My name is Jay Gilbert. I was born in and spent most of my formative years in Madison, NJ. I didn't really play music until I graduated high school, when I picked up an electric bass as my graduation present . Met my good friend Brad Maloney @ the same time, but mostly through skateboarding together. Played music together some years later, in the underground/ avant-garde sensation "Rogayne". The leader of that group was moving to Providence, RI & needed a roomate, so off to New England I went (with Brad moving up as well, a few months later). Within a year, Brad finally convinced me to bring my guitar along to a local trad session, where I quickly got "the bug"- have been playing ITM as a backer for the better part of 11 years now, tenor banjo for about 7 or 8 years. I do quite a bit of composing in the Irish Traditional idiom, as well (wether or not anybody ends up playing the stuff, whatever; I simply enjoy the challenge of creating a tune within traditional constraints- not that I'm done learning trad tunes, mind you!)
Tunes in jaychoons's tunebook: 27
| The 9th Of July | jig | October 1st 2009 |
| Hogan's Pass | hornpipe | September 29th 2009 |
| Rub The Bag | jig | May 26th 2009 |
| Girls Will You Take Him? | reel | May 21st 2009 |
| The Walls Of Liscarroll | jig | May 12th 2009 |
| Discussions | Re: Anyone know any good Treble Jigs? | October 1st 2009 |
| Tunes | Sean Ryan Strikes Again... | October 1st 2009 |
| Tunes | Sean Ryan, Master Composer | September 29th 2009 |
| Tunes | Accidentals | September 29th 2009 |
| Tunes | Another setting | September 28th 2009 |
| Name | Type | Key |
|---|---|---|
| Aggie Whyte's | reel | Gmajor |
| An Buachaill As Danmhairg | reel | Emixolydian |
| The Bells Of Lismore | jig | Dmajor |
| Biddy From Muckross | reel | Dmajor |
| Brian Quinn's | reel | Gmajor |
| Cro Na NGabhar | jig | Gmajor |
| Gan Ainm | jig | Amajor |
| Gan Ainm | jig | Dmajor |
| The Humours Of Loughrea | reel | Gmajor |
| In Memory Of Chris Langan | reel | Gmajor |
| Jimmy McHugh's | jig | Dminor |
| Johnston's | hornpipe | Dmajor |
| Johnstone's Fancy | hornpipe | Cmajor |
| The Journey By Train | reel | Edorian |
| The Kid In The Meadow | jig | Dmajor |
| Lawson's | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| Lynch's | barndance | Dmajor |
| Lynch's | reel | Eminor |
| Miss Mary Walker | reel | Gminor |
| Miss Wallace | reel | Gmajor |
| Moll And Tiarna | reel | Dmajor |
| Paddy Fahey's | reel | Cmajor |
| Paddy Fahey's | reel | Dmajor |
| Siod Mar Chaidh An A Dholaidh | strathspey | Aminor |
| Spellan The Fiddler | hornpipe | Gmajor |
| Splendid Isolation | reel | Gdorian |
| The Way To Shercock | reel | Ddorian |