I'm just having some fun and making music on the way
Information
- Members:
- Travis Hatcher playing bass, mandolin, drums, percussion, guitar, and singing.
- Genre:
- Acoustic, Minimalist
- Hometown:
- Born in Labrador, living in Nova Scotia
- Record Label:
- Black Flamingo Records
Travis Hatcher
NOTES ON THIS SONG
This is a song written by Wayne Chaulk (of Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers). You can find it on their B'y D'Lard Liftin album
(1998). I have attempted a go at the title track as well if you're interested.
I heard this song as a soundtrack as a vacation video posted on YouTube and learned it from... that format and the chords provided to GEST
Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador by Bob D.
This song reminds me of the cabin my dad used to have that we would go to together. Although he was working on different project and I was
at the lake catching frogs, it was some great time together. I love being out in the woods at a cabin with nothing but my guitar (and some
munchies of course). This song has brought those memories back to me and it's a lovely tune for anyone with similar memories.
I like this song, I hope it did it justice, if not, let me know how I can improve it. I only played it about 5 times before recording this
(because I have a short attention span) but I think I got it decently close. Of course, my finger-picking pattern will differ from a true
recording as it was improvised as I performed it.
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Travis-Hat
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TravisTricky
Travis Hatcher
NOTES ON THIS SONG
This is a song written by Wince Coles. From the first time I heard this song I was captivated by the lyrics and the imagry it invokes.
Buddy Wasisname does a great version of this tune as well, as does Teledude1972 (I used his video as a basis for my recording) ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmLuB...hMqboI ...
Unfortunately, I had a touch of a frog in my throat during this song that I tried not to let get in the way, but you can hear it poke through on a couple of notes (I hear it the most during the refrain)
I am hoping in the future to do a full recording of this song with bass and percussion, but I don't know when that will be, hope this tides you over until then ... or even if the songs needs it at all, I'll have to play with it and then decide.
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Travis-Hat
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TravisTricky
Travis Hatcher
NOTES ON THIS SONG
This song is a tune written by Newfoundland's Buddy Wasisname (and the other fellers). Just a fun little number, I don't think there is a lot of philosophical meaning behind this one, but I might be wrong.
This isn't my normal style of song that I sing but I worked with a recording of the song and I f...eel it's close. If you're a fan of buddy, let me know how it stands up!
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Travis-Hat
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TravisTricky
Travis Hatcher
NOTES ON THIS SONG
This song is a tune written by Newfoundland's Bob Porter and is another song in a great many that address the Newfoundland fishery. This song is a lament to those Newfoundland fishermen who were forced our of their lively hood by the big draggers that came forcing the Newfoundlanders to the mainland t...o find other sources of work.
I think this is a great tune, empowering, despite being forced away from their homes and their jobs, they never truely leave and want to find eternal rest on "the rock"
I hope I did this song justice, I do have a recording of this song and tried to remain close to the true recording done by Bob Porter.
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Travis-Hat
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TravisTricky
Travis Hatcher
NOTES IN GENERAL
I seem to be always looking down, Well, I am, this song is not in my repertoire so I am reading the lyrics which I have stashed off camera.
NOTES ON THIS SONG
This song is a traditional Australian tune which has crossed over into the Canada and is associated with Newfoundland.
According to Raymond Croo...ke's YouTube channel:
"It is not really an authentic Australian song as it originally came from the English Music Hall tradition."
See Raymond's performance here ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEAvMp6oq
another source says:
"Henry Pottinger Stephens and William Yardley. Written for the burlesque comedy, Little Jack Shephard (London, 1885; Melborne, 1886). First published in Australia in the Sydney Golden Songster in 1893 ."
(source ... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
adding to the note Raymond has on the "music hall tradition"
The version Raymond is singing has differnt lyrics than the collection at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador (which is where I retrieved the lyrics I am using for this performance)
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
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YouTube:
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Travis Hatcher
NOTES IN GENERAL
This is a song I have never heard ... per se. I have put the notation into a computer program and had it play back to me, so I practiced it and this is what I came up with. Unfortunately the only marking on the music as a tempo indicator is "slowly". I used a tempo of 104bpm for those who were intereste...d.
I seem to be always looking down, Well, I am, this song is not in my repertoire so I am reading the lyrics which I have stashed off camera.
It has been metioned to me by GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador that a lot of the songs they have in their archive do not have video/audio to go with them, I want this to change! Over the next while, I will be recording these songs that MUST be shared so they do not become forgotten footnotes in the music of the Atlantic provinces.
