On behalf of Blake and of the times we've been living in, I’ve felt compelled to revisit and temper the sound for this song that was initially called Thank You.  In a fictional parallel-story context, I believe the character that Blake plays here, in this song, may be a good friend of Count Alucard’s.  Blake himself believes the song may have been inspired by what he calls relief from shuttle-lag experiences travelling through space with Irsmodhochas.  In the creative context, I, as his facilitator, think this is my studies on innovative fiction finally beginning to surface at a musical level.

Homesick Vampire (formerly known as Thank You)

"Jade Meadows (with the banjo) and myself (Bobby Jò) decided to record and upload our version of a Hornpipe and Reel to Soundcloud for Shay 5 on her Birthday.  We found the tunes among our Facilitator's music books.  The first one, written by the Folk musician Brian McNeill, is called 'Drive The Golden Spike'.  The second tune is a Traditional Reel called 'Jenny Dang the Weaver'.  I play the harpsichord in a similar style to how Paolo Lamarinni would have played.  It felt appropriate for me to do this as Paolo was at his apex around the same time when Shay 5's father was making waves on the silver screen."

Boogie Box Hornpipe and Reel for Shay 5

I'm not quite sure at the moment who plays this rendition of Birthday To You, uploaded for Russ Zizipiow on his Birthday today.  It was probably Jade Meadows.  

'Birthday To You', Russ-Zizipiow inspired

Thoir togail do cho-sheirm rin sèist seo, Igor De Oskavay, mas e ar toil e.

Igor De Os Cabhaigh, òran rathad anns a ghàidhlig leis Omarnasaosda

Shared for my late maternal Uncle Ronnie.   I would most likely have been getting together with him for a Birthday lunch tomorrow but sadly not this year as he passed away in June last year.  My uncle loved his Whisky (known as the Water of Life in Gaelic) but would occasionally take a notion for other alcoholic drinks.  Suzi Q was his name for Cointreau (a term that he derived from Suzi Quatro).  For many years, I was trying to help him to find Suzi Quatro's radio programme on BBC Radio 2 but never managed it...

Song for McKellar idea, by Sol Edwin

A track re-recorded and shared again for Remembrance Day 2019.  
More information about this song, along with the lyrics, can be found
@https://ourlittleband.wordpress.com/2019/11/10/lyrics-and-link-to-fought-the-good-fight/

Fought The Good Fight

I've been toying with the idea, for a couple of years now, of writing a song in first person addressed to the father who I never got to meet.  This is my first effort.

Going Home

I've been taking much more of an interest in Irish Tradition music during the last couple of years, after learning about musical heritage in my father's side of the family.  This is the first recording I've made on a new recording device I bought for my course studies (2019).

Sheemor and Sheebeg played on nylon-string guitar

It's the first time I've had a go at recording, editing, mixing, and mastering one of my own recordings but felt that I just needed to do this.  I've been doing a lot of monologues this year to support and write for characters I follow on a Wordpress blog called Irsmodhochas.  This song is written for them and all the people throughout the years that helped me to find them.

Love for Muses

Every now and again, I have a go at experimenting with a melody in a different genre.  During lockdown, I started learning an Irish Traditional Music jig, called The Mist Covered Mountain, and had a go at recording it as a sort of Reggae Track.

Paolo Redden

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