Category: Cause

Frances Black in the Olympia

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I had the pleasure of playing in the Olympia theatre last night with Frances Black at the "stars turn out for Gaza" concert. A great night and it was lovely to meet people I have played with over the years including Paul Brady & Brian Kennedy.

My coffee saviour

Posted on by James Blennerhassett in Cause, celtic, Coffee, driving, happiness, Inspiration, Ireland, Irish, james blennerhassett, Story

I make no bones about it, I am a coffee snob..so there! I love a coffee break whilst driving on speed trap infested Irish roads, it should be a welcome respite from watching the speedo and trying to spot the inevitable van tucked into the ditch but how many times have you pulled into a … Continue reading My coffee saviour →

Help!!!!

Posted on by James Blennerhassett in Artist, Audiobooks, Band, bass, Bass session, Books, Cause, celtic, classical music, Comedy, Composition, Digital Performer, double bass, driving, Fairytale, Film scoring, happiness, Inspiration, Ireland, Irish, james blennerhassett, Literature, music, Musical theatre, NS Stick, phil jones pure sound, photography, recording session, Sandberg bass, smiles, Story, Swing, Talent, Uncategorized

Trying to put together a short video to tell you all about our forthcoming Third Eye Audio illustrated Fairytale series. So difficult to get it into 3 mins. Help...please 🙂

This is a preview of the music for the story of “Layliana”

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This is a preview of the music for the story of "Layliana", the first in a series of Fairytales  (Books with Graphic audio and Illustrations)  by James & Susan Blennerhassett & Vitya Malirsh which will be published later this year. I will be starting a Fundit campaign shortly to help us get the first two … Continue reading This is a preview of the music for the story of “Layliana” →

More of the 4 Bs with Tommy G…Gorman that is!

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Three generations of Blennerhassetts on stage together

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Had the great pleasure of playing on stage together with my mother and two daughters, accompanied by Kieran Quinn on piano and Ken Mc Donald on percussion at the Sligo Grammar school concert for the Northwest hospice on Saturday night at the Knocknarea arena in Sligo. We played a piece of original music called " … Continue reading Three generations of Blennerhassetts on stage together →

Phil Jones Bass amps

Posted on by James Blennerhassett in Artist, Band, bass, Bass session, Cause, celtic, Composition, double bass, Gig, happiness, Hotel, Inspiration, Ireland, Irish, james blennerhassett, live concert, Live Gig, music, phil jones pure sound, Sandberg bass, smiles, Story, Swing, Talent, Television, Uncategorized, Video

I used this Phil Jones Bass Rig at the concert in Roscommon for the "Join our Boys" campaign. Don't know why nobody ever thought of having some speakers in a bass rig pointing straight up at the player, I can actually hear what I'm playing without having to turn up to ridiculous volume. It's the … Continue reading Phil Jones Bass amps →