> Split it into two sites if you can, as has already suggested. I hate to see those music clips go (of course, i am a church music major with a fetish for Celtic lore).
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> Question: What makes those things take so stinkin' long, your server?

Probably. I thought about the two-site idea myself, but I don't really want more than one site. At the moment I'm thinking I'll look around for someplace that just allows you more space than Geocities does.

> I actually only heard one of the harp tunes, because i wasn't patient enough for more. Maybe i'll start downloading them now and listen to them next week.
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> Oh, and the pictures are neat, too.
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> Penny "Is there some pricy form of tin whistle that doesn't sound crappy when we non-Irish untrained players try to use them?" stamp

The secret to not sounding crappy on the tin whistle (apart from practice, of course) is confidence. Those things are loud and piercing and shrill and in-your-face, all the things I'm naturally not, and unfortunately I'm more accustomed to stringed instruments where you can play as loud or soft as you like. With the tin whistle, however, the pitch of the note depends a lot on how *hard* you blow. I've found that if I try to play softly and not disturb other people, I get flat wimpy squeaky notes, and of course the higher octaves don't work at all. Trying to play the tin whistle is a constant battle between my personality and my desire to play Irish music.

Brunnen-"a non-Irish, untrained player (does Scottish count?)"G