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Genre: Alternative / Experimental / Folk
Location Galway, IE
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Last Login: 11/28/2011
Member Since 11/2/2006
Website ronanbrowne.com
Record Label Claddagh Records
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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. At the ..tender age of seven.., I was told I was to play the ..uilleann pipes... Not knowing anyone else my age doing that at the time, I was quite surprised and not terribly enthusiastic. .. Over three decades later I am a very happy lad indeed. I have close friends the world over and have visited every continent except Antarctica – ..all thanks to a little bag of sticks, seven reeds and some very smart parents!.. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. I was taken under the various wings of the ..old masters.. who showed me quickly what was nice - and what wasn’t! While my heart is most definitely set on playing ..old flat pitch uilleann pipes.. (often with ..Peter O'Loughlin..), I love to throw myself headlong into anything new which comes along. I have been involved in over ..75 album recordings.. since my first venture into the studio in 1982 and have collaborated with many top artists playing ..traditional Irish music, classical, pop, jazz and country... .. .. .. As well as playing ..pipes.., ..flute.. and ..whistle.., I make up tunes for.. film and television ..all on my own, creating strange (and sometimes very loud) sounds on computers in my recording studio ..An Tubar Fuaime... My music has appeared in many Hollywood films including ..Circle of Friends.., ..Rob Roy.., ..The Secret of Roan Inish.. and ..The Gangs of New York... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. To non-musicians I am best known for my membership of the diminutive cult super-group ..CRAN.. and as the original piper with both ..Riverdance.. and the ..Afro Celt Sound System... .. I live in ..Conamara.. in the west of Ireland in a lovely bright dry house with my wife, son and daughter, some small wild cats, a few foxes and pheasants, a huge heron and a herd of hares. It has recently been put about that I may be the ..tallest Leprechaun in the world.., almost twice the height of Ireland’s smallest piper! I like to eat ..ice cream.. and to go ..flippering.. in the sea on hot days. ..
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.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Some of the CDs I've worked on over the years.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..1987 RTE Cúrsaí – some interesting early versions of quite a few of us..... .. .. ..Cormac Breathnach, Damien Quinn, Me, Gerry (Banjo) O'Connor, Steve White, Steve Cooney and Niall O Callanáin playing Steve Cooney's "Andes Tune" .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Urban Air with Jerry Douglas and Donald Shaw from TS2.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Some nice pics of Scotland with yours truly as the soundtrack..
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..MacCrimmon's Lament - Martyn Bennett .. .. Martyn was a ray of light who I only met once, in Brest in the mid 90's at an AfroCelt gig when we shared a stage together. He warmed my life up that night. I never met him again but I have never stopped listening to his music. The brightest stars are often taken too soon - if there is a god, it must be a very cross one, to take Martyn away when he was having so much fun. .. .. .. .. .. ..
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...then you must learn the Truckley-Howl .. .. .. .. .. .. the poor aul Picts: .. .. .. .. .. ..

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Jan 31

Ronan Browne

I funded Seán Tyrrell's The Walker Of The Snow CD project - check it out at http://lnk.ms/Z2pbk

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All ProTools users: HELP!!! Please vote 4 this essential feature (Auto-Solo for playlist comping): http://lnk.ms/YSRMV Tnx X 100000

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Bio:

At the tender age of seven, I was told I was to play the uilleann pipes. Not knowing anyone else my age doing that at the time, I was quite surprised and not terribly enthusiastic.

Over three decades later I am a very happy lad indeed. I have close friends the world over and have visited every continent except Antarctica – all thanks to a little bag of sticks, seven reeds and some very smart parents!

I was taken under the various wings of the old masters who showed me quickly what was nice - and what wasn’t! While my heart is most definitely set on playing old flat pitch uilleann pipes (often with Peter O'Loughlin), I love to throw myself headlong into anything new which comes along. I have been involved in over 75 album recordings since my first venture into the studio in 1982 and have collaborated with many top artists playing traditional Irish music, classical, pop, jazz and country.

As well as playing pipes, flute and whistle, I make up tunes for film and television all on my own, creating strange (and sometimes very loud) sounds on computers in my recording studio An Tubar Fuaime. My music has appeared in many Hollywood films including Circle of Friends, Rob Roy, The Secret of Roan Inish and The Gangs of New York.

To non-musicians I am best known for my membership of the diminutive cult super-group CRAN and as the original piper with both Riverdance and the Afro Celt Sound System.

I live in Conamara in the west of Ireland in a lovely bright dry house with my wife, son and daughter, some small wild cats, a few foxes and pheasants, a huge heron and a herd of hares. It has recently been put about that I may be the tallest Leprechaun in the world, almost twice the height of Ireland’s smallest piper! I like to eat ice cream and to go flippering in the sea on hot days.

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November 02, 2006

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Some of the CDs I've worked on over the years

1987 RTE Cúrsaí – some interesting early versions of quite a few of us...

Cormac Breathnach, Damien Quinn, Me, Gerry (Banjo) O'Connor, Steve White, Steve Cooney and Niall O Callanáin playing Steve Cooney's "Andes Tune"

Urban Air with Jerry Douglas and Donald Shaw from TS2

Some nice pics of Scotland with yours truly as the soundtrack

Influences:

MacCrimmon's Lament - Martyn Bennett

Martyn was a ray of light who I only met once, in Brest in the mid 90's at an AfroCelt gig when we shared a stage together. He warmed my life up that night. I never met him again but I have never stopped listening to his music. The brightest stars are often taken too soon - if there is a god, it must be a very cross one, to take Martyn away when he was having so much fun.