Gaelica

We've nearly completed our new CD, 'GAELICA - Live at Traditions'

2010-09-14T19:20:00.001-07:00

The opening piece, 'Chloe' sets the tone for the CD. Listening to it, you can hear the classical roots in each musician, but along with that is a unique soulfulness that we like to attribute to our Celtic heritage that is distinctly rooted here in America, and more specifically, in the Pacific Northwest, which we all call home.
You hear in the recording that we are indeed a sit down, concert group, but not without moments of 'get up and dance, clap your hands and sing along moments'.
Our music is not just an avenue for us to express our creativity, but also to express our love of the wonderment and mystery of life.
Gaelica's music is marked by innovation, for example, taking a turn of the century piece of music such as the Pavane by Gabriel Faure and allowing it to morph into a jazz piece. Or taking a poem by a local NW poet and through improvisation, finding an entirely new song.
This new CD will most certainly establish Gaelica as a group that is a musical voice for all, an echo of the past and a sign post to the future, a window into the human soul and the spirit that longs to sing out a melody of hope in a world overwhelmed by too many problems.
Gaelica invites the listener to pull up a stool by the fire and to take refuge as they present the ancient art of story in song.
Gaelica's new CD will be available for purchase at http://www.cdbaby.com/ by the middle of October. We hope you enjoy!

Gaelica: Gaelica's new CD, 'Live at Traditions'

2010-07-19T16:33:00.000-07:00

Gaelica: Gaelica's new CD, 'Live at Traditions': "Gaelica's new CD, 'Live at Traditions' is our main project at this time. We recorded the foundation of the CD at 'Traditions Cafe' on 5th &..."

Gaelica's new CD, 'Live at Traditions'

2010-07-19T12:44:00.000-07:00

Gaelica's new CD, 'Live at Traditions' is our main project at this time. We recorded the foundation of the CD at 'Traditions Cafe' on 5th & Water in downtown Olympia on May 21st. The concert was sold out, there was not a single chair left in the house. Jack Rice, our recording engineer had to sit to the left of the stage to have room enough for his equipment. The biggest challenge of the concert was to situate the speakers for the audience in such a way that we wouldn't get any bleed into our microphones, which were all directs. The second biggest challenge was not having monitors, again, to try and avoid any bleed. thirdly, there were new piece that we wanted to be sure to have on the recording, so approx. 5 of our pieces were debuted that night. Still, we had an incredibly supportive audience, ( we love Olympia!) and we had just come off the road from a successful concert down in the Dalles, so we were fairly attuned to one another musically. Dick Myer, the owner of Traditions is fabulous to work with, he has a wonderful way of trusting the musician's process, so even when we were down to the wire with our sound check, he just stayed cool as a cucumber!
Now we are spending four hour stints in Jack's studio off of Pacific. Jack is great to work with, he's a musician and therefore understands the kind of effort if takes to produce the sound we want. We are nearly ready to start mixing.