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2 irish jigs
by Relic67

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Submitted on: May 09, 2008 - 03:53:45 PM
Last Updated: May 09 2008 - 03:53:45 PM
Description a very rough attempt at recording some irish fiddle and guitar.
Neither instrument is played in a very polished way on this one.
I was inspired by another recent post (Dee) to try recording guitar and fiddle together.
I am having a hard time getting the fiddle to sound good on the recording.
Perhaps mic placement?
Any suggestions on how to record this sort of thing are very welcome. Help!
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Feter said 243 days ago
2 irish jigs
Hey ..is so good to hear again from you my friend
what a fabulous jigs ..the fiddle sound so fine
here my friend ..total blast forme to hear your
music again .. KUDOS !!!!!!!

Relic67 said 243 days ago
Thnx!
Thanks Feter.
You're one nice dude, you know that? LOL



Relic67 said 243 days ago
Thnx!
Thanks Feter.
You're one nice dude, you know that? LOL



Ibstrat said 243 days ago
I've
never been to Ireland,but this really sounds like something you would hear in a pub.Your playing on both instruments sounds great to me!

said 242 days ago
2 irish jigs
Relic67
Its brilliant !!!
I love it. Great happy jiggy sound. Made me want to get up and dance
Thank you will download and listen to it often.

Wow !! Just read who inspired you ha ha Its top notch.
Mine are loops. Lol

Peace Dee.

tokai said 242 days ago
Celtic vibes
they say it is the blood

caroline said 237 days ago
authentic and delicious...
real music as far as i am concerned but then i remember reel-to-reel tape recorders and those little wax cylinders!! LOL - thank you so much - i enjoyed listening and my toes were a-tappin' - hearty round of applause x

Relic67 said 237 days ago
Many thanks.
thanks to all who enjoyed the fiddlin'.
maybe I'll try some reels, hornpipes etc next!

said 236 days ago
Great!
Nothing is wrong with this piece. Great quality and gorgeous performance. Fine, neat, fine... Thanks for posting.

Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi

SJB said 233 days ago
irish jigs
I really tried hard to hear the roughness and lack of polished playing you describe. Sorry, I couldn't hear it -it all sound great to me. I've heard this kingd of music live in pubs in Kerry and this sounds like the real deal!
All the best
Steve

Relic67 said 233 days ago
thanks!
Glad you liked it.
I think my intonation was suffering a bit towards the end, and a few guitar clunkers. However, evidently it didn't sound too bad overall I guess...

rover101 said 228 days ago
I noticed
Bit pitchy towards end (I'm a picky sod)....nice piece, though.

Fiddle sound in particular is all about the room, and then mic placement; sounds like a fiddle as is, so I don't know what you're going for hear.

Cheers, Shaky

rover101 said 228 days ago
I noticed
Bit pitchy towards end (I'm a picky sod)....nice piece, though.

Fiddle sound in particular is all about the room, and then mic placement; sounds like a fiddle as is, so I don't know what you're going for here.

Cheers, Shaky

saymme said 220 days ago
: )
Truely great...You can play this at the mj coffehouse too :) : ) Really nice hearing this now...kinda late this is better than a nitecap TX my pleasure !

MunichG said 200 days ago
Forget polish!
Polished smolished! The main thing is, the spirit comes across in your playing, and it does. I'm an aspiring fiddler and guitarist also, and I really like this track. Great job.

Relic67 said 200 days ago
thanks
glad you liked it...
I think I'll do some reels next :)

Cadman said 198 days ago
Great fiddle
Hiya - glad I came across this one! Really nice fiddle playing - a lovely light touch to those melody lines.

The other half of Cadman - Chaz - plays fiddle, such that our latest collection of songs is called - On The Fiddle.

We get around the mic placement (and when playing live, feedback) problems by using an electric violin :-)

I think it's tough getting a good violin sound - and TBH what you have sounds pretty good to me - that is, it's not too shrill or overpowering.

If you wanted to improve it, it currently seems like perhaps you're getting a bit too much of the room - so I'd be trying out attempting to mic it up much closer (with hopefully a directional mic) and see where that gets you.

Possibly nowhere - but hey, isn't life one long experiment? :-)

/is feeling strangely philosophical, pre-supper.

Relic67 said 153 days ago
thanks for the tips
I'm definitely going to try your mic suggestion for my next fiddle post!



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