I’m often asked by my students to recommend a great sub $500 Irish flute. This Galeon “Pratten” model doesn’t disappoint! Great intonation, dynamic range and it’s made from Delrin so you don’t have to worry about humidifying it! A few tunes on the Galeon "Pratten" Irish Flute I'm often asked by my students to recommend […]
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Embracing Failure
A few months ago Jonathan Tilley, Ted-X speaker, creative coach, entrepreneur & author of the book Embrace the F-Word Failure, approached me about being featured on his web series of the same name. To be honest, I was at first reluctant to take him up on it – having to revisit the times that I’ve […]
Recommended Acoustic Guitars for Beginners
When I was first starting out on guitar, it was hard to find a decent acoustic with a solid top for under $600. Even then, my first solid top acoustic which cost about as much didn’t play as well as the guitars being produced for a fraction of the cost these days. It’s true that […]
FAA Part 107 Study Guide
For those of us wanting to fly “drones” both commercially & lawfully, the FAA part 107 is music to our ears. I’ve personally been waiting the day since I became serious about aerial cinematography over 3 years ago. Aerial cinematography for me, is exciting as I get to “glue” together a couple of my true […]
The Drum Maker Documentary
Some of you may know that I founded Whistle & Drum, an small/niche online Irish musical instrument shop. For the past decade or so, we’ve been selling Christian’s drums – Irish drums or Bodhráns as they are properly called. (Pronounced like “Take a bow, Ron!”). I’ve had the distinct pleasure in witnessing Christian go from a […]