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/2011/12/post-launch-gigs-roundup/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/12/post-launch-gigs-roundup/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 17:33:26 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1539 Firstly, thanks so much to everyone who turned out on the wet, windy night in Galway last Wednesday, and everyone who showed up in Dublin on Thursday for the gig in the gorgeous, intimate venue upstairs in Twisted Pepper. It brought a smile to my face to see so many familiar and unfamiliar faces coming [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/12/post-launch-gigs-roundup/feed/ 0 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/2011/11/the-bliss-returns-live-at-charlie-byrnes/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/11/the-bliss-returns-live-at-charlie-byrnes/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:25:52 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1474 This is a video that was shot before I even found the studio that I ended up recording the album in. The morning of this shoot the camera assist, Yvonne Ryan, mentioned Charthouse Studios to me, and gave me the contact info of Ian McNulty, who ended up engineering and mixing the record. The band [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/11/the-bliss-returns-live-at-charlie-byrnes/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/11/post-jazz-festival-review/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/11/post-jazz-festival-review/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:57:34 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1451 I had an absolute blast of a time at the Cork Jazz Festival. Definitely a weekend to spend in Cork – there was so much music everywhere. From buskers on the street, to free gigs in venues around town, to the ticketed gigs each day too. I spent the day times wandering the streets enjoying [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/11/post-jazz-festival-review/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/2011/10/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/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/inspiration-joni-mitchell/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/inspiration-joni-mitchell/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 07:45:29 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1318 This is one of my favourite Joni Mitchell songs, and I stumbled across this live version from 1970 on youtube today while searching out more performances from this BBC In Concert series. The entire concert is collected here, if you fancy losing yourself to some wonderful live solo performances from a talented songwriter on the [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/inspiration-joni-mitchell/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/studio-days-mixing-days/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/studio-days-mixing-days/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:32:36 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1310 I realise I’ve not posted any photos of myself from the studio days, but then Charthouse Studios themselves posted some shots of me today. So, thank you Ian, for taking some photos of me pretending to play the piano. I’m sure it looks dead natural. These were actually from the last day that I was [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/studio-days-mixing-days/feed/ 0 http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/studio-days-week-6/ http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/studio-days-week-6/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:31:03 +0000 mister ebby http://www.misterebby.com/?p=1286 The last little pieces of the recording plan fell into place this week, as I got a double bass player, and some of the additional vocalists into the studio. I’m spending a few days not listening to anything now, so I can go back with fresh ears and hear what I’ve done over the 11 [...]]]> http://www.misterebby.com/2011/08/studio-days-week-6/feed/ 0