Music with Mandolin

A tune written after encountering a moose in a marsh.

Instruments:
Gold Tone tenor guitar, Burke tin whistle, tambourine, Gold Tone tenor guitar, Kentucky mandolin, tingsha bells, cymbal

The Moose In The Marsh

Mandolin and Tin Whistle Song

I was a sphere in the soil
But once the water did flow, my green and white limbs did grow
As my leaves did reach the sun, photosynthesis had begun
Before I knew it I was a super food

Kale
My name is Kale

Kale Tale

This song was originally in appreciation of crows. However, while I still do very much appreciate crows, I decided to make it instrumental. I then decided that nice imagery to accompany the song would be a frog and gnome setting sail for an adventure together.

Instruments:
Mandolin, Tin Whistle, Moroccan Clay Drums, Finger Cymbals, Glockenspiel, Sitar

Frog And Gnome Sail Their Boat

Instruments:
Mandolin, Tin Whistle, Acoustic Guitar, Organ, Moroccan Clay Drums, Egg Shaker, Guiro

The painting is by Louis Wain

Cold Frosty Morning

A tune written on a nice and chilly late summer morning.

Instruments:
Kentucky mandolin, Killarney tin whistle

Late Summer Morning

A tune written with a cat on its back in my lap.

Instruments:
Kentucky mandolin, Killarney tin whistle, Tipple flute

The Cat On Its Back

An original jig written while wearing Thai fisherman pants.

Instruments:
Kentucky mandolin, Killarney D tin whistle, bells, claps

Thai Fisherman Pants

An original tune written on the third day of autumn. 

Instruments:
Kentucky mandolin, Jerry Freeman Blackbird whistle, bells

The Third Day Of Autumn

Instruments:
tenor guitar, Killarney D tin whistle, tingsha bells, sleigh bells, claps, Kentucky mandolin, Doug Tipple low D flute, Moroccan clay drums, maraca, frame drum

Golden Spindles

A tune that arose in the bright sunshine after a snow squall.

Instruments:
tenor guitar, Kentucky mandolin, Killarney D tin whistle, clapping

The Sun Beyond The Squall

An original tune that came about while sitting beside a San Pedro cactus.

Instruments:
Kentucky mandolin, Killarney tin whistle

San Pedro

An original tune written while sitting beside some moose antlers that I found frozen in ice out in the woods.

Instruments:
tenor guitar, Killarney tin whistle, wooden spoons, Kentucky mandolin

The Moose's Antlers

While this tune was being written a turkey flew by the window beside me, and up into a tree. They're quite a sight to see when they're flapping their wings through the air by your window. And they always seem to look peculiar in a tree. But I always really appreciate wild turkeys, and I'm glad to finally have an original tune titled for them. 

Instruments:
Kentucky mandolin, Doug Tipple low D flute, sleigh bells, tingsha bells

The Turkey In The Tree

A tune written after eating a large bowl of quinoa.

Instruments:
Kentucky mandolin, Killarney tin whistle, ghungroo bells, tingsha bells, sleigh bells

Quinoa

An original tune written while watching a line of ducks waddle through grass and dandelions.

Instruments:
Kentucky mandolin, sleigh bells, claps, tenor guitar, Doug Tipple Flute

Ducks In The Grass

An ocarina tune dedicated to this nice looking and nice tasting fungi. 

Instruments:
Jubo ocarina, Kentucky mandolin, sleigh bells, frame drum, tingsha bells

Lion's Mane

Instruments:
mandolin, tenor guitar, tambourine, ankle bells, tingsha bells

Tufted Titmouse

Written back on a summer night with lots of heat lightning and toads.

Instruments:
Mandolin, tin whistle, tambourine, claps, claves, karatala, tingsha bells, sleigh bells

Toads Below The Lightning

Instruments:
Kentucky mandolin, Burke tin whistles

White Breasted Nuthatch

Original compositions played upon various acoustic instruments. 

At the moment, the majority of music I record is original folk tunes. Most of these tunes arise whilst out in natural ecosystems or shortly after visiting a natural ecosystem. The titles often reflect an aspect of the ecosystem I had noticed while the tune came about. Lately this is usually a species of bird.

Tin whistles and flutes appear the most often in my recordings; though mandolin, tenor guitar, lyre harp, jaw harp, dulcitar, and a handful of other instruments show up fairly often as well.

And here's some more music I've made along with my friend Dan Jones:
https://soundcloud.com/user-453898279

Music with Mandolin

Zach Schneider