Have not heard many whistles on MacJams and yours is
excellent. My only suggestion is to watch some of those
'world' drum loops, they can sound very familiar and
overused unless they are layered or touched up in some
way. The whistle is great. Not sure you need so much
reverb. Thanks for posting. Welcome to the site!

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I just love Irish folksongs. I'm in the rockworld more, but I
ador'em, because these songs have the same dramatic
quality as a solid rock-song. What's missing here is
bagpipes playing one tone to create that mystic blanket
and give the song a more agressive tone, as a counterpart
to the happy flute. But I love these tones.

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Thanks for the comments... are there some bagpipes in GarageBand. If I find some I'll give it a try. See what you think of my other songs they each feature a different kind of flute. :) ... brad

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That performance is fantastic. I don't know much about those drum loops so I can't comment on that, but I might bring the whistle just a little more to the forefront.

There are no bagpipes included with GarageBand, and yet there is a bagpipe ICON (much like accordion), which is why I set out to find one. I don't know anymore what the link is for the soundfont someone found for me, but if you're interested to hear it, click on Hava MacGila under my jams. I might be able to email it to you if you like it (admittedly I didn't work too much with it; the song is kind of thrown together).

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I'm a big Paddy Malone fan (as well as being of Irish
descent). I don't mind the percussion loops - they are well
integrated in with your playing.
The ending is a bit abrupt (is that a click at the end?) and
maybe a wee less reverb on the whistle.
Welcome to MacJams.

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oops, I guess I should say "welcome back". You've been here longer than
most. :)

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Mungo

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lol!

Nice job! I too don't mind the drum loops at all. Great talent on the whistle.


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Thanks everyone :)

I am going to upload a version with a slow fade out for an ending. I would appreciate hearing if you think that is a better way to go... I never know how I want to end these things :) .... brad

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....in Ireland, in that pub in Cork.

Lovely stuff. I don't know what the names of those loops
are, but they don't sound out of place with your Irish
whistle.

The reverb puts your whistle a bit far in the back of the
picture, though. Less, and try to get those drums to take
more of a backseat.

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brad you are very excellent whistler! ... sweet tone, professional fast notes ... i do not usually like irish music ... had nasty irish boyfriend ... bad memories ... thank you for helping me to start to like irish music again!

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What a fun and enjoyable song. You capture the Irish flavor
with that flute and your GB boys. I play a little tin flute
also and I can say you play it quite well!

Jack

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wow,
Nice to hear :) Puts a smile on my face.

Your a getting lots of nice music out of that whistle.

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full of joy. i'd put this under world or folk music, though. lovely playing.

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Although this was the first try with garageband, I also think this has the liveliest feel. Not too slathered in reverb or otherwise hiding the instruments. I think my second fav is the Teleman piece.

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I could listen to the whistle all day long. Funny about the bagpipe comments as I spent too much time looking for them after seeing that icon. Great work.

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*taps foot to the music* I'm downloading this for sure!

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