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Doesn't anyone whistle anymore?

Cryxan	Date: December 23, 2004 @ 11:51 PM Do you whistle in any of your songs? I'd love to hear some. Seems that it's a dying art.
imemine	Date: December 24, 2004 @ 12:07 AM No--not in my songs---but I whistle all the time!!
victorsskull	Date: December 24, 2004 @ 2:24 AM I whistle all the time
Cryxan	Date: December 24, 2004 @ 2:32 AM In your songs? Oh I'd love to hear that.
Thaspian	Date: December 24, 2004 @ 3:20 AM I can't whistle.
victorsskull	Date: December 24, 2004 @ 10:37 AM no
zedsalt	Date: December 24, 2004 @ 10:43 AM Whistling can be tricky to record. I do have a recently-completed tune that starts with whistling, but I don't know if it's one of my better songs. I'll probably run it by some of the folks around here to get an idea of whether or not it's worth posting (that's "around here" geographically rather than "around here" at Dmusic, though a few folks qualify as both). The cool thing about the whistling in this tune is that I ran the vocal track through a liquidy, flanged slapback after flipping the tape. I bounced it almost completely dry, so the end result is a subtle, fluttering crescendo into each word of the vocal. When I was doing the bouncing, I wanted the effect strongest on the very first word. I'd forgotten about the whistling that preceded it, so the whistling ended up 100% wet, resulting in this bizarre, cheap-horror-flick kinda sound. Unfortunately, this happy accident is also my favorite part of the tune.
kredd	Date: December 24, 2004 @ 2:37 PM axl ruined it for everyone...
Jesuszilla	Date: December 26, 2004 @ 1:00 PM There's some hot whistle action at the end of the song Waitress by Live that I likes, but none on my own tracks sadly, or any Mike Hock masterpieces ( mikehock.dmusic.com ) for that matter.
imemine	Date: December 26, 2004 @ 3:06 PM I whistle while I work!
sinai	Date: December 26, 2004 @ 3:23 PM never could whistle
theforgotten	Date: January 8, 2005 @ 12:13 AM i forgot how to whistle
dkeifer	Date: February 27, 2005 @ 9:24 PM "I should Be Golfing" by Prozac Rat (prozacrat.dmusic.com) has a brief but key whistled theme in it. An achingly beautiful song by the way.
GTLive	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 12:22 AM Well uh, I close out whistling in "Smoking Herb" - that's the most obvious one, but lots of my tunes use it more subtly in the background. I tend to whistle when I play live to fill in lead breaks and such...
azhazhellfire	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 3:06 AM maybe i'll do a whistling track just to shut cryx up.
Cryxan	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 3:12 AM Ooooh Az, would you?
chrismacmanus	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 10:51 AM I dunno, ever since I heard Roger Whitaker I just had to pack up my lips and keep them in storage - you just can't compete with that calibre of whistlemaestro. If you're in real dire need, there is a www.whistler.com - the 'official whistling workout website' Now there's a treat if I ever saw one.
Intergalacti...	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 11:25 AM Its all about screaming these days. Whistling was for Cliff Richard and Buddy Holly now is the time to rock!!!
smooka	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 12:11 PM http://christopherkruk.dmusic.com/ "I'll Be Home" by Chris Kruk has some whistle action there for ya cryxan and the song is good too
GTLive	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 5:40 PM Thinkin' about doing another whistle break in one, not too sure really, pretty natural at it but I dunno...
Hatsy	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 6:10 PM We have a teeny tiny little song called Sunny Summer Days which we wrote as an advertisement piece & Paul did the most amazing whistle on it but the song is so obviously cheese ball orientated that we dare not bring it here!! It was aimed at those yukky family on the beach all being nice to each other kind of deals, hahahah! As if you ever see that in real life these days (huh! lets out a hollow cackle) If you reeeaaallly wanna hear it it's up at Amazon.com in the mp3 soundtracks (UGH!) The whistle is outstanding though!
Hatsy	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 6:16 PM Oh & he also used to do the whistle on 'Sittin' On the Dock of the Bay' live! & bang on every time, I have to say he's one helluva whistler! I can't whistle when sober or drunk but when drunk my whistle sounds like a dead car horn & comes with a water feature You do not want to hear or see this.......I said NO!
BOWILLIE	Date: February 28, 2005 @ 8:28 PM put a new tune up today with whistles...tweet tweet..my bird has flown.....
NadaVanNie	Date: March 24, 2005 @ 8:13 AM http://dontyouknow.dmusic.com/ insecure step (whistle while you work)
BlackOak	Date: March 25, 2005 @ 6:04 PM ...I play the Irish tin WHISTLE, does that count???
Cryxan	Date: March 26, 2005 @ 4:21 AM not quite
Hatsy	Date: March 26, 2005 @ 11:47 AM Fradonaghy has a sweet song in the den with a great whistle on it... Really good.
prozacrat	Date: April 25, 2005 @ 1:59 AM Thanks for the compliment dkeifer. We've got whistling in a few other tunes. I'm tempted to compile them.
hob2dope	Date: April 26, 2005 @ 1:13 AM Sure whistling to fun.
hob2dope	Date: April 26, 2005 @ 1:13 AM Sure whistling to fun. :nods:
invocati	Date: April 26, 2005 @ 4:33 PM I whistle on the toilet... Sometimes out of my ass.
sturges	Date: April 26, 2005 @ 11:35 PM I hope it's dixieland that comes out!
koiulpoi	Date: April 28, 2005 @ 9:39 PM I whistle all the time. Just, not in my music. There's a whistle MIDI instrument. Might use that, now that you've said this. But I love whistling. Music keeps me going.
Thomcoombes	Date: May 8, 2005 @ 8:59 PM I whistled in my song called "Crash". I also put a delay effect on it, so I think it's pretty cool. I hope you get a chance to listen! Thom
happyhappyhappy	Date: May 16, 2005 @ 8:26 PM New song up: "Why Do You Act So Amused?" It has some nicely delayed whistling at the beginning. Check it out.
southwing	Date: May 16, 2005 @ 11:28 PM Guy Mitchell does everytime I play the 45 (rpm)- Singin The Blues
Traf	Date: May 17, 2005 @ 9:24 AM my socks whistle..