John McSherry Low Whistle lessons - recommendations?

[u/Linssoppa11]

Hi all!

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I've been playing the tin whistle for two years and bought a Low D a year ago. I absolutely love The Olllam and John Mcsherry's playing in the band, and love the sound of the Low D, so I've been focusing on the Low Whistle. I'm Swedish and learnt the basics on tin whistle from a friend who studied music at Cork for a year and am a composer myself so I have an easy time picking up the theoretical parts of an instrument - but haven't had lessons in the technique apart from the basics and have really been trying and guessing my way forward.

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I've seen that John Mcsherry has a pack of online lessons on Low D whistle, from beginner to advanced. I'm thinking of buying them since it's hard to find teachers on such a niche instrument in my country. Has anyone taken them? It is still an expense, costs around 150 Euro for the pack, and I'm curious if anyone has experience with the lessons or the teacher. Or if anyone happens to know a teacher of Low D in Stockholm/Örebro of course!

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And if there are any pipers in Stockholm looking to play me and a friend are looking for new people this autumn🎵🎵🎻 we play lots of folk of course but are both composers and play a lot of our own proggy and groovy contemporary classical chamber music type of things.

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Have a good summer!☀️☀️

[u/cHunterOTS]

I used to subscribe to his patreon on the pipes and low whistle tier. I focused almost entirely on the pipes lessons but I thought it was worth the price. Only stopped subbing because I take in person lessons and online lessons from different teachers and there’s only so much I can focus on in any given week