YouTube video of my band, The Blue Island Trio

Tim Tweedale · Post by **Tim Tweedale** » 11 Oct 2007 8:05 pm

This is from a gig we did in June at The Vancouver International Jazz Festival. The song we're playing is called "The Crwth". I hope you enjoy it.

The Crwth

We also have CDs for sale at cdbaby.com. Click here to check out the CD.
You can listen to the tunes there and purchase the CD if you wish.

Oh, and hey, we're playing a gig this Saturday at Rhizome (in Vancouver BC. That's 317 E. Broadway). Show at 8:00. Come on down!

-Tim

Jon den Boer · Post by **Jon den Boer** » 12 Oct 2007 6:35 am

As Always Tim, that was excellent... it's been far too long, and I'm looking forward to the show on Saturday..

Jon

Mike Neer · Post by **Mike Neer** » 12 Oct 2007 6:55 am

Nice stuff, Tim.

Richard Sevigny · Post by **Richard Sevigny** » 12 Oct 2007 12:40 pm

Awesome as usual, Tim.

Cheers,

Richard

Larry Robbins · Post by **Larry Robbins** » 12 Oct 2007 3:46 pm

Loved it!
Also a very tight band as well!
Thanks!

Ian McLatchie · Post by **Ian McLatchie** » 12 Oct 2007 8:40 pm

Beautiful stuff, Tim. Now that I've made the move to the west coast I'm really looking forward to finallly meeting you in person one of these times when I'm in Vancouver.

James Harrison · Post by **James Harrison** » 12 Oct 2007 11:15 pm

I am just glad that I have a stop button for this. I know there is all types of music but what is this? When I took music in school in the 1940ths they would shoot you for doing this. I guess the young people of today are taught music that I cannot understand. But I am proud at 76 years old I don't have much longer to listen to music with 3 notes and what they call rap. If it don't have a story it ain't music. James

PS: I forgot to ask what does Crwth mean, If I knew I might understand the music?

Gary Lynch · Post by **Gary Lynch** » 13 Oct 2007 6:11 am

I am assuming that James H is joking? I am almost 60 years old and embrace new sounds and musical ability that is outside the box like this piece. If not for further advancement and experimentation with traditional instruments where would we be? Beating on logs and banging rocks together?

Great work and your performance is an admirable effort!

Gerard Ventura · Post by **Gerard Ventura** » 13 Oct 2007 6:15 am

James Harrison wrote: When I took music in school in the 1940ths they would shoot you for doing this. I guess the young people of today are taught music that I cannot understand...

A big component of this kind of music is the rhythm.
Back in the 1940s they probably would have 'shot' you for playing beer polka music, which again is highly rhythmic for dancing.
Again, it depends...they would have shot you in Beacon Hill Boston, but worshipped you in Chicago.

Ian McLatchie · Post by **Ian McLatchie** » 13 Oct 2007 6:59 am

Hey, James, thanks for stopping by. I'm just curious: why, on a site where people are generally so supportive of one another's work, would anyone feel compelled to actually take the time to dump all over someone else's creation in the snide and dismissive way you have here, much less when the musician in question is one as serious and capable as Tim obviously is? Not to your taste? Fine, but to attack another person's musiciality in the way you have here is totally uncalled for. I trust you'll get a more positive reception if you post any clips of your own.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 13 Oct 2007 7:36 am

James Harrison wrote:PS: I forgot to ask what does Crwth mean, If I knew I might understand the music?

It means.....Can't reason with the hopeless.....

Mat Rhodes · Post by **Mat Rhodes** » 13 Oct 2007 9:28 am

I like the fusion of the "mountain element" with the rhythmic jazz punctuation. Sorry for the lame description but the sound is innovative. I'd love to hear some future lyrics for it.

HowardR · Post by **HowardR** » 13 Oct 2007 11:25 am

I really enjoyed that, along with the sound samples from your cd, and I'll be headin' over to CD Baby very shortly......

a little off topic if I may, but while you're here......how does the bass player like the NS that he's playing in the vid?

Tim Tweedale · Post by **Tim Tweedale** » 13 Oct 2007 12:35 pm

Thank you for the feedback, everyone.

