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Re: new tunes
Hey Paul, I loved "the Gorge"
I also love the quote from Copland in 'Simple Gifts'.
The Mountain Dulcimer is such a beautiful instrument..............it is so
exotic and ethereal sounding.
And Ted is correct.................you are cordially invited to come to a
30
minute set at Y2K6 next October in Santa Cruz.
This year we had 50 artists from 7 countries and in all the years I've
played we have never had a looping dulcimer player.
I also play a little dulcimer and some hammered dulcimer as well. Neal
Hellman is a good friend of mine and lent me a beautiful
mountain dulcimer to practise on. If you don't know his work, he is a
wonderful and influential dulcimer performer.
I particularly love the way that you can retune the bass string on the
mountain dulcimer and play in different modes than
are normally played in traditional Americana. I love playing in both
Phrygian (middleeastern sounding) and Lydian (balkan sounding)
using this technique.
The only time I"ve ever played dulcimer on stage was when I was awarded
the Calabash Award for Service to the Ethnic Arts in Santa Cruz County.
Two
really good dulcimer players I know were in the audience so I was really
nervous.
It was also, sadly, the very last time my mother saw me play so I have a
lot of sentimental attachment to the piece.
I must get this piece transferred from the video into audio. If I manage
to
do it, I'll send it to you.
Nice work, thanks for posting, yours, Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "paul" <phaslem@wightman.ca>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 8:26 PM
Subject: new tunes
> Hi,
>
> I don't know if any of you have had a chance to listen to the new tunes
>I
> posted on my web site yet
> ( http://members.tripod.com/Dulcimer_Traditions/newstuff.htm ) but I am
> interested in feedback.... of the non screeching type....
>
> If you listen to some of my older work you'll see that this is a fairly
> significant departure in style from earlier recordings. I live out in
> rural Ontario, a place that I love, but the folks out here just hear it
>as
> sort of noise... I'm hoping for a more receptive audience when I play in
> Toronto in a couple of weeks.
>
> If you're reluctant to post your comments in the forum, drop me a line
>at
> <phaslem@wightman.ca>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul Haslem
>
> Ontario, Canada
>
> www.dulcify.ca
>