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Hot Jam Doughnut

by Thomas Kendall

I wrote this tune with my 4 piece bluegrass/old time band ‘The KnottFamily Band’ in mind. I envisaged it as having a contemporary string band style arrangement, but it would probably adapt well to other genres. It wasn’t a deliberate act of composition, rather the product of some errant melody hunting one afternoon. I’ve found that when I sit down purposefully to write music, that’s exactly when it doesn’t happen. I can only gather that the muse prefers to be seen in the periphery. When I had the whole thing, I remember thinking something along the lines of ‘got it,’ like I’d caught some shimmering fish. One just landed in my lap that day. I took it to the band, they named it Hot Jam Donut and that was that. The chords are merely a suggestion.

Composed in 2016.

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Melbourne Tune Collection records and publishes original folk tunes and songs from around Australia.

I started this project after realising that I barely knew any Australian folk tunes, even though I’ve been playing the fiddle for almost two decades. It wasn’t that Australians weren’t writing tunes, it’s just that there was limited publishing opportunities for them.

I thought maybe if I collect these tunes and put them together, they would have a better chance of getting played. So in early 2019 I set off with my camera and recorder, first around Melbourne, then across Australia.

This site is the result of these travels. Its purpose is to make Australian folk music as accessible as possible and promote the incredible music that’s being written today. I genuinely believe that there’s something special happening in the Melbourne and Australian folk music scenes right now.

I hope you enjoy playing through these tunes as much as I have!

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