http://www.misterebby.com pianist and songwriter from galway : condemned to wires and hammers.. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:31:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.misterebby.com/2012/01/feedback-makes-it-worth-it/ http://www.misterebby.com/2012/01/feedback-makes-it-worth-it/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:15:56 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1610 I started a post doing a “2011 in review” sort of post, but quickly realised that my entire focus for all of last year was in getting the album recorded and released. So, in lieu of a rather repetitive reflection on the past year, instead I’m going to look at the effect that all that [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2012/01/feedback-makes-it-worth-it/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/12/music-from-2011-that-i-really-liked/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/12/music-from-2011-that-i-really-liked/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:12:40 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1574 (in no particular order except the first one:)  PJ Harvey – Let England Shake Drawing on English folk traditions, and folk traditions from around the world, to tell stories of the horrors of war inspired by actual accounts from WWI amongst other sources. The stark contrast of the descriptions in the lyrics with the jaunty [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/12/music-from-2011-that-i-really-liked/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/11/talking-about-fundit-some-more/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/11/talking-about-fundit-some-more/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:51:45 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1503 Damien Mulley is blogging about :fund:it at the moment by way of three interviews with people who used the site to fund their different creative projects. I was one of those three who was interviewed by him – he emailed over a few questions about my fundit campaign back in August shortly after the campaign [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/11/talking-about-fundit-some-more/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/10/a-little-piano-track/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/10/a-little-piano-track/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:08:24 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1435 fund:it, the crowdfunding service I used to raise cash for my album recording has been going now for over 6 months, and they’ve released a video about what was achieved over their first 6 months. They asked me if I had any music that they might be able to use for the video, and as [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/10/a-little-piano-track/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/09/back-to-bread/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/09/back-to-bread/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 15:42:29 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1401 I learned how to bake soda bread from my mother when I was still in school, but never really got into making bread until I was in university and had a kitchen I could use myself. One of my friends in my final year of university was a baker, and taught me how to make [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/09/back-to-bread/feed/ 2 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/09/jazz-festival-more-mixing-and-a-swede/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/09/jazz-festival-more-mixing-and-a-swede/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:50:57 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1394 I’ll be playing a set in the Festival Club at the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival this October 30th. The time isn’t confirmed as yet, but I’ll update some more about that when I know later on. I don’t believe I’ve ever actually played a gig in Cork before, now that I think about it. I’m [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/09/jazz-festival-more-mixing-and-a-swede/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/im-a-sucker-for-songs-with-choirs/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/im-a-sucker-for-songs-with-choirs/#comments Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:54:56 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1328 Seriously, it’s like crack to me. I think I can probably blame my parents for this one quite successfully: my dad has always sung in the local church choir, and my mother introduced us all to the wonderful songwriter Melanie, and this song in particular: It can seem cliché to throw in a choir for [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/im-a-sucker-for-songs-with-choirs/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/death-of-a-hard-drive/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/death-of-a-hard-drive/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:50:10 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1299 Never the most enjoyable experience, but that is indeed what happened, and my backups weren’t as often as they should have been, so I’ve lost a bucket load of stuff, and I’m currently filling my lovely empty new hard disc up again. I had a lovely moment when the first album I added to my [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/death-of-a-hard-drive/feed/ 3 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/06/unabashedly-a-fan-of-musical-theatre/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/06/unabashedly-a-fan-of-musical-theatre/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:39:26 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1135 The opening chorus of “Bobby” in this clip gets stuck in my head so much. I’m not majorly well versed in Sondheim’s work, to be perfectly honest, but every time I catch something like this I feel like I should try and catch more performances of his musicals. However, my love of musicals really began [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/06/unabashedly-a-fan-of-musical-theatre/feed/ 2 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/04/arrangement-attempts/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/04/arrangement-attempts/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:54:45 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1060 I’ve begun to notice that I have a few little habits that I fall back on when arranging music for strings, and it irked me today. I don’t think I’m very good at writing string parts and I run the risk of being very one-note when I write fuller arrangements for my songs. The piano [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/04/arrangement-attempts/feed/ 0