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Thanks Mike! It's always nice to hear that these little projects are appreciated!

I'm honored that you've found joy and inspiration in some of my videos. Knowing that there is an appreciative audience for my music makes it all the more rewarding to create. Thank you!

P.S. And I...

As long as you keep a roof over your head and food on the table I won't feel too guilty about it :)

For whatever reason, this song popped into my head last night, so I decided to work up a simple little solo arrangement of it on my mandola this morning. As absolutely gorgeous as this melody is, it...

I imagine it's a lovely tune no matter how it's played. I should probably give it a go at a slower tempo. Have fun with it; thanks for listening! Cheers!

Yes, I know, this song has been done, redone, used, and abused, and I should have left it alone. However, I decided maybe there was a little room left in the world for a solo mandolin instrumental....

Sadly, this is one of those tunes that is probably getting a bit tired and worn, but only because it's one of the most rocking reels ever written. If Led Zeppelin would have composed a reel, this...

Thanks, glad you liked it. Yes, there is tablature available through a link in the video description on YouTube. Cheers!

Really great tune, thanks for sharing!

I find it interesting how it is clearly in A mixolydian, but occasionally hints at wanting to be in A major. Every now and then I expected a leading tone and...

Glad you enjoyed it; it's certainly a cracking tune! My girls just learned it and love playing it on the fiddle! Have fun with it! Thanks!

Haha, yeah, it's not really singable at my crazy tempo. I think I was possessed by those frenetic slides and polkas from Kerry when I played this one.

Here's a solo arrangement of the traditional Scottish tune "Peat Fire Flame," performed on my Pomeroy mandola. Thanks for listening, hope you enjoy it!


https://youtu.be/VLKnJRXVZtc

Really lovely. Thanks for sharing!

Here's a tune I picked up from the guitar playing of Dónal Clancy on his album Close to Home. I decided to play the tune in D minor on the mandola and overdub an accompaniment part (also with the...

This is one I'd been eyeing for a while for a possible solo mandolin arrangement. I finally sat down and put something together this week. I worked it all out on my Gibson A-4, but at the last...

Nice one! Thanks for posting!

It's been a while since my last Beatles arrangement. Here's what I came up with the other day for their song "In My Life."

I did all the past Beatles arrangements on mandola, but for some reason...

Here is a tune I picked up from Kathleen Loughnane at a masterclass at the University of Limerick. This is a gorgeous old tune composed by Irish harper William Connellan. I decided to give it a go...

Thanks Mike!

Thanks for the clarification. I actually learned the tune from John Carty, and he never spelled it for me. Just played it on his banjo (brilliantly, by the way).

It was definitely a new one for me, but I can see why it would be popular at your sessions. Such a lovely, easy-going melody.

Thanks!

I decided to kick the new year off by recording a tune request that came my way from Mike Buesseler. This lovely little waltz was composed by the great Scottish accordionist Phil Cunningham. It...

One last tune to ring in the new year. Hope you all have a great one! Cheers!


https://youtu.be/y6grKjTSgkE

This will probably be my last Christmas-related recording for the year. Here's a frantic version of God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, performed on my Weber octave mandolin.

Thanks for listening and...

Thanks so much, I'm happy to hear you enjoyed it!