there's a technique you were using for around 0:49, i'd be very interested to understand how you cause that type of warble, as i am a bit of an amateur whistler, and as there are very few intrigued by whistling, i absolutely gravitate to those with any natural talent themselves, for instance, i learned the warble from reading tom sawyer, in which he textually explains the movement of the tongue. if you could send me perhaps a message of some sort, i'd be very appreciative.
@Dsuranix On my channel in the Playlists I have tutorials, and in whistling tutorial #2 "How to Warble" I explain how I do that articulation with the tongue. I'll have to check out Tom Sawyer; read it years ago as a kid but I didn't realize there was a whistling reference in there! Cool.
@CannabisGanja Mainly just practice... whistle a lot. The more you do it the more naturally it comes to you, and it becomes more automatic, like any skill if you repeat it over and over. Try different songs, songs you like, whistle whatever you enjoy, and over time your skill will develop. Main thing I would say is patience, practice, and have fun. If it's not fun, you're not doing it right. :)
@MegaJoshin Yes, I've been paid a few times to record my whistling; once for a commercial, once for a song, and once for a slot machine, and coming up I have a commercial that's going to be on the Internet and hopefully my whistling is going to be on one song on the new album coming out from Zen Robbi.
I don't make enough doing it to make a living at it (at least not so far) but hopefully some day I will. Probably not any time soon... I need to get a lot more paying gigs for that to happen.
@GoodNamesUnavailable LOL No, I wish. I've only been getting paying gigs for the last year or so, and I've only had a few so far. I've made less than $2,000. doing it so far, which is nowhere near enough to live on. From what I hear, most of the whistling you hear in TV commercials apparently is done by just a couple of guys who are music producers and they do the whistling for the songs they write instead of paying someone. That's why a lot of the commercial whistling is so average sounding.
@PortoPride2 Never say never.... I have whistling tutorials on my channel. If you click on "Playlists" on my channel you'll see them. I wish you luck, if it's something you want to try to learn!
@ollenbergerstudios It's spelled "decent." And you're right, I do not buy expensive sunglasses, cannot afford them. I only buy them at the 99 cent store because I lose them and break them often. I sat on these ones literally ten minutes before shooting this video as I was preparing! LOL And then I decided to wear them anyway for the "Morpheus" look. (But you're 100% correct.)
I was checking out my own whistling videos and found this one on the relateds...
oh o.o...wow...wow, just wow
I'm thoroughly impressed...you're certainly much better than I am...I wish you could give me some tips...do you think I could show you some of my videos?
@LinkKD Yes, absolutely, I will check out your vids later this weekend when I have time... Just on YouTube for a few minutes right now but I'll let you know my thoughts as soon as I get a chance to watch some. Thanks for watching and commenting! I'm always stoked to meet other whistling enthusiasts. :)
Is there ever a time when you are breathing in instead of blowing out when you whistle? I know it makes a slightly different sound when that happens. Do you ever do that?
@nummysmom Yes, I do it a lot.... If you watch some of my videos, you can see that all of a sudden my lips will shift to a different position, like puckered out slightly more, when I change to a different note... I don't know if you'll be able to spot it but I often shift from inhaling to exhaling and back. I don't always do it though; I also take a lot of breaths. (Because as you mentioned, it does sound a little different; my exhale whistle is a bit stronger.)
@WhistlersBrother Thank you for the explanation! I found your videos when I was searching for whistling videos for our parrots to listen to. They love you by the way...:) Anyway..you've inspired me to whistle more!
@WhistlersBrother Yea, gotta breathe in and out to whistle for extended periods (maybe its just me). When I breath in to whistle, I can hit a higher note. The inward breath whistle (in/out whistle) is usually a bit softer than the out-whistle. Can get the same volume, just not as much intensity...(maybe just me again).
@jjaycallejas HAHA!!! That's what I was thinking too... I reality what happened was, I sat on them and broke them. (Broke one side off. The other side was enough to keep wearing them.) Just got new shades to replace them though.
@nummysmom Thanks nummysmom!! :) I think I didn't make it on the competition; I would have heard something a week & a half ago, from what I understand. They make the official announcement on Monday but I'm pretty sure I would already know if I was a winner. So... oh well, maybe next time.
