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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

:)

[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 :)

[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 ;)