The whistles we are giving away are:

Feadóg Pro D: $14.95 Free with a monthly subscription	Dixon Trad D: $32.00 Free with a quarterly subscription	Dixon Aluminum D: $64.95 Free with a yearly subscription
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A nice Irish-made whistle by Feadóg, featuring a tunable mouthpiece and an attractive nickel-plated body.	One of Blayne's favorite whistles at any price, Tony Dixon's "Trad" features a similar design to many of the traditional mass-produced whistles but with a slightly larger bore, which helps with improving tone and intonation. Has an in-tune C-natural fingering (0XX 000). The hand-tooled mouthpiece is also tunable.	With its thick-walled aluminum body, this whistle has a more substantial tone than the Trad and has a nice feel due to its added weight. This whistle rivals many costing 4 times as much! Tunable.

"Blayne Chastain’s Irish whistle and flute online tuition is the best I have seen yet. It allows you to learn at your own pace, so it's great for people of all skill levels. The videos are easy and fun to play along with. It’s like being at a real lesson. If you don’t have any really good teachers close by or just can’t afford those expensive lessons, then this is 100% what you want."
—Peter Purvis, Gaelic Storm

The book, "Emerald Duets: Christmas, Volume 1," features 15 classic Christmas carols arranged for 2 melody instruments, guitar and piano. Suitable for the D tin whistle and Irish flute. Audio recordings of each track are included.

We've chosen to make Emerald Duets available as an eBook for two reasons. First, you can download the music and start enjoying it today! Second, you have the right to make 4 printouts of the entire eBook to facilitate playing the tunes with others. You can also view it right on your Kindle, iPad, or even your iPhone. It makes a great gift. Visit www.emeraldduets.com to get it.

The Lon Dubh for those of you unfamiliar was one of our most popular high-end whistles. Over the past couple years, due to work and family commitments, Pat has not been able to make them for us... until now! We just received a note from him letting us know that he'd like to make a batch of 25 in Delrin (high-end polymer material). Reserve yours by pre-ordering here. We will not charge your card until it ships to you!

Estimated Arrival Date: End of March / Beginning of April!

Checkout a review on the Lon Dubh by clicking here.

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All of ye:

I'm now starting to carry used (or as I like to call them "previously loved") instruments on consignment. Contact us if you'd like more information on that. Our first batch of used instruments are not yet on the site as I'm still writing descriptions, etc. but they will be soon. This'll be great both for those of you who have some instruments you'd like to sell and for those of you who are always looking for that next great find. Stay tuned on this as well.

Whistle & Flute Players:

1. I'm starting to do YouTube video reviews on our instruments. Just did my first one on the WD Sweet Model Irish Whistle by Sweetheart Flute Company....

2. Also, I'm progressing with my online training library for the tin whistle and Irish flute (online tin whistle lessons and Irish flute lessons) You can sign up for my free introductory course to the tin whistle & Irish flute at www.blaynechastain.com/i-teach I also now have an example master-class up on the tune "Trip to Killavil" (jig). More to come so stay tuned on that as well.

3. REALLY impressed with Reyburn Irish Whistles at the moment. I've been playing with a small bore high d (recorded my last master-class with it) and even though it's a sweet sounding whistle and not shrill on the top end, the bottom d is dead-on-strong. Video review sure to come.

Bodhrán Players:

2. If you haven't checked these videos out already, Christian has produced a couple of stellar YouTube videos that show you his process in making his frames. Definitely a must see! Check 'em out...

3. The Craiceann ("Cracken") Festival is coming! For those of you who are unfamiliar, the Craiceann Festival is a 5 day bodhrán summer school in Ireland that takes place on Inis Oirr ("Inish ear"), the smallest of the three Aran Islands. This year's festival is from June 22nd to June 26th. All the top players will be there to instruct. I've not been myself (yet!) but from everyone I spoken to who attends, it's sure to be a fantastic time. Christian will be there as well so it'd be a great opportunity for you to "meet yer maker"! For more information, go to www.craiceann.com

Thanks all I can think of for now. Until then...

Enjoy your music,

Blayne Chastain
Irish Traditional Musician & Founder
Whistle & Drum
www.WhistleAndDrum.com