Uilleann Pipes & Whistles

Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?

A: Definitely playing Uilleann Pipes for Boyce Avenue. As we know Boyce Avenue is a world renowned band from America, blending Uilleann Pipes to acoustic covers with a cello is quite a challenge but it did turned out well .

Q: What are you working on at the moment?

A: Currently working on a fusion of Irish & Malay music with a talented Irish musician, Tara Howley.

Q: What's your 'promise' to your clients?

A: To always deliver 110% commitment and quality of work. Also to bring out the richness sound of the Uilleann Pipes, whistle , and Saxophone in their project.

Q: What's the biggest misconception about what you do?

A: "Non- Irish musician who plays Celtic music just to gain some attention." The fact is that I've been playing and studied Irish / Scottish music since 2002 and Highland Bagpipes and Whistle is my first instruments.

Q: What advice do you have for a customer looking to hire a provider like you?

A: Look for someone who will do 110% of the job.

Q: What was your career path? How long have you been doing this?

A: I’m truly grateful to have worked with few notable artists across the globe including the likes of Boyce Avenue, Hamza Namira, Tara Howley, and a few others for the past 2 decades.

Q: What's your typical work process?

A: 3-8Days

Q: What questions do customers most commonly ask you? What's your answer?

A: 1. How many keys you can play on the Uilleann Pipes? - my Uilleann Pipes is in the key of 'D'. For Major Keys, I can play in D, E, G, & A Major and its relative minors. 2. What's the difference between Irish Uilleann Pipes and Scottish Highland Bagpipes? - The difference between the two iconic instruments are huge! Scottish Highland Bagpipes is Loud, in the key of Bb and Mixolydian scale, Not much ornamentations and only 1 octave. As for the Irish Uilleann Pipes, the volume is equivalent to a Violin, in the key of D, full D Major Scale in 2 octaves, you can play Staccato, legato and vibrato.

Q: What do you like most about your job?

A: Being a musician who plays a rare instruments, I love to do something that is outside of my comfort zone. there were one time, i had a client who asked me to record some uilleann pipe and low whistle for his metal music composition.

Q: What questions do you ask prospective clients?

A: Would you like to work on something different and new?

Q: If you were on a desert island and could take just 5 pieces of gear, what would they be?

A: Flute, Macbook,USB Microphone, Super Wifi Router, Power plug?

Q: How would you describe your style?

A: Versatile and quck learner. I grew up listening to various music ranging from jazz, pop, funk, world music and folk music. Also, I am very passionate in Traditional Malay music and Celtic music mainly Irish music.

Q: What type of music do you usually work on?

A: Celtic music, contemporary movie soundtrack, World music, Fusion and also Jazz. I did work on Pop and other unusual music for my instruments such as Hip-Hop, Arabic, Indian and Greek.

Q: What's your strongest skill?

A: Fast in adapting to the new styles and ideas.

Q: What do you bring to a song?

A: I tend to think creatively and different than usual.

Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.

A: Recording the sound of the Uilleann Pipes for various clients with various styles/genres.