tona Posted December 15, 2010 Share Posted December 15, 2010 (edited) Hi all, Planxty Mr O'Carolan is one of my band which is dedicated to the music of...O'Carolan and the irish band Planxty. Here is a sample of our first recording before the making of a myspace. "Captain O'Kane" The sound quality may be poor because I had to compress the file a lot to be supported as attachment... Tiennet Simonnin : uilleann pipe, whistle Jean-Pierre Simmonet : guitar, bouzouki Thomas Restoin : concertina, accordion Thanks, Thomas Edited December 15, 2010 by tona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Lovely, Thomas. I look forward to hearing more tunes from your band. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cboody Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Very nice. Thanks for posting and good luck with the band! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael sam wild Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Very nice I love the tune , we also know it as The Wounded Hussar. Good luck with the records. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaryK Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Very nice, indeed! I hope you can continue to post new tunes as you record them. Count me as a purchaser if your band puts out an album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatFace Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Very nice. I have a comment on the recording/mix though - I think the guitar is too far to the side. I find it makes me feel slightly unbalanced Other than that the sound is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron123 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Very good, I look forward to hearing more of the bands music. Regards Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tona Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 Many thanks all for your words! I understand what you say Ratface and I will ask my friends to discuss this. The recording is not finalized... So one other tune. "princess royal" Thanks for your listening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Drinkwater Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Many thanks all for your words! I understand what you say Ratface and I will ask my friends to discuss this. The recording is not finalized... So one other tune. "princess royal" Thanks for your listening! Again, a very nice arrangement but I felt that the flute was a bit too dominant and the volume could be turned down a bit to let the other instruments through a bit more. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptarmigan Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Good job Thomas. One of my favourites too, not only because of its haunting melody, but also perhaps because of it's connection with Co Antrim here & the fact that Captain O'Kane's nickname was Slasher O'Kane! I recorded it myself in costume for YouTube, on my Hammered Dulcimer, in the great hall of Carrickfergus Castle in Co. Antrim. As Michael says, there is a song associated with this melody called The Wounded Hussar. Interesting to note that ... "the words are thought to have been composed by the Scottish poet Thomas Campbell." If your interested, there's a rather interesting thread on this song, over on Mudcat. Cheers Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tona Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Thanks for your thoughtful comments about the mix. I forward them.... But I had to compress the soundfiles into from 320 kbits into 64 kbits (!...), what is too much litte for a good quality. Nice version of Captain O'Kane Ptarmigan. I did not know that words had been written on this music. Here is an other tune of my band with Sandrine Burtin (voice). She adapted a text from O'Carolan (written in english) on the music of "separation of soul and body" which is imho a lovely and almost unknown tune of O'Carolan. Sincerely Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayhomewood Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Love this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tona Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi! I deleted the files but you can hear the tunes and others on our myspace : http://fr.myspace.com/planxtymrocarolan Thanks to have listened to our music! And happy new year! Thomas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 Hi! I deleted the files but you can hear the tunes and others on our myspace : http://fr.myspace.co...anxtymrocarolan Thanks to have listened to our music! And happy new year! Thomas Keep posting, Thomas. I like your contributions to this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kautilya Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Hi! I deleted the files but you can hear the tunes and others on our myspace : http://fr.myspace.com/planxtymrocarolan Thanks to have listened to our music! And happy new year! Thomas Amazing fruity fingering and trilling on your chanter for the Concerto - Nickel! Are the pipes a vueze or a biniou brahz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tona Posted January 11, 2011 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 The musician who plays pipes is french but he plays...uilleann pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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