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It was a pleasure to welcome Vince McCarthy (Vocals), Sean Keenaghan (Guitars), Kevin O'Brien (Bass) & Dave Hackett (Drums) of Hardcore band Ten Point Rule on to the show. Ten Point Rule were formed in 1998, played mostly in the Phoenix, and were part of a large underground punk/metal/hardcore scene. They recorded a 5 track CD 'Say my Name' EP in BPM studios in Douglas in April 1999 and launched it the following month in An Phoenix, one month before Dave, Seán and Kevin's Leaving Cert. It quickly sold out. In the interim of doing their exams and waiting for their results, the band went back into BPM studios in July '99 and recorded two tracks. However, due to lack of funds and the band amicably splitting up that same year, the tracks were never released. Myself, Howard & Evan chat to the lads, who are reunited for the first time in 25 years via Zoom, about the history of the band, the huge influence they unwittingly were to upcoming Irish Metal/HC bands and the re-release of 'Say My Name' EP with the two missing tracks. A unique episode in many ways I want to thank Ten Point Rule and Howard for organizing it and please 'SUBSCRIBE' to The Metal Cell YouTube channel! Thanks, Richie. All sales of the 'Say My Name' EP' will go to Corks Penny Dinners. Link to EP: https://tenpointrule.bandcamp.com/album/say-my-name-remastered
Sean & Dave talk about the upcoming sessions they will be doing together at the annual Florida School Plant Managers Association conference to be held in Orlando this coming September.12-14. You can find the link below. The sessions will be: Rock Stars of Cleaning Getting to WOW Luxury Vinyl Flooring - It is NOT VCT Microfiber - What, How, Why Carpet - What is Dry Extraction They talk about how many new faces will be seen at the 'Face-to-Face' conferences this fall. Dave and this podcast will also be traveling to the Missouri School Plant Management Association, MSPMA to be the voice of the conference there in Branson, the week following FSPMA...September 18-20. FSPMA Conference There is always more to the story. Find out what it is in this week's episode of Beyond Clean With GEM For educational videos on healthy and proactive cleaning, be sure to check out the Academy YouTube channel at Academy of Cleaning. Be sure to subscribe to your favorite podcast app so that you don't miss it or any other podcasts!
Sean & Dave talk about the upcoming sessions they will be doing together at the annual Florida School Plant Managers Association conference to be held in Orlando this coming September.12-14. You can find the link below. The sessions will be: Rock Stars of Cleaning Getting to WOW Luxury Vinyl Flooring - It is NOT VCT Microfiber - What, How, Why Carpet - What is Dry Extraction They talk about how many new faces will be seen at the 'Face-to-Face' conferences this fall. Dave and this podcast will also be traveling to the Missouri School Plant Management Association, MSPMA to be the voice of the conference there in Branson, the week following FSPMA...September 18-20. FSPMA Conference "Remember to keep your journey healthy, positive, and proactive." Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok www.AcademyofCleaning.com Subscribe, like, share or comment on our YouTube channel at Academy of Cleaning. Subscribe to us here, on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast from #BeyondCleanWithACE
New music and exciting life updates from Sean & Dave! This episode includes: 00:10 Sean & Dave Make Music Theme arranged, performed, and recorded by Dave Trum 04:18 Four Miniatures for Flute and Drum Kit by David Trum (Sean on flute, Dave on drums) 15:23 Juice by Lizzo arranged for beatbox flute by Sean Arawjo Purchase Sheet Music to this Juice arrangement here. 18:16 The Dollop: England and UK Theme by Gareth Reynolds and Sean Arawjo (Gareth on vocals, Sean on guitars, bass, and drums) Download a recording of the Dollop: UK Theme here. 21:26 Clip from The Todd Glass Show: "SURPRISE! Its Jeremiah Watkins!" episode posted on 11-1-19 (Sean on flute playing Imagine by John Lennon, Todd Glass, and Jeremiah Watkins on vocals) 26:44 Adrift on the Seventh Sea by Sean Arawjo and David Trum Purchase Sheet Music to Adrift on the Seventh Sea here. 31:30 Cycling on South Street (Sean on flute, ukulele, and percussion, Dave on bass and percussion) 35:16 Sean & Dave Make Music Theme arranged, performed, and recorded by Dave Trum Check out our other episodes, Subscribe, Rate, and Review us on iTunes, and follow us on Facebook and Instagram!
