Mars’s fifty-four comments

In those 'bad days' I slow my playing down until it begins to resemble music and keep on practicing. Sometimes slow goes down to long notes, which is the most basic flute excercise anyway ;) more…

Two method books that influenced my development as a musician the most are "Guitar School" by Emilio Pujol vol. 1,2 and "An Fheadóg Mhór" by Conal O'Grada. more…

No, you shouldn't. You did not define, what "super expensive" is in your case. more…

On the inner, self-judgement side of accepting compliments: more…

Banjo? Although it was more used by early jazz players, not in ragtime era... more…

Blurring the bounds of style - what's the purpose of it? Feedom of expression? What, say, a fiddle cannot express then? Whistle is an easy start for newcomers, and (for me) it looks like a good idea to play ITM on one instrument (flute) and other kinds of... more…

I use TunePal to find tune names on session recordings. It might give unstable results, if the recording is noisy, indeed. Picking the most special 3-4 bars of a tune and tooting them into TP usually helps it do its job a way better. more…

Mike Rafferty's story comes to mind. more…

Hi Deborah more…

1) 'Trip to Athlone' - that's one of my early learnt jigs, but my playing of it got more or less satisfactory only recently. The jig is not difficult, but is not an easy breathing pattern for a newbie fluteplayer. more…