Liked and fav'd for what its worth bro. I enjoyed it. Maybe some of my friends will to 8-) Honestly.. If it only made sense to you, and made you smile then you did good. Other ppl get'n (at least a bit of it), is icing on the cake 8-). Thanx for share'n 8-)
@anthonyritchie Well, I don't know about any special technique; the less space inside the mouth, the higher the pitch. But to get that high took me years and years of whistling. The more you do it, and the more you push your limits, the more range you will develop over time. Wish there was a quick & easy technique but I don't think there is... just practice! :)
No need to apologize, I don't how you went that length of time in the first place. When you got to the rythym parts, I could here a good jazz bass playing in my head. By the way, it made plenty of sense to me. Nice job.
@Torn80cj Glad it made sense to ya. And glad you made it to the end... I seriously wondered if ANYONE would actually listen to the whole thing... LOL Thanks!
awesome whistling my man. You certainly get some amazing tones.Hey have you ever thought of doing whistling requests. As I would really like to hear you whistling My heart will go on by Celine Dion
Although this sounds stunning I can't help but think you're adding some reverb or audio other effects
SGWyoshi 3 days ago
Luvs*
Myajoy11 1 month ago
I am playing this and I have a pet bird and he lugs listening to it thanxs :)
Myajoy11 1 month ago
Play this on your ipod in an abandoned house
SupahZaf 2 months ago
dude you sound like a flute.
xxwantedxx 2 months ago
beats the shit out of the rest of the guys in the restroom.
jjj5541 2 months ago
You are very talented!! I showed this video to my cockatiel and he loved it!! He's been whistling all day now!
jinxpoop 2 months ago
there's a technique you were using for around 0:49, i'd be very interested to understand how you cause that type of warble, as i am a bit of an amateur whistler, and as there are very few intrigued by whistling, i absolutely gravitate to those with any natural talent themselves, for instance, i learned the warble from reading tom sawyer, in which he textually explains the movement of the tongue. if you could send me perhaps a message of some sort, i'd be very appreciative.
Dsuranix 2 months ago
@Dsuranix On my channel in the Playlists I have tutorials, and in whistling tutorial #2 "How to Warble" I explain how I do that articulation with the tongue. I'll have to check out Tom Sawyer; read it years ago as a kid but I didn't realize there was a whistling reference in there! Cool.
WhistlersBrother 2 months ago
youre really good! i love whistling
ilovehercules100 2 months ago
freakin awesome dude
Tricky0032 3 months ago
@Tricky0032 thanks bro
WhistlersBrother 3 months ago
Very Nice :)
CannabisGanja 5 months ago
@CannabisGanja Thanks!! Glad you dig it.
WhistlersBrother 3 months ago
@WhistlersBrother Any tips for a low-mid teir whistler :D
CannabisGanja 3 months ago
@CannabisGanja Mainly just practice... whistle a lot. The more you do it the more naturally it comes to you, and it becomes more automatic, like any skill if you repeat it over and over. Try different songs, songs you like, whistle whatever you enjoy, and over time your skill will develop. Main thing I would say is patience, practice, and have fun. If it's not fun, you're not doing it right. :)
WhistlersBrother 3 months ago
@WhistlersBrother Thank you very much! I will do as u suggest and continue on :D
CannabisGanja 3 months ago
Great! And perfect amount of reverb. What kind of mic and software do you use?
still2weirdfoU 6 months ago
@still2weirdfoU Hey sorry I missed your comment a while back... Thanks! I use a Samson Q1U mic and I record & edit using GarageBand.
WhistlersBrother 3 months ago
must be fun being able to whistle like that. However, a professional whistler?? lol
MegaJoshin 6 months ago
@MegaJoshin Yes, I've been paid a few times to record my whistling; once for a commercial, once for a song, and once for a slot machine, and coming up I have a commercial that's going to be on the Internet and hopefully my whistling is going to be on one song on the new album coming out from Zen Robbi.
I don't make enough doing it to make a living at it (at least not so far) but hopefully some day I will. Probably not any time soon... I need to get a lot more paying gigs for that to happen.
