Connecting My Project To My Art Definition

My completee definition of art is a form of abstract expression (and abstract doesn't mean surreal) that requires a certain amount of skill to carry out the form of it. Something that takes time and patience. It doesn't have to have a meaning. An example of "Not Art" is a painting done in 5 minutes (unless it gets a certain reaction out of people, like in the beatnik era) or a painting done by somone that has not worked on techniqe at all. Something not really creative, hacked up and half-assed.

My recording is a two song series of traditional Celtic tunes and songs. They are not original, but in that field of art, the craft is to create one's own interpretation and arrangement of them. They are also a demonstration of the craft of recording an arrangement in a strategic way.
Celtic music is interpreted differently by people. The moods of the melodies and lyrics are passionate, mellow, angry, happy, sad, whatever. It is mythical and can be historical. These two particular pieces I chose are a set of two dance tunes, and a song in Scots. A lot of Scottish songs, I find are sort of melencholy, but I don't know why. The song "Gloomy Winter" is actuallya love song and expresses feeling in nature, which is a Celtic value.

The most difficult part of this project for me so far has been computers. I've had a difficult time with uploading mp3 files onto anywhere. But to talk about a challenge I actually have gotten over, the second most difficult part of the project was recording "Gloomy Winter": Lining up the tracks so that they fit with each other, and also making sure that the atmosphere around me was still and quiet. It's hard to record voice tracks because they're alive and have their own personalities to harness. Getting over this challenge was having to record over and over again.