Which singers tone would make a great Uilleann chanter?

Irish Terrier · Post by **Irish Terrier** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 8:37 am

I think the Canadian beauty Shania Twaine’s

voice if replicated for tone would make a fabulous Uilleann pipe chanter. Has anyone else any ideas of which singers voice if replicated in tone would sound great as a chanter?

Seamus

djm · Post by **djm** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 9:15 am

IT, when you ask for suggestions for singers, do wish to stay limited to Twain's nasal genre of Nashville pop, or is it your idea to extend this to any type of singer? (East is east, and west is west, and never the twain shall meet, unless there's another twain on the same twacks.)

Another sound that would be a wonderful supplement for UPs is a didgeridoo. I would have thought that someone from "down under" would have twigged to this long ago. Frank Zappa did some sampling of a didgeridoo with the bottom end submerged in water. They had to kick him out of the studio because he kept bursting out laughting while they were trying to record.

djm

Irish Terrier · Post by **Irish Terrier** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 9:44 am

Another sound that would be a wonderful supplement for UPs is a didgeridoo. I would have thought that someone from "down under" would have twigged to this long ago. Frank Zappa did some sampling of a didgeridoo with the bottom end submerged in water. They had to kick him out of the studio because he kept bursting out laughting while they were trying to record.

djm

Quite right, Leo Rickard has recorded a piece with the didgeridoo and it sounded fantastic.

I was thinking tone of voice, not style of music. So it can be anyone who sings and as you expanded ie didgeridoo etc.

Seamus

Tumbleweed · Post by **Tumbleweed** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 9:59 am

I have often found that Sinead O'Connor's voice has the ability to vary from an open tone to a closed tone from note to note through a passage. And she has many textures to her voice as well.

I think her tone would make for a very expressive chanter.

Tumbleweed

eskin · Post by **eskin** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 9:59 am

Joey Ramone...

Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 10:47 am

Yoko Ono's squalling sorta reminds me of an ill-reeded wide bore D stick.

John Mulhern · Post by **John Mulhern** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 11:12 am

Dolores Keane's voice has a lovely, haunting sound to it.

jqpublick · Post by **jqpublick** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 11:29 am

A cross between June Tabor and (pardon me) Tom Waits, thank you. Could you have that by Friday?

Mark

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 11:47 am

Hmmm... (sit tight you purists) a steady gig with Norah Jones...
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Can you dig it?

Patrick D'Arcy · Post by **Patrick D'Arcy** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 1:05 pm

Oh yeah.... I can dig it!

Uilliam · Post by **Uilliam** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 1:51 pm

Hows about Shane McGowan for Royces lost chanter!!!

Liam

j dasinger · Post by **j dasinger** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 3:01 pm

Sinead O'Connor, definitely.

Chadd · Post by **Chadd** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 3:41 pm

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Post by **Nanohedron** » Fri Sep 19, 2003 3:54 pm

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