially regarding the tempos and very strict timing. I've played in my band for 35 years, and at many hundreds of sessions, ceilidh, and many times for dancers at band gigs and parties. When I started playing for competitive dancers in the mid 90's, almost all of the music was just piano accordion and keyboard. Around 10 years ago it mostly became electronic keyboards with their associated effects and rhythms. I'm trying to keep trad-sounding music in with the dance community. I thought some people here might have tried 'recreating" a band by themself and could share some ideas. I do the same thing with the country music.
markarrington,I think we sometimes forget that the music is dance music, and the demands made on music providers at dance competitions is a lot different to session playing. In that context I think your music is way above the average, and a welcome change from the electronic stuff you refer to in your second post. However, your initial post was blatant advertising, and as such, will incur some wrath around here. Keep up the work! BTW two of the links in your profile are out of date.
Probably is I suppose, but lets face it, the kind of person who can sit for 8 hours playing "the blackbird" et al is a special kind of individual, not vertically challenged maybe, but special nonetheless.
No I was thinking of people who clap non-rhythmic accompaniments at a session, you know? "special".
As they would say in my part of the world "God help him, sure what harm is he doing?"
New CD from one-man-trad-band
New CD from one-man-trad-band
My new CD "Feis Favorites" is out on iTunes, my site "markarringtonmusic.com", CDBaby, Amazon, etc. It's the only "feis" music (tempos necessary for competitive Irish dancers) in real trad group style. You can hear full-length samples on my site. Is anyone else doing the one man band routine? Any ideas?
# Posted on January 9th 2012 by markarrington
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Put it in the "Recordings" section.
# Posted on January 9th 2012 by Kenny
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Sounds like you've recorded each little part of the tunes just once, then duplicated them and then spliced them all together to make the sets.
I wonder, do feis dancers prefer this kind of soul sapping monotony? I guess they maybe do.
# Posted on January 9th 2012 by ...
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Double and triple tracking isn't what a one man band is all about. To be a one man band you have to play the instruments at the same time.
This is the real deal here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXMuWi0dUBc
As is this: http:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDLrpG0DCqI&feature=related
The best of them all was Jessie Fuller:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBME_J0pf3o
No comment on this bit of hubris: "real trad group style"
# Posted on January 9th 2012 by David Levine
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Both these guys are pretty good. (though listen to how well they actually play together. It's a terrific score)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8phAb3vHF98
# Posted on January 9th 2012 by ...
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Robin Bullock pulls off a neat one-man band feat with his solo CD Green Fields.
http://www.robinbullock.com/green_fields.htm
# Posted on January 9th 2012 by Ailin
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Playing for competitive step dancers is definitely different, especially regarding the tempos and very strict timing. I've played in my band for 35 years, and at many hundreds of sessions, ceilidh, and many times for dancers at band gigs and parties. When I started playing for competitive dancers in the mid 90's, almost all of the music was just piano accordion and keyboard. Around 10 years ago it mostly became electronic keyboards with their associated effects and rhythms. I'm trying to keep trad-sounding music in with the dance community. I thought some people here might have tried 'recreating" a band by themself and could share some ideas. I do the same thing with the country music.
# Posted on January 10th 2012 by markarrington
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markarrington,I think we sometimes forget that the music is dance music, and the demands made on music providers at dance competitions is a lot different to session playing. In that context I think your music is way above the average, and a welcome change from the electronic stuff you refer to in your second post. However, your initial post was blatant advertising, and as such, will incur some wrath around here. Keep up the work! BTW two of the links in your profile are out of date.
# Posted on January 11th 2012 by Backer
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Is not saying "It's above average" like saying, Oh look, a tall dwarf?
# Posted on January 11th 2012 by ...
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Probably is I suppose, but lets face it, the kind of person who can sit for 8 hours playing "the blackbird" et al is a special kind of individual, not vertically challenged maybe, but special nonetheless.
# Posted on January 11th 2012 by Backer
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A special kind if person who can play like the rhythms on a ten year old electronic keyboard?
# Posted on January 11th 2012 by ...
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No I was thinking of people who clap non-rhythmic accompaniments at a session, you know? "special".
As they would say in my part of the world "God help him, sure what harm is he doing?"
# Posted on January 11th 2012 by Backer
One-man-trad-band
http://markarringtonmusic.com/
# Posted on January 13th 2012 by ceolachan