Nathanael_Lloyd_Music

                                            Composer and Producer                                                       Classical │ Film │ Television │ Video Games │ Traditional Folk  

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Thanks for a great year!

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My newest album - Peaceful Folk Tunes for Classical Guitar: Volume I is out now!

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I am happy to announce that the pre-order is available for my newest composition The Celtic Pantheon Parts I & II: 50 Dances for Solo Violin and Solo Cello on amazon music and iTunes. The composition will go live on streaming service one week from today.

Every dance is written to convey the character and spirit of a member of Celtic Mythology using a variety of scales and modes while adhering to the forms of traditional Irish and Scottish dances.

Sheet music available in both a printed and digital format will be released soon.

Pre-save on Spotify using these links

Stream and Pre-save The Celtic Pantheon Part I: 25 Dances for Solo Violin - Distributed by DistroKid

Stream and Pre-save The Celtic Pantheon Part II: 25 Dances for Solo Cello - Distributed by DistroKid

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My new album Traditional Celtic Music: Volume I—Jigs is out now!

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Name that folksong pt 3/choose your fate

you & your lover drown when your dad tries to marry you off to a rich guy

Get burned at the stake by your family for falling in love w/ an Englishman

Die after being poisoned by your Mother-in-Law

Hang for murdering your gf after her spirit tells her mother in a dream

your gf's ghost saves you testifies in court that she died in a hunting accident

Your bro kills your love after he won your hand in marriage in a duel w/ others

Had a kid w/ a selkie then marry a whaler who kills your child and his father

Flee the country after conspiring with your mother to kill your father

a king marries you & kills your mom bc she had your kid & 1st husband killed

your 3 dead sons come to tell you to stop crying so they can be dead in peace

Voting ended onJun 5, 2023

folksong names will be posted once the poll is over

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More folk song fates

you curse a river after your true love dies trying to cross it

u die of a broken heart bc the boy u felt meh about died cuz you didnt kiss him

your dead bf opens his grave and you ask if you can join him there

Work on the railway for years & get nothin but an old straw hat & a dead wife

spook everyone by spending all your time at your dead love's grave

your love dies in a mining accident and their body fertilizes flowers

pretend to be male to cross the ocean & follow your love but u marry the captain

your gf bribes the hangman to save you while your family was gonna let you hang

Voting ended onMay 9, 2023

bonus points if you can guess/know any of the songs

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Annan Waters

Barbara Allen

Sweet William's Ghost

To Work Upon the Railway/ Paddy on the Railway

I am Stretched on Your Grave

Oh My Darling Clementine

A Maid That's Deep in Love

The Prickle Holly Bush

These are the folksongs^

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Your fate is determined by a folk song. What do you choose?

You murder your sister & a harp made from her corpse tells everyone

your bf drops you off then you find out he's dead & dig up his grave w/ your bff

your bf stabs you in the garden when he finds out you are pregnant

you get exiled to Tasmania after a girl you met at a bar frames you for robbery

Your dead fiances ghost creeps into your room and reminds you your engaged

your husband dies in a shipwreck and you wait for him for years

your daughter escapes your castle to elope with a hobo

you die in battle leaving your mother and pregnant wife to care for the farm

you marry a teenage boy and he dies at 16 leaving you with his son

you get haunted by your twin sons that you killed at birth

Voting ended onApr 26, 2023

bonus points if you can name any of the songs

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1. The Cruel Sister/ The Twa Sisters. ( @woodelf68 you were correct! I hadn't heard of that version but I agree it fits the creepiness. I'm familiar with it by the Old Blind Dogs and Pentangle)

2. The Holland Handkerchief

3. The Banks of Red Roses

4. The Black Velvet Band

5. She Moved Through the Fair

6. Sweet Anne

7. Ned of the Hill

8. Bonnie George Campbell

9. The Trees They Do Grow High

10. The Rose and the Lindsay O/ Fine Flowers in the Valley

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My new album Traditional Celtic Music: Volume I—Jigs is coming out one week from today! Pre-order now on Amazon or iTunes and Spotify pre-save with this link!

Stream and Pre-save Traditional Celtic Music: Volume I—Jigs - Distributed by DistroKid

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My new album Inspiring Classical Instrumentals: Volume I is out now!

