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Offline ted

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A long time ago
on: May 15, 2015, 08:54:46 AM
A recording made in the sixties of the teenage Ted playing a hymn tune he wrote for his uncle's funeral.

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Re: A long time ago
Reply #1 on: May 15, 2015, 12:18:15 PM
hi TED,

What a blasphemous funeral hymn! ;D ;D 
That would be what my grandma would say if she heard your composition.

But really why should a funeral hymn be sad and mournful if it could be something
that would celebrate the "honky-tonk", optimistically happy character of a person.
Perhaps you could fill us in a bit on how you viewed your grandma a person then.

NICE composition .... UNIQUE as a funeral hymn!!!

cleaned it up a bit .... but removing the hiss removed the 60's character of the recording...
hope you like it.



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Re: A long time ago
Reply #2 on: May 15, 2015, 07:20:37 PM
Hi Ted,

I enjoyed hearing that!  Thanks for sharing it.


Mvh,
Michael

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Re: A long time ago
Reply #3 on: May 15, 2015, 09:15:03 PM
Thanks for listening, emill and Michael.

hi TED,
What a blasphemous funeral hymn! ;D ;D  
That would be what my grandma would say if she heard your composition.
But really why should a funeral hymn be sad and mournful if it could be something that would celebrate the "honky-tonk", optimistically happy character of a person. Perhaps you could fill us in a bit on how you viewed your grandma a person then.
NICE composition .... UNIQUE as a funeral hymn!!!
cleaned it up a bit .... but removing the hiss removed the 60's character of the recording...
hope you like it.

It was really just a spontaneous personal impression of my uncle's funeral rather than something to actually play at a funeral, a bit of descriptive fun. Neither was it meant to depict either my uncle or my grandmother. I usually just leave hiss in old tape recordings but thanks for your effort, emill.
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Re: A long time ago
Reply #4 on: May 17, 2015, 08:28:27 PM
Hi Ted,

That has to be a fun piece to play.  It reminds me of some funeral processions in New Orleans  featuring a jazz band leading the family and friends of the deceased to the cemetery.  Cool!

David
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Re: A long time ago
Reply #5 on: May 17, 2015, 09:14:21 PM
Thanks for listening David. At that age stride was one of my musical obsessions, along with classical ragtime, and I still enjoy playing both every so often. The piece is written out approximately somewhere I think.
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