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Mary Queen of Scots


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Glaikit

 Genre: Ambient

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A bare three months after the murder of her second husband, Lord Darnley, Mary married the Earl of Bothwell, who was almost certainly one of the people responsible for the killing. The infatuated queen made him a duke.

A rising of prominent Scottish nobles led to her being confined in Loch (Scottish for lake) Leven Castle where she was made to abdicate, in favour of her son the infant James VI.

It was on June 16, 1567 she was imprisoned in the Castle. The Castle is still there today and you can take a boat to visit it.

This track is about Mary Queen of Scots life as a prisoner and attempted escape.

The people who are telling the story are Tom Weir and his friend Willy Thompson.

It was recorded from an old TV show called 'Weirs Way', where the legend that is Tom Weir would walk all around Scotland in his wooly hat making programs about the history, culture and people of Scotland.

The recording of the vocal track is quite poor and has a lot of hiss. I have added the reduce 's' option but there is still a bit of hiss. This piece is not that complex, there are a couple of generic loops you will prob have heard before, but i have tried to alter them a bit. The story is of greater importance than the music. I have tried to make it quite repetitive and for most of it to melt into the background.

The Painting is of Mary escaping from Loch Leven Castle.

Anyway, I am rambling on again as i usually do in this section........End
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Comments: 9
Fans: 6
Plays: 48
Downloads: 37
Votes: 3
Uploaded: Mar 18, 2008 - 05:57:30 PM
Last Updated: Oct 13, 2008 - 08:40:55 PM Last Played: Oct 24, 2009 - 11:00:03 AM
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Feter said 613 days ago (March 18th, 2008)
Mary Queen of Scots
I m goin to take a while to digest this
Poem ...mean while till I find my way
with the accent and words ...I m enjoyin
the back ground music ...you reciting
just fabulous and very theatrical ..
Glaikit said 613 days ago (March 18th, 2008)
Mary
Cheers Feter, yeah it might take a few listened to get the picture. if it helps i could put up the words, might take some time but i would be happy to
Check out my latest song called Snrub Eibbar Talking in Tongues (Remix)
michael2 said 612 days ago (March 19th, 2008)
great track
sounds really nice. the hiss didn't bother me; but since you mentioned it, i cranked up the speakers and yes i can hear it now. not sure which frequency, but if you look at the articles on the side of the page, there is one on EQ. pretty sure it will tell you what frequencies to cut that will get rid of that hiss. that said, it didn't bother me at all.

this is very hypnotic and i'm loving it this morning.
Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)
Glaikit said 597 days ago (April 3rd, 2008)
Michael
Hey, cheers for that EQ info....glad you enjoyed the track. It is not one of my favs musically but i love the story.
Check out my latest song called Snrub Eibbar Talking in Tongues (Remix)
said 555 days ago (May 15th, 2008)
Mary Queen of Scots
I love this I have a book that I keep meaning to read called
Mary Queen Of Scots. I understand and hear your words .
the music is good too.

You have delivered it well actually in my humble opinion.

Peace Dee.
said 555 days ago (May 15th, 2008)
I meant
The recording. Its an intersting story I have downloaded it.
Thanks
Glaikit said 555 days ago (May 15th, 2008)
Thank
you, i hope you enjoy the book when you get round to it. thanks for having a listen.

p.s. that dress is gallus....nice and psychedelic!
Check out my latest song called Snrub Eibbar Talking in Tongues (Remix)
Dragonas said 464 days ago (August 14th, 2008)
Cool Story!
I am a huge fan of anything having to do with Scottish history.
This is a very cool little story about a Queen of Scotland I never knew about before.
Thanks!
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Glaikit said 415 days ago (October 2nd, 2008)
cheers
for stopping by. yeah she had an interesting life.

i am quite excited today as they have brought back 'whispas'....a chocolate bar from the 80's!
Check out my latest song called Snrub Eibbar Talking in Tongues (Remix)
Char said 421 days ago (September 26th, 2008)
I enjoyed hearing Weir's
voice and the beautifully soothing music in the background. It almost put me in a meditative state.
Thank you. Nice experience.
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Glaikit said 415 days ago (October 2nd, 2008)
i find
his voice soothing to, very un-intrusive. good to sleep to, thanks for listening
Check out my latest song called Snrub Eibbar Talking in Tongues (Remix)
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Ambient music is a loosely defined musical genre that incorporates elements of a number of different styles - including jazz, electronic music, new age, rock and roll, modern classical music, reggae, traditional, world and even noise.

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