But speaking of that band, we did a tune someone showed me years ago. Maybe we should rename this forum: old timey + post avant garde.Yeah, it's funny how some discussions wind up in places you'd never imagine. But it's three minute length also includes two choruses of a T Monk-inspired piano solo, and a prelude that features the very big sound of the Antarctic Ross Ice sheet splitting apart. It is, recognizably, the inspired hornpipe, "Rights of Man", and with a rather traditionally performed mandolin lead. Why do I doubt that you'd encounter a discussion of such music on either the rock or the jazz forum. There's a certain irony, Mandolirius, to hear you owning up to such outside musical tastes on the "old-timey" forum. The William Tell Overture merged with the theme from Leave it to Beaver and My Maggie! Gotta love it. "RH Boy/My Maggie" was one of our more, ahem, serious pieces. One of my faves was called "Tell It To Beaver", which had parts of eight different tunes, starting with the "William Tell Overture" and ended with the theme from "Leave It To Beaver". We did "Delila" with the theme from "The Godfather" and lots of silly stuff. ![]() Another was "Secret Green Things", which was "Secret Agent Man", "The Green Leaves Of Summer" and "My favourite Things" (not in that order). We did a medley of the theme from "For A Few Dollars More" and "Pipeline". I didn't start the band, but I did manage to turn it into a vehicle for some crazy ideas I had. I was unemployed at the time and really wanted to learn more about arranging. This one was pretty straightforward, but Mandolirium had some pretty complicated arrangements, which were done by me. The sound and feel of the sustained accordion is perfect. I really like this, it is almost classical in this elegant arrangement. As for gigs, that band is no more, unfortunately. The speed up was always the way Rick played it but I had been listening to lots of Hungarian gypsy violin around that time, so we were all about the speed up. The guitar player doubled on accordion (which I was only jokingly aplogizing for). Greek and gorgeous.ĭo you play in Victoria? Anywhere else in the general vicinity? If so, and you are interested, I might be able to get you a gig at our local theater.Yeah, it's live. They way it speeds up sounds Greek to me. We mando players usually do well to add something that widens the field of our sound. ![]() We are definitely flying on the same airship. If that is a live recording, I think someone did a terrific job of it.Īnd i can see why you have positive comments about my own new CD creation. Correct? Plus bass, guitar, and accordion? Anything else? tell us something about the mandolins. Mike I am guessing that this is 2 mandolins, and not 2 tracks of 1 mandolin. Don't quite have it yet, but it kinda works. Lets see what we can do to pump some sunshine into dead horses.I've been working on a version of Angeline in 7/4. I am presently working on Angeline the Baker. I would like to share them here, but the challenge of course goes beyond the cafe into your home jam sessions. Then add your own style or technique or enthusiasm to bring out the tune in a way you think will make others take a new interest in the tune. ![]() Something that has become trite, and dorky. Pick any tune you want, but make it something very common, something we all probably know, and have stopped listening to. No big changes to the tune, but can we play it in a way that the tune shines again, and will make the most jaded of old fiddlers want to play it. Take that tune and find a way to make it interesting again. Something that makes you fidget when a newbie plays the tune with enthusiasm. Preferabley something you have heard a thousand times more than you ever want to hear it. This challenge was brought up at a party, and I thought I would put it up here.
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