I was asked by one of my friends in Shetland Adaline Christie-Johnston to compose a tune for her husbands birthday yesterday The tune is called Alastair Christie- Johnston.Luckily they both love it. RTs used were kept to a bare minimum to let the melody be heard properly without clutter.
RealTracks in song: 2865:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CelticSlowWaltzDave Ev 100
I WAS feeling crap when I recorded it as I'd had a fever for a week and for the last three days it had reached 38.4. The cause is a leg infection. It's only tonight it's finally been back to normal, so I hop you enjoy the first tune of my own for some time ?
Very nice and very kind of you to do that for a friend.
We enjoyed it and hope you are feeling better.
J&B
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It's not luck that your friends liked this song. It is your quality! I got jealous watching you play so easily on the accordion. For me it was an impossible instrument. I've tried it several times but ended on a 12 string. Something quite different!
And I am happy to read you are feeling better than before. I hope that upward trend continues!
What a great birthday present Graham!! Lovely melody! Glad to hear you're on the mend! Take care. Greg
Hi Greg thanks so much, the lady in question is the sister of a well known musician who died suddenly in his 30s, I was touched she asked me to compose this tune as there's so many great musicians in the Shetland Islands where she lives
Glad you are feeling better and that you are back at it. Pretty melody, no wonder your friends loved it. Nice thing for you to do for them. Thanks for sharing.
It's not luck that your friends liked this song. It is your quality! I got jealous watching you play so easily on the accordion. For me it was an impossible instrument. I've tried it several times but ended on a 12 string. Something quite different!
And I am happy to read you are feeling better than before. I hope that upward trend continues!
Stay safe, Hans
Thanks so much Hans, People often ask me years ago how long did it take you to learn to play that. I always answered I'm still learning and hopefully will never stop learning.
Glad you are feeling better and that you are back at it. Pretty melody, no wonder your friends loved it. Nice thing for you to do for them. Thanks for sharing.
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