Music to Write By, Music to Live By... #2

[cairistiona]

Instrumental music in this post, by a guitarist called Estas Tonne. I love the passion and mystery in his classical guitar works (and I watch him play with no small amount of jealousy because I could practice 24/7 and still not have that sort of gift! And I know if I put a burning incense stick in the head of my guitar I'd end up setting the whole thing alight...)

Enjoy and be inspired!

(And maybe it's just me, but he kinda has a Maglor vibe about him...)

Comments

[mrowe.livejournal.com]

I don't think the Maglor vibe is just you *g*

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

From the looks of several comments, I think you're right. :)

[suzll.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I like!! *g*

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I'd love to see him live.

[nefhiriel.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks for this. :) Teh Internet is all but broken these days, so YouTube definitely doesn't work so hot, but it certainly sounds interesting!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'm sorry your Internet's not up to speed! I hope sometime you get to listen to it.

[babschwi53.livejournal.com]

I like it very much, it is beautiful!
And it seems to be so easy to play like that. But it is real hard work to make it look and sound so easy. *sighs*

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

It really is a lot of work... and a certain gift to play like him. Like I said, I could practice hours and hours and be a fairly good guitarist, but still not have that special extra that elevates the gifted above the good!

[estelcontar1.livejournal.com]

Beautiful music! He certainly looks Elvish!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I can just imagine Maglor losing himself in the music like this man does. *sigh* (I kinda have a teensy crush on Maglor...)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

he kinda has a Maglor vibe about him...

He does indeed.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Substitute a harp for the guitar, shave off the beard... yep. Maglor.

[the-winterwitch.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid I even would leave him the beard, despite everything. ♥ *iz smitten*

Edit: I read this bittersweet Maglor fic some time ago (sadly, I have forgotten title and author, but will find it again eventually) where Maglor simply lived on and on, until our time, and was taken with the literally last boat of elves to Valinor. The fic is very hurt-comforty, as Maglor gets a very bad treatment by 19th- and early 20th-century psychatrists and such and suffers a lobotomy, and he looses his music as well as parts of his personality. The fic is awesome in the way this is treated, and how he heals as much as possible and learns to accept his new himself. But listening to this piece over and over and watching the video I'm now having an AU to this fic in my mind, where he lives on and on and on... and ends up as this musician.

Ahem. Sorry for this rambling. It's raining heavily outside, the WW drives me a bit nuts and I'm feeling rather gloomy.

[hhimring]

With apologies for gate-crashing:
I think that Maglor fic is Ithilwen's Swan Song:
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=612

Also, Estas Tonne is great.
Thank you, Cairistiona!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

No need to apologize! Glad you stopped by!

That sounds like such a haunting story... I'm going to bookmark it for future reading. Thanks for providing the link!

[the-winterwitch.livejournal.com]

Oops, sorry for missing this out until now: yes, it is Ithilwen's Swan Song. Thanks for the link and the info!

[the-winterwitch.livejournal.com]

Another truly lovely new find for me... and I absolutely agree: Maglor! ♥ I think I just got hooked on this appearance for Maglor... ♥ Also music I really would be able to write to.

And I know if I put a burning incense stick in the head of my guitar I'd end up setting the whole thing alight...
*giggle*
Classical guitar was my second instrument, sadly with a bad instrument and even worse teacher, so I never really learnt more than what we call six-stringing, if I translate this correctly - accompanying pop and folk songs at the bonfire and such. But I love, love, love this to no end.

This weekly music thing is going to e expensive...

Edit: He's having a concert tonight in Germany... far too far away, though, but I would have LOVED to go there. *sigh* You're torturing me! ;o) Please do it again.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Hee hee... read your comment before the edit and wondered if he'd ever do a concert in your neck of the woods. Too bad it's too far away!

My first guitar was a classical guitar, but I never really learned classical technique beyond the very basics. These days I use a steel-string acoustic and play mostly rhythm guitar with some blues/rock runs tossed in, mostly messing around for my own enjoyment these days.

[the-winterwitch.livejournal.com]

In many cases, the really good concerts are either in Northern Germany or in Berlin or Munich - all too far away for a stay without a night, though if it's worth it and we get tickets we do it anyway. But in most cases the last years we didn't get tickets when we learnt about the concerts.

My current guitar is in theory a 12-steel-string Western model as far as I know which I got from a flat my grandpa owned and where the tenant fled, leaving everything behind, never to be seen again. I took off the double strings which thankfully didn't bother the guitar, but play only very rarely. I have some "serious" piano and voice training and at one point even thought about becoming professional, but my instrument of choice is the hurdy-gurdy - which I haven't played in ages, and now probably lost most of my proficiency, and I was never very advanced to begin with. In the meantime it will need some repairs before I can play it again, but with one music-hating cat it's a bit difficult. When I play the piano he comes and hits me with his clawed paw.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

When I play the piano he comes and hits me with his clawed paw.

Oh dear! That is definitely detrimental to playing. LOL I don't have a cat that does that, but usually I'm so busy with other things (like writing) that playing the guitar takes a back seat these days. My finger callouses have softened up to the point now where I'd really have to work at it to get back to my regular-playing days shape.

You are the first hurdy-gurdy player I've ever met!

[the-winterwitch.livejournal.com]

Sorry for spamming you like this... which is your favourite album? I'm dizzy now by listening to the samples and simply can't decide which one to start with...

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Actually, I have no idea as I only tend to listen to him on youtube when I'm at the computer! But of the youtube songs, I think 'Between Fire and Water' is my favorite, so if I were to buy an album (which I imagine I will someday), I'd probably start with whichever one contains that selection.

[the-winterwitch.livejournal.com]

*g* That is an improvisation not available on any of the albums I looked... but I downloaded it now and will put in into the 'tunes later on. I suppose I'll just throw a dice then. I'm currently most taken with the most recent live album.