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/2011/11/stream-my-album-and-buy-it-if-you-like/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/11/stream-my-album-and-buy-it-if-you-like/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:21:04 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1495 The digital version of my album went out to my fundit funders yesterday, and about half of them have already downloaded it at this stage. But you can now stream the album on Bandcamp or Soundcloud, and if you like, you can buy it from Bandcamp. It will shortly be available through iTunes and other [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/11/stream-my-album-and-buy-it-if-you-like/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/10/mastering-gigging-and-a-free-download/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/10/mastering-gigging-and-a-free-download/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:34:23 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1445 Mastering is an interesting art. I was able to attend the mastering session for my record at Wav Mastering in Limerick, and experienced the recordings gaining more definition and going from being a bunch of tracks that I’d recorded to being an album that made sense to listen to. I find it hard to explain [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/10/mastering-gigging-and-a-free-download/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/05/studio-days-week-2/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/05/studio-days-week-2/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 17:43:23 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1095 I was back in the studio a fortnight ago for a few days more, and really settled into the place. I’m quite happy with the work that has come about so far. Heading back in for another bit again from tomorrow and after that I should have made a good start on pretty much every [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/05/studio-days-week-2/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/my-first-true-love-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/my-first-true-love-demo/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:08:41 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=843 This song was written at the same time as Helen (don’t make a sound) back in 2007 sometime. Both songs were inspired by novels I’d read or recently read at the time. I’ve noted previously that I tend to work on songs in batches of two or three at the same time. Sometimes an idea [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/my-first-true-love-demo/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/the-comfort-of-the-keys/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/the-comfort-of-the-keys/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:46:22 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=781 I’m not sure what I think of this song. It’s really in a style that is far more straight-forward than what I usually write. It’s odd, there’s little things about it that completely put me off the song, but other parts of it that really endear it to me. In essence, it’s a love song [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/10/the-comfort-of-the-keys/feed/ 1 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/maria-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/maria-demo/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:22:35 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=655 The lyrics for this song were written years ago, I think circa 2002 or so, but didn’t become a song until some time in 2006. I wrote the music for this and another song Caoineadh initially as piano instrumentals first. The lyrics for Caoineadh started to come as I was playing through the music for [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/maria-demo/feed/ 1 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/friday-night-friends-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/friday-night-friends-demo/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:34:04 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=654 This song kinda came together in dribs and drabs over a wee period of time. The main chunk of the lyrics were written all at once, in a longer form that I edited down a good time later. But it didn’t really start to come together until I added what became the middle section and [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/08/friday-night-friends-demo/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/04/download-galway-rain-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/04/download-galway-rain-demo/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:19:41 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=545 I’ve had the house to myself again today, so after spending a while in town being sociable I came home and spent the evening playing with the cat, cooking dinner, and demoing a song. This song is one that popped up in the video clips from a gig I did in January, so I’ve been [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/04/download-galway-rain-demo/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/03/cover-under-the-ivy-kate-bush/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/03/cover-under-the-ivy-kate-bush/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:45:54 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=516 On a whim while practising piano yesterday, I decided to record a few cover versions as it had been a while since I’d tried using my little home studio setup. I used to play Under The Ivy a lot when I was in university – it’s one the more beautiful piano based Kate Bush songs, [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/03/cover-under-the-ivy-kate-bush/feed/ 1 http://www.misterebby.com/2010/02/free-download-rebel-demo/ http://www.misterebby.com/2010/02/free-download-rebel-demo/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:19:20 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=219 I’m never sure about titles. In fact, I often hate titling songs, and sometimes have short nicknames for songs which is how I refer to them in set lists or whatever. That’s definitely the case with this one. It was nearly called “Running For Miles”, but I’m not too sure about that either. I guess [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2010/02/free-download-rebel-demo/feed/ 0