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Michael Romkey - solo

About Me

Michael Romkey of the Barley House Band is presented the Bernard A. Gilhooly Award by Kelly Gilhooly of Davenport during Irish Heritage Day on Sunday, March 16, at Isle of Capri in Bettendorf. Every year the award is presented to someone who promotes Irish culture. The St. Patrick Society cited his energies and efforts to expand Irish music through venues such as the River City Radio Hour, iTunes podcasts and the Barley House Band as having a positive influence in the preservation of Irish music.


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Member Since: 24/03/2007
Band Website: www.barleyhouseband.com www.thevampire.com
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My Blog

Storming the Loop

My technique:1. Stay in the fast lane. 2. Play bluegrass music. (Nickel Creek or Bill Monroe are effective against city vibes.) Crank up the volume.3. Check into the hotel.4. Go to your room, lock the...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:33:00 GMT

Channeling Lawrence Welk and Bill Monroe

Now that we're booking more shows and putting together a radio program, my approach to music is undergoing a change. Well, not my approach to music maybe, but my approach to the business end of music....
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:17:00 GMT

Tuesday Don’t Come Here No More

Tuesday don't come here no more,Perhaps she's changed her name.There was a time and a placeShe was always with us.And it feels so strangeNot to see her face.Summer don't know me no more,Forgot my name...
Posted by on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:36:00 GMT

Is it rolling, Bob?

I'm thinking about taking the intro to recording class at the RME and learn how some of the mics and compressors and whatnot I've bought in the past year actually work. Guesswork can only get you so f...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:33:00 GMT

Getting the YouTube thing going

Well, my blog works today. That's a plus! It's freaking snowing again. At least if fills the potholes.
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:48:00 GMT

Making movies

I just figured out ... kind of ... how to shoot a video with webcam and post it here. Seems kind of weird. I had to import it into iMovie and convert it from the iCam format or something. Which will a...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 20:37:00 GMT

MAS strikes again

I've been spending a lot of time -- too much time! -- reading the mandolin classified at Mandoline Cafe. I have a jones to buy a used F5-L that I'm trying to keep at bay. Can't get a good bluegrass ba...
Posted by on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:18:00 GMT

Draining the swamp

It rained cats and dogs last week, and as usually happens when there's a prolonged downpour, we got a bunch of water in the basement. So I got the cases up off the floor and carted sundry instruments ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:08:00 GMT

Wrestling with MySpace

OK, here we are, back and mMySpace, trying to get all this stuff configured. The ultimate goal is add more music and make it look OK. Oh, yeah, and then connect with some of my friends and favorite mu...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:56:00 GMT

Phase one down

OK, got reregistered as a band so I can post tunes, got the blog thing working, I think, and uploaded some pictures. Think I'll leave messing with the page's look for another day.
Posted by on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:33:00 GMT