A "where to find" music question re: waulking song An Coire Riabhach

[CeilidhDoc]

So I am posting this here on the off chance that somebody can point me in the right direction.

I recently had the pleasure of watching Seachd for the first time, and really enjoyed it. The film has an excellent soundtrack as well. In particular, there is a very moving rendition of the waulking song An Coire Riabhach on the soundtrack and I would love to have a copy of it for my own use.

After some research I found that the film did have a soundtrack but the CD is no longer in production, and is also not available on iTunes. I did some more research after striking out for a second hand copy at the usual suspects (ebay, etc) and found that the composer for the score seems to have posted the album on the free music lib website (Yay!) but that this song in particular, among a couple of others, seems to be broken/corrupted or for some other reason is not able to be downloaded (Boo!).

So what I am wondering is if anyone has another source for this album either on CD or digital copy, or another way of getting that particular recording of An Coire Riabhach as I have found a number of other versions but none that I like as much as the version used in the film Seachd.

As always, thanks for reading and I greatly appreciate any information you may have to give.

Slainte and moran taing!

[sydnie7]

You can listen to it streaming on this site. I think there are ways to capture streaming audio? but not sure, with luck you already know or can find the answer easily enough.

[TheOfficialBren]

DO NOT CAPTURE STREAMING AUDIO!!! THAT IS STEALING!!!

Most artists do NOT make any money at all.

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[sydnie7]

Well perhaps the OP can contact Jim Sutherland through his website and find out how/where, if anywhere, to legitimately purchase the music he seeks?

[CeilidhDoc]

Thanks for the tips all. In a worst case scenario I suppose I could capture a streaming audio and send Jim Sutherland $. He has a "Donate" button on the free music Lib page for his album so I could always just send him the going rate if I had to resort to that.

I agree TOB about making sure artists get paid for their work. The trouble comes into play when you are trying actively to pay them legitimately for their work that you appreciate but are unable to do so as there is no legitimate route through which to obtain it and pay them... sigh. You would think that artists wanting to be paid for their efforts would make it easier for potential clients / patrons / fans to do so.

I do appreciate the efforts though folks.

Slainte

[CeilidhDoc]

As an addition, I did indeed shoot off an email to the artist. We will see if I get a reply. If so, I will let you all know what he says.

[TheOfficialBren]

Sometimes artists do not want to make their work available for you to own a copy but merely wish to exhibit it. That is their right (barring unusual circumstances).

Thank you for wanting to pay the artist for his hard work and for not assuming that he would be okay with you ripping the music from a streaming source then paying after the fact. It's hard enough as it is. Shooting him an email first is tops in my book, mate!

[CeilidhDoc]

Just as an update, he never got back to me. So I'm still searching if anyone has a source.

Slainte

[jhockin]

Have you tried searching sites like YouTube? ( waukling songs , or Gaelic waukling songs, or Scots Gaelic waukling songs)?

[CeilidhDoc]

Not yet... but on purpose.

I'm trying to exhaust my legitimate routes of purchase prior to resorting to capturing a download for an audio file then sending the artist a self-selected donation I imagine would cover it.

Slainte