Lisa M.’s one hundred and seventy-six comments

THC, it sounds like you’re working out an action plan that suits you well, which is fantastic. But it also sounds like your goal is absolute perfection… which even the pros don’t have. more…

I have only limited Irish, so I’m not qualified to answer — but I’d like to suggest an additional question: more…

On the back of a speeding golf cart… our getaway driver was the drummer from a Scottish pipe band, who’d been ferrying a piper around the grounds before we hopped on. more…

Hi Kellie, have you ever heard the saying “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”? It sounds like you’re reaching for the hammer (classical music theory? more…

I’ve had an excellent experience with LetsLearnIrish.com. For those who are interested in self-guided study via apps, I’m surprised nobody has mentioned Mango Languages. more…

I relate to the world in terms of spatial relationships and movement, so that tends to be how I relate to the music as well. more…

Hi Antoin, more…

@f12x Not that I’ve heard, unfortunately. more…

@AB: You’re not wrong. It doesn’t take a great fiddler/violin player to spot that he isn’t prioritizing the sort of “moving cleanly perpendicular to the strings” bow action it takes to get nice tone. Not that all fiddlers do. more…

Hi John - that’s a really lovely combination of tones/playing in that video. Thanks for sharing it! I never would have imagined clarinet and uilleann pipes put together, but they sound fantastic. more…