My good friend and former bandmate, Doug Sparling, is offering his music for the first time online. He has a several selection available for download at his site, www.dougsparling.com. Many of the tracks were inspired by a trip we took together to Co. Donegal for a friends wedding. Every instrument was played by Doug, except for the bodhran, and was recorded by Brent Hoad of The Elders.
No stranger to Celtic music, Doug's love of traditional music began nearly 20 years ago after seeing the Scottish band Ossian. He became friends with members of local Irish band, Scartaglen, and was mentored in traditional music by Kirk Lynch, Roger Landes, and Mike Dugger. Later Doug played penny whistle with Dublin-born Irish singer Eddie Delahunt and he also played on two CDs by the Irish rock band The Elders.
Doug's influences are wide and varied and include David Nevue, Alex DeGrassi, William Ackerman, Brian Eno, Jeff Pearce, Patrick O'Hearn, David and Dianne Arkenstone, The Bothy Band, Enya, Clannad, Seamus Egan, and Joanie Madden. He also enjoys 20th century composers such as Frederick Delius, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Claude Debussy, as well as contemporary film composers Yann Tiersen, Vladimir Cosma, and Zbigniew Preisner.
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Thanks Dave/Dan...didn't see a link, so here it is:
http://www.dougsparling.com/
Click on "Music Player"
Only two days after uploading my song "The Old Stone Bridge," it was selected as "Track of the Day" (for April 16, 2006) in the World category...
http://www.garageband.com/genre/world
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