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The One Man Brass Band
A bit of Christmas cheer in a brass band style. It sounds like a bigger band but its just me playing two tracks on cornet and two tracks on french horn. I had to use the horn in the low register as I don't have a tuba or a euphonium. My ambition is to record a full 25 piece brass band score including percussion!
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Demo of my converted E tin whistle
Rakes of Mallow played on a whistle in E that I made from a Clarke Meg whistle in D. Instructions are here if you want to try making one: www.hudson.nu
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Tchaikovsky Symphony no 5 horn solo
Played by a trumpet player. The horn is the hardest of all brass instruments to play.
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The Lass of Livingstone played on Low Whistle - Tin Whistle
This tune is from William Thomson's Orpheus Caledonius published in 1725. You will find this online at www.scotmus.com I don't know if this song has anything to do with the town of Livingston, but presumably it does.
Georgia on my Mind - Hoagy Carmichael with Bix Beiderbecke
Recorded New York 15th September 1930 Personnel: Hoagy Carmichael and his Orchestra Bix Beiderbecke (Cornet) Ray Lodwig (Trumpet) Jack Teagarden, Boyce Cullen (Trombone) Jimmy Dorsey (Clarinet, Alto Sax) Arnold Brilhart (Alto Sax) Min Leibrook (BSX) Irving Brodsky (piano) Eddie Lang (guitar) Gene Krupa (drums) Joe Venuti (violin) Hoagy Carmichael (vocals) Bix plays the cornet solo at 1:30 ------
Over There sung by Enrico Caruso - inspiration for the Go Compare TV advert
When I first saw the Go Compare TV ad I knew exactly where the tune had come from. Enrico Caruso was the first great recording star as his career peaked at the same time as gramophone records became popular. This is one of his later songs from 1917 and its partly sung in English, presumably for the American market as the song is about American soldiers going to the war in Europe. I have enhanced the audio a bit. Lyrics: Johnny, get your gun, get your gun, get your gun Take it on the run, on ...
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