In this episode of the Improvement Project Podcast, Sean & Dave discuss something that most people tend to find super difficult to maintain - New Year's Resolutions. We've all tried them and tried again after failing, and then tried again because very few people actually succeed. We've taken a slightly different approach on this episode by offering our opinion on the topic, instead of our advice. However, we do share some tips we've tried and some of them have worked, but will they work for you? Full episode details - www.improvementproject.co.uk/007
Sean & Dave discuss the main distraction, but potentially the most useful tool in our lives - technology. Our lives have adapted incredibly well to the advances in tech, but can we keep up? Is it time to take a step back and avoid the unnecessary gadgets? We live in the fear of being left behind, but perhaps we need to put on the brakes and be content in what we have. Some of the big questions are being answered here - listen in to find out more. Full episode details here - www.improvementproject.co.uk/005
Our friends illumine join us this month to chat and present new works from our Eternal/Ephemeral concert series in June. illumine is: Kaitlyn Waterson (Mezzo-Soprano), David Brown (Violin), and Jodie Levine Brown (Piano). David Brown arranged this month's theme and brilliantly incorporated themes from Sean and Dave's pieces (in addition to his own). Tune in to part two to hear how those themes develop! Find out more about illumine here. This episode includes: 0:00 S&DMM+Illumine Theme - Arr. David Mathew Brown (2018) 05:17 Improvisation - Illumine, Sean & Dave - Rainy, in C 07:27 Improvisation - Illumine, Sean & Dave - Reggae, in F# 18:17 Opposite Day – David Matthew Brown (2014) text, respectively, by Emily Dickinson, Robert Burns, an anonymous source, and the US Constitutional Committee of Style and Arrangement I: I Felt a Funeral in my Brain Brazenly opposing the text from the outset, Dickinson’s poem of agony and despair is bastardized by simple joyousness and frivolity. Listen for: •Shameless representations of laughter (ie. high registral piano, violin trills, and onomatopoeic laughter in the vocal part) •”Anti-Text Painting”: When the word is “down,” the music goes up; “beating” is represented by music box sounds, and “silence” is… definitively not silent •The use of the violin as an accompaniment instrument TEXT I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,And Mourners to and froKept treading – treading – till it seemedThat Sense was breaking through And when they all were seated,A Service, like a DrumKept beating – beating – till I thoughtMy mind was going numb And then I heard them lift a BoxAnd creak across my SoulWith those same Boots of Lead, again,Then Space – began to toll, As all the Heavens were a Bell,And Being, but an Ear,And I, and Silence, some strange Race,Wrecked, solitary, here And then a Plank in Reason, broke,And I dropped down, and downAnd hit a World, at every plunge,And Finished knowing – then II: A Red, Red Rose As sweet and romantic as the Dickinson poem is dark, Burns’ text is expressed through mechanical-sounding, unemotional, and sometimes atonal rigidity. Imagine a robot trying (and FAILING) to express love. Listen for: •A rigid vocal line, designed to obstruct expressiveness •”Sweetly played in tune,” which ends in an especially dissonant chord •Repetitive statements of “Dies Irae,” the most popular medieval doomsday chant TEXT O my Luve is like a red, red roseThat’s newly sprung in June;O my Luve is like the melodyThat’s sweetly played in tune. So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,So deep in luve am I;And I will luve thee still, my dear,Till a’ the seas gang dry. Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;I will love thee still, my dear,While the sands o’ life shall run. And fare thee weel, my only luve!And fare thee weel awhile!And I will come again, my luve,Though it were ten thousand mile. III: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe This dopey children’s rhyme – the inspiration behind Opposite Day – is performed with severity and needless drama. Listen for: •Relationships between the opening violin line and both the main vocal theme and “Catch a tiger…” violin part •Depth and gravity provided by the piano tremolo on low B-flats •Sweeping piano figures and melismatic vocal/violin lines, behaving as though the “Catch a tiger…” text is something profound •Recitativo on “My mother…” for added drama TEXT Eeny, meeny, miny, moe,Catch a tiger by the toe.If he hollers, let him go,Eeny, meeny, miny, moe. My mother says to pick the very best one,and that is Y-O-U! IV: The Preamble to the US Constitution Perhaps all of this irreverence could be remedied with a little patriotism. Listen for: •Again, frequent use of the violin as accompaniment – even omitting the piano for an extended section •A quote from the beginning of Gustav Mahler’s 1st symphony (played in piano chords), and a chord progression inspired by Anton Bruckner’s 4th – referencing two red-blooded American composers •Our National Anthem. Definitely. TEXT We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. 