A Taste Of Metheglin by MrBouzouki published on 2020-10-10T11:40:30Z This Cinematic-style Celtic Fantasy is loosely based around an ancient Celtic gathering on Lindisfarne and had me researching the Common Brittonic language to get some interesting 'Foley' sounds. It was spoken in Britain and Brittany and eventually developed into Old Welsh, Cumbric, Cornish, and Breton. It also features my long suffering wife who over time has become a quasi- Foley artist and harmony part singer for me. The Metheglin of the title is the oil that makes the celebration happen and is a type of spiced mead, so basically fermented honey with spices added. It also obliquely connects to Lindisfarne mead and also the bees featured in 'By Castle Walls'. I wanted to get a sort of cinematic feel to be dropped into a Celtic Festival or feast day and I hoped the language and children's laughter would aid in the immersion. Finally in this project I get to do a fair bit of bouzouki playing which was a plus. So hopefully you will enjoy the feast .... "búwa slanos ac swos" This track is now part of "The Pilgrims Way Project" exploring the history and natural world of Lindisfarne. Project Playlist soundcloud.com/mrbouzouki/sets/the-pilgrims-way-project Project Website https://www.pilgrims-way.co.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instrumentation A Taste of Metheglin features low and high whistles, harp, strings, violin, alto-flute, a choir backing and bouzouki. Percussion consists of bodhrán, clapping, various taps and knocks, shaker and even tapping on my acoustic guitar. Vocal FX is a combination of Brittonic vocalisations and a backing line from the Soundiron 'Voices of Gaia' collection featuring the vocal talents of Linda Strawberry. Some of the percussion sounds come from the excellent playable VST instrument set "Flying Hands Percussion" by HandHeld Sound A sea waves sound FX and children laughing FX that are classed as Public Domain are used to add colour to the track from www.freesound.org creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background This track is a combination of VST-based instrumentation and real-playing of instruments with additional clapping, tapping and knocking, all overlaid with original Foley sounds. I wanted to try and get a well developed rhythmic feel and maybe the feel of circular dancing that hopefully comes out from the track. Genre The Pilgrims Way Project Comment by 1roomstudio When does the Movie come out? 😎🙏 2023-07-08T22:14:44Z Comment by Poetnsen <3 2022-07-15T22:01:43Z Comment by Rob Terstall lovely and heart touching 2022-07-11T21:34:13Z Comment by oddrun eikli oh...so beautiful happy and lovely! 2022-07-11T14:50:34Z Comment by 1roomstudio Your ability to evoke imagery is impressive... so Cinematic... even in the gentle moments. 2021-12-07T19:30:40Z Comment by Orlando51 Wonderful piece Pete !! 2021-10-01T06:37:15Z Comment by Daniels & Durgy Love the addition of the children's laughter, beautiful piece overall. Durge 2021-01-15T15:06:57Z Comment by 13 for One Thank you for your effort and this wonderful music. I like the ambiguity in this piece and the use of voice samples. Keep Up the good work :) 2021-01-07T08:38:16Z Comment by MrBouzouki @larapeterssonmusic: Oh yes ... quite a bit. ;-) 2020-11-12T20:42:48Z Comment by TheGat(s) Always fun to get a dose of Celtic romanticism especially when well executed like this. 2020-11-01T01:18:18Z Comment by Jorge Inacio wonderful song! 2020-10-29T18:14:13Z Comment by soundOCD / User481656111 absolutely calming & nice 2020-10-21T19:57:58Z Comment by Grimwater A nice variation of voices and instruments. My favorite part of this song 2020-10-18T19:53:18Z Comment by Kami Hunter Beautiful! 2020-10-16T03:06:37Z Comment by Florian Lüthi great track! and probably the best "making of" description I have read so far. and yes, feeling the circular dancing. 2020-10-15T06:27:26Z Comment by Musicar Everything is fusioning perfectly together to create something very special and ancestral, captivating! 2020-10-14T23:30:50Z Comment by WarxTron Wonderful 2020-10-14T18:44:45Z Comment by Liz Dicker this is such a lovely work Pete, enjoyed listening... 2020-10-14T18:15:38Z Comment by Sean Ferree Beautiful!! 2020-10-14T18:07:50Z Comment by Peter Heckmann Simply beautiful ... great celtic gathering atmosphere ... love the vocalizations and foley snippets as well 2020-10-14T17:55:01Z Comment by DavidHutton Brilliant, achieved that cinematic feel with ease, I love the fanale. 2020-10-13T15:01:55Z Comment by idematoa Beautiful song 👍💖🙏🍀🎧🎶 2020-10-13T08:40:33Z Comment by Grooveclowd Lovely Song 2020-10-13T05:40:34Z Comment by clive hawkins wonderful celtic sounds, beautiful whistles........lovely violin and brilliant use of vocal samples to create an authentic vibe! 2020-10-12T22:50:31Z Comment by 1234567890 Brilliant idea, composition and execution. Ah Lindisfarne - my part of the world but not been back for years and years - flatfish in the causeway pools......wonderful weaving of history, culture and music. 2020-10-12T22:22:05Z Comment by Gina Wood Beautiful and flowing wonderful orchestration!! 2020-10-12T21:07:40Z Comment by Alba Very atmospheric and visceral. It just transported me. 2020-10-12T20:53:44Z Comment by TheDelta57 Really enjoyed the feel of this track. Amazing work, indeed, Pete. 2020-10-12T18:19:53Z Comment by Ricardo da Silva wonderful joyful composition 2020-10-11T15:27:02Z