Irish Music: April 2005 Archives
TIPPINST - If you have an interest in the Bouzouki or one of its close relatives such as the mandola or cittern, then you probably are aware of the lack of information about playing the instruments, or buying them.
Han Speek realised this several years ago and decided to remedy the situation by creating his own webpage. To quote Han himself
"I have chosen to dedicate a page to the Irish bouzouki because there seems to be very little information available, even though most people recognize the fact that the instrument has earned it's place in the tradition"
The site also has a list of bouzouki makers broken down by country, Mike Regan from Castlebridge in Wexford is missing from the Irish luthiers but apart from that its pretty comprehensive.
I have managed to keep some of the ring pull tabs and try out the mycokemusic web site. To date I have earned 48 euro approx. The range of music is not extensive but there are some hidden gems that offer value.
What is annoying however is that not all albums can be purchased, this forces you to buy tracks individually.
The best buy however was the Nirvana box set of 61 tracks "With the lights out" this was priced at 11.99 !
You really have to wade through the site however to find what you are looking for If you are a fan of Queen they have all their albums up for purchase.
The offer expires on May 7th 2005.
My colleague Bernie Goldbach introduced me to launchast a few months ago, I even created my own station lnoonan_blog .
Because I am using the free version however I am subjected to fair bit of adverstising when I use the browser version of lauchcast. Imagine my joy when I accidently discovered that when I listen to my station using Instant Messenger that there are no Ads !!!
