Loughcurra’s two hundred and six comments

“...whether there is actually an identifiable ‘East Clare’ style as distinct from the way Paddy Fahey played and wrote tunes).” more…

If choosing then baritone. If you had both you’d probably start off by just playing one anyway to get the hang of it. Early pipes often had only one, with either four or five tones. more…

OpenShot is free, but I think most on social media are done with the Acapella phone app. more…

I don’t expect we’ll see pub sessions this year more…

Good job, great tunes in Leeds 🙂 more…

I would suggest in the beginning to pick recordings that are not too heavy on ornamented style, to practice your learning of tunes by ear. As you get more confident then compare versions of the tune. For example, you could use some of the session book rec... more…

“starting a tune on fiddle (inexpertly) is generally not well received” more…

If you’re worried about your whistle sounding harsh then get a softer one for those occasions. As mentioned above, record the session or the tunes you want, slow down the playback and listen on headphones at home to learn it. It’s really not worth ... more…

This has been discussed several times on thesession, if you search for humours you’ll find them (although there’s a lot of nonsense there also 🙂 ) more…

Back on Mondays during Uni term time, tunes and songs more…