Which singers tone would make a great Uilleann chanter?

Uilleann Pipes
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I think the Canadian beauty Shania Twaine’s :wink: voice if replicated for tone would make a fabulous Uilleann pipe chanter. Has anyone else any ideas of which singers voice if replicated in tone would sound great as a chanter?

Seamus

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IT, when you ask for suggestions for singers, do wish to stay limited to Twain’s nasal genre of Nashville pop, or is it your idea to extend this to any type of singer? (East is east, and west is west, and never the twain shall meet, unless there’s another twain on the same twacks.)

Another sound that would be a wonderful supplement for UPs is a didgeridoo. I would have thought that someone from “down under” would have twigged to this long ago. Frank Zappa did some sampling of a didgeridoo with the bottom end submerged in water. They had to kick him out of the studio because he kept bursting out laughting while they were trying to record. :stuck_out_tongue:

djm

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Another sound that would be a wonderful supplement for UPs is a didgeridoo. I would have thought that someone from “down under” would have twigged to this long ago. Frank Zappa did some sampling of a didgeridoo with the bottom end submerged in water. They had to kick him out of the studio because he kept bursting out laughting while they were trying to record.

djm

Quite right, Leo Rickard has recorded a piece with the didgeridoo and it sounded fantastic.

I was thinking tone of voice, not style of music. So it can be anyone who sings and as you expanded ie didgeridoo etc.

Seamus

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I have often found that Sinead O’Connor’s voice has the ability to vary from an open tone to a closed tone from note to note through a passage. And she has many textures to her voice as well.

I think her tone would make for a very expressive chanter.

Tumbleweed

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Joey Ramone…

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Yoko Ono’s squalling sorta reminds me of an ill-reeded wide bore D stick.

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Dolores Keane’s voice has a lovely, haunting sound to it.

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A cross between June Tabor and (pardon me) Tom Waits, thank you. Could you have that by Friday?

Mark

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Hmmm… (sit tight you purists) a steady gig with Norah Jones…
http://www.norahjones.com/
http://media.fastatmosphere.com/norahjones/mp3/NorahJones-HouseofBlues041602_DontKnowWhy.mp3

Can you dig it?

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Oh yeah… I can dig it! :thumbsup:

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Hows about Shane McGowan for Royces lost chanter!!! :boggle:
Liam

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Sinead O’Connor, definitely. :heart:

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Hello my baby,
hello my honey,
hello my rag-time ga-al! :slight_smile:

http://www.frogsonice.com/froggy/mjfrog/mjfrog6.gif

:laughing:

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Why, it’s Zoob!

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If my chanter sounded like Elvis Costello, I would be a very happy man. I could call it “The Imposter.” Sadly, I think most of the man’s music would sound terrible if ever interpreted on pipes (although I think Davy Spillane did play pipes on “Tramp The Dirt Down”, his song about dancing on Margaret Thatcher’s grave. Lovely).

A chanter that sounded like Tom Waits? Ever heard Estonian bagpipes?

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For the male contender… it could easily be Canadian rocker Brian Adams.
http://www.bryanadams.com/
Here’s a clip from his rehearsal when performing at the Slane Castle, Dublin back in August of 2000.

Sound sample:
http://www.bryanadams.com/onlineshop/library/soundbiteseverythingido.htm

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I thought this was a pretty stupid thread when it started, but now its turned into nothing more than groupiedom for really cheesy pop crap. How about some UPs that sound like UPs?

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wish my chanter sounded like ENYA!!!