Then I would say, go for it, since none of these are oldtime or Celtic, where everyone plays the tune itself. See what you're whistling when you listen to these.... record your whistling to it, and then play what you're whistling. It sounds like you need to get out of the videos and so forth and just PLAY. And that you need to find a singer to experiment with. Ask around! It's OK to develop your own style and sound, create the place your sound will fit in. In the sevwral years I've been around here, the most helpful advice seems to have boiled down to this: Listen, then make it your own. Fill your inner tape deck with good models and then let the creative side of your brain make your own music out of it.

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~Susan