Happy Fourth of July

[mistykalia]

Spent the fourth performing music at a street fair, helping cue the fireworks for a massive orchestra/fireworks extravaganza here in town, observing the folks around me who were organizing the city events (namely the friendly and helpful members of our local law enforcement and national guard who spent the ENTIRE DAY in full uniform in 90 degree

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[colomon]

I can only comment very tangentially on this, but my tangent is something I've been thinking about alot lately. I keep running into "classically" trained musicians online who are trying to take up Irish music. To a man, this latest batch doesn't seem to understand that long years of playing some other style doesn't make their (inevitably) rash, off-the-cuff observations about Irish music any more valid

[mistykalia]

my response got too long... so I just made a new entry. :-)

[eitheneaenaea]

holy crap, you wrote a novel.

[mistykalia]

Yeah... that's what happens when I have too much caffiene too late...