aka Mark Brissenden.
I'm a fiddler, banjo player, and guitarist from New York, been living in Colorado for over 20 years, currently in Denver. I spread myself way too thin; I like to collect musical instruments and I have some that I rarely if ever play, like the Turkish saz and the Bulgarian gudulka.
Celtic is my favorite musical style and I'm currently in a couple of bands, so I get to practice and play for people and get paid for it, too! I also go to sessions quite a bit, to pick up new tunes and to drink for free.
For those of you who are really bored, sound clips are available at http://www.abbeyrogues.com.
Other interests: Skiing, biking, running around the lakes, renovating old houses, fixing my car, baseball, hanging out in LoDo, travel, folk dancing, learning foreign languages, psychology, computational linguistics.
Tunes in McBriss's tunebook: 25
| Rain On The Roof | jig | November 11th 2006 |
| DId playing an instrument ruin your childhood? | April 3rd 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: 1 down and 3 up bowing question | June 15th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: Basic Bouzouki query | April 19th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: Basic Bouzouki query | April 19th 2007 |
| Discussions | Re: fada | April 9th 2007 |
| Discussions | DId playing an instrument ruin your childhood? | April 3rd 2007 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Down The Broom | reel | Adorian |
| I Ne'er Shall Wean Her | jig | Adorian |
| Siobhan O'Donnell's | jig | Adorian |
| The Humours Of Tullycrine | hornpipe | Adorian |
| Tommy Peoples' | reel | Bminor |
| The Humours Of Glendart | jig | Dmajor |
| The Boyne Hunt | reel | Dmajor |
| The Windmill | reel | Dmajor |
| The Providence | reel | Dmajor |
| Miss Monaghan | reel | Dmajor |
| The Sailor's Bonnet | reel | Dmajor |
| Noel Hill's | reel | Dmajor |
| The Gold Ring | jig | Dmajor |
| The Maids Of Castlebar | reel | Dmajor |
| The Floating Crowbar | reel | Dmixolydian |
| A Fig For A Kiss | slip jig | Edorian |
| Get Up Old Woman And Shake Yourself | jig | Edorian |
| MacArthur Road | reel | Emajor |
| The Fermoy Lasses | reel | Eminor |
| The Road To Rio | reel | Gmajor |
| Glory | reel | Gmajor |
| The Twelve Pins | reel | Gmajor |
| The Boys Of Ballysodare | reel | Gmajor |
| John McHugh's | jig | Gmajor |
| Barrack Street | reel | Gmajor |