Music

I am a musician, mostly keyboard work, though I have a fair collection of other instruments. I compose original music for synthesizer, and I have in the last few months been delving into celtic music. I am scottish by ancestry, so celtic music has a special meaning for me.

My instrument collection:

Korg M1
Trombone
Acoustic Guitar
Electric Guitar
Tin Whistle
Reed Whistle
Recorder
Fiddle
Harmonica
Accordion
Tone Drum
Bagpipes (coming soon - be afraid,be very afraid)

For a peek at my studio Not the best pictures, I'm afraid...
I finally managed to get some of my music files here. They are midi files converted to general midi format, so I had to make some compromises, but they're mostly like the originals. I've been having technical difficulties with some of them, hopefully they will all play...
After the Rain
Flight 1 and 2
Leaf Dance
Yearning
And here are two of the greatest keyboard pieces ever written:
Maple Leaf Rag, by Scott Joplin
Toccata and Fugue in D-Minor, by JS Bach

Music Sites I found useful or interesting:

Digital Tradition Folk Song Database - Massive database of folk song lyrics
The Bodhran - Everything you wanted to know about the Celtic drum - also the source for some of the graphics used in these pages
Bagpipes - Look out for small children and pets, the pipes are here
Richard Robinson's Tunebook - Source for song scores
Lark in the Morning - Great catalog for acoustic instruments

Celtic Music Performers I think are worth checking out:

Enya
Clannad
Jean Redpath
Chieftans
Silly Wizard
Loreena Mckennit

Questions? Comments? Feedback? Random Utterances? Send a note to Eric

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