Tell us something.: I'm a fiddler and, latterly, a fluter. I love the flute. I wish I'd always played it. I love the whistle as well. I'm blessed in having really lovely instruments for all of my musical interests.
Location: Unimportant island off the great mainland of Europe
Tell us something.: I'm a historian and the author of "The Beat Cop:Chicago's Chief O'Neill and the Creation of Irish Music," published by the University of Chicago in 2022. I live in Arlington VA and play the flute sincerely but not well
I could only hang on long enough to confirm that the poor singer couldn't stay in tune (in all fairness, everyone knows that solo a cappella can be a challenge that way for the amateur), and that the guitarist was actually having a go after the fact (and for the most part she was succeeding surprisingly well!) at the exercise of matching reality - seemingly on the fly, too, but I can't be 100% sure. But I just couldn't stay. What a trip. That takes an ear as well as chops. And apparently an iron constitution, too. I completely share Ben's appreciation for the guitarist.
*****
I just listened again - completely through, this time; must be the scar tissue - and I love how the guitarist threw in the Jeopardy! "thinking music" riff during the prolonged "freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee". Jazzy. Her slightly amused yet calmly masterful confidence is engaging, too, such as when she candidly registers the wry puzzlement or two (and rightly so: some of those sung notes were otherworldly and probably best left alone in their already-remarkable state).
"If you take music out of this world, you will have nothing but a ball of fire." - Balochi musician
Tell us something.: I'm a fiddler and, latterly, a fluter. I love the flute. I wish I'd always played it. I love the whistle as well. I'm blessed in having really lovely instruments for all of my musical interests.
Location: Unimportant island off the great mainland of Europe
I had watched and listened to the original, unaccompanied, live version a couple of times before stumbling across this video. In the original, it's incredibly painful. What I find so amazingly wonderful about this young guitarist's version is how, against all odds, she manages to make it all seem musical.
By the way, I have absolutely no doubt that that was not done "on the fly". I'd be surprised if she didn't put hours into working out that accompaniment. It's so good it made me laugh out loud for sheer joy at Emily's inventiveness.
Tell us something.: I'm a historian and the author of "The Beat Cop:Chicago's Chief O'Neill and the Creation of Irish Music," published by the University of Chicago in 2022. I live in Arlington VA and play the flute sincerely but not well
Tell us something.: I'm a fiddler and, latterly, a fluter. I love the flute. I wish I'd always played it. I love the whistle as well. I'm blessed in having really lovely instruments for all of my musical interests.
Location: Unimportant island off the great mainland of Europe
Tell us something.: I'm a fiddler and, latterly, a fluter. I love the flute. I wish I'd always played it. I love the whistle as well. I'm blessed in having really lovely instruments for all of my musical interests.
Location: Unimportant island off the great mainland of Europe
PB+J wrote:The singer's combination of brazen self-assurance of complete indifference to reality reminded me of someone...
There are a number of similar videos of keyboard players trying on the fly to make it work
Yes, I'd seen a few. The others don't manage to somehow make it work the way that Emily does here on guitar. That's what impressed me. Because, let's face it, it's a nigh on impossible task.
Whose daughter, niece or sister got hired for the anthem gig?
Now! Now! This vocal artiste is quite obviously
an improvisational jazz singer of the highest order
demonstrating the subtleties of moving the tonal center around.
Here’s two of my favorite examples of that art. http://wfte.org/Irish/out.mp3 http://wfte.org/Cat.mp3
Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love.
Love is not music. Music is the best.
- Frank Zappa
oleorezinator wrote:This vocal artiste is quite obviously
an improvisational jazz singer of the highest order
demonstrating the subtleties of moving the tonal center around.
Here’s two of my favorite examples of that art. http://wfte.org/Irish/out.mp3
Bloody hilarious. You can smell the reek of booze.
oleorezinator wrote:This vocal artiste is quite obviously
an improvisational jazz singer of the highest order
demonstrating the subtleties of moving the tonal center around.
Here’s two of my favorite examples of that art. http://wfte.org/Irish/out.mp3
Bloody hilarious. You can smell the reek of booze.
Thank you kindly! I consider this to be the definitive version of the tune.
Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love.
Love is not music. Music is the best.
- Frank Zappa
Everyone knows that's how it's supposed to be done.
Very happy to oblige!
Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love.
Love is not music. Music is the best.
- Frank Zappa