Any tin whistