Just me and this box with strings attached...............
Influences
Guitarists an Musicians who I really admire are:
Paul Galbraith, George Hadjinikos, Mark Ashford, Luigi Palumbo, Simon Rattle, David Tannenbaum, David Leisner, Leo Brouwer, Manuel Ponce, Benjamin Verdery, David Tannenbaum, David Leisner, James Brown, J.S. Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, Andreas Schiff, Alfred Brendel, John Dowland, Mahler, Natalie Cline, Rostropovich, Benjamin Britten, Micheal Tippett. Kandinsky, Steve Reich, Assad Brothers, Yamashita, Julian Bream, John Williams, Richter, Stravinsky, Arvo Part, Mozart, Beethoven, Schostakovich ..........I am inspired by so much I could write this forever.
Hello! I am a Classical Guitarist based in Derbyshire UK I like to perform
around the UK and abroad. I am passionate about may styles and forms of music and like to create varied and eclectic programs.
My last series of recitals included music from America, Japan, Tibet, Mexico and Spain as well as standard Guitar music such as Bach, Scarlatti and Dowland. I am currently working on a new program including music by Albeniz, Domeniconi and Rawsthorne.
I love ensemble playing and perform regularly with Flautist Annette Negus as part of Reflections Flute and Guitar Duo. For more details visit
www.james-rippingale.co.uk
and
www.reflectionsmusic.co.uk
Hey Hey master Rippingale! Just so you know, I've just spent far too much money completely re-vamping the studio. I now have the ability to do everything and anything you could imagine. So (I know this was a while ago) if you still wanted to do a high quality location recording in a church, or anywhere else, I've got more than the facility to provide for you. Moreover - how come you tell me to come to a guitar festival when you're playing at big blue??? I'll be seeing you there my friend! Hope you're all happy and smiley! See you soon,
haha glad you liked it, hoes all the gigs go soph said they went well. when we gonna all go down the pub we ain't been in ages. i need to get my piano sorted out first it's still at my mums at the mo :o( proper miss it hope to see ya soon xxx
hey james!!! this is the first time that i have ever hurd you play!! your so talented james honestly i don't think that i have hurd classical guitar like that before i would love to play something with you (might take me while to get back into it i get very nervouse playing infront of ppl :o( ) xxx
Yeah Craig is a bit of a legend isn't he, he's an amazing guy. And I wish I could draw like he could :p In fact, I just wish I could draw full stop. My artistic talent is about as limited as a snapped crayon. Did you hear anymore about this party you mentioned?
oh i seeee. Bravo, mr. Rippingale,Bravo! I enjoyed your tracks immensely, oh, happy new year by the way. I trust you and the lady sophie had a delightful evening? See you soon for curry and splendid times. ps. I heard sexual chocolate might be coming back! Ha Hah! Tally-Ho!
How very insightful Mr Rippingale :p I know where you're coming from I guess! It's just as you know, I've always found it most hard trying to learn other peoples material, I've just tried to interpret work through it's influence on me and write as I feel after absorbing moods of pieces trying to make my own 'interpretation' if you like. Though yours is a tad more complex :p Anyway! I've got to get to work and sort stuff out for tonight! I wish you a very happy new year James! Send my regards to Sophie, take care of yourself!
So when you re-interpret this work, what do you do? Do you change the structures around? Sorry, I'm just really interested. That, and I want to know how to play that riff. It sounds hard. lol I've got two new instrumental prog explorations up - check them out if you find time, top two tracks.
As always James, I'm in awe of your musicianship. Are all these songs you've learnt? Or at some ones you've written? Or are they your interpretations of music? Or a mix of both? lol Anyway, I enjoyed all of them, though the last two were clear favorites, I'd probably say 'Download A Fancy' I enjoyed the most of all though. Really liked the riffs in that one - there was a nice harmonic section too, cant remember if it was that one or the song after, but ace. You'll have to show me that sometime :p Let us know about playing at your party?
