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by buddhu
Wed Jul 21, 2010 5:09 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: Facebook help please?
Replies: 6
Views: 1164

Re: Facebook help please?

Thank you. I'll pass on the kind words. :)
by buddhu
Wed Jul 21, 2010 4:51 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: Facebook help please?
Replies: 6
Views: 1164

Facebook help please?

An artist friend is artist in residence at Hitchin's impending Rhythms of the World festival. I've got her set up with a Facebook page, but I'd like to get her a FB username so she can use a shorter address for her page on business cards etc. In order to qualify for a page username she must have mor...
by buddhu
Sat Jul 10, 2010 6:44 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: I Think I Might Have a Ghost...
Replies: 37
Views: 3050

Re: I Think I Might Have a Ghost...

Meh... Welcome to the club, n00b. Our beloved cat passed away at the end of May... Ha! That is actually a total red herring. Lindsey and I have had ghost cats for about 8 years. Exactly the same symptoms as you describe. Our cottage is a couple of hundred years old, so plenty of time for generations...
by buddhu
Fri Jul 09, 2010 2:12 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: Support a Great Charity (costs you nothing)
Replies: 3
Views: 477

Support a Great Charity (costs you nothing)

Hi all, My youngest daughter and her friends at uni have been making extraordinary efforts in support of a charity I have only recently heard of. The Harry Potter Alliance, as the name suggests, uses the fanbase of JK Rowling's character as a ready-made pool of charity activists. The bulk of support...
by buddhu
Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:07 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: New whistle: stepping up from Dixon Trad
Replies: 19
Views: 3731

Re: New whistle: stepping up from Dixon Trad

Get a plain old wooden-fipple Clarke. Best whistle on the planet, don't let the reasonable price scare you away. Be authentic, and play a REAL tin whistle! :) Yes, there's a place for the Clarke original, too. But it just doesn't have the bite and clarity that many people prefer. Takes too much air...
by buddhu
Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:58 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: New whistle: stepping up from Dixon Trad
Replies: 19
Views: 3731

Re: New whistle: stepping up from Dixon Trad

I'm really loving the Dixon Trad. With the Trad, my Freeman MellowDog and my Nickel Feadogs I have all the D whistles I'll ever need.

In fact, I'm gonna order Dixon Trads in all the other keys available. Such a nice whistle to play. :)
by buddhu
Fri Jul 02, 2010 3:26 am
Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
Topic: UK: Take action to repeal restrictive pub music regs
Replies: 0
Views: 1074

UK: Take action to repeal restrictive pub music regs

As many will be aware, the 2003 licensing act introduced stupid restrictions on the performance of live music in the UK. There are currently calls for these restrictions to be repealed. Please consider visiting the following pages on a UK government consultation site and adding your comments and vot...
by buddhu
Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:28 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Favorite type of tune ITM Smackdown.
Replies: 45
Views: 4688

Re: Favorite type of tune ITM Smackdown.

As I type this I haven't decided which way to vote... I don't play in full ITM sessions, I'm not good enough - but I do sometimes play in slow, beginner and informal tune/ballad sessions. In our regular shambolic song/tune session I think we have most fun with the hornpipes. They seem very accessibl...
by buddhu
Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:32 am
Forum: Traditional String Instruments
Topic: A Beginner's Guide to Accompanying a Session
Replies: 7
Views: 4223

Re: A Beginner's Guide to Accompanying a Session

Strewth, Al. That's a lot of work you've put in there.

Nice and clear. Good job. :thumbsup:
by buddhu
Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:20 am
Forum: Traditional String Instruments
Topic: The Scottish Mandolin Tutor by Dagger Gordon
Replies: 1
Views: 1485

Re: The Scottish Mandolin Tutor by Dagger Gordon

Sounds interesting, Dick.

I'd like to learn more Scottish music, so I may well give this a go.

Thanks for the tip.
by buddhu
Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:39 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Name this tune?
Replies: 7
Views: 1489

Re: Name this tune?

Years ago I heard a mandolin version of Bill Hart's that, IIRC, started in D and then went up a 5th to A. Might have been Eddie Furey... Might have been someone else...

Anyway, whoever it was, I've played it that way ever since.
by buddhu
Wed Jun 30, 2010 2:16 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: "The thumb mash tweak" a how to guide.
Replies: 10
Views: 2251

Re: "The thumb mash tweak" a how to guide.

Loosening the head with hot water can work on an Oak whistle - I did it on mine and it went ok. I don't recall it being particularly awkward, but that was a couple of years ago. Maybe they changed the glue.

Still don't like the whistle much though...
by buddhu
Mon Jun 28, 2010 9:24 am
Forum: Traditional String Instruments
Topic: Photo of your string instrument
Replies: 82
Views: 209491

Re: Photo of your string instrument

You lucky ... fella. Loving the Sobell and the Paragon!
by buddhu
Fri Jun 18, 2010 10:17 am
Forum: Irish Traditional Music Forum
Topic: Bodhrán Classes - Group or Private?
Replies: 21
Views: 5672

Re: Bodhrán Classes - Group or Private?

Yeh, David. South Luton is our local branch. Spitting distance from my village. I think St. Albans has one as well.