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So, they got rid of MP3.com, so us amateur musicians will have to go elsewhere to make people listen to our music.
I've got music, I've got Rhythm... (at least
sometimes) Who could ask for anything more? Well I could-- and My stepdad
recorded a totally non-Irish in any way, shape, or form song. Here's my attempt
at White-girl swing!:
Bei Mir Bist du Schoen
Here are some MP3's of your truly singing some depressing Irish ballads. The first 3 were recorded on my Stepdad's computer in his house, with his fancy equipment. The last few were recorded by Sleazy D at his Money Shot Records studio in West Boylston, MA. So basically I got one take to do each song, so yeah, they kind of suck.
1. Silk Ribbons - This was supposed to be a set of puirt a beul, but somehow, it ended up being just one short song.
2. Lowlands of Holland - a nice, sad, Irish ballad.
3. Green Grasses Grow Bonnie - This one isn't *too* sad by Irish ballad standards. That is, nobody dies, emigrates, or goes off to war.
4. Mar Airne Dubh - I learned this Irish version of "Black is the Colour of my True Love's Hair" from Deirdre O'Brien Vaughan in Newmarket, Co. Clare.
5. P is for Paddy - Like every good Irish song, it follows a sad story, and then sticks a random verse at the end about birds. This is my "Party piece." If you only have time to listen to one of my (ahem) masterpieces, listen to this one.
6. Bonnie Blue-Eyed Lassie - A nice ballad about a dude who loves a poor girl.
7. Puirt-a-Beul: Tha Bainn'aig a Caoreach Uile/Nighean Ruadh Bhan/Nead na Lochan - 3 Scottish "mouth music" songs.
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