Author: jamesoboe
Date: 2009-04-03 15:40
Hi Chris P and Dutchy
thanks for the tips on how to include clickable links, it's very much appreciated. Hopefully, I won't make the same mistake again, next time.
Session work is something of which I've only done precious little. Being based in Scotland, the opportunities are not there, so much; most session work is done by a relatively small bunch of musicians in London. I recorded the soundtrack to 'A history of Scotland' with the BBC SSO, which was recently broadcast on BBC2 TV. I had quite a few solos in that, but never heard them, as, after the 1st of 6 episodes, I couldn't bring myself to watch the rest. It was a rather turgid account of the last thousand years, or so, of Scottish history, narrated by a slightly annoying Historian in desperate need of a haircut, seemingly playing to the nationalistic tendencies of the minority over here. A few years before this, I recorded another similar soundtrack about Scotland, whereby I was asked to play as loudly, and coarsely, as possible to try and capture the sound of the Bagpipes. Somehow, this came very naturally to me!
I'd love to be involved, one day, with a box-office smash, but fear this may never happen. That said, the BBC sells many of the programmes we record to lots of countries, so, perhaps, many others have heard those recordings with the BBC SSO, which I, myself, have failed to hear.
Regards
James
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