Originally Posted By: mkg50 (Mike G)
Originally Posted By: Mark Hayes
Carrickfergus 1.0 / Golden Master = final version (with bugs)
https://soundcloud.com/mark_hayes/carrickfergus-10

A very enjoyable and delicate treatment of this piece.
And, yes, the high guitar at the end was exquisite.
Thanks for sharing and for taking us on your journey.

Glad you liked, especially glad you liked the ending!

I was looking for BIAB styles I might want to use, and really liked that one, but it was in 3/4 and the rest of the piece was in 4/4. I tried a few tricks to bolt the two together but it all sounded very inorganic. Then I thought, well, just tack on a few seconds as an afterthought, a sideways look at the path not taken.

I said this to Mr. Cuny:

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For some reason, the trick of tacking that on felt like an old-fashioned vinyl thing. Now I'm thinking: next time I'll have a repeating play-out groove. I'll have a short phrase repeat for like a half hour, so the listener will be forced to manually interrupt play, just like with a turntable!

I am TOO SERIOUS about this, and THIS CLOSE (fingers held itty-bitty distance apart) to actually doing it! I just can't imagine getting away with that kind of performance art without being totally annoying to listeners who didn't follow the program. ("Too long! It was OK up to a point, but that ending was intolerable, it sounded like a broken record! Sorry, I had to turn it off!")