Doug Sparling
guitar, penny whistle, mandolin, piano, keyboards - celtic, ambient, jazz, classical, folk, and rockinfluences
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Teampall An Cheathrair Alainn Teampall An Cheathrair Alainn
Oiriginal Irish Air - Low whistle and keyboards
Ar Eirinn Ni Neosfainn Ce Hi Ar Eirinn Ni Neosfainn Ce Hi
Traditional Irish - Low G whistle, guitar, and synth pad. Title translates to: For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name.
Searching For Lambs Searching For Lambs
Traditional English Tune - Penny whistles, acoustic and electic guitars, keyboard bass and percussion. I got it from Robin Williamson's penny whistle book, though it is a well known tune. It's also been arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams.
In The Bleak Mid-Winter In The Bleak Mid-Winter
Acoustic guitar, penny whistle, and fiddle. Well-known hymn I got from the Methodist hymnal. Melody AKA "Cranham" by Gustav Holst (1906).
Love Came Down At Christmas Love Came Down At Christmas
Christmas hymn - another one from the Methodist hymnal. Solo acoustic guitar, with second guitar playing melody in harmonics in second half of the arrangement.
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I'm a multi-instrumentalist and a composer. I enjoy playing and writing in many styles: celtic, ambient, jazz/rock, and new age (mostly piano). Some pieces are composed or arranged, others are improvised.
All my recordings are quick and rough demos, so please excuse the rough edges.
I've ordered the tunes by genre:
1) Celtic
2) Ambient
3) JazzBand/artist history
After playing in various rock, country, and Irish bands for over 20 years, I've returned to my roots and started writing and recording at home. I'm a multi-instrumentalist - guitar, lap steel, keyboards, drums, penny whistle, and violin. At one time or another I've also played viola, mandolin, Irish button accordion, concertina, uilleann pipes, and pedal steel guitar.Have you performed in front of an audience?Not much anymore, but that's OK with me. I'd rather "work in the studio" anyway. I recorded some penny whistle tracks for a few years ago. I had quit playing and they pulled me out of "retirement."
Your musical influences
Seamus Egan
Joanie Maden
Arty McGlynn
Clannad
Alex DeGrassi
William Ackerman
Pierre Bensusan
David Nevue
Liam O'Flynn
Jeff Pearce
Brian Eno
John Scofield
Bill Frisell
David Torn
Larry CarltonWhat equipment do you use?
Fender Strat, Ibanez Artist,Epi Les Paul
Martin D1
Boss Effects
PodXT
EBow
Yamaha Keyboards
Various penny whistles (Burke, Copeland, Water Weasle, Generation, Susato)
Csound, Ableton, Acid
Fostex MR-8
SM-57, MXL LD and SD condenser micsAnything else?
A demo of a tune from my upcoming CD is featured on a new McDonald's website (http://www.imlovinitlate.com/) that will benefit the Ronald McDonald House. The tune, "The Old Stone Bridge," is available as a free download, but your donation is appreciated. This is a great cause, so please extend your support...
Shawnee Mission, KS
USA
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300338
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Comments (9)
ah thankyou so much for your songs, wow the sound of "the bleak midwinter" stired all my senses, thankyou so much for such awesome tunes, peace be with you and you loved ones always and may Gods blesses be upon you all now and forever, have fun and
I loved your song, "In the Bleak Mid-Winter." Just what I needed to hear tonight - restful, restorative. great job! blessings,dodes
Thanks for listening!
Cyndee
Cool!! Listening to Ambiant Guitar Number 6. Sssssspaceyyyy!
Cyndee, electric violin
Nice stuff! Thanks for sticking them up here.
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