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Barrel of the Kells - Intro
by drakonis

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Keywords barrel of the kells (2), harmony assistant (15), carol of the bells (6), bagpipes (11), drakonis (56), ukraine (6), bells (44), shchedryk (4)

Description My wife's and my favorite holiday tune turned out to be the same... "Carol of the Bells". For a few years I went on an internet quest (mp3.com) and found various renditions of "Carol of the Bells" (heavy metal, Salsa, jazz, a capella, trance, etc.) and each year I'd give my wife a CD of a bunch of the best variations I'd found. On the third and final year (2002), I not only had a bunch of versions, I also had written my own Bach-like arrangement (entitled "Belle Fugue", posted here on Macjams), and a performance I recorded of her famous jazz-pianist father doing his own jazzy interpretation. But the opening track of the CD was this silly little skit I did with myself and her son (doing the horribly fake Irish accent.) The skit "explained" why the CD that particular year was entitled "Barrel of the Kells". But the funniest part was the actual piece of music played, and what it was played on.

Update: by popular demand, I have written out the full version of this song as well.

Hardware My trusty old 120Mhz Powermac 8500, RIP.

Software: music written & performed note-by-note, bend-by-bend, on Harmony Assistant. Audio recording/editing/mixing done in SoundEdit Pro

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	thetiler said 1074 days ago
	drak has more talent hidden that is comin out :) Thanks for the skit

	caroline said 1074 days ago
	hahahaha!!! very funny - now let's talk about those accents!!! thank you for sharing xxx from me and the bear

	SlimGirlFat said 1074 days ago
	Ha Ha Funny, needs more whisky :) Slimmie

	deputydoofy said 1074 days ago
	Love the skit. Love the tune. Though, my favorite version is still this. :D

	Peter Greenstone said 1074 days ago
	harharhar Bagpipes... ehhh hehe.

	The Leonids said 1074 days ago
	Very funny! Or is that very punny? But I really wanted to hear the rest of Carol of the Bells on the bagpipes!

	dreadmon said 1073 days ago
	Funny as all get out Classic! A bit of P-popping, but well done.

	Roxylee said 1072 days ago
	Too Funny! Drakonis, you crack me up! I think S's accent sounds more Scottish than Irish, but hey, it sounds betther than any fake accent I can do. Nice jazzy feel, and I like the album cover art. Creative and fun!

	Alannah said 1071 days ago
	Accent I was thinking the accent was more Indian ... but I do wish I could have heard the entire Bagpipe version of the song..... Fun Christmas Cheer Drakonis !

	Leon said 1069 days ago
	Made me laugh this morning... Couldn't really figure out if that was Indian accent or Irish or something. This is laugh-out-loud funny. My only complaint is it is too short. Hope you make a full comedy-skit of this intro.

	screamalexz said 1068 days ago
	wow haha. this is great. i'm ammused. thank you. my school is the scots and they always do horrible accents on our videos.

	cjhoose said 1068 days ago
	nice accent! Yes a little cheesy but so entertaining! :D Carol of the Bells would sound really great with bagpipes!

	kristyjo said 1065 days ago
	This is funny I wish it were longer. I'd really like to hear Barrel of the Kells - er, I mean Carol of the Bells on Bagpipes at the end. Now THAT would be something a little out of the ordinary. I have no idea what a proper Scottish accent really sounds like, so this was fine to me.

	airrun1975 said 1064 days ago
	Deserves a Guinness! Nicely done! Love the "accent". Hahahahahahahahahahaha! Great stuff, Aaron

	Einarus said 1059 days ago
	Teehee Stunny fuff!

	said 730 days ago
	yup, funny and one of my favorite tunes too. I like to play along to this song on guitar Trans-Siberian Orchestra style. anyway, enjoyed.

	VicDiesel said 729 days ago
	Does humor belong in music? Definitely!

	davisamerica said 359 days ago
	right then lol x 2....what....was...that.... pure fun dragon

	said 191 days ago
	Barrel of the Kells - Intro by drakonis Liked it! The accents cracked-me-up! Very funny!

	MarkHolbrook said 22 days ago
	Wow Drak This must have taken some serious effort! Did you do both voices!? This is simply amazing!

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