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laulan

About Me

i am not a band....... but this is about me as a musician, a person and an 'artist'..................................music is in and around all of my life which i live unconventionally. no mortgage, few savings, little chance of children or marriage but lots of love and passion and belief. made the break from the classical notation based musical world of my upbringing to write songs and finally express myself with great relief and pleasure. no longer caring whether my voice sounds good, singing is about being myself and accepting myself which i do daily more and more. ................................i trained as a harpsichordist and medieval harpist in switzerland which changed and shaped my life in more ways than i can tell you; from baking swiss christmas biscuits (guetzli) to speaking 3 languages (not well enough to get a job with them though) to getting itchy feet to be back in a foreign land as soon as possible. only when all your language has been stripped away can you be truly yourself. that's when things start to get interesting.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 14/12/2005
Band Members: laulan: harp, voice, percussion, piano, harpsichord, miscellaneous ....................... sometimes add peyronelle: fiddles of various kinds
Influences: medieval art, medieval music, medieval languages, medieval manuscripts, irish folk music, spanish folk music, french folk music, english folk songs, chansons, trouveres, jacques brel, georges brassens, francoise hardy, james yorkston, jeff buckley, tim buckley, neil young, nick drake, peyronelle, joni mitchell, alasdair roberts, scott walker, glen campbell, emmylou harris, gillian welch, dresden dolls, regina spektor, chopin, mozart, bach, the capriol suite by warlock, bluegrass, harps, banjos, concertinas, harpsichords, renaissance music, frottole, italian, french, german, western swing
Sounds Like: a girl with her harp and maybe her melodeon occasionally or her harpsichord; a few beeps and a friendly french fiddle player may join in....
Record Label: i play on some medieval albums, harmonia mundi
Type of Label: Major

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