Like the lady said, there are bums that never intend to work, & men that are decent men, just out of work through no fault of there own, the world know's Ireland is doing it tough, so don't go down the road of separation of the Irish people, hang-in there together & u will be victorious.......
find a guy on his own, with a couple of kids, & life should be ok, u may have to drop your standard or go for someone older, but I don't see a big problem,
Be very open, but don't be a fool, let him know your not stupid, play it very straight, & get respect in return, people that "play" cool, are seen to be playing games, & sooner or later, he will loose trust in the situation.....then u lost him.
If u leave , make sure u are sure, to receive a pension in Australia, u need to put-in 30 years of continuous working life, I know a person in the USA, been there for 16 yrs, is now 58yrs old, can't pick-up a UK pension, been gone from UK to many yrs, can't get US pension, don't qualify,
You should "think" every time u run your country down.....someone is listening, you get 50 people hear u, & stay away, that is money out of your pocket,
one may find a different atmosphere where a local music school is trying to operate a business, & a tolerant local pub helps out with the help of local musicians,
No, not hearsay, I visit Ireland & seen this for myself,I have taken this up with some other musicians there,but tend to ask carefully, & not an open discussion between many, just a one to one conversation, some don't want to discuses it, maybe u can ask around & get a general opinion for your self, its very interesting, my visits have all been to the south, & Dublin.
Yes, anyone joining-in needs to be able to play to a reasonable standard, & the bodhran is an instrument that can set the rhythm, or keep a rhythm constant for struggling players, fiddle on some tunes can drone along, & go for notes, as long as one stays in key, standard is always good in Ireland, & there needs to be rules, but also, an openness to people learning, & other well accomplished musicians, Thanks....
I travel to a lot of Festival's out-side of Ireland, & the view of many is, that Musicians in Ireland are very much, not interested in out-siders, & this is the view from other Irishmen musicians, many that have been away from there birth place for a wile, & only go back for holidays,
I do understand, bongo's don't fit into Trad Irish music very well, on a local seen, Any musician needs to be respectful of the local music tradition, & if a musician want's to join-in, he/she needs to be able to go with that tradition, & never against it.
The issue in my travels has often been photo's are frond apron, & Irish music is a "CLOSED SHOP" Piss-off...out-siders, & take your cameras with u.., well, u can't have it both ways,
1/ Are tourist's welcome in Irish music sessions, ?
2/ Are Travailing musicians from other countrys welcome to play in-with Irish musician's,?
3/ Can tourists take pictures of Irish musician's playing music,?
4/ Are Ireland's pub's closed to outsiders ?,
5/ Is trad-Irish music for local Irish people only ?,
I seen first-hand the reaction from musicians when someone takes a photo, & I seen fist-hand the reaction of musicians when they are asked if someone can sit-in on a session & play music with them, sure, some tunes are not Jam'a'ball, meaning, one need's to know the tune,& be able to play-it well, one can't play alone, not knowing the tune,but with tunes that one can jam-to, & tunes that are known, many friends, & very good player of banjo & fiddle have been turned away,
Self control, Y'a something creeps-up on one later in life, seen a few myself, they want to be some-one....put meaning in there life, one should be careful of these people, they may be unstable,
Well, life is only one trip, when its over, its all over, organizing one's life is fundamental to being human, at different times in one's life we are face with the ability to become happier through a little understanding & planning, To plan, then execute one's long thought-out plan, just to find u'r in a place/situation of happiness, is what more people can look at, why site in one place, unhappy, board, & waiting for what ? ......
RobertGill Forum Posts (308)
Thanks !!!i love u to.....
RE: Lonlyness
is not having a face.....nothing...?