MP3
selection from the Belfast Jazz Orchestra's
live
concerts featuring well-known soloists.
Hopefully
no problem downloading mp3 from Tripod server which has much improved
(the
files are there but at busy periods it can take time!). Try .rm or .WAV
(right), if necessary (or get broadband!).
May 2002
1.Angel
Olive Maiden_2
(mp3, 0.66 MB)
2.Trumpet
Battle
(mp3, 0.88 MB)
3.Easy
Peasy_2 (mp3,
0.86 MB)
4.Just a
Fry-up (mp3,
1MB)
April 2002
5.Sudden
soak (featuring
local talent!, LS, LH, RH)
June 2001
1. Oh, one
jogger (mp3, 2.2
MB)
2. The Peeler (mp3,
1.7 MB)
March 2001
1. Billboard
(0.76MB)
2. Laddie buy gold
(1.37MB)
3. Padre Pio
(1.25MB)
3a.Padre
Pio.rm(0.45MB)
4. Robins (1.01MB)
February 2001
1.Surly Sam
(1.72MB)(featuring
RW and RH)
2.NTT
(0.97MB)(featuring BMc
and RH)
November 2000
1. Pagoda (2.7MB)
2. Belltone (1.9MB)
June 2000
1. Occidental joist (1.4MB)
2. Angel olive maiden (1.4MB)
3. Pedrodi (3.8MB)
4. Cradle livery classic(3.2MB)
5. Therapeutic moonshine(2.7MB)
6. Jangle dangle(1.5MB)
7. Break for bourbon(0.4MB)
Jan 2000
Sleasy Peasy Mix (2MB)
Kentucky Fried Codfish(1.2MB)
Modal Glass(2.1MB)
Oriental Jam(2.9MB)
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Try
real-media (.rm) files (poorer quality than mp3), or .WAV
files (best quality but longer download), below until MP3
problem
sorted.
August 2001
Indy (mp3, 0.5MB) BAR 12, METRO,
BELFAST
June 2001
1.Oh,one jogger! (rm)
2.Peeler (rm)
April 2001
1.Noises off (rm)
(or "don't
shoot the pianist,
he's doing his best!").
2.Swegia
(WAV 3.96 MB) featuring GR and RH
3.Sumatrie
(WAV 5.3 MB) featuring GR
March 2001
1.Billboard
2.Laddie buy gold
3.Padre Pio
4.Robins
February 2001
Sammy Orr at the John Hewitt, Belfast
June 2000
1. Occidental joist
2. Angel olive maiden
3. Pedrodi
4. Cradle livery classic
5. Therapeutic moonshine
6. Jangle dangle
7. Break for bourbon
A
selection of sound files in MP3 format recommended for
downloading
in one go. Streaming does not seem to be very reliable with current
technology,
particularly for those using modems (see footnote below * from Real
Networks
about problems of streaming MP3 on Real Player); but no doubt
broad-band
will change everything! These files sound quite good using Real Player
7 or Real Jukebox (currently, Jan 2000, the most recent version.) Real
Player 7 Basic can be downloaded free from Real Player Networks . This
is instrumental music and I would recommend setting the EQ on your MP3
player, e.g. Winamp, to "Classical" and possibly some bass
roll-off;
its a matter of personal preference but in my experience some MP3
players
seem to have a "U" shaped pop/rock EQ curve built in and this distorts
the balance from a formation of acoustic instruments. The selection
below
is swing jazz from a past era but its very popular at the moment in the
USA (swing-dance!) where clubs are packed with dancing couples some of
them quite young! My son who tours with the Jive
Aces tells me that they often play to thousands. This will strike
a
chord with anyone who was in Ireland in the swinging showband
sixties
when life for musicians who could stand the pace was very good indeed.
I
play a Roland EP7II digital piano throughout the clips (left). Its not
the greatest instrument, the treble is quite good but the bass tends to
boom and sounds very electronic. The Company is incredibly still
fitting
a small fragile tuning potentiometer into the back of the instrument, I
have had to replace it with something more robust because any sort of
vibration
could throw the tuning out by half a semitone. Imagine the comments of
other musicians on gigs, but I have known a number of people who have
had
the same problem, what a way to tune a digital instrument in a digital
age!
Later
in the year I plan to add more MP3 files of music of a different style,
please watch this space! |
Richard
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