To begin, I wish everyone a blessed New Year 2014. 2013 has had its ups and downs, but we have pulled through -- and let us hope and pray for greater things to come.
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The bodhrán solo I've been recording is now out! Oof, it really tuckered me out. I enjoyed it very much though, and I hope you do enjoy it as much as I do! By the way, no idea why it exported in 16:9 as opposed to 4:3, which was the camera size...
On that note, Seán (the friend who recorded this) is a fellow bodhrán player, and he and I talked about christening (in other words, naming) our instruments. I don't know if it's an Irish thing or not, but in his own words, "it's an inanimate object; it's meant to have a woman's name." To this point I only knew that ships and planes, and wreckages of ships and planes, were referred to as "she" or by some close-to-feminine name.
Technically my instrument has already been christened -- I had my bodhrán blessed close to the end of 2012, as I said in the video -- but I will gladly go through the formality of giving her a name.
The next time you see me ever mention the name 'Siobhan' (pronounced shi-VAHN), I'm referring to my instrument. Siobhan is the Irish form of 'Jeanne', a name I wanted to take at my Confirmation years ago.
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As for updates, I will be posting periodically as always, so do stay tuned to hear, and perhaps see, new stuff coming from this low-key end. See you all soon!
Have a blessed New Year,
T. x
PotentApogee
I got to the video nice 'n' early. In fact, I've only just seen this post now after watching it. :D
It was worth the wait, wasn't it? I'd give it some in-depth comments some other time, but know that I enjoyed it a lot, quite simply: the actual solo itself was fascinating, the way it steadily picked up the pace and the energetic vibe of the whole thing. The bells were charming.
I'm sure I could hear more of the thumping drum in this one compared to the previous improvisational video, bass-wise I mean.
Also, I feel awful about this, but I laughed out loud on the end frame: (Yes, I still use Windows Movie Maker). It's just something about how the sentence appears.
You nailed it though! Also, dat epileptic strobe around 4:40. Your laugh made ME laugh. Entertaining stuff still!
-Potent
Troisnyx
Thanks for watching <3 I'm really, really glad you enjoyed it! I was really quite tired after Take 1, that my final solo wound up at 1'20". When people say the bodhrán is a really physically exerting instrument, they aren't kidding.....
As for that Windows Movie Maker quip: I did put it in for humour purposes. XD I will admit, the way it came out in the recording was spontaneous, but Seán and I rewatched it a few times and we just couldn't help laughing at that line!
And oh yes, that strobe. XD