jamesa’s sixty-eight comments

About 2% of the normal population have some form of synesthesia but about 20% of people with perfect pitch have synesthesia, suggesting they may share some common cause. more…

Ben confirmed 2022! more…

On facebook and on his site it's saying this event is in 2022: https://www.benpaley.com/gigs?item=643 I have messaged Ben on facebook to confirm it is next year, but not had a reply yet. more…

I do wonder if this setting belongs with the jig here: https://thesession.org/tunes/1214. more…

A handy tip about bookmarks: You have a personal bookmarks page, which has all of the bookmarked settings, e.g. https://thesession.org/members/120226/bookmarks. You can go there and use the browser search to get directly to a bookmarked setting. This c... more…

It's a thankless task backing - I gave up very quickly. I think the Joni Mitchell style guitar playing works well as a stylistic offshoot typically with a single soloist and backer, where the rhythm is suggesting more subdued/solemn/wistful/nostalgic fee... more…

That's not to say older tunes are 'better' - just that they will more likely survive longer, because they have already stood the test of many changing fashions. more…

Tunes are probably subject to the 'Lindy effect' whereby their survival rate is proportionate to their age. Some popular modern tunes have a distinctly contemporary feel harmonically that gives them some immediate impact but will ultimately cause them to... more…

Thanks everyone, that explains it. Sounds great what Padraig O'Keefe is doing, to my ears - very evocative! more…

In this air, played by Padraig O'Keefe (The old man rocks the cradle) more…