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<blockquote data-quote="gordon mcgregor" data-source="post: 33125" data-attributes="member: 169">Re: Yesterday&#039;s officeNow that we&#039;re talking about my genre of music I feel quite at home, as Dick says micing the Bodhran is nearly always done from inside though when recording I like to keep a mic outside to pick up the rimshots that some players hit. As far as the piano is concerned trad dance bands here use the piano often in place of any bass or rhythm instrument, in the UK people like Christy Moore and Martin Carthy probably lead the guitar revolution though I suspect the Mandolin and Banjo were there well before that. In scottish music the Clarsach or Celtic harp also played a major part in accompanying solo vocalists, while the fiddle, whistle, accordian, and small pipes would carry he melody of the tunes for dances etc. Amongst the younger musicians here many of whom are college trained, mixing pipes etc with modern electric instruments has become popular even though the tunes are very traditional in structure. John that stage layout looks very familiar and I hope you have as much fun mixing&nbsp; tis style of music&nbsp; as I do G</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gordon mcgregor, post: 33125, member: 169"] Re: Yesterday's office Now that we're talking about my genre of music I feel quite at home, as Dick says micing the Bodhran is nearly always done from inside though when recording I like to keep a mic outside to pick up the rimshots that some players hit. As far as the piano is concerned trad dance bands here use the piano often in place of any bass or rhythm instrument, in the UK people like Christy Moore and Martin Carthy probably lead the guitar revolution though I suspect the Mandolin and Banjo were there well before that. In scottish music the Clarsach or Celtic harp also played a major part in accompanying solo vocalists, while the fiddle, whistle, accordian, and small pipes would carry he melody of the tunes for dances etc. Amongst the younger musicians here many of whom are college trained, mixing pipes etc with modern electric instruments has become popular even though the tunes are very traditional in structure. John that stage layout looks very familiar and I hope you have as much fun mixing tis style of music as I do G [/QUOTE]

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