Autumn Colours – Tina Jordan Rees
A new tune I wrote called Autumn Colours.
Miss Maisie Milligen – Tina Jordan Rees (Top Floor Taivers Kickstarter Reward)
Last year my band Top Floor Taivers set up a Kickstarter page to help fund our debut album ‘A Delicate Game’. There were loads of exciting rewards on offer for different pledge amounts. At the higher end of the scale was…
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Bella The Elephant – Tina Jordan Rees
After a wee break from composing tunes I’ve written a couple in the last few weeks. Here’s a slow reel in B minor. I was recording another tune that I’d written at the time, when I got sidetracked and ended…
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Tune of the Week: Clitheroe Castle – Tina Jordan Rees (Week 48)
The last tune I wrote (Zoe’s Globe) was in G minor. I must still be in G minor mode as so is this latest tune. Week 48 #tuneoftheweek is a jig I composed on the piano last week. I didn’t…
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Tune of the Week: Zoe’s Globe – Tina Jordan Rees (Week 47)
Week 47 #tuneoftheweek is a reel in G minor which I’ve recorded in an Irish dance music style. Over the Easter weekend I was at the World Irish Dancing Championships which were held in Glasgow. I went to watch the…
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Tune of the Week: How Many Cans of Stella (Half Past Twelve) – Innes Watson (Week 46)
Week 46 #tuneoftheweek This is a fun wee tune written by Innes Watson (Treacherous Orchestra, Man’s Ruin). I picked this up in the Ben Nevis session last night. I usually add piano, bass and maybe a few other things to…
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Tune of the Week: Ian MacLeod’s – Charlie Mckerron (Week 45)
Week 45’s #tuneoftheweek is a great jig in A minor by fantastic Scottish fiddler and composer Charlie Mckerron (Session A9, Capercaille). I first heard this tune played by Kristan Harvey, a good pal of mine and fellow finalist in the BBC…
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Tune of the Week: 12 Weeks and a Day – Jarlath Henderson (Week 44)
Week 44 #tuneoftheweek is ’12 Weeks and a Day’ written by Jarlath Henderson. I got this tune off the album ‘Air Fix’ by Ross Ainslie & Jarlath Henderson. Throughout #tuneoftheweek I’m hoping to keep on increasing my repertoire by learning a…
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Tune of the Week: Cazadero – Paul Shelasky (Week 43)
This week’s #tuneoftheweek is a fantastic tune which I first heard on the Chris Thile album ‘How To Grow A Woman From The Ground’. It’s becoming quite a popular tune in the sessions in Glasgow and I really fancied learning…
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Tune of the Week: ‘Willie Bucach Macleod of Stornoway’ – James Duncan Mackenzie (Week 42)
Week 42 #tuneoftheweek is a fantastic pipe reel written by James Duncan Mackenzie of Breabach. I’ve been trying to learn more pipe tunes to play in the sessions and this is a cracker. I learned the tune from James’ self-titled…
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