This podcast was released on June 10th, 2021 at 6:50 AM Eastern Time Zone, as the Moon is perfectly new (and there is an eclipse). (For show notes and podcast audio, scroll down, down, down…)
This podcast was released at Sept. 17, 2020 at 7:00 am Eastern Time Zone, as the Moon is perfectly new. (For show notes and podcast audio, scroll down, down, down…)
Featured Music Mike Smith – Tea in the Morning – https://www.youtube.com/user/gurdymike/videos Bube Dame König – Heideförsterlied – https://www.youtube.com/c/neuevolkslieder/videos Zirp – La Toupie https://www.facebook.com/zirpmusic/
Sam’s background -Mittelalterrock (medieval rock) scene in Germany – bands like Subway to Sally, In Extremo, Schandmaul -Pagan metal bands (Arkona, Eluveitie) -Sam’s hurdy-gurdy teachers – Silke Reichmann de Salas (daugher of Frankfurt-based luthier Kurt Reichmann), Simon Wascher (Austria) -Renting a hurdy gurdy -Repetitive stress injuries (don’t play for 8 hours a day!) -Eluveitie forum, forum meetup, meeting Anna Murphy -Advice on buying a gurdy from Anna Murphy, Stephan Groth, Alexis Vacher -Helpful hurdy-gurdy players
-Visit to LSC in 2012 – Gotschy (Alexandra Betz), Neil Brook, Sebastian Hilsmann -Beginner instruments, how many melody strings, pressure on the fingers -Swapping out melody strings, experimenting
-Mike Smith – YouTube tune collection, good player, good gurdies, paintings
Hurdy Gurdy Community – origins, documentation, limitations -The hurdy gurdy & patience -Situation in the US -HCG website in the works – articles, FAQs, profiles/info from experts, make info public and visible -Spanish podcast?
Hurdy gurdy & metal -Eluveitie & Anna Murphy, Cellar Darling -Apocalypse Orchestra -Corvus Corax & medieval rock -Sangre de Muerdago & Antlers -Afsky – Danish black metal with hurdy gurdy track -Shredding on the gurdy, why a fully-loaded gurdy might make sense -Michalina’s tutorials for the latest Eluveitie tracks -Lack of dynamics in most metal bands using gurdy – lost in the mix -Build metal around a gurdy, don’t just add gurdy
Zirp, Liederlicher Unfug – Stephan Groth 5-4-O Video (new track): https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=253636805535079
