New videos from Velocipede

[Baron Collins-Hill]

Hi everybody! My band Velocipede put out some videos recently, and I thought I would share them with you! We did three videos with the mandolin and three with the tenor guitar. I posted the tenor videos in that section of the forums, but here are the ones with the mandolin.

I hope you enjoy them!







Thanks,
Baron

[Mike Barber]

Very nice! I've been enjoying the new release.

[Jess L.]

Wow! Wonderful music, I love how the two instruments so beautifully complement each other, really nice. Thank you for sharing!

[noah finn]

Great tunes! I got both your albums from your bandcamp page - they are two of my constant players. wishing you continued success!

[mandrian]

Hi,

Very good. Thanks for posting and keep up the good work you do for the mandolin community.

Regards

[usqebach]

Baron,

Watching and listening to these videos (and especially the Tenor Guitar ones which were well-hidden in the Tenor section) were the highlight of my morning! I really love the way that you complement each other's sound.

I did make it over to your website to buy a copy of "Hunting the Squirrel." FYI it was a bit awkward having to go through a couple of different gateways to find the "buy album" button. And I trust that the "album" I just bought will come in CD form; you're not a vinyl purist are you? (If so, that will provide me the impetus I need to set up that darn turntable that's been sitting in my closet).

Anyway, love your music!

Jim Sims

[OldGus]

Nice, old timey with a strong drive...

[MandoJason]

great stuff, thanks for sharing...that's a great sounding mandolin too! is it an ellis? either way, you both sound great and these are very cool tunes...Squirrel Hunters! love that tune....

[Joey Anchors]

Very good stuff!

[A 4]

Baron,

Watching and listening to these videos (and especially the Tenor Guitar ones which were well-hidden in the Tenor section) were the highlight of my morning! I really love the way that you complement each other's sound.

Well hidden indeed. Couldn't find the tenor guitar ones on the cafe, but they are super charming! Here is a link to one, and the others seem to appear in the related videos, once you watch on youtube:

[Don Grieser]

Fantastic. Great drive. You guys should try to have more fun when you're playing.

[Baron Collins-Hill]

Wow, thanks for the kind words everyone! To answer a few questions, I am indeed playing an Ellis, which I totally love, and physical copies of the album are indeed in CD form, though it would be fun to release some vinyl one day!

For those of you looking for the tenor guitar videos, they can be found on the Velocipede youtube user page.

Thanks again!
Baron

[Nick Gellie]

Baron - great style and panache - love the way you play your Ellis. You look so relaxed!

[Nick Gellie]

I have been working on learning these two reels from your first video.

Reel d’André Alain / Louis Cyr (Jean-Claude Mirandette)

I have learnt Louis Cyr from one of the videos you posted on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGgejb6ahbM


Reel d'Andrew Alain is a bit more tricky. What setting of the tune did you use? I was wanting to get hold of the notation to get the shape of the tune right and then learn by ear. Here is another video you posted showing the tune being played:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtKHjrMbI-U

Is it the same tune as reel des esquimaux?

Thanks

[Baron Collins-Hill]

Thanks for the kind words, Nick!

I learned Reel d'Andre Alain (which does seem to be a crooked version of Eskimo Reel)from Guy Bouchard in Quebec, He recorded it on one of his band Les Têtes de violon crooked tune CDs:

http://www.trentesouszero.com/001.html

They also have an excellent book of crooked tunes, though I don't remember if the tune is in there or not:

http://www.trentesouszero.com/100.html

Thanks again!
Baron