I used to go along to the Liverpool Ceilidh Band practice on Tuesday nights it was a free dance and the musicians, masters all, were so generous and encouraging. There are members here I’ve sessioned with many times and they all do, maybe did, the same. It’s freaky, I don’t just remember tunes, but phone numbers, international dialling codes, dates you name it and it’s there. In answer to your question about recording equipment, facilities, no I don’t have anything like that. I’m sure that’s a magnificent and valuable resource. Thanks for your question, and also the informative comments about variations and techniques. So, persevere and if there’s a tune you want or like, ask one of your friends, fellow players, to go through it with you it’s amazingly easy and, better still, so rewarding. And for me, a treasure chest of those too.įor me the people you play with are ‘The Session’, and I believe that to be the essence of our music. There are members here who’ll recall tunes I’ve given them in this way, and what wonderful moments we shared.
Slow downers, or for that matter, speed uppers, cannot do that. It’s a lot more fun, and certainly richer, to learn from a real person, learn the nuances, and definitely the provenance of the tune. So it’s more a question of learning to listen like you are hearing a person speaking. Once you have a language there are dialects and accents which, likewise, are reflected in our music. To use this you have to do the same as I do which is to listen. This technology is amazing and, maybe to my detriment and maybe others’ relief, something I’ve never had.
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