And thank you Howard; I have been quietly enjoying all your interesting and entertaining posts for several years. I am in the process of getting our first CD, Resonance, onto CD baby too, so stay tuned for that.

Regarding David's NS bass; from what I understand, he is very happy with it. I don't know too much about the details of his instrument, so if you'd like to know more, I can pass his email on to you.

Thanks again!

-Tim

James Harrison · Post by **James Harrison** » 13 Oct 2007 8:29 pm

MATT: It is OK for you to attack my music, but it is not nice to attack my person and call me names. The next time you are in Alabama, let me know and if I get to Houston I will try to find you. I would like to meet you in person. James

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 13 Oct 2007 11:14 pm

What is the significance of the title? A Crwth (Crwdd) is an archaic Welsh bowed string instrument...

James Harrison · Post by **James Harrison** » 14 Oct 2007 1:20 pm

Matt Rhodes: I replied you your email. Read it.
James

Mark Switzer · Post by **Mark Switzer** » 14 Oct 2007 3:11 pm

Great tune and performance.

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 15 Oct 2007 2:46 pm

Hey--I'm late coming around to this. Great job, Tim!

fwiw---a long time ago I wanted to share something I loved with a guy who had never heard much more than his local tribal sounds (top 40 radio, I think) so I played him some Charlie Parker. He said that it sounded like a sick goose honking. "That's not music". I decided not to bother playing him the Ornette I had planned on next.

Anyway, good stuff, man.

Chris Schlotzhauer · Post by **Chris Schlotzhauer** » 15 Oct 2007 4:36 pm

I'm late too. Tim that was awesome. I don't know what JH heard or didn't hear, or if it's close-minded, but that's cool stuff. Very innovative.
Good work.
Oh, what is your tuning?

Tim Tweedale · Post by **Tim Tweedale** » 15 Oct 2007 10:31 pm

Again, thank you all for the feedback. Chris, the tuning I used on this song was DADGAD. That also partly answers Alan's question as to the origins of the title; the suspended fourth quality of this tuning made me think of a Crwth. It also just struck me as a good and interesting title.

So thanks once more for the support, folks! I sincerely appreciate it. Here's a link to another YouTube video of The Blue Island Trio. This one is called "Rose & Thorn Entwinement Suite". The idea with this song was to create two themes; one a simple chorale-like piece in a major key, and the other one an odd-metered rhythmic piece in a minor key. It's kind of a story of these two songs coming together, entwining, and then disentangling and coming apart again. I hope you like it.

Rose and Thorn Entwinement Suite

-Tim

Keith Cordell · Post by **Keith Cordell** » 16 Oct 2007 5:03 pm

You are obviously not listening if you don't hear a story in rap music. That's really almost all there is in there. As to the veiled threat in your post to Matt, you are funny. And kinda silly.

Jeff Au Hoy · Post by **Jeff Au Hoy** » 17 Oct 2007 10:13 am

Why you folks being so hard on James? He did say he'll be dead soon.

Cool stuff Tim. I dig the energy. If we had good long highways out here, that's the kinda stuff I'd listen to while driving.

James Harrison · Post by **James Harrison** » 17 Oct 2007 10:49 pm

Tim Tweedale, I want to say you are a fine Gentleman! You have not said one word against me as a person. I may not like your music, but as a Gentleman you are number 1. If you heard my Classic Country and Classic Pop you probally would not like it, and if you did not like it I would expect you to give your honest oppinion. Don't tell me you like it when you don't. This is America, freedom of speech. I hope you go far with your music.
Other Posters: I don't like to be attacked as a person as some have, this Forum is not for that. If you hear my music and don't like it, tell me you don't. Don't attack my person as that is not nice.
I thought this Forum was to talk about music not critize people. I hope this will be my last post on this topic.
James

James Harrison · Post by **James Harrison** » 17 Oct 2007 11:30 pm

Tim I just listened to Rose and Thorn. It started beautiful and about 25% it got wierd and got better then the drum took over and lost you then it was smooth and sweet again. I suppose I just don't understand the new styles of music? I suppose I need to go to music school again. It seems that is what the young people like today and I will not try to slow down music progress, so I will accept it and not comment anymore.
James