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Piece Description
Jeff Hannon is a sports editor for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. On his breaks he steps outside for a cigarette, and he begins to whistle. Jeff learned to whistle from his father and grandfather and the music they listened to. Now he can be heard on the corner of Federal and Exchange in the Old Port area of Portland, ME. This piece has been purchased by NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, but has yet to air. You can find my fingers crossed every Saturday and Sunday at 5:00pm until it does.
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Review of The WhistlerWhat a beautiful, little piece. This is a testimony to how the seemingly simple can hold deep meaning. It is sound rich and well recorded. A perfect fit for any weekend radio program, or to fill in between stories on ATC. This little gem would work great at any national or local program. It is the song of the common man. We need more pieces like this floating in the ether. |
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Review of The Whistlera happy little radio moment with a truly genius whistler. the piece is emblematic of the kinds of small and sweet stories that I remember hearing peppered throughout ME and ATC oh, so long ago... would be an excellent addition to any weekend or evening newscast - I imagine listening while driving on a beautiful summer evening, the open road, a cool breeze blowing, and me desperately trying to whistle half as well as Jeff Hannon. |
Broadcast History
NPR's Weekend All Things Considered has purchased this piece, but it has yet to air as of June 6th, 2005.
Transcript
Jeff Hannon: Hi there. My name is Jeffrey Hannon, and I like to whistle.
Jeff begins to whistle a jazzy kind of tune. Whistling fades under Jeff at 0:21
Jeff: The basic answer of why I like to whistle is because I often find that like over the course of my day when I?m walking around, or whatever you know or just puttering around doing stuff, I?m not really thinking verbally. I?m just hearing music in my mind. And so, it just kind of articulates itself that way. It?s just the way I think I guess.
Whistling fades back up with a little foot tapping and then under at 0:49.
Jeff: I started whistling real young, because?and I think this is kind of a generational thing. My father used to whistle all the time, and my grandfather used to whistle. And so I just grew up hearing people whistle. And Al Jolsen. My father used to play Al Jolsen records, and he was a master whis...
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Timing and Cues
The piece is 3:49 with about a 15 second music bed for outro at the end.
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Charlie Summers
Posted on October 12, 2005 at 06:23 AM | Permalink
Review of The Whistler
A professional piece, perfect for heading to the top of the hour.
Hardly earth-shattering, this piece forces the listener to smile, nod in time with the whistling, and pay attention; a decptively simple yet impressively effective piece of sound, cut to the perfect length - any longer, it could become boring, any shorter, and the listener wouldn't be satisfied.
And I probably shouldn't say this in such a serious forum, but...it's a heckuva lot of fun.