Fugli? That's just me.
It's a stage name (and a pen name), but not really a nickname. My
mundane name is Jeremy Fowler-Lindemulder, and at nine syllables that's
a real mouthful for a lot of people. Using the name Fugli brings it
down to two.
This
symbol is my faire music logo. The triquetra shapes represent the
trinity. The circles represent completeness (or fulfillment), and the
Cross represents Christ.
I have been a musician for many years, but I really got back into it
while working with Renaissance and Medieval faires in
my area. In many ways, they take me back to my childhood (no, not
literally).
Then we formed a praise team at church, and music became a sort of
rhythm of life. Music now feels a lot like prayer. Somewhere in there,
it seems natural that I began mixing the two.... and here I have a
video that offers a bit of explanation:
And so, you may find quite a lot of my music has the
certain folksy
quality associated with such events. I also have a couple of secular
CDs and a book with just faire material on them. If you're interested,
I have included them on my shopping page.
Here is a simple video rendition of me playing the first track form my
Shakespeare CD. The CD track, like most of them, is a bit more
elaborate in production, with an instrumental solo and vocal harmonies.
Here is a video selection of lyrics from my Broadsides
Book. The
"broadside tradition" dates back to even before the printing press was
first created. It was a way to purchase and share music before
recording technology was even possible. I the broadside concept a lot
in my faire music.
This is just plain old me
playing only the melody from
the first track of On the Woad (again). You might recognize the tune
from your hymnal.