Cheers Tony best of luck with the site

I'm glad the site is going so well but not surprised really, I can always find something of interest whenever I sign in!

Keep up the good work.

Áine

thanks, had a bit of trouble with the profile photo, would that be because am on a mac?

 

   Nice site Tony, Thanks for the welcome. I finally got a pic uploaded. The first couple times failed. I thought maybe the it was being rejected for being to ugly until I realized I had to hit the Save button Whew.

  I started playing music sort of late in life, kind of a retirement thing. I have a lot of fun with it and have made some great friends. I enjoy many genres of music, but have lately gravitated to old time American songs and some Irish Scottish of which I hope to expand upon. Anyway thanks for your effort on this site.

Hi Tony, thanks for setting this up. You must be busy. 
How do I join or connect with willy Clancy week group?

Thanks Tony, I will fill out a more complete profile shortly. We just moved here and don't even have wifi yet. Borrowing a weak connection from the neighbor as we speak. One I am set up I will definitely be more active. I am originally from Michigan and was a drive in the Trad community there. Will have to slowly break into the Philly community now. Tom

Thanks for the welcome, Tony.

I'll try to get a profile pic up soon & will also read the info you have suggested.

I started playing guitar circa 1964 at age 13.  Then I had the opportunity in 1967 of seeing Shetland fiddler Ali Bain play a concert in Ann Arbor Michigan, which was prior to his joining the group "Boys of the Lough".

Ali was backed up on the guitar, at the time, by a fellow named Mike Whelans.

Anyway, Ali's playing of traditional Celtic tunes was influential in my older brother, Dennis, and my desire to take up the fiddle- which we did on a loaned 1/2 sized violin (!) that we played for a few years until we acquired a full sized instrument.

And we've been having a blast ever since!

 

By the way, in my area of the northern lower peninsula of Michigan, USA, there is quite a lot of interest in Irish, and some Scottish, traditional music, and we have a nice session twice a month in a local burg. The county that I lived in was settled years ago by primarily Irish immigrants and I think this may be the reason for the continued interest in this type of music. 

 

All the Best to you Tony, and Happy Playing!

~Mark

 

Thanks, this seems like fun!  I'll upload some videos right away.  Thanks for inviting me here!

Good to eventually meet you at the Fleadh Tony! Was a great weekend.

Dónal.

Thanks for the welcome message. I also started life in Mayo, have a lot of experiance with musicians all around the world, I do like to play with and listen to the best.

I am deeply honoured Tony, you being the guvner and all !

Tony, glad to be aboard. TradConnect has some nice resources and I look forward to visiting often. In fact, have just seen a pub session posted that we might be able to visit on our trip to Ireland.

PS. I also received an email from Anita as mentioned by Jim Lewis.

Tony - I just received the note below through your portal and thought it looked like spam and you would want to know - 
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At 5:20pm on Aug. 19, 2011, anilove said…Hello my Dear.My name is Anita, i saw your profile today at (tradconnect.com). and became interested in you, i will also like to know you the more, and i want you to send an email to my email address so i can send you my picture for you to know whom i am. Here is my email address (anita84love72@yahoo.com). I believe we can move from here. (Remember the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life) Thanks and remain bless,Anita(anita84love72@yahoo.com)Comment Back

Thanks for the welcome and  this site and your work on it. It is great! I'll work on the being blue thing;).

Hi Tony. Trad connect is a link on oaim.com

Hello Tony. Thank you for you comment. I hope I can enjoy this site!

hi tony great site may get in now and have a look thanks

Tony I can't see where to load tunes... help!

 

Thank you! :D