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Barrell of the Kells-Full
by drakonis

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Submitted on: Jan 06, 2006 - 06:21:24 PM
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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 By popular demand, I have completed the tongue-in-cheek full piece of "Carol of the Bells" for bagpipes from an earlier skit for a CD (click here to read/hear the original skit.) Since the original piece was humorous, so is this one. Also, bagpipe purists out there will immediately smell something fishy, in that I seem to have taken some liberties with the bagpipe drones. To which I will counter that "These are not the Galician drones you are looking for, I use special hi-tech R2D2 drones that can play different notes." Of course, to play this bagpipe, the piper has to take off his/her shoes and play the extra notes with their toes.

Hardware QuickSilver Mac, 4 hands

Software: Music written & performed note-by-note, bend-by-bend, on Harmony Assistant, using Goldbase 2 sampled Galician bagpipe, exported to GB2 & mixed.

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	Roxylee said 1061 days ago
	Nice touch, those pagbipes See what puns do to me?? Very fun rendition of Carol of the Bells. I wish I'd never listened to that Ding Fried Are Done rendition, but your versions of this carol don't ruin it for me, just makes it playful Thank you for sharing it! :-)

	caroline said 1061 days ago
	bagpipe murder!! laughed my head off - if it rolls past you, please pick it up - xxx

	aclarke said 1061 days ago
	ROFLMAO! This was more like Christmas in Mos Eisley. Great stuff- Alien bagpipes!

	Joshosh said 1060 days ago
	I'm sure there are some extra special lyrics that go along with this too... Thanks for the solid laugh to start my day!!

	Alannah said 1060 days ago
	Reminiscant ... of Every Elementary School Christmas concert I ever attended .... Great stuff Drakonis ... you do know of course that you can also (with the right moves) use a leaf blower to create bagpipe sounds too ! Looking forward to your version of Amazing Grace !

	drakonis said 1060 days ago
	Reminiscant ... Bwahaha... and now I suddenly hear, buzzing in my brain "Silent night", played by variable-speed revving chainsaws and weed-wackers! --- deja vu, it's the next best thing to being there

	screamalexz said 1059 days ago
	great oh yes the add of percussion. nice nice. i wonder how you managed to play the extra notes with your toes.

	selters said 1059 days ago
	haha This was nice and funny, cool cows you got there!

	jgurner said 1059 days ago
	It's better.... ...to just kill the bagpipes out right rather than toying with them. A quick twist of the neck, just about the chanter, and they aren't able to let loose their cries of alarm. :D

	kristyjo said 1058 days ago
	What a musician! And so gracious to regale us all with a full version of this lovely carol. I know of few people who can play the hi-tech R2D2 with the precision you've brought to this performance. And your toe technique! Truly awesome!

	said 1058 days ago
	DISSONANT My Bagged piper! Maybe you were half in the bag! Hahahaha! I could see this being the backdrop for a demented skit!

	Macaudion said 1055 days ago
	What's goin on in there Oh mighty wow! How did you get so much goodness outta my computer... And yes, it made me laugh... How does a mind get to this point... Thanks Drak - Cyd

	composerclark said 1046 days ago
	good stuff thanks for this! very well done. I like it!

	thetiler said 709 days ago
	Thanks for the bagpipes Your facial cheeks music be getting sore with all that blowin. Carefull you don't get cheeks like Dizzy Giliespie. :) Thanks for sharing the christmas spirit. Merry Christmas Drak and happy new year!

	elektronix said 709 days ago
	Hello New on this site, i just clicked on this, and it makes me smile.... If I would take off my shoes, it would not smell fishy... Merry Christmas! elektronix

	Doug Somers said 426 days ago
	Now that's my kind of music!! Never let talent be wasted on only serious 'art' when fun and enjoyment can be had in so many ways. Thanks for sharing this one! Doug

	drakonis said 426 days ago
	heehee Glad you get a chance to see what I'm really like :-) I grew up on PDQ Bach, Spike Jones, Tom Lehrer... I take my humor very seriously! ttfn, Drakonis --- Deja vu - It's the next best thing to being there<br> ### Today's song:<a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/28669">Dance of the Technoids</a>

	Doug Somers said 424 days ago
	Wow Completely similar list! - plus of course, for me, music from the Pythons, and later Weird Al and the Arrogant Worms. Twisted influences - in the best possible way! :o) Doug

	Feter said 352 days ago
	Barrell of the Kells thats an old Gothic trick ..playin the song from backward but realy works ...lol peace !

	said 343 days ago
	Ha! Barrel of the Full Kegs, no doubt.

	NorthPoint said 343 days ago
	sampled pipes Eduard, I think this sounds good :) Fun song, and a good example of what can be done with sampling and software these days. Thanks for sharing! Now I guess you'll have to try this with a leaf blower.....

	MarkHolbrook said 22 days ago
	I loved the intro This just takes the whole thing to a full and new level! You are truly a master!

	drakonis said 709 days ago
	Guten Tag Hi, and welcome to Macjams! I'm glad this made you smile, that was what I wanted to do. Thank you for listening and for leaving a comment, I really appreciate that, and I look forward to hearing your music soon! ttfn, Drakonis --- Deja vu - It's the next best thing to being there<br> ### Today's song:<a href="http://www.macjams.com/song/25837">MusiMorphosis</a>

	drakonis said 352 days ago
	backward and forward I didn't play the music backward, I just played the title/name backward, instead of "Carol of the Bells". The music is a simple arrangement of it, but to go with the title of "Kells", I thought a bagpipe would be appropriate. :-) It is just me, being silly. ttfn, Drakonis

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