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[cornerofmadness]

Once again deep thinky thoughts about writing are on the back burner while I'm being held hostage by my edits (which I think I have worked out now).

But I'm thinking about that big story I have to yet with just a bare month to do it in. HELP ME. I know all three men like music. Even though it is a tiny part of the actual story, I need to figure out what the Scot-Irish druid plays. I know he has a little band that wants to play the Dublin Irish fest and the Ohio Renn fest and while it might just be one little scene, I need to know what he plays.

There are the Uileann Pipes

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Your standard bagpipes

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The classic Irish fiddle

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And while I'm less fond of the drum, it might be less cliched than the other three choices. I could see the Druid playing like the long-haired drummer of Albannach (who rock. I need to upload my recordings of them).

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So help me out.

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And here is the float on air thing for the week. As Jana Denardo I have fans on Goodreads. Oh, not many but I have FANS!! If you want to fan Jana's writing or read her reviews just look her up on Goodreads by name.

Yearly word count -


Editing - If Two of Them are Dead - almost done. please let it be done

Soldiers of the Sun - up to ch 10.

Comments

[seta-suzume.livejournal.com]

I can't help but like the fiddle, but the drums are really lively and I wasn't familiar with them, so I'd definitely agree that they're a more different sort of choice.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I can't help like the fiddle either.

But certainly the drums (and he could mix it up with the bodhran too) are different than what I usually see for someone with this ethnic background

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

You already know my vote, but I'll include it anyway.

Also, congrats for real live fans!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I do. Your vote seems to be winning (the poor bagpipes currently have none)

It's a very fun thing to have fans

[sonjajade.livejournal.com]

it was a hard choice between the uileean pipes and the drums. If you go with the fiddle, I know technical stuff from being a violinist if that helps.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. I probably won't be going into it that detailed here but I have other violinists in other stories.

[ishte.livejournal.com]

Uileann pipes are so superior to a big full rack of Scottish Bagpipes. I love them.

P.S. as you know, I play Irish music every Tuesday at The Dublin Pub. So I can also say that a LOT of us play more than one instrument. Bodhran is an instrument that a LOT of my fellow players play when they want to take a break from their main instrument, myself included.

One of my musical friends recently tuned me in to the Hardanger fiddle also known as the Hardingfele which is a violin with some extra strings that cause an additonal resonance. It's originally a Norwegian variety, but we're starting to see some occasional crossover into Irish music. There are a couple of known groups that sometimes employ Hardanger Fiddle.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I definitely planned on him playing the bodhran regardless (which why it was't a choice) I do love the uileann pipes.

Now I'm less familiar with the hardanger. I'm going to have to look that up. thanks.