mk Whistles In third period last year, nine of the other ten students had plainly shown that they thought that a tin whistle would have a bad sound. In the third quarter, I started taking my tin whistle to play on my walk home. One day, when we were doing nothing in class, I pulled out my whistle and […]
Last autumn, my family and I traveled to Pakistan to visit and support girls’ schools in Lahore and its surrounding villages. I brought with me a set of shuttlepipes, a cheap banjo, and my trusty MK low-D. At this point I should mention that I not only sport a healthy beard, but also keep a […]
I was sitting at school waiting for my first period teacher to arrive. A friend of mine and another person had brought their guitars. We were back near the band room so there were a lot of musically inclined people there. Two guitars, a clarke C whistle and a couple voices made for great music.
In The early eighties, I was part of a duo that was scheduled to open for the Battlefield Band at the Bermuda Folk Club. As openers, we had neither a sound check nor much if any room on the stage (which was occupied by multiple instruments, all belonging to the headline act). Our first tune […]
On recieving my original MK whistle, the pipe band was asked to perform at a Tattoo in South Korea, so as with any gig that i’m piping at, the MK Low D came with me. Performing the festival tune on a Low D with a load of Korean Musicians was brilliant. Shame it never ended […]
I decided to climb a water tower. Half way up I started to question my plan; perhaps unsurprisingly ladders always seem to get more difficult as you get higher. I avoided looking down until some locals started shouting at me. I looked up to see how much further I had to go and spotted four […]
We might all have known it, but the world’s oldest musical instrument is a whistle. Discovered earlier this year by archaeologists in the Hohle Fels cavern in South West Germany, the end blown flute, or whistle, has been dated at an astonishing 35,000 years old. What is perhaps even more astonishing is that it’s rumoured […]
I recently welcomed a fresh set of hands into the workshop – and a steady pair of hands they are too. Nik Powell will be a very welcome addition to operations at Mk Music and I’m sure with the addition of his skills we will be able to get on top of things to bring the […]
It would of course be impossible to go back and track all of the developments of mk music since it’s inception in 2000 on this blog, but I did think it would be worth mentioning my motivations for starting mk music in the first place. I would certainly never have come to be a musical […]