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Ogronios means Ice Time and is generally (but not always) taken to be the Celtic name for the time of year during the lunar cycle that sits astride the latter part of February and the early part of March.
Wherever I've lived this has been a time when Spring is reclaiming the earth, buds emerge and the longer days presage the vernal equinox. So this piece is in anticipation of (and to celebrate) the arrival of spring.
Every track I've submitted so far this year has an instrument which I've not recorded previously - in this case a bodhran (which, as I've been asked, is an Irish drum hit with a two headed beater...)
If anyone wants to have a shot at remixing/adapting this track just let me know.
KK
© 2006
Hardware:
Acoustic fiddle, bodhran, iMac G5, Behringer Mic200 preamp, eMagic a6/2m midi, m-audio luna mic
Software:
GB2
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gorgeous - bloody gorgeous!!! &mdash 03/14/06 - 07:42:20 AM
sheesh martyn - a download!! a fav!! even a vote!! bring this with you to the convention my dear - we are going to have THE best time and THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for this - one love xoxoxoxxoxoxo [ Reply to This ]
gorgeous - bloody gorgeous!!! &mdash 03/14/06 - 07:56:00 AM
i had to come back and tell you that this reminds me of sitting in the labatts apollo (or whatever they call it now, it WAS the hammersmith odeon) and watching river dance!! on the last note of the gig, the entire audience rose to it's feet with a roar - martyn - i am standing up!!!! x [ Reply to This ]
gorgeous - bloody gorgeous!!! &mdash 03/14/06 - 04:27:07 PM
I hope someone has managed to find you a seat by now! Seriously, with these
comments you spoil me (but mucho thankies anyway!!!) [ Reply to This ]
I love celtic music... &mdash 03/14/06 - 10:35:59 AM
and I love this. After all...I'm a celt/gael myself (Scotch-Irish). This has all
the joyous lilting that is the trademark of celtic fiddle. Nicely done! [ Reply to This ]
I love celtic music... &mdash 03/15/06 - 05:54:40 PM
I've got Scots/Irish ancestry too (on my mother's side although she was born in
Calcutta, India!) Very glad it worked for you. [ Reply to This ]
simple, great, simply great! &mdash 03/14/06 - 11:35:33 AM
Make that fiddle stir the soul... wonderful music you play, sir! The
drumbeats add to the crisp Vernality of the Equinoxical seasonal mark,
and for a moment I was standing among the stones again, seeing my
breath float away on a brilliant March morn. Faved & DLed!
ttfn,
Drakonis [ Reply to This ]
simple, great, simply great! &mdash 03/15/06 - 05:59:31 PM
Thank you... simple comes easily to me! If you look carefully at the picture
you'll see a dragon hiding behind that tree on the right...
KK [ Reply to This ]
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A lovely piece &mdash 03/14/06 - 03:36:15 PM
Really nice...I like the way it builds up...
Nice fiddling KK!
Steve [ Reply to This ]
A lovely piece &mdash 03/16/06 - 04:49:45 PM
Thanks for listening - tried playing along to your latest track today - sounds like
it's in E and F# (bastard keys for a folkie but I reckon I can get there...) [ Reply to This ]
This is really cool! &mdash 03/14/06 - 09:38:25 PM
I like this a lot. If I wasn't so busy spinning my wheels I would have
commented earlier. The bodhran sounds good, especially towards the end
where it really drives the fiddle along. How do you play fiddle and
bodhran at the same time? What a talented dude!
Don't be surprised if I grab this to play with a bit... [ Reply to This ]
This is really cool! &mdash 03/16/06 - 04:52:55 PM
Fiddle and bodhran together? It took years at a yoga retreat developing
dexterity in my feet (not sure that that explains how I managed to play bodran
and two fiddles simulaneously!!!)
KK
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WOW!!!! &mdash 03/15/06 - 09:34:00 AM
This is really amazing and very well played....you really capture an era with this piece...where's my maypole?? One of the best cuts I have ever heard on this site...great production...great feel....originality.....great playing.....just an overall great piece and I have NO complaints....Peace....Ian [ Reply to This ]
WOW!!!! &mdash 03/20/06 - 08:04:07 AM
Many many thanks for your more than generous comments.
KK
PS - asking where's your maypole does prompt a certain answer but I won't go
there!!! ;) [ Reply to This ]
Sounds like Folk! &mdash 03/15/06 - 10:19:21 AM
This reminds me a lot of the typical Norwegian Folk music, where people dance and kick hats of Poles! I cant even understand that it is possible to play i fiddle, so this sounds very impressive to me! I dont know what a Bodran is, but it sounds damn good! [ Reply to This ]
Sounds like Folk! &mdash 03/20/06 - 08:08:05 AM
Thanks for asking what a bodhran is - I've now addressed your question in the
description section up top. There'll be no more jokes about Poles with sore
heads.... [ Reply to This ]
I love this &mdash 03/15/06 - 04:37:41 PM
Wooooooh, fabulous! Very earthy and pagan. It touches on something
ancestral in me. Stunning fiddle playing, but that goes without saying
on all your stuff. Great rhythm too. Definitely a download job.
