We shared recorded music during the pandemic when we were not able to get together and play in person. Members of our session group played together in remote recording projects. Just some of those are linked below. You can find more (including recordings inspired by Blake's tune a day series and many videos created by Stephanie) if you search back at our Facebook page.
Grafton Street
Open Irish Session
Recordings from Home
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Video and Audio Recordings
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Acapella videos
Off to California/Harvest Home Stephanie, JT, Keri, Amy, Brett Frederick, John Samonte
Ballydesmond Polkas Stephanie, JT, Jill Salem
John Ryan's Polka Stephanie, JT, Keri, Amy, Harold, Brett, John, Jill
A wee bit of Carolan's Welcome Lee, John
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You can play along with these
Ashplant, Drowsy Maggie Blake, JT
3 Ballydesmond Polkas Father Bill, John
Banish Misfortune Mike, John
Si Beag, Si Mor Mike(low whistle), John
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We've played this pair of jigs at least a couple of times at sessions
Woodcock/Kerfunten (Hammy's Jigs) Adam, Mike, John
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Banjo Time from JT. A session's worth of tunes in 20 minutes.
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Some new tunes from Adam, Mike, John and Adam's friend Joe
Garrett Barry's jig
Bryan O'Lynn's jig
Steampacket & Aggie Whyte's reels
Adam: fiddle/mandolin/banjo, Mike: flute, Joe: whistle, John: guitar
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A couple of original jigs from Adam (and all parts played by Adam!)
St. Brigid's and The Road Home jigs
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And just in case you forgot what our sessions were like, here's a video of Father Kellys's & The Banshee from our first session at Buckley's
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Mini-session Audio Recordings
Joey, Adam, Mike, John
Joe Bane's, Gypsy Princess (barndances)
My Darling Asleep, Boys of the Town (jigs)
Father Kelly's, The Banshee (reels)
Kid on the Mountain, An Phis Fhliuch (slip jigs)
Otter’s Holt, Flogging Reel, Green Mountain (reels)
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Tips on making remote recordings ...
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ONE WAY: If you have an iphone or ipad with a reasonable amount of memory, the Acapella app takes you through the steps of making collaborative recordings.
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ANOTHER WAY: I've been sharing mp3 files with others and then mixing them in GarageBand (but other programs can be used for mixing).
I think it's best to start with a solid melody line with a steady rhythm.
Others can listen to that on headphones while recording the other parts on their computers or phones. That way all the parts will be synchronized.
Send all the individual parts to the person with the program to do the mixing.
email generally works but if the file size gets too big, you can use WeTransfer.com or GoogleDrive.
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