Most of the songs I will be recording, I have never heard formally played, but rather, I have the chords for so I play them to myself and some up with my own style for it or base it off of my compter program/vocal sheet music. If I am WAY off base, please record a video and respond to this, it's all about sharing the beautiful music. Now that I have my PC program, I am hoping that if the sheet music is available, I'll at least be able to get the vocal lines up close to the original score for the piece of music.
NOTES ON THIS SONG
Here is some background information for those of you who are interested, check out these links:
... http://www.native-languages.org/beothuk.
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beothuk ...
and an article about the subject of this particular tune
... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanawdithi
If you want a quick look:
"The Beothuk [a/k/a also spelled Beothic, Beothick, Beothuck ... pronounced "bee-oh-theck" or more commonly "bay-oh-thuck" although I don't know if that follows strict linguistic form], also known as Red Indians, inhabited several campsites on the shore of Red Indian Lake which is located in the western interior of Newfoundland and drains into the Exploits River. When Newfoundland was discovered, no one really knew ho many Beothuk lived there. 2,000 is probably a fair estimate. By 1768, only 400 were left, and by 1829, they were extinct. That year, the last known Beothuk, Nancy Shanawdithit, died of tuberculosis.For more information about the Beothuk, John Peyton, Nancy Shanawdithit, and Red Indian Lake, see: The Beothuks or Red Indians: The Aboriginal Inhabitants Of Newfoundland by James P. Howley, 1914."
Source ... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Travis-Hat
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TravisTricky
Travis Hatcher : Have a song you would like me to try! Let me know. I've been spending my time exploring old Newfoundland folk but I understand that's not everyone's style! Post suggestions if you have them!
Travis Hatcher
NOTES IN GENERAL
This is a song I have never heard ... per se. I have put the notation available on the GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador website ... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
I seem to be... always looking down, Well, I am, this song is not in my repertoire so I am reading the lyrics which I have stashed off camera.
It has been metioned to me by GEST a lot of the songs they have in their archive do not have video/audio to go with them, I want this to change! Over the next while, I will be recording these songs which may or may not be featured on the GEST site, but MUST be shared so they do not become forgotten footnotes in the music of the Atlantic provinces.
Most of the songs I will be recording, I have never heard, but rather, I have the chords for so I play them to myself and some up with my own style for it. If I am WAY off base, please record a video and respond to this, it's all about sharing the beautiful music. Now that I have my PC program, I am hoping that if the sheet music is available, I'll at least be able to get the vocal lines up close to the origianal score for the piece of music.
NOTES ON THIS SONG
Here is some background information for those of you who are interested:
This song is yet another variant (credited to Canada specifically, although when this was written is is likely the the Dominion of Newfoundland has not yet joined confederation). So, this very well could have been written by early Canadians about their excursions fishing off of the then independent Newfoundland. I may be wrong on this but I was not able to find very specific info on it, if you have any, please let me know and I will update this information.
Info from GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador:
"Collected in 1957 from O.J. Abbott of Ontario by Edith Fowke and published in The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs (1973)."
... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Travis-Hat
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TravisTricky
Travis Hatcher
This is a song I have never heard until recently. HUGE thanks to dQQm1 ( ... http://www.youtube.com/user/dQQm1 ... ) for uploading the proper way to play this song. He is a big Bob Porter fan and supplied to chords to GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador ( ... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
Thanks OK though, dQQm1 showed me how it was done and I recommend you check out his excellent version as well ( ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVUh_-tnZ
I seem to be always looking down, Well, I am, this song is not in my repertoire so I am reading the lyrics which I have stashed off camera.
The good people at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador ... http://www.wtv-
zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfld/ ... have recently featured a couple of my cover songs on their website. I
have been humbled an honoured by their kind and helpful words.
It was also mentioned to me that a lot of the songs they have in their archive do not have video/audio
to go with them, I want this to change! Over the next while, I will be recording these songs which may
or may not be featured on the GEST site, but MUST be shared so they do not become forgotten footnotes in the music of the Atlantic provinces.
Most of the songs I will be recording, I have never heard, but rather, I have the chords for so I play
them to myself and some up with my own style for it. If I am WAY off base, please record a video and
respond to this, it's all about sharing the beautiful music.
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Travis-Hat
YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/TravisTricky
Travis Hatcher
NOTES IN GENERAL
This is a song I have never heard ... per se. I HAVE heard the variant recorded by Great Big Sea on the "Fortunes Favour Album" (see my take on that here ..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EzxwEXg
I seem to be always looking down, Well, I am, this song is not in my repertoire so I am readi...ng the lyrics which I have stashed off camera.
