what this forum shows everyone is that we all love and need to be inspired by other flute players and musicians, don't be discouraged by great young flute players, be inspired by them, I know I am

Yea.i need to know hear a lot of good flute recordings. I haven't heard one in a LONG while...and it was that james walker dude. I enjoyed hearing your recordings you guys!1

Yea.i need to know hear a lot of good flute recordings. I haven't heard one in a LONG while...and it was that james walker dude. I enjoyed hearing your recordings you guys!1

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WHOA.. how did that happin??...double posting.? WiErD!

Schoolgirl,
Here's some Galway recordings that can give you some direction on what to sound like:
http://www.thegalwaynetwork.com/page1.htm

Go to the right of his picture where it says Audio files and then below that "Sir James Live in concert" and browse around.

~Bilbo
N.E. Ohio

WOW!!!!..*GASP*..*JAW DROPS DOWN*...0__0!!...*faints*

THat was SO cool, i just heard one song. OMG! THe nice DARK RICH low notes..the NICE SWEET soaring HIGH NOTES!!..WOW
hey,..how old is he?..he looks pretty old to me^^

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OOOHHhhh..even in the 60's he's awesome..is he some REALLY old dude? i LOVE it...*BIG APPLAUSE*

Oh My Word! That was hilarious! Have you never heard him before? I believe he is 67 this year. Also check out Rhonda Larson Schoolgirl...the link is below.

http://www.rhondalarson.com

-Dennis
P.S. Click on the "fruits of our labor" on the left hand side once there, and you can hear samples on that next page.

Schoolgirl, I love your spunkinest! I think that you would be such a blast to give lessons too. I love it when students have your type personality, it makes teaching so much more fun.

WAHHH!! *snif* *snif* I tried the link to rhondalarson Dennis, ..but my computer won't let me listen to the recording. OH, well...but i LOVED listining to James Galway guy. 67?..Hhhmmm, pretty impressive. Hope i could play when i'm REALLY old!

OH, and thanks Kara for that coment^_^ YUP..i'm a dramatic person at times:D heehee

I recommend checking out a UK flute player and composer named Ian Clarke. He is phenominal!!! I have his CD and listen to it constantly. He is definitely in my top 3 list. I'd love to hear him in a live concert.

Rhonda Larson..does she have blonde hair?..and plays pearl flute? OH! OH! i think i know who your'e talking about. i saw her in a magazine and says how she LOVEs her pearl. BUT..i never heard her play..but i think that was her in a magazine i saw...whe had a purple dress, with curly hair.

If you like flute as the feature instrument in world music, check out some of these links:

Klezmer - http://www.klezmerflute.com/CD/listen.html

Irish - http://store.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,551189,00.html (he actually plays a wooden flute backwards... and probably better than I play the usual way!)

Latin - http://www.mp3.com/albums/625482/summary.html

Good stuff. All take turns in my CD player and iPod, along with Hubert Laws and Herbie Mann.

I love Galway too! Although he can overdo it at times but that's what I like sometimes!

1. Galway
2. Rhonda Larson
3. Flute player next to me in my community band!

Here's a site comparing several famous flute players. Galway's tone is the best but the techniques sounds better on the other flutists although it's hard to tell, but definitely Galway's tone stands out.

[url=Flutists and Mozart]http://friedakchan.googlepages.com/mozartfluteharpconcerto[/url]

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http://friedakchan.googlepages.com/mozartfluteharpconcerto

ooh here's the link

My three favourite flautists (when did the "a" get dropped anyway? somewhere over the Atlantic I guess!)would be:

1. Ian Anderson
2. Ian Anderson
2. Ian Anderson

I am therefore, a heathen who stumbled into the wrong forum! Please forgive me, you do seem like a friendly bunch, and I have picked up some great advice during my first few weeks of huffing and puffing elementary riffs.

Yours, Bill from Bonny Scotland

Ahhh, Bill from bonnie Scotland. You are very welcome to stumble about this forum for a time.
The A is really only used in foreign countries where the "flaut" players live. Some of us other former heathens (now called Yahoos) across the pond attempt to perform on the flute and therefore call ourselves flutists.

So, you have named Ian Anderson as number 1, 2 and 2. Whom would be number 3. Maybe I'd guess it would be that guy named Anderson, Ian ?

Bill, don't be shy. We love to have new comers. You will fing that their is a lot of variety here and a lot of us like different things and don't always agree on everything. That is what makes it so much fun.