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I'm not seeing anything in the archives. Hopefully that will come soon! Good stuff, indeed.

I.D.10-t wrote:
How do you waste your time?

Thusly.

And in march the copycats, starting with Casey Kasem's wife throwing meat at his daughter:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/02/showbiz/c ... ?hpt=hp_t3

It's definitely not an American trying to improve Irish trad. Just an American trying to wring out as much time playing music as possible while the fingers will still move. :) Yeah, maybe that concept has had quite enough air time. It's our own playing we're all trying to improve, no? I'm still an ...

If you're in Kinsale, there used to be a famous session at The Spaniard, Scilly. I have no other information than that, though. Kinsale is a beautiful place, and there are definitely sessions around there. You'd find one, I'm sure. I stayed across the street from the Spaniard last April, and droppe...

Sounds more like a long roll than a tap to me. The birl does produce three discernible notes, I believe --- a treble effect.

On flute, I'm not hearing much difference between that sliding birl (which is awkward for me) and a deliberately-played long roll, which is very easily done.

No, they only come unflavoured.

Sorry, you misunderstand. I have dealt with both (or actually all three) David O'Briens.

My blackwood Rovers are from the Canadian. The flute is from the father/son team in County Clare.

Yes, different David O'Briens, from different parts of the world. Whistles: http://www.obrienwhistles.com/ Flutes: http://traditionalirishflutes.com/ Odd that they became two of my favorite instruments, in spite of sending me back to the woodshed for a bit. :lol: I've been surprised that O'Brien flu...

Interesting you should say that, as my D body wants a C fingering of OXOXOX, (or similar, keeping T3 vented). This took a bit of adjusting to, but it turned out well as my David O'Brien flute prefers the same.

Just finished a 'wow!' book called ' Minding Frankie' , by the great Irish author Maeve Binchy. A few years ago, I read ' The Evening Class ', and I have also read a few short stories, including 'The Return Journey'. Every one was an inspiration! Generally, I'm not much for fiction, but I'm now a fa...

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And who are we to suggest a causal relationship?

It's available on Amazon as well. I just picked it up, and am listening now. Really great, inspiring stuff. I was fortunate enough to attend her class at last year's Flute Meeting in Ballyvourney. Delightful person, fine teacher, and (of course) a monster player. Hadn't heard her piping before, thou...

Seamus Egan guests on this great album by banjo-player Stephen Wade:

http://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Parlor-St ... B0000012F0

I rue the day I put a set of flatwound 'Chromes' on my old Supertone acoustic archtop guitar, (a great swing-jazz rhythm box). But I recall it being a Thursday, and I always rue Thursdays. Flatwounds are great on my electric jazz guitar, but they're not what I'd call versatile. They just sound reall...