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    Compositions by Dan Gurney

    USA250

    It’s a great honor to be asked to compose new tunes by the Irish Traditional Music Archive. To be honest it’s something I wouldn’t have done without the push and now that I’ve gotten into it, I have to say I’ve really enjoyed the process. Some people have tunes arrive in their head unexpectedly, or occur to them while out for a walk in the woods, but for me I have to formally sit down and say “I will try to write a tune now.” I found that at first the ideas were generally weak but as I got into a habit, things got easier. Needless to say most of the tunes I wrote for this project ended up on the cutting room floor but I selected these five as hopefully the best of the bunch. Whether they are good or bad I will leave up to the listener!