WhistlersBrother 6 months ago
wooool
sinclaireandliz 7 months ago
You make a living doing this? Honest question. I'd like to know because I am quite good myself. :p
GoodNamesUnavailable 7 months ago
@GoodNamesUnavailable LOL No, I wish. I've only been getting paying gigs for the last year or so, and I've only had a few so far. I've made less than $2,000. doing it so far, which is nowhere near enough to live on. From what I hear, most of the whistling you hear in TV commercials apparently is done by just a couple of guys who are music producers and they do the whistling for the songs they write instead of paying someone. That's why a lot of the commercial whistling is so average sounding.
WhistlersBrother 7 months ago
"excuse me on moment...." lmao i was not expecting that xD
asdfzombify 7 months ago
@asdfzombify I almost edited that out but then when I went to edit it, I thought it was kind of funny so I decided to leave this uncut. :)
WhistlersBrother 7 months ago
@WhistlersBrother well I'm glad you didn't,it made me enjoy the video just THAT much more :D
asdfzombify 7 months ago
play the thong song by sisqo
saxkid16 7 months ago
Dude, you are AWESOME! Do you take requests?!
Hypurman1 8 months ago
i cant even whistle -.- i will never be able to
PortoPride2 8 months ago
@PortoPride2 Never say never.... I have whistling tutorials on my channel. If you click on "Playlists" on my channel you'll see them. I wish you luck, if it's something you want to try to learn!
WhistlersBrother 8 months ago
you cant even afford descent sunglasses
ollenbergerstudios 8 months ago
@ollenbergerstudios It's spelled "decent." And you're right, I do not buy expensive sunglasses, cannot afford them. I only buy them at the 99 cent store because I lose them and break them often. I sat on these ones literally ten minutes before shooting this video as I was preparing! LOL And then I decided to wear them anyway for the "Morpheus" look. (But you're 100% correct.)
WhistlersBrother 8 months ago 7
wtf happened to me im listening to a whistler
phillknyspel 9 months ago 17
@phillknyspel LOL wtf?? That's totally funny, made me laugh.
WhistlersBrother 9 months ago
I was checking out my own whistling videos and found this one on the relateds...
oh o.o...wow...wow, just wow
I'm thoroughly impressed...you're certainly much better than I am...I wish you could give me some tips...do you think I could show you some of my videos?
LinkKD 9 months ago
@LinkKD Yes, absolutely, I will check out your vids later this weekend when I have time... Just on YouTube for a few minutes right now but I'll let you know my thoughts as soon as I get a chance to watch some. Thanks for watching and commenting! I'm always stoked to meet other whistling enthusiasts. :)
WhistlersBrother 9 months ago
Is there ever a time when you are breathing in instead of blowing out when you whistle? I know it makes a slightly different sound when that happens. Do you ever do that?
nummysmom 10 months ago
@nummysmom Yes, I do it a lot.... If you watch some of my videos, you can see that all of a sudden my lips will shift to a different position, like puckered out slightly more, when I change to a different note... I don't know if you'll be able to spot it but I often shift from inhaling to exhaling and back. I don't always do it though; I also take a lot of breaths. (Because as you mentioned, it does sound a little different; my exhale whistle is a bit stronger.)
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
@WhistlersBrother Thank you for the explanation! I found your videos when I was searching for whistling videos for our parrots to listen to. They love you by the way...:) Anyway..you've inspired me to whistle more!
nummysmom 10 months ago
@WhistlersBrother Yea, gotta breathe in and out to whistle for extended periods (maybe its just me). When I breath in to whistle, I can hit a higher note. The inward breath whistle (in/out whistle) is usually a bit softer than the out-whistle. Can get the same volume, just not as much intensity...(maybe just me again).
yorhey 9 months ago
ur video have always no thumb down
ibmlib 10 months ago
@ibmlib LOL Actually a few of them have some thumbs down. :)
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
morpheus glasses!
jjaycallejas 10 months ago
@jjaycallejas HAHA!!! That's what I was thinking too... I reality what happened was, I sat on them and broke them. (Broke one side off. The other side was enough to keep wearing them.) Just got new shades to replace them though.
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
Even your practice/workout is amazing..:) and have to say...you're just so cool. Love your smile too!...:D Okay where are we on the competition?
nummysmom 10 months ago
@nummysmom Thanks nummysmom!! :) I think I didn't make it on the competition; I would have heard something a week & a half ago, from what I understand. They make the official announcement on Monday but I'm pretty sure I would already know if I was a winner. So... oh well, maybe next time.
