There wasn't anything to do but just gut it out and play, using time-tested Zen mind-control techniques of projecting oneself somewhere very far away. I'd like to report that, as the performance got underway, te sound system improved.
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That was a first in this musician's professional career. But being ordered silent in front of a live audience by a stupendously incompetent soundman (whoĪllegedly taught Audio Science at a local institution of higher learning). Wow. You're getting paid, you're providing a service, just do the show, entertain the audience, pretend everything's groovy, smile, make your exit, don't takeĪnything personally, no matter how insulting or absurd. After three-and-a-half decades of playing music to live audiences in all sorts of venues, you become inured to the minor indignities of the As I attempted to let the soundman know of the state of the sound, he suddenly waved his arms, pointed his fingers at me with a bang-bang pistol gesture, and shouted across the field to "Stop!" and shut up - the implication being that any more communication from musicians onstage would incur even worse sound. The show was running late, so of necessity the soundcheck was abrupt, hurried and cursory, monitors simultaneously howling and groaning in both treble and bass registers. The scene was dismal: meager, passive crowd, bad food, rain on the darkening horizon, a score of small children running amok in front of the stage screaming and pounding each other with large rubber mallets distributed by some mischievous vendor as some sort of "heritage" artifact. And be a bonafide Public Boon.Įarlier this month I was about to perform at an outdoor festival in a small Pennsylvania town, both to remain un-named here. Sometimes the right tinwhistle can save your sanity. And having the right tinwhistle for the right occasion is no trifling matter. Something of little consequence or value in the larger scheme of life. It is possible there are some people yet roaming about in our world who think the tinwhistle is a small, insignficant thing. McCullough- Tin whistle legend- composer, playwright, author Also the perfect whistle to use to play along with a piper on a B set. The perfect whistle to use as an alternative to an E. And thank you for your work of connecting and supporting the strong whistle community in the States.Īuthor: Pat D'Arcy on the B Natural Aluminum (And on an exceedingly practical note, they don't clog up with spit in the middle of a set of tunes.) Thank you, Michael, for making instruments with care. What a joy it is to play Burke whistles! They are lightweight and comfortable to play, they have a clean and sweet sound, and they blend nicely with other instruments. Whistles don't get better than this.įrom Shannon Heaton of Suicra and Matt and Shannon HeatonĬD available on our website: Oil for the Chain I have recommended them to countless people, given them away to economically-challenged musician friends, and logged more time playing them than any from the Chiff & Fipple Secure Whistle Storage facility outside of Provo, Utah.
Since that time, I have actively collected Mike's whistles and own more of these, in the widest range of keys, than any other line of whistles. When I played my first Burke, I fell in love after about five seconds. "Mike Burke is one of the best whistle makers in the world!"Īs the Undisputed King of Internet Tinwhistle Journalism, I am blessed to own many, many whistles, including whistles from almost all makers. From Joanie Madden of Cherish the Ladies- World Champion on the Flute and Whistle, All Ireland Senior Champion on the whistle and in my opinion, the first Lady of Irish Music.
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