At worst, I don't think it's _too_ bad :) but I've got plenty to learn ... either about mixing or that I should just go back to using a handful of multi-velocity samples that someone _else_ has already processed to sound good together ;)
Think you're a bit harsh on yourself - to my ears Twa Corbies is very well produced, tightly played and as Charlie said - it passes the db listening test - having said that it always helps to be slightly dissatisfied with ones own results I think. Keeps the creative juices flowing!
Just downloaded the current version of "Cowboy Blue" -- good stuff! I had a bit of trouble getting my download to complete, so perhaps this is just some errors in my copy of the file, but I get sporadic bursts of static in the right channel after about 1:40, particularly in the following 30 o 40 seconds before the fade-out starts.
Thanks for taking a listen to Cowboy Blue. Sadly the static crackle is not an upload problem. Its something that started happening a few months back when exporting to AIFF from DB, and also when locking a track in GB (and I think sending a song to iTunes). I think it must be something to do with my macs audio settings and processor speed (v slow Graphite G4). It often disappears with a re-export - must get round to that. On a related issue - the new db build, I have to report it not working for me in Tiger. I've tried it on two G4 Macs, on the first there is no sound at any time incl playback and drum selection. This is true for the kit editor too. On my other (G4-Quicksilver), there is sound, but its scrambled 'white noise' . The duration is ok and the amplitude (it decays), but something is scrambling it up. If you import into the drum editor, you can see a scrambled waveform. I guess this is something to do with the framework you mentioned Ben.
Too many years in uni has given me a modest background in Celtic historical linguistics, even though I only recognize words here and there in the various languages and can't actually read or speak the simplest sentence! But it doesn't surprise me to hear the Welsh word for "swan" is much like the "Breton" one. :)
I think Breton Cornish and Welsh derive from a similar place. A lot of words sound similar especially place names - but spellings of these are often very different. Lots of Zs and Ks in Breton i seem to remember.
Coincidentally, another pairing of a random Breton folk tune with originally unassociated lyrics is Martin Carthy's match-up of the "Ar Ch'akouz" ("The Leper") melody with English Civil War vintage anonymous political lyrics "Dominion of the Sword". I've mused for years over a rock version of that -- even attempted it with a band when still living in the UK -- but haven't settled on an approach. It'd be easier than "Twa Corbies" though, since it's pretty straight 4/4 (as opposed to the grab-bag of time signatures in "Twa Corbies"!)
Look forward to that one Cheers Sion