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May the 4th be with you! Here is my cover of one of my favorite Star Wars songs from Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

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More folk song fates

you curse a river after your true love dies trying to cross it

u die of a broken heart bc the boy u felt meh about died cuz you didnt kiss him

your dead bf opens his grave and you ask if you can join him there

Work on the railway for years & get nothin but an old straw hat & a dead wife

spook everyone by spending all your time at your dead love's grave

your love dies in a mining accident and their body fertilizes flowers

pretend to be male to cross the ocean & follow your love but u marry the captain

your gf bribes the hangman to save you while your family was gonna let you hang

Voting ended onMay 9, 2023

bonus points if you can guess/know any of the songs

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In exactly one week my new album Inspiring Classical Instrumentals: Volume One will go live on streaming services! Pre-save it on Spotify today using this link

Stream and Pre-save Inspiring Classical Instrumentals: Volume One - Distributed by DistroKid

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Your fate is determined by a folk song. What do you choose?

You murder your sister & a harp made from her corpse tells everyone

your bf drops you off then you find out he's dead & dig up his grave w/ your bff

your bf stabs you in the garden when he finds out you are pregnant

you get exiled to Tasmania after a girl you met at a bar frames you for robbery

Your dead fiances ghost creeps into your room and reminds you your engaged

your husband dies in a shipwreck and you wait for him for years

your daughter escapes your castle to elope with a hobo

you die in battle leaving your mother and pregnant wife to care for the farm

you marry a teenage boy and he dies at 16 leaving you with his son

you get haunted by your twin sons that you killed at birth

Voting ended onApr 26, 2023

bonus points if you can name any of the songs

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Which is the superior track on any Star Wars soundtrack?

Main Theme

Across the Stars

Imperial March

Duel of the Fates

The Mandalorian Main Theme

The Battle of Crait

Binary Sunset (Force Theme)

Other (tags?)

Voting ended onApr 25, 2023

Reblogs are greatly appreciated! You know, for science

[nathanael-lloyd]

Which is the superior track on any Star Wars soundtrack?

Main Theme

Across the Stars

Imperial March

Duel of the Fates

The Mandalorian Main Theme

The Battle of Crait

Binary Sunset (Force Theme)

Other (tags?)

Voting ended onApr 25, 2023

Reblogs are greatly appreciated! You know, for science

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OTD in Music History: Historically important composer Johann Strauss, Sr. (1804 - 1849) -- aka "Johann Strauss The Elder" -- is born in Vienna. Strauss Sr. was famous for the various forms of "light" music (namely waltzes, polkas, and galops) which he helped to popularize in Vienna alongside his friend and colleague, Joseph Lanner (1801 - 1843). He thereby set the foundation for his own sons -- Johann Jr. (1825 - 1899), Josef (1827 - 1870), and Eduard (1835 - 1916) -- to follow in his footsteps and create a multi-generational musical dynasty. Strauss Sr. is perhaps best known today for composing the "Radetzky March" (named after Czech nobleman Joseph Radetzky von Radetz), and he first established his reputation when he began conducting at the “Sperl,” a popular Viennese dance hall, in the early 1830s. By 1834, he was appointed bandmaster to the 1st Vienna Militia Regiment, and the following year he was made Director of the Imperial Court Balls. He then undertook a series of wildly successful concert tours across Europe. Suffice to say, he was a very busy man... but not too busy to acquire a mistress, with whom he had a whopping eight children. Perhaps not surprisingly, this ultimately led him to abandon his first family. Ironically, this proved to be a very fortuitous development for the history of "classical" music: up to that point, Strauss Sr. had staunchly refused to allow any of his sons to pursue careers in music. Johann Jr. was commanded to study banking; Josef was destined for a military career; and Eduard was expected to join the Austrian consulate. But that all changed when Strauss Sr. abandoned the family -- suddenly, the boys were freed up to pursue their musical passions. Johann Jr. quickly struck up his own band, and soon began competing with his father... PICTURED: A rare copy of the first edition printed piano-reduction score for Strauss Sr.'s "Festlieder Waltz" (Op. 193 c. 1845), which he signed on the front cover.