What I like about the Irish music that I play is the relaxed atmosphere it brings. It's music for drinking, dancing and partying. Pour a pint and enjoy yourself, it's pub music. My band is actually considering sticking the small tune from Bilbo's Birthday Party into our repetoire.
Irish music has the friendliness of hobbits, and at the same time a well played pipe or whistle tune can change the character of them music completely, and then you've got Frodo standing on some mountaintop in the middle of the Emyn Muil feeling very lost and alone.
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