The good people at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador ... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
change! Over the next while, I will be recording these songs which may or may not be featured on the GEST site, but MUST be shared so they do not become forgotten footnotes in the music of the Atlantic provinces.
Most of the songs I will be recording, I have never heard, but rather, I have the chords for so I play them to myself and some up with my own style for it. If I am WAY off base, please record a video and respond to this, it's all about sharing the beautiful music.
NOTES ON THIS SONG
Here is some background information for those of you who are interested:
From GEST songs of Newsfoundland And Labrador:
" ####.... Author unknown. Variant of an American traditional, The Eastern Light [Laws D11] Native American Balladry (G. Malcolm Laws, 1964) ....####
Sung by James Rice [1879-1958] of Cape Broyle, NL, and published in MacEdward Leach And The Songs Of Atlantic Canada © 2004 Memorial University of Newfoundland Folklore and Language Archive (MUNFLA). Ken Peacock also collected the same song from Jim Rice in 1951 and it
was published in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 1, pp.105-106, by The National Museum Of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved. Another variant was sung by Billy Wilson of Little Merasheen, Placentia Bay, NL. and published for the 1980 Merasheen Reunion in Placentia Bay, NL, by Loyola Pomroy and Bill Wilson.
Kenneth Peacock noted that this appears to be an American ballad of New England origin, though the composer could have been a Newfoundlander or Maritimer 'caught on a drunken spree' in Gloucester. Fishermen and seamen of the eastern seaboard are often more familiar with ports hundreds of miles away than they are with places near their own home port. Peacock also noted that Helen Creighton had
collected this ballad in Nova Scotia as The Gloucester Fishermen, and a fragment called Song About The Fishing Banks appears in Ballads And Sea Songs Of Newfoundland by Greenleaf and Mansfield."
I have "Songs and Ballads of Nova Scotia" in my collection of musical literature but unfortunately this song/variant was not alluded too so I can add no further information from that source.
Cheers.
Travis
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Travis Hatcher
NOTES IN GENERAL
This is a song I have never heard ... per se. I HAVE heard the variant recorded by Great Big Sea on the "Fortunes Favour Album" (see my take on that here ..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EzxwEXg
I seem to be always looking down, Well, I am, this song is not in my repertoire so I am rea...ding the lyrics which I have stashed off camera.
The good people at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador ... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
change! Over the next while, I will be recording these songs which may or may not be featured on the GEST site, but MUST be shared so they do not become forgotten footnotes in the music of the Atlantic provinces.
Most of the songs I will be recording, I have never heard, but rather, I have the chords for so I play them to myself and some up with my own style for it. If I am WAY off base, please record a video and respond to this, it's all about sharing the beautiful music.
NOTES ON THIS SONG
Here is some background information for those of you who are interested:
From Wikipedia:
" "The Banks Of Newfoundland" is the earliest Newfoundland composition set down in music notation. It was composed by Chief Justice Francis Forbes in 1820 and published in a piano arrangement by Oliver Ditson of Boston. Originally composed as a dance, it was treated as a march by the soldiers of The Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I; it later became the Regiment's authorized march. It has also been associated with the Royal St. John's Regatta since its early days. As a Regatta tune it is more popularly known as "Up The Pond", and is traditionally played as the crews pass the bandstand on their return to the stakes. It was later made the official tune of the Regatta."
The lyrics they give on the wikipedia page resemble the Great Big Sea recording but this is an English variant. I will be posting other variants of the song as well with differening lyrics.
Cheers.
Travis
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Travis Hatcher
NOTES IN GENERAL
This is a song I have never heard ... per se. I HAVE heard the variant "The Old Polina" and have based this recording off of that but of course using the different lyrics.
I seem to be always looking down, Well, I am, this song is not in my repertoire so I am reading the lyrics which I have stashed off ...camera.
The good people at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador ... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
It was also mentioned to me that a lot of the songs they have in their archive do not have video/audio to go with them, I want this to change! Over the next while, I will be recording these songs which may or may not be featured on the GEST site, but MUST be shared so they do not become forgotten footnotes in the music of the Atlantic provinces.
Most of the songs I will be recording, I have never heard, but rather, I have the chords for so I play them to myself and some up with my own style for it. If I am WAY off base, please record a video and respond to this, it's all about sharing the beautiful music.
NOTES ON THIS SONG
Here is some background information for those of you who are interested:
From GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador:
"Author unknown. Variant of Old Polina, an original Newfoundland song ....####
Old Polina was published in Gerald S. Doyle's Old-Time Songs And Poetry Of Newfoundland: Songs Of The People From The Days Of Our Forefathers (Third edition, pp.44-45, 1955)."
.... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
That doesn't give a lot of info on the potential origina of this song so I have also included some notes on the variant, The Old Polina,
also from GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador:
"From Wikipedia:
Old Polina — a traditional Newfoundland folk song, most likely based on the ship Polynia, built in 1861, of the Dundee Seal and Whale Fishing Company fleet. The Polynia was commanded by Captain William Guy from 1883 to 1891, when it was sunk by ice in Davis Strait. This song is similar to another song called The Balaena, about another whaler. Every year, the whaling fleet would sail from Dundee, Scotland to Newfoundland, there to pick up men to hunt the whales. Since the first ships to make it to Newfoundland would be able to pick the most experienced men, it became a bit of a competition to see who could make it in the fastest time. The other ships named in the song, the Arctic, the Aurora, the Terra Nova, and the Husky, are all ships from the Dundee Seal and Whale Fishing Company fleet. The Aurora was the ship that rescued the crew of the Polynia in 1891 when it sunk. Art Jackson, Mullins, and Fairweather were a couple of the captains of the
ships at that time. There are records of a Captain Fairweather in command of the Balaena (mentioned in 1894 and 1896), an Alex Fairweather in command of the Terra Nova (1885-1893), and a J. Fairweather for the Aurora (1882-1886)."
http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
Notice the different spelling of "Balena" in the Wikipedia quote.
That is the beauty of folk music, many of us can be singing the same song, but singing it with differnt words and titles, but the idea/tune is roughly the same. Great isn't it?
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
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YouTube:
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Travis Hatcher
NOTES IN GENERAL
I have never heard this song before
The good people at GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador ... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
Most of the songs I will be recording, I have never heard, but rather, I have the chords for so I play them to myself and some up with my own style for it. If I am WAY off base, please record a video and respond to this, it's all about sharing the beautiful music.
NOTES ON THIS SONG
This quote about the piece comes directly from the website which houses this song:
"Collected in 1958 from Mrs. Charlotte Decker of Parson's Pond, NL, by Ken Peacock and published in Songs Of The Newfoundland Outports, Volume 1, pp.4-5, by The National Museum of Canada (1965) Crown Copyrights Reserved.
Kenneth Peacock noted that Aunt Charlotte sang this variant in two different years using a completely different tune which surprised him because she was one of the most gifted singers in Newfoundland. When he questioned her about it she said in a strong Newfoundland accent that the air may be different but the heart's the same." .... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
I followed the sheet music roughly when bringing it together, and I imagine given a 3/4 time signature it can be done slower as a lullabye or as a waltz. I chose to "use a differnt air" to give the song a kind of playful air, like a parent would sing to their child before they go ogg to school to help them remember their Alphabet.
I also did it this way because my last couple of posts have been slower in tempo, so I thought I would liven it up a bit.
This song follows many of the traditions of "Alphabet Songs". See my ABC of the Newfound fishery ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEaCXDSOX
I hope you like it, let me know what you think.
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
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YouTube:
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Travis Hatcher
NOTES IN GENERAL
This is a song I have never heard. So if I am way off, please upload a video of yourself so I can see how it's done!
I seem to be always looking down, Well, I am, this song is not in my repertoire so I am reading the lyrics which I have stashed off camera.
The good people at GEST Songs of Newfoundland an...d Labrador ... http://www.wtv-zone.com/phyrst/audio/nfl
have been humbled an honoured by their kind and helpful words. It was also mentioned to me that a lot of the songs they have in their archive do not have video/audio to go with them, I want this to change! Over the next while, I will be recording these songs which may or may not be featured on the GEST site, but MUST be shared so they do not become forgotten footnotes in the music of the Atlantic provinces.
Most of the songs I will be recording, I have never heard, but rather, I have the chords for so I play
them to myself and some up with my own style for it. If I am WAY off base, please record a video and
respond to this, it's all about sharing the beautiful music.
NOTES ON THIS SONG
A quick YouTube search will yield ome tunes by Bob Porter ... but I wasn't able to find this one. To add
insult to injury, I was not able to find any reliable info on him on the internet to impart to you, so
please, if you know anything about Bob Porter, please let me know!
SORRY! I have my set-up at my house and I know know what works best, I was not at my home when I
recorded this so some of the vocals are a little low from the way I had the camera, but some are ok. Not
sure what was going on there.
As always, let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is always welcome. But please remember, I
have never heard the song before, and I did not have a great deal of time to perfect it, I just wanted
to get it out there for people who may be looking for it.
Cheers.
Travis
Website:
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YouTube:
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