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Stuart Boyd
For notes of tunes please visit http://www.fluterscompanion.com
I have been playing flute since 1984 and button accordion (B/C) since 1981 and have been a member of a number of marching bands in East Belfast during the 1980's. Since moving to England in 1995 I play in a flute band based in Birmingham and a Corps of Drums.
In 2008 I decided to start uploading tutorials on YouTube of me playing the flute to some of the band tunes. Since some of the bands members came from Scotland, Southend, Cardiff, Liverpool, Wigan, Rugeley, London and Leeds, It was difficult for everyone to attend the monthly rehearsals.
The tutorials took on a new life of their own as I was bombarded by other fluters in bands in Scotland, Liverpool and Northern Ireland asking for similar tutorials and often just audio for specific tunes their band was learning.
I started building an online archive of popular tunes played by bands of the day and posted these to my YouTube Accordionstu account. My interest surrounding the Bb Flute, history and liks with Unionist culture in Ireland grew and I began to record hisotries of old bands and through social media I engaged with more and more bands collecting historical information.
I published A book with over 80 histories of bands called Loyalist Flute Bands in 2008 with Blurb Publishing.
Today I manage the Fluter's Companion archive www.fluterscompanion.com and have published a series of glossy A4 Tutorials and tune directories with the latest "Complete Fluter's Companion" having over 700 tunes written in a simplified ABC format which is used by many flute bands today. The Fluter's Companion
books are available from Amazon and from the publishers website and are very popular with bandsmen and women.
I have composed over 50 band tunes including two marches which are played by some of the top flute bands around and at least one has been adopted by the Coldstream Guards in Catterick "Fitch's Grenadiers"
I have also written The theme tune for a Documentary about the Licolnshire Pals Regiment called "The Grimsby Chums" for the 100 anniversary commemoration of the Great War.
I am in touch with most of the makers of Bb Band flutes in the UK and have helped to promote them by showcasing their instruments on Youtube with honest impartial reviews and as a collector I have purchased quite a few instruments from them over the years.
I am currently working on a new publication around flute bands which I hope to complete in 2017. I am also learning Irish Traditional Music on a wooden simple system Concert Flute and I am interested in researching the early music of Scottish settlers in Ireland during the plantations in the early 17th Century.
Phone: +447876136075
Address: www.fluterscompanion.com
I have been playing flute since 1984 and button accordion (B/C) since 1981 and have been a member of a number of marching bands in East Belfast during the 1980's. Since moving to England in 1995 I play in a flute band based in Birmingham and a Corps of Drums.
In 2008 I decided to start uploading tutorials on YouTube of me playing the flute to some of the band tunes. Since some of the bands members came from Scotland, Southend, Cardiff, Liverpool, Wigan, Rugeley, London and Leeds, It was difficult for everyone to attend the monthly rehearsals.
The tutorials took on a new life of their own as I was bombarded by other fluters in bands in Scotland, Liverpool and Northern Ireland asking for similar tutorials and often just audio for specific tunes their band was learning.
I started building an online archive of popular tunes played by bands of the day and posted these to my YouTube Accordionstu account. My interest surrounding the Bb Flute, history and liks with Unionist culture in Ireland grew and I began to record hisotries of old bands and through social media I engaged with more and more bands collecting historical information.
I published A book with over 80 histories of bands called Loyalist Flute Bands in 2008 with Blurb Publishing.
Today I manage the Fluter's Companion archive www.fluterscompanion.com and have published a series of glossy A4 Tutorials and tune directories with the latest "Complete Fluter's Companion" having over 700 tunes written in a simplified ABC format which is used by many flute bands today. The Fluter's Companion
books are available from Amazon and from the publishers website and are very popular with bandsmen and women.
I have composed over 50 band tunes including two marches which are played by some of the top flute bands around and at least one has been adopted by the Coldstream Guards in Catterick "Fitch's Grenadiers"
I have also written The theme tune for a Documentary about the Licolnshire Pals Regiment called "The Grimsby Chums" for the 100 anniversary commemoration of the Great War.
I am in touch with most of the makers of Bb Band flutes in the UK and have helped to promote them by showcasing their instruments on Youtube with honest impartial reviews and as a collector I have purchased quite a few instruments from them over the years.
I am currently working on a new publication around flute bands which I hope to complete in 2017. I am also learning Irish Traditional Music on a wooden simple system Concert Flute and I am interested in researching the early music of Scottish settlers in Ireland during the plantations in the early 17th Century.
Phone: +447876136075
Address: www.fluterscompanion.com
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80 Glossy pages with excellent photo's of the bands on parade, this is the only book of it's kind and is a good book for refernces for enthusiasts and Loyalists alike. If you enjoy the Flute Bands, this is a must, for your book shelf.
All tunes are backed up by a video on Youtube or you may email me for a specific tutorial and I will send you one, usually within a few days.
Miller Wicks N.I, Miller Browne, Mullan, Peter Worrell, Tony Millyard, Crosette, Pro Corps, Ferris, Ammo & Co. Cliffy Rea, Hawkes & SOns Crown AZ, Rudall Carte, Henry Potter's, Dibora.
80 Glossy pages with excellent photo's of the bands on parade, this is the only book of it's kind and is a good book for refernces for enthusiasts and Loyalists alike. If you enjoy the Flute Bands, this is a must, for your book shelf.
All tunes are backed up by a video on Youtube or you may email me for a specific tutorial and I will send you one, usually within a few days.
Miller Wicks N.I, Miller Browne, Mullan, Peter Worrell, Tony Millyard, Crosette, Pro Corps, Ferris, Ammo & Co. Cliffy Rea, Hawkes & SOns Crown AZ, Rudall Carte, Henry Potter's, Dibora.