Much respect to you, KK ... you're a brilliant musician.
Is that Avebury in the pic? [ Reply to This ]
I love this &mdash 03/20/06 - 08:11:22 AM
Thanks and thanks again Rebsie - I've always appreciated your comments and
support since I joined MJ. And yes that is indeed Avebury - may have nothing to
do with Celts at all but you know.......... sorta fits the bill.
KK [ Reply to This ]
Just in time &mdash 03/16/06 - 10:24:46 PM
for the green holiday. :-) Okay... There's a rawness to this that I really
dig. I have never heard a bodhran on Macjams! I'm lovin' it! And what
awesome technique with those double-stops. Wheeee this is fun! [ Reply to This ]
Just in time &mdash 03/20/06 - 08:15:56 AM
The Green Holiday? You mean Paddy's Day right? Actually I should have done
the Irish Washerwoman or something specially on the day ... maybe next year....
Impressed you know what a double-stop is! Many thanks for leaving a
comment.
KK
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Just in time &mdash 03/20/06 - 08:19:47 AM
Just read yer bio - so you were a fiddle player too. You going to play on my
Paddy's Day tribute next year?! [ Reply to This ]
Just in time &mdash 03/20/06 - 02:45:13 PM
I used to have this kick-butt Fishman pickup on my violin, but since I've lost it in
a relationship breakup, the poor ol' fiddle has been collecting dust in a closet.
One of these days though...... :-)
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Just in time &mdash 03/22/06 - 04:22:02 AM
Isn't it weird what splits can do to our music making... time to get out yer duster
I think...!! [ Reply to This ]
wonderful &mdash 03/30/06 - 12:47:38 PM
Its so primal and organic that it makes me want to eat dirt. I know that being on time and in tune with the fiddle takes enormous dedication. You have mastered your instrument. [ Reply to This ]
wonderful &mdash 04/11/06 - 02:14:07 AM
Thank you very much - of course as a tortured artist I still feel I have a way to go
on the fiddle before I'm happy with it (which is probably never...) Hope you
enjoyed the dirt!
KK [ Reply to This ]
I shall wait a slong a sit takes &mdash 04/27/06 - 06:11:28 PM
to collab with you!
DLing it to share with the wife and friends. Wish I could give you some
valuable suggestion but that was quite simply a joy.
Thanks for putting your talents on display here. Im digging it. [ Reply to This ]
I shall actually read before I post! &mdash 04/27/06 - 06:54:07 PM
sorry.
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Feel good, its why you wanted to be a human in the first place. [ Reply to This ]
perfect matchin &mdash 08/31/06 - 04:34:24 AM
what a great tune ...excellent fiddle playin
the bodhran place the mood of the song .
its so wonderfull ...so Impressed by your skill
in playin well done ...!! [ Reply to This ]
Thank you Mr Feter &mdash 10/13/06 - 07:58:49 PM
This is just me... &mdash 10/03/06 - 08:10:19 PM
...continuing to be embarrassed that I have somehow missed these tunes
of yours. You have a great, earthy, lively feel to your playing and phrasing
and tone... The sound you're getting suits your tunes very welll... Ed [ Reply to This ]
Thank you... &mdash 10/13/06 - 08:02:19 PM
... for all your comments - this track was born out of one of my 'pagan'
moments. Perhaps you know that feeling when you might want to secretly hug a
tree or two - hence the earthiness.
KK [ Reply to This ]
Oh my goodness &mdash 11/28/06 - 01:06:03 PM
I came back here because I love this tune so much and I've only just spotted that you've asked at the top whether anyone wants to have a go at working with it and adapting it.
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah! Me me me me MEEEE!
I was trying to pluck up the courage to ask you. D'oh!
Rebsie and Percival the Pear Tree [ Reply to This ]
You're most welcome &mdash 11/30/06 - 05:36:08 AM
&mdash 12/06/06 - 06:14:44 AM
Sadly not 'cause I can't get the mic lead to stretch that far down the garden, but he has offered to provide refreshments. [ Reply to This ]
Ogronios &mdash 07/22/07 - 12:40:14 PM
KK this has something unique ...beside
its Celtic blood but its very antique sound
which bring a real charm to it ...that double
string ...one up and one down ..same tune
give that medievel sound ..with the bodhran
this is a gem !! [ Reply to This ]
ye it worth &mdash 07/22/07 - 12:42:50 PM
It's always great to get new comments... &mdash 07/23/07 - 07:15:26 PM
...on a track that's been posted for a while but for someone to come back, listen and comment again is just fantastic! Mucho thanks Feter!
KK
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