Actually, the random name generator in the Polyend Play+, which is playing drums in this clip, gave me the name Huge Buzz. That’s I named this little idea on my sweet-playing Eastman Warren Ellis tenor guitar (which is tuned in fifths the same as an octave mandolin or tenor banjo). If it sounds rather celtic-y, yeah, it’s one of the genre influences that seems to just come out of me. These days, I probably can only play two actual celtic tunes (though I once could play several others). But I’ve listened to a lot of Irish, Scottish, and Cape Breton music and have lived in two places steeped in celtic music (Nova Scotia and Scotland). So the rhythms and phrasing seemed to have seeped into my playing, whether I consciously try. (I didn’t in this case–just came out.) I’m definitely looking forward to seeing where this idea goes.

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