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Originally posted by pete_fiddle

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record and upload the things, so we can hear em.
 

I dunno, recording seems such a chore, it's never perfect and need to record again and again.

for me, It's time better spent learning/practicing/studying new tunes. 

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Originally posted by NCnotes

 "Kid on the Mountain" (5-part jig)

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I always have trouble with the first few bars of the last part.

Latest multipart reels…
Lucy Campbells
Spike Island Lasses
Farewell to Ireland

( I would say, they are not totally obscure and people do seem to know them, at least round here...?)

Congrats Marty, that is GREAT that you are heading for the All-Irelands! And, you must be a heckuva mouth harp player. :-)

i usually look on here to find what others are playing, and then check the tunes out on youtube or the session etc. It saves throwing a dart in my O'Neill's book to see what tunes to play.

Had a day playing Farewell to Milltown yesterday. because i found out that it is not the tune i thought it was ...I was thinking of "Return to Milltown" Must get that one out and brush it up also.

Recording them seems to put a full stop on the tune learning process. How ever rough it turns out....Then what you gonna do with it before you delete it?

Out of curiosity I looked up Milltown (Ireland) on maps. The search came up with only 8 places but 3 of them are in county Westmeath not including the nearest town to me Milltownpass. Anyhow I wonder if Return to Milltown and Farewell to Milltown go together?

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Originally posted by pete_fiddle

Recording them seems to put a full stop on the tune learning process. How ever rough it turns out....Then what you gonna do with it before you delete it?

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Since the advent of 300gig thumb drives (usb), I don't delete anything. Well, hardly anything. 

I was quite productive yesterday.

Unbroken Circle

Beware! This ain't.  . . Wait. This is Old Time to me:

Power Trio Blues

and an mp3

Haven't been having too much luck with the fiddle lately, so yesterday I got out an old banjo, which I haven't played in awhile, so I started at the beginning with:
Oh!Susannah
Camptown Races
Old Folks at Home
That banjo has nylon strings, and has never worked too well for clawhammer, but yesterday it seemed better, so I played "Barlow Knife," "Treat My Daughter Kindly," "Georgia Railroad" and "Sunny Home in Dixie."

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Originally posted by pete_fiddle

It saves throwing a dart in my O'Neill's book to see what tunes to play.

I did that so often before internets, I could eventually just read the notes and hear what the tune was.

I've found many tunes on facebook, and here.

Henry King's Reel

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Originally posted by martyjoe

Out of curiosity I looked up Milltown (Ireland) on maps. The search came up with only 8 places but 3 of them are in county Westmeath not including the nearest town to me Milltownpass. Anyhow I wonder if Return to Milltown and Farewell to Milltown go together?

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Anecdote of tune history from thesession,org...? ( I have no idea where where Milltown Malbay is! )

" Angela Crotty, Junior’s daughter, said that Junior was playing with a ceili band at the time. He was waiting outside the house for the car to come to take him to a rehearsal. But the car never came. Disgusted he went back to the house and this tune came into his head. She told me that he originally wanted to call it “Farewell to fecking Miltown Malbay,” but he didn’t think that would go over well.
In her lovely book, 'Martin Junior Crehan, Musical Compositions and Memories, 1908-1998', there is a picture of him on page 12, waiting for the lift that never came."

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Originally posted by DougD

Haven't been having too much luck with the fiddle lately, so yesterday I got out an old banjo, which I haven't played in awhile, so I started at the beginning with:
Oh!Susannah
Camptown Races
Old Folks at Home
That banjo has nylon strings, and has never worked too well for clawhammer, but yesterday it seemed better, so I played "Barlow Knife," "Treat My Daughter Kindly," "Georgia Railroad" and "Sunny Home in Dixie."

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I feel like I would love to hear these, Doug! 

Farewell to Milltown and Retun to Milltown certainly go together well. Although i like the sound of RTM before FTM for some reason.