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Irish Drinking Songs
Our recent gig at the Irish Dragon Pub in Killeen really got me back into the Irish drinking songs. Just been wanting to hear more. And I noticed something, which'll require a wee bit more investigation... there's a big difference between Irish and Scottish songs.

Admittedly, I haven't explored traditional Scottish songs as much as I'd like to. They're a LOT harder to find. Ye have the Childe Ballads, of course, but it seems there aren't as many fun Scottish drinking songs as the Irish (that is, that aren't traditional and uncopywrited). On the other hand, the Scots songs are much more rousing.

This raises an interesting question then... how will we record our Scottish CD and still stick to our bardic sound?

What's our sound? One lass described our music as "fun". I like that description. It's just kinda... well, fun and fitting too. Yeah, our music runs the gammit. Probably the majority of it is composed of ballads and beautiful instrumentals, but I like to think that our love of the music shines through.

So as although we have most of the songs picked for the Scottish CD, I'm thinking there will be a few arrangement changes before it is done. I want another album that's just a helluva lotta fun to listen to.

Course the toughest part is just getting in the mood to record it. I've got a bunch of new original songs I'm wanting to set to music, and new ideas pop in my head all the time, like "Kyara, The Elven Mistress of Whispers" did. And the other night I started laying rough tracks for "The Pleasant Peasant Pheasant Plucking Song".

Well, I'll get there soon enough. Got one more project before I start on the Scottish songs. So stay tuned. And if you have any song suggestions, let me know. I want some more drinking songs. The Irish Dragoon Pub setting is just too cool. If we could find more pubs like that, I'd be a very happy bard!

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Well if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer those as well.