Rob MacKillop's Sound Files

[Rob MacKillop]

I can't see how to place the Soundcloud app directly into this post, so here are links to various SoundCloud free banjo-related files:

Bradbury Method, 37 pieces played with an Eric Stefanelli tuba phone banjo: https://soundcloud.com/robmackillop/sets/sound-files-for-mel-bays-b...

Albert Baur's Banjoists Budget, all 50 pieces, recorded last week with a Temlett banjo: 

https://soundcloud.com/robmackillop/sets/baurs-budget 

Recital: The Art of the Banjo 1910-1930 - mainly plectrum banjo and tenor banjo, with some fingerstyle as well: https://soundcloud.com/robmackillop/sets/recital-the-art-of-the-banjo - this was a real album I released, but which only sold 50 copies in 8 years. Might as well give it away free.

19th-century Irish-American Banjo Music on a 5-string gut-strung early Fairbanks copy, with a Dobson tone ring: https://soundcloud.com/robmackillop/sets/19th-century-irish-america... Mel Bay put a 4-string banjo on the cover, with the result that 5-string players don't think it's for them. 

There's also my "Early American Classics for Banjo" book with download files from the Mel Bay site - includes music by Buckley, Baur, and Converse. The book contains an essay on the development of fingerstyle banjo in the 19th century. 

Comments welcome after listening :-) Don't worry, you don't have to listen to them all :-) The books are worth getting too :-)

[Jody Stecher]

The Baur recordings seem to be missing from the soundcloud page.

[Rob MacKillop]

Hmmm...I can see and hear them. Anyone else?

[Jody Stecher]

I can access all the others. The Baur page has a message at bottom:  "This playlist has no tracks".  

Rob MacKillop said:

Hmmm...I can see and hear them. Anyone else?

[Rob MacKillop]

Later today I'll delete the Baur from SoundCloud, then upload them again. 

[Rob MacKillop]

I've changed the Baur. Someone please let me know if it works - just click on the link, then click the big arrow if you see one. 

[Michael Hughes]

I can access the Baur recordings. 

Rob MacKillop said:

I've changed the Baur. Someone please let me know if it works - just click on the link, then click the big arrow if you see one. 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Michael.

[Jody Stecher]

Yes! It's there now. Thanks for this. I've always liked this book.

[Michael Hughes]

I've been listening. Fine quality recordings, clean and exemplary playing, and a valuable contribution to banjo history. I do hope the members here will give this a listen. 

[Rob MacKillop]

Thanks, Michael. Appreciated. 

Jody - the Baur publication is very interesting. Some weird and wonderful pieces in there. It was a real education working through it, as he tapped into a lot of different cultural practices. I found on my hard drive a tabbed version with treble clef as well which I did in 2011. Mel Bay will be bringing that out soon, hence the need to record the sound files. I loved doing it.