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I don't have any shame in assuming that I'm a beginner and that I'm a mediocre player. If that's the case then why would you want to have a loud flute? I know, you were just kidding. You expressed some dissatisfaction or disappointment with a great flute, that you bought at a great price. Some more...

Jem said: ...most of the names on the poll are not ones I'd think of quickly The players listed on the poll are exactly the people I'd think of in a list of this sort. Gary Shannon and Harry Bradley influenced me a lot too, but nobody so much as The Divine Catherine, aka The McEvoy Express. It would...

Nice clips!

Yes, Junior can play quite nicely.

Just as an aside- it really isn't Lord Ramsey. It's Lady Ramsey- four parts in D. Great tune. Great playing.

It's either Off she Goes, or Smash the Windows. I couldn't really tell from the clip but I'm pretty sure it's one of those two.
So now you have to learn both!

I've played this flute and was very surpised at just how good it is.
You'll never find a better Seery.
This one is a great player.
Great price too.

And where's Brendan's CD one might ask?

Up to its neck in nappies I suppose?

The world is better for containing both.

Hear hear. Very well said.

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Only while I'm working.

It's certainly possible to recognize the difficulty and complexity of something without having to try doing it, but trying it is revelatory. Absolutely. I know that Steampacket, who's been at this game longer than most people on this forum, and who is a very good player of pipes and flute, apprecia...

I agree with everybody. Do you all think that one should try to develop one's own style? Or that it is something that develops on its own? What I said about Micho's playing as being more like a concertina player -- he only meant with regard to the one tune that he was commenting on at the time, not ...

I accept both daiv's and rob's points. stone is as ever pedantically verbose and in need of an editor. I might read his posts through if they were more succinct. I do not think that the desire to develop one's own style is a part of the tradition. Sean nos is a thing apart from what we do. The name ...

This is a pretty silly thread. It's a tradition that emphasizes playing together but people are asking how to be unique. Is this an American thing? Rugged individual and all that? How not to be part of the social entity? Is it the lack of coherent style (as in, say, Sligo or Kerry) that means Americ...