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by thirdfipple
Wed Jul 19, 2006 8:29 pm
Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
Topic: Any serious bodhran players?
Replies: 12
Views: 2993

you will get...

more input if you go to:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/Bodhrandojo/

obviously it is a group dedicated to bodhran...it is pretty active


FWIW i am a newbie at bodhran and i purchased a Metloef a pretty good instrument
by thirdfipple
Sun Feb 19, 2006 5:29 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Never Never Never!
Replies: 28
Views: 4083

Re: Never Never Never!

amar wrote:you forgot one thing.
you might flick the spit into someone's face this way too..

uhmm and your point is?

(duckin' and runnin')
by thirdfipple
Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:33 pm
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: St.Louis April 1/2 - Peadar O'Laughlin and more
Replies: 5
Views: 853

help

Would anyone know how to contact Chris Weddle, of the staff, before the Tionol?
by thirdfipple
Thu Feb 09, 2006 7:57 pm
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: Digital Devices for Recording Tunes at Sessions & Concer
Replies: 10
Views: 1860

HMMM

I did have to download software from the Olympus site to get my DM 20 to work on my Mac(software included did not work), but after that it works fine.
Note the difference between the DS 2 and the DM 20

ymmv
by thirdfipple
Thu Feb 02, 2006 6:56 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: fingers stiff
Replies: 31
Views: 5241

hmmm

you might consider some stretching and warmup exercises for any sensitive areas before you start.

consider icing any areas where you have problems after you are done. little paper cups filled with water and frozen are handy and cheap, massage it over the area for about 20 minutes
by thirdfipple
Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:39 pm
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: Sinuses & flute playing
Replies: 30
Views: 4137

hmmm

I am going to take a guess, but it is only a guess FWIW. When you play the flute you are using those muscles in your face a lot more that you normally would leading to increased blood flow to those areas. It is possible there is a slight but important 'swelling' that would result from this blood flo...
by thirdfipple
Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:30 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: the low whistle & gravity
Replies: 17
Views: 2718

hmmm

Like a flute in the top hand (left). The whistle is cradled on the third phalange of the first finger, the fingers curl over the top to contact the holes. The left thumb exerts just enough pressure to 'hold' the whistle steady. Beak approx 1/4" into lips. Right little finger lightly touching th...
by thirdfipple
Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:37 pm
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: Digital Devices for Recording Tunes at Sessions & Concer
Replies: 10
Views: 1860

digital schmigital

moi aussi on the DM 20, go ahead and get a good mike if you want really high quality

but as previously noted there are several threads on this, look for uhmm R-1 and I forget the name of the other digital recorder
by thirdfipple
Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:22 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: Those Most Unlikely .......
Replies: 25
Views: 1688

always thought Babe Ruth's appearance did not match his prowess.

uhmm more to my heart


Lyle Lovett with Julia Roberts, got my hopes up for a bit for us run-of-the-mill visages, down in flames...sigh

Course the fact that he is quite the entertainer and I am not was irrelavent!
by thirdfipple
Sat Jan 28, 2006 12:12 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: Sinéad O'Connor's new reggae album
Replies: 10
Views: 854

hmmm

I must confess, I clicked on this thread desperately hoping to see a picture of Ms. O'Connor with dreadlocks. A kind of karmic yang to her ying shaved head days. Sorry I am easily distracted, carry on.
by thirdfipple
Fri Jan 27, 2006 9:14 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: A New Storm on Saturn
Replies: 8
Views: 638

and i was just getting used to the old storm....
by thirdfipple
Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:42 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Beginner Question
Replies: 30
Views: 3990

well

Lambchop surely the beta version will also have mountings for the ear buds from the ipod, in addition to a fitting from which which to hang the cd remote control uhmm does this mean i get a cut of the action? please donate my share to the Wisely Wishful Whistling Wowsers (W4) foundation, a 501Z3 cou...
by thirdfipple
Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:21 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Happy Birthday John Belushi (and me)
Replies: 14
Views: 1737

hmmm

Joyous Natal Day!
by thirdfipple
Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:58 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: has anyone ever used their whistle for evil?
Replies: 42
Views: 9140

uhhhmm

The beagle is not thrilled with my 'virtuosity'. If I persist, especially in the 2nd register she leaves the room....time to pull the milk and oreos out (alone at last!). Mans gotta do what a mans gotta do. Excuse me while i dunk.....
by thirdfipple
Sun Jan 22, 2006 9:36 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: Your favorite smell
Replies: 63
Views: 3833

ok

along with my beagles

libraries; old, cavernous, filled with original volumes for the past 100 years