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barrel of the kells (2), harmony assistant (15), carol of the bells (6), bagpipes (11), drakonis (55), ukraine (6), bells (42), shchedryk (4)
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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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Nice touch, those pagbipes &mdash 01/06/06 - 08:40:01 PM
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! :-) [ Reply to This ]
bagpipe murder!! &mdash 01/07/06 - 08:49:11 AM
ROFLMAO! &mdash 01/07/06 - 09:56:09 AM
This was more like Christmas in Mos Eisley. Great stuff- Alien bagpipes! [ Reply to This ]
I'm sure &mdash 01/07/06 - 01:03:09 PM
there are some extra special lyrics that go along with this too...
Thanks for the solid laugh to start my day!! [ Reply to This ]
Reminiscant ... &mdash 01/07/06 - 03:07:07 PM
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 ! [ Reply to This ]
Reminiscant ... &mdash 01/07/06 - 03:56:13 PM
Bwahaha... and now I suddenly hear, buzzing in my brain "Silent night", played
by variable-speed revving chainsaws and weed-wackers!
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deja vu, it's the next best thing to being there [ Reply to This ]
great &mdash 01/08/06 - 04:03:53 PM
oh yes the add of percussion. nice nice. i wonder how you managed to play the extra notes with your toes. [ Reply to This ]
haha &mdash 01/08/06 - 04:24:51 PM
It's better.... &mdash 01/08/06 - 08:40:45 PM
...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 [ Reply to This ]
What a musician! &mdash 01/09/06 - 05:59:58 PM
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! [ Reply to This ]
DISSONANT &mdash 01/09/06 - 07:04:12 PM
My Bagged piper! Maybe you were half in the bag! Hahahaha! I could see this being the backdrop for a demented skit! [ Reply to This ]
What's goin on in there &mdash 01/12/06 - 08:11:59 PM
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 [ Reply to This ]
good stuff &mdash 01/22/06 - 04:02:28 AM
Thanks for the bagpipes &mdash 12/24/06 - 06:40:47 PM
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!
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Hello &mdash 12/24/06 - 06:43:30 PM
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 [ Reply to This ]
Guten Tag &mdash 12/25/06 - 12:11:30 AM
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
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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> [ Reply to This ]
Now that's &mdash 10/03/07 - 11:48:59 PM
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 [ Reply to This ]
heehee &mdash 10/04/07 - 07:57:34 AM
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
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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> [ Reply to This ]
Wow &mdash 10/05/07 - 03:03:11 PM
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 [ Reply to This ]
Barrell of the Kells &mdash 12/16/07 - 08:38:32 PM
thats an old Gothic trick ..playin the song from backward
but realy works ...lol
peace ! [ Reply to This ]
backward and forward &mdash 12/16/07 - 09:42:41 PM
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 [ Reply to This ]
Ha! &mdash 12/26/07 - 11:12:25 AM
sampled pipes &mdash 12/26/07 - 11:15:55 AM
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..... [ Reply to This ]
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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! :-)
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