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[aprilstarchild]

Harp Klezmer music!! Oh man, that rocks.

I love how adaptable even lever harps are. Middle-eastern music sounds fantastic on a harp as well--David Helfand from Eugene plays middle-eastern as well as Israeli music on his.

Klezmer music is sort fascinating and neato because even the happy dance tunes are in minor key. But then, if you'd been a Jewish person in Eastern Europe between the Diaspora and now, you'd write all your music in minor key, too. Or as the "shit happens" religion tshirt puts it: "Why does this shit keep happening to us?"

Ashley's been looking at wedding music. I'm trying to get her to hire a harpist or a group with a harpist. *lol* She likes Pachelbel's Canon in D, which, good lord! Every harp player on the planet plays a slightly different arrangement of that one. Personally, I always wanted "She Moved Through the Fair" at a wedding/etc, but I always think it's probably an odd choice because it's actually a really sad song, where the girl dies and then visits him as a ghost and tells him "...it won't be long, love, 'til our wedding day," which is kinda creepy now that I think about it. *shrug* It's a really pretty tune and sounds wonderful on the harp.

I really should be asleep.

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[arielrose.livejournal.com]

Tell her to hire me, I have played tons of weddings and have a big repertoire ;)
I do a version of She Moved Through the Fair that is totally non-creepy and romantic, I keep the sweet words and do away with the creepy ones *hehe*
You can give her my email: arielrosemusic@hotmail.com

:)

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'll give her your information, I can even lend her one of your CD's.

But then, I don't even know if she wants a harp player. *lol* I keep flooding her with info on harps, she's going to get tired of them.

[arielrose.livejournal.com]

I'm biased, but I really think a harp is the most peaceful, elegant thing to have at a wedding...everyone I've played at I hear things like 'oh the harp is so perfect' 'I'm glad you're here, it makes me so relaxed' 'I never liked the wedding march til I heard it on a harp' and so on, so I have good referrences and my prices are very good compared to what most wedding musicians charge :)

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

I've looked around at some harpists' sites. Some of them get real snooty about it...like having a master's degree in music and playing pedal harp automatically makes you good at weddings. Don't get me wrong--weddings can be tricky--but sheesh! And I know those people charge an arm and a leg.

I was talking about it with my parents, and my mom said, "Oh, harps make such good wedding instruments." My brother isn't getting married for about another year, and my mom joked that they could buy me a harp on the condition that I play for the wedding. I said if that's what it took to get a harp, I'd totally take them up. Too bad they were kidding. Grrr. *lol*

[arielrose.livejournal.com]

The only thing tricky about weddings is dealing with flaky/crazy/angry brides...thankfully I haven't had *too* many of those, but I've certainly seen some wild things go down!
Yeah...most harp players charge a small fortune...especially if they play a monster giant harp. I prefer the Celtic ones me own self ;)

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

This may be my own prejudice, but I just think that lever harps are easier to play. *shrug* Cheaper, certainly, and a lot less intimidating.

A friend of mine had an aunt who did custom sewing, and eventually stopped doing bridal stuff entirely because of too many run-ins with "Bridezilla"s.