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
cool
kamran63 10 months ago
@kamran63 beans
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
Magical. Simply magical.
TheSimplyDaft 10 months ago
@TheSimplyDaft :) Glad you liked it.
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
Man, keep on doing what your doing you make a lot of people happy with that talent!!!!!
stunna521 10 months ago
@stunna521 Thanks Stunna!!
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
This is Awesome Dinner Music... Now I am Hungry... LOL
KiddsockTV 10 months ago 2
@KiddsockTV I hope your dinner was good!
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
Liked and fav'd for what its worth bro. I enjoyed it. Maybe some of my friends will to 8-) Honestly.. If it only made sense to you, and made you smile then you did good. Other ppl get'n (at least a bit of it), is icing on the cake 8-). Thanx for share'n 8-)
WambliPeta 10 months ago
Liked and fav'd for what its worth bro. I enjoyed it. Maybe some of my friends will to 8-)
WambliPeta 10 months ago
@WambliPeta Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
Very nice, Bro! I guess all those years of walking around the house whistling are coming in handy, eh?
carnut015 10 months ago
@carnut015 Yep!
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
Nice!
TourDCouve 10 months ago
@TourDCouve Thanks!
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
Man, how do you get those high notes? I whistle quite a bit but is there some special technique or exercise to boost my pitch? Awesome!
anthonyritchie 10 months ago
@anthonyritchie Well, I don't know about any special technique; the less space inside the mouth, the higher the pitch. But to get that high took me years and years of whistling. The more you do it, and the more you push your limits, the more range you will develop over time. Wish there was a quick & easy technique but I don't think there is... just practice! :)
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
This really got my toes a tappin and just made my day so much better. Awesome stuff here as always ^_^
ArielannaDragonBlood 10 months ago
@ArielannaDragonBlood Thanks! Glad you dug it!
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
No need to apologize, I don't how you went that length of time in the first place. When you got to the rythym parts, I could here a good jazz bass playing in my head. By the way, it made plenty of sense to me. Nice job.
Torn80cj 10 months ago
@Torn80cj Glad it made sense to ya. And glad you made it to the end... I seriously wondered if ANYONE would actually listen to the whole thing... LOL Thanks!
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
This made my day.
D3R3K1600 10 months ago
@D3R3K1600 Me too! LOL
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
don't you get tired when you whistle for so long? i mean, if i whistle for a few seconds my cheeks and lips start to ache...
bukroot 10 months ago
@bukroot I've been whistling so many years I've built up some stamina in my mouth muscles. :)
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
Most awesome Bro, this was nice to sit and listen to whilst i was eating my tea. H&R as always Bro
DibbersPage 10 months ago
@DibbersPage Glad I got to join you for tea time!! :)
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
That was awesome!
I have no idea how your lips weren't too dry to whistle after like five minutes.
HeyMajorSeventh 10 months ago
@HeyMajorSeventh My mouth got pretty dry there after the first 2 or 3 minutes, finally got so bad I had to stop & get water. LOL
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
awesome
KukichaGirl 10 months ago
@KukichaGirl Thanks!! :)
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
sweet improv
LfunkeyA 10 months ago
@LfunkeyA Glad ya liked it!
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
awesome!
jonatura 10 months ago
@jonatura Thanks!
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
I like your freestyle
filerouge 10 months ago
@filerouge I like your whistling too!
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
Cool
DownUnderDoug 10 months ago
@DownUnderDoug Yea man
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
That's an exceptional stile of Music.
Keep up the good work =)
Your fan and friend from the caribean, Antonio B.
antonio20123 10 months ago
@antonio20123 Thanks Antonio!
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
awesome whistling my man. You certainly get some amazing tones.Hey have you ever thought of doing whistling requests. As I would really like to hear you whistling My heart will go on by Celine Dion
markasomerville 10 months ago
@markasomerville That would be a great song to whistle! I can't do it on YouTube though, you know, the whole copyright thing.
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
its nice bro
DILAVNI2009 10 months ago
@DILAVNI2009 Glad you like it.
WhistlersBrother 10 months ago
Great stuff man....so inspiring.
ericsurf6 10 months ago