SMC’s sixty-one comments

For sale is my Glenn Watson D flute which is around 6 years old. more…

4 sounds best mate, even if it is a lot of work. Are you allowed to explain to the examiners the nature of the music? more…

I started playing whistle on a low whistle (because I'm stubborn and that's what I wanted to do), picked up a high d later on. I'm more comfortable on a low D and probably a bit better too. But I already played fiddle and banjo at that point so I was only... more…

Jig- tried that, I have very heavy strings on, can't remember off hand. .046 sound about right? I dunno! more…

I have a 17 fret, sounds great, the only trouble I have is the G string never quite seems right, I understand this is a problem associated with 17 fretters. I've played a good few 19 fretters, but none have been comparable to my 17 fret, so I can't commen... more…

Actually, the meat head in front of Steele's let me in when as a last resort I told him I was 17... more…

:o where were the toasties?! more…

Yes, brilliant player, great bloke too. I had to fly home monday night so missed his gig, but i was playing with him in a session before his radio gig on sunday. or saturday. one of the days anyway 🙂 more…

RE Liz Carroll: more…

As a 17 year old, I noticed this kind of thing growing up over the past few years in Cambridge, UK. In England its a lot cooler to be a sh*te guitarist in a rock band than a good musician in most other "genres".. more…