The Artist Arts: The Blacksmith
I've been playing around with Irish music lately. This is my simple interpretation of The Blacksmith. It was made popular by Planxty in the early 70's and their version is definitely worth checking out. My vocals are a little flat at the top and I'm thinking that I should redo it in a different key to see if it sits easier. But whatever it's a demo, done is beautiful. Punto e basta.
The Artist Arts:Walk On Boy
Ok, so I've been playing around with some home recording. I'm still fiddling a bit, but here's a cut of the Walk On Boy. I learned this one from an old Doc Watson instructional video. This is really his version of the song, except that it's very slow - 'cause, you know, I don't have Doc's chops. Something to aspire towards, eh? Maybe I'll try to record it faster and post it later this week.