42:25 Improvisation - Illumine, Sean & Dave - "Old men, old friends sit on a park bench like book ends" 45:02 Improvisation - Frolicsome, in A 1:02:48 The Chimes of the Golden House – David Matthew Brown (2018)text by the composer In honor of the composer’s recently deceased grandparents, I. Eagle & Rita D. Levine, “Chimes” is a poetic tribute to their unconventional union that resulted in a large, joyous, and musical family. Adorning the house in which Eagle and Rita raised and partially raised their grandchildren, was a collection of 8-day mechanical clocks – each of which chimed at contrasting intervals and pitches. This, paired with Rita’s gilded decor aesthetic, was the atmosphere in which so many lifelong memories and relationships were established – and from which so much music originated. Listen for: •Three distinct chimes: the Westminster chime of the steel tongue drum, the shrill chime of the triangle, and the oscillating chime of the piano •A structure bookended by joyousness and rhythm, representing the energy of the house – and later, that of those homes belonging to Eagle’s and Rita’s descendants (“descendants of the vintage melody”) •The static atmosphere created and in spite of dense orchestration during the line, “As dust, suspended…” •A short fugue, leading up to the word, “counterpoint,” as the voice narrates – according to the poem – the entrance of each instrument, relevant to the instruments played by the family •The use of the wooden backs of the drum mallets to create a colder, more stark effect during, “Stark bell tones…” •The espressivo piano solo that concludes the piece, representing the composer’s mother (illumine pianist, Jodie), who – through her parents’ passing – inherits the mantle of matriarch. This is followed by eight bell tones for the eight grandchildren who grew up in the “Golden House” TEXT Music begins as the hour is struck. Offset by age, a chorus of metal voices enters the discordant song of the inevitable. The heartbeat of the house tolls with many perspectives – some over, and others understated. Together, they are unlikely but beautiful. Unfettered by the perpetuity of the song, its audience – young and old, at play and at work – live joyously within its realm. As dust, suspended in rays of sun through the window, a timeless serenity exists between the hours. Deep, golden afternoons could be memories or dreams – vivid sentiments of an ethereal world. If not for the swing of the pendulum, surely no time would pass. And in this, the meaning of the song is obscured – for time does pass, and the song becomes increasingly beautiful. A piano joins, its own distinguished peal harmonizing – enlightening its predecessors. It beckons a procession of fiddles, then flutes, each bestowing new vitality – new meaning to the venerable music. Enshrouded in a benevolent counterpoint, the song achieves the impossible. So many years later, the instruments have departed from a house devoid of its once gilded hue. Stark bell tones now herald the hour in the predictable synchrony of solitude. And yet, they are the heartbeats of new homes, each with its own unlikely, beautiful perspectives and colors. Descendants of the vintage melody revel as in olden times, enchanted by nostalgia. The pendulum swings; voices come and go – but the chimes of the golden house are eternal. 1:13:54 S&DMM+Illumine Theme - Arr. David Mathew Brown (2018)
In this episode, Matt, Sean Dave, Jon Jo and Mark talk Stag dos in Hamburg, Venom, Batman vs Superman , DC and baldy dubbed over swear words. Don't forget that all Geek Pride Podcasts, including this one and Pitch, Please! can be found on Itunes, Google Play, youtube and our website for download. If you would like to see live streamed podcasts, then please check out our Facebook, Youtube and Twitch channels Http://www.youtube.com/geekpridetv http://www.facebook.com/geekpride1 http://www.twitch.com/geekpridetv