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<blockquote data-quote="John Halliburton" data-source="post: 33203" data-attributes="member: 8">Re: Yesterday&#039;s officeI was going to start quoting, but I decided to just type away at a response.Traditional die hard Irish music for dance would typically include:AccordionFiddleWooden fluteFour string gut banjo, no resonator backSnare, small kick, small cymbalPianoThis is what you&#039;d find at a Saturday evening Ceili(dance).In the late early 60&#039;s, Sean O&#039;Riada founded a group that had similar makeup, but used rich arrangements on traditional tunes as performance pieces instead of dance party music.&nbsp; He is generally credited with putting The Chieftains together and on the road, which secured the revolution in Irish music that followed.&nbsp; Great groups like The Bothy Band, Planxty, DeDannan, followed in their footsteps.&nbsp; Our band, Baal Tinne, take it a little further away from Trad, and add more jazz/rock/new age/classical elements in our arranging.&nbsp; Most of the other non traditional instruments started showing up in the late 60&#039;s and early 70&#039;s-Alec Finn of DeDannan with his Greek bouziki for instance.As for band make up, we got booted off the hard core Trad train right from the beginning, as my father in law, Noel Rice, plays the silver concert flute.&nbsp; Honestly, why would you huff and puff into the wooden one?&nbsp; You also can&#039;t transpose keys with a wooden flute.&nbsp; Our piano and synth work are really not Trad either.&nbsp; That said, you would have no problem recognizing that we do play Irish music.robert, as mentioned about the bodhran, they are almost always mic&#039;d from the inside.&nbsp; Kevin Rice, my brother in law, uses a Senn 519 clipon, as well as an AKG D112 on a low boom.&nbsp; Carve out the boomieness, add top end, don&#039;t HP the channel, and have subs in the house system.&nbsp; Feel free to try other drum mics-I go for a particular sound for Kevin and the band.&nbsp; He uses drums made by Albert Alphonse in Dallas-tuneable rims, skins picked for deep sound, as well as rims made a bit deeper.Gordon, it&#039;s been 90% of my sound hire work for many years.&nbsp; My wife and I celebrated our 24th anniversary this Spring, and I&#039;ve been mixing Baal Tinne(and many others) for 26 years.Audio&#039;s not real good, someone caught part of our set at Irishfest Milwaukee in 2009 on the Harley Stage-the festival is held at the Summerfest grounds.&nbsp; We&#039;re trying to get our act together and make a decent live video sometime.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwrwT5KxzI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwrwT5KxzI</a>The attached picture of Kevin shows the mic placement on his bodhran.Best regards,John</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Halliburton, post: 33203, member: 8"] Re: Yesterday's office I was going to start quoting, but I decided to just type away at a response. Traditional die hard Irish music for dance would typically include: Accordion Fiddle Wooden flute Four string gut banjo, no resonator back Snare, small kick, small cymbal Piano This is what you'd find at a Saturday evening Ceili(dance). In the late early 60's, Sean O'Riada founded a group that had similar makeup, but used rich arrangements on traditional tunes as performance pieces instead of dance party music. He is generally credited with putting The Chieftains together and on the road, which secured the revolution in Irish music that followed. Great groups like The Bothy Band, Planxty, DeDannan, followed in their footsteps. Our band, Baal Tinne, take it a little further away from Trad, and add more jazz/rock/new age/classical elements in our arranging. Most of the other non traditional instruments started showing up in the late 60's and early 70's-Alec Finn of DeDannan with his Greek bouziki for instance. As for band make up, we got booted off the hard core Trad train right from the beginning, as my father in law, Noel Rice, plays the silver concert flute. Honestly, why would you huff and puff into the wooden one? You also can't transpose keys with a wooden flute. Our piano and synth work are really not Trad either. That said, you would have no problem recognizing that we do play Irish music. robert, as mentioned about the bodhran, they are almost always mic'd from the inside. Kevin Rice, my brother in law, uses a Senn 519 clipon, as well as an AKG D112 on a low boom. Carve out the boomieness, add top end, don't HP the channel, and have subs in the house system. Feel free to try other drum mics-I go for a particular sound for Kevin and the band. He uses drums made by Albert Alphonse in Dallas-tuneable rims, skins picked for deep sound, as well as rims made a bit deeper. Gordon, it's been 90% of my sound hire work for many years. My wife and I celebrated our 24th anniversary this Spring, and I've been mixing Baal Tinne(and many others) for 26 years. Audio's not real good, someone caught part of our set at Irishfest Milwaukee in 2009 on the Harley Stage-the festival is held at the Summerfest grounds. We're trying to get our act together and make a decent live video sometime. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJwrwT5KxzI[/url] The attached picture of Kevin shows the mic placement on his bodhran. Best regards, John [/QUOTE]

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