Music with Mandolin

I'm collecting tunes about cats.  I have posted quite a few and there are many more too add to the list.  Any ideas of others you like send a note and I'll add.    Perhaps someone could start a - dogs -  playlist for friendly competition for best musical inspiration pet.  

Also I include  a Cat related video from my soundcloud friend  John @Dushkwoneshe    see:  https://vimeo.com/207120374/5ee0e82a05

- Cats - (collecting tunes about cats - additions ?)

Music for Nature

Songs for Cats

Original Folk Tunes

Instruments:
Nick Metcalf tin whistle, Kentucky mandolin, Gold Tone tenor guitar, Gold Tone tenor banjo, shruti box, tingsha bells, ankle bells, tambourine, bongos, cymbal, triangle, egg shaker

Milkweed

A tune written after encountering some ruby-crowned kinglets.

Instruments:
Dante Music telescopic tin whistle, Gold Tone tenor guitar, Doug Tipple flute

Ruby - Crowned Kinglet

Instruments:
Burke tin whistle, WuYou tongue drum

Daffodils Beside The Barn (version 2)

Re-arranged and slower version of this Scottish fiddle tune taking account of the age of the cat. He can only move slowly or sporadically.

Old Grey Cat

Greg Savin generously posted a track to experiment with recently.  See this link:
https://soundcloud.com/g-c-ess/anybody-want-this-let-me-know-or-just-take-it

I added a little accordion melody to remember my cat. 

See her enjoy / tolerate my accordion here:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhxMPmPJ7jg

"Cat" the cat Groove (collab with "Anybody want this groove" by Greg Savin)

Bomba

A little piece on the mandolin created this Saturday afternoon after a nap. 
Crappy microphone + crappy sound card = crappy sound + scratches. No mystery to this equation.
Točka (pronounced tochka) means "dot" or "spot" in Croatian and is the name we gave to a little kitten who appeared one day in the courtyard (pictured). 
That's all it is really.
August 14th 2017: The little Točka left us yesterday. Too soon. She was very fun and sweet.  You can see some pics of her here: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/tockathepanda

Perso

Točka

Točka The Panda

I was trying to play Mr. Beveridge's Maggot (from one of my wife's favorite  programs "Pride and Prejudice") but couldn't remember it so I ended up with this.  There seems virtually no connection to what I was thinking about to start.  The notes seem to fall on fun keys to push so I think I'll try to remember this one.  

Version 2 - 12/5/2016  Reorganized as a tune with three sections.

Hunting Cat

Cane Toad 2

Improvisation with an Mbira, Tin Whistle, and a Cat

Hilary Dirlam posted this catchy  track last year and I thought it would be fun to add some accordion and vocals.

original track : https://soundcloud.com/hilary-dirlam/crosspatch

Hilary Dirlam : strings, composition
Alan Ingall :  accordions, remix
Jello the cat : Vocals

Crosspatch (colab with Hilary Dirlam )(Vocal version )

A tune written on a tin whistle at Mud Pond Bog in Fox State Forest of Hillsborough, New Hampshire during the winter.

Instruments:
Shruti Box, Tin Whistle

Mud Pond Bog

A song written in the White Mountains and dedicated lyrically to a cat named Bomba. Recorded in 2017

Dan Jones: Kalimba, Melodica, Vocals, Leg Scratching
Zach Schneider: Tin Whistle, Lap Harp, Mandolin, Flute, Reindeer Rattle, Bells, Vocals

White Mountains song for Bomba

Instruments:
Lyre Harp, Tin Whistle, Flute, Synthesizer, Bells, Whistling, Humming

Black Cat Sitting in a Field of Clovers

A waltz that was written while sitting on a stone above a river, surrounded by white caterpillars.

Instruments:
High D Killarney Tin Whistle, Low D Kerry Optima Tin Whistle, Jerry Freeman Tin Whistle in the key of A

Waltz Of The White Caterpillar (version 2)

Instruments: Gardner mountain dulcimer, Kerry Optima low D whistle, Burke low G whistle, Killarney high D whistle, glockenspeil

*The photo is of striped maple bark

Striped Maple

I made my friends some homemade vegetable stock as a gift for their wedding, though i felt another gift to accompany the vegetable stock would be nice, so here's an original waltz written for my friends to accompany their vegetable stock. 

Instruments: Killarney D tin whistle, Kentucky mandolin, Jerry Freeman low A tin whistle, ankle bells, tingsha bells

Vegetable Stock Waltz

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 tune written on the third day of autumn. 

Instruments:
Kentucky mandolin, Jerry Freeman Blackbird whistle, bells

The Third Day Of Autumn

Instruments:
Doug Tipple flute, Moroccan clay drums, sleigh bells, karatala, guiro, tongue drum

Four Pheasants

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

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

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