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I was able to visit the U.K. this Summer!!! This video has some clips of a few of the places I visited, and three neat fiddle tunes: Jump at the Sun, Glass Island Reel, and Wizard's Walk. Jump at the Sun is an English tune written by John Kirkpatrick: Glass Island Reel is an American tune written by Ethan Hazzard-Watkins: Wizard's Walk is an American tune written by Jay Ungar: They are really neat, more modern tunes! They all have a twist to them that makes them really interesting - Jump at the Sun and Wizard's Walk use some really neat sounding accidentals, and Glass Island has an interesting jig-like pulse in the A Part, given that it's actually a reel. I really wanted to play and English tune since I was going to spend a significant amount of time in England, and Jump at the Sun was one of the few English tunes I knew. I believe Glass Island and Wizard's Walk are both American tunes, but I think they all fit together okay. =) The main goal of my vacation was to learn as much as I could about traditional music in the U.K. I spent one week in England, a few days in Northern Wales, and another week in Scotland. I went to as many music venues and sessions as I could find, and I met so many talented musicians and learned so much about the traditional music that I love to play. I noticed that the traditional music seemed to be harder to find in England, and I couldn't find much outside of music stores in Wales. Busking is illegal in many English cities that I visited, and I found it difficult to find places I could play music to film the video without people thinking I was busking. I purchased multiple English country dance tunes music books, and I'm excited to learn more English tunes! Right now, I know only a few English tunes - so it will be great to learn more. Although I couldn't find many sessions in England, I had an amazing time visiting, and have many nice new tune books to learn from. =) Wales was also a very nice country to visit. I think I will want to plan a vacation specifically to visit more of Wales someday. Wales was beautiful, and even with the rain and gloves, I had an amazing time! ^_^ As soon as I traveled to Scotland, it had a completely different music vibe compared to England. There were people playing their fiddles and bagpipes all over the place, and a session in nearly every bar/pub. The Malones on the Mall Irish pub in Edinburgh () allowed me to film a few tunes on their property in the morning after I had asked. I liked that people seemed to appreciate the music in Scotland. It makes sense that there was so much more music in Scotland after i learned more about the history and how traditional music impacted the people living there. There have been great efforts to preserve Scottish traditional music, and I had the great honor to visit the Highland Music Trust - a group of extremely talented people who dedicated hours upon hours of time writing down as many Scottish tunes as they can (This is not sponsored! They are just awesome): I bought 2 of their books and a CD, and I've been having the best time looking through all the Scottish tunes. =) I filmed a second video of just Scottish tunes while I was in Scotland, and I'm excited to start working on editing it together! I have so much footage, so if anyone is interested in some of the other Scottish footage, I could make a second video-clip montage video. I'm not sure how well this one will go over, so I'll see how it goes. It's something a bit different from the other content I've think it's important to change things up a bit every-now-and-then to keep things interesting. Thank you for watching, and I hope you have a good rest of the week! =) ~ Katy ------------ Software and equipment used: Software used (for Macintosh): Garageband for attempted sound mixing Final Cut Pro for video editing for the ending cards Plugins for sound effects (I have A LOT to learn in this department!): East West plugins – Goliath Virtual Instrument, Stormdrum II Best Service Forest Kingdom II by Eduardo Tarilonte (See: ) Wavemod for mastering (medium boost) () Camera: Sony RX100 V Microphone for audio recording: Blue Woodpecker Glass Island Reel by Ethan Hazzard-Watkins ©1997 by Ethan Hazzard-Watkins. WIZARDS WALK by Jay Ungar ©1993 by Swinging Door Music Jump at the Sun by John Kirkpatrick Copyright © 1989 SQUEEZER MUSIC
