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Pat Foley |
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Pat Foley has featured as an on-stage guest for several of central Ohio’s Celtic music groups, playing at numerous venues throughout the area. He attributes these appearances to the great community shared by these bands and their members, and is grateful to all of them for quickly welcoming him into the larger family. Pat was fortunate enough to meet several of these musicians through the central Ohio session scene. Attracted to the bodhrán immediately, he started playing with much encouragement from his cousin Ed Norris of The Hooligans. While attending Wittenberg University in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio, Pat was able to devote much attention to his playing. It was during this time that he edged his way into the session scene, making certain that his bodhrán playing was complementary to other musicians. Largely self-taught, Pat believes he has gained influence from all drummers he has observed (particularly, Ed Norris, Ed Cotter Jnr., Tommy Hayes, Kevin Rice, Frank Torpey, John Joe Kelly, and Junior Davey). He strives to ‘play the tune’ as melodically as possible (for a percussionist) to enhance the music, while sometimes employing the deep driving sound that the bodhrán is famous/infamous for. Other percussion he plays include djembe and the bones (sparingly). Pat has also taken up the uilleann pipes to appreciate the ‘dilemma of the melody player.’ Studying for a year at the University of Limerick, Ireland in 2003/4, he was lucky enough to receive tuition from legendary piper Mick Coyne. He believes that learning the pipes gives him a greater understanding of traditional Irish music—but he says not to expect seeing him play them on-stage anytime soon!
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Pat’s bodhráns are made by:
Pat's Djembes are made by Mother Rhythm www.motherrhythm.com
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Bodhrán, Percussion
