See ealier post on Soldiers Skankin (Ska version of Soldiers Joy). You would think that we would be done with the bloody tune by now, but lots of other stuff going on (like getting all of Jon Whiddon's art online at Adventure and Whimsy) and finishing up design on 3 new instruments...2 electric violins and an electronic violin (which we probably will not be able to show you for a while, as we are doing... Read more →
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July 2010
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07/20/2010
Soldiers Skankin' (Ska version of Soldiers Joy) Almost Ready
Another day or 2! Of course we will have an MP3 that you can download... Read more →
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07/12/2010
Next Trew Ska'ish Tune to Feature a Rickert Neil Gow 21C Travel Violin
The growing number of people who are following the progress of our insane Trew Ska'ish project on FaceBook and iLike will love the next one...Soldier's Joy done as a primarily electronic Ska rendition. It will feature an actual Neil Gow 21C Travel Violin, as well as a Dulcijo (diatonic banjo) by Michael Fox, both played acoustically in the mix. Maybe 3 days, we'll have the arrangement done and MP3ized. Of course, by the time you... Read more →
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Ska, Synthesizers, Traditional Music and the Folk Establishment
Interesting discussion thread on these topics and more, including commentary by Friends (no, not us) on the institutions that comprise the Traditional Music and Country Dance Establisment on Don Rickert's Facebook Wall. Is the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society (RSCDS) stuck in a time warp? Read opinion on this as well. Read more →
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07/06/2010
New Ska Version of a Famous Scottish Country Dance
We have lots to bring you up-to-date about, including our new experiment in the Trew Ska'ish project. We'll tell you all about it later, but for now, just enjoy our new medley (downloadable MP3) of the original Skye Collection version of Flowers of Edinburgh (on accordion...those strange chords are right out of the old manuscript...wish I could take credit for some of the stranger ones) paired with an insane Ska treatment of the tune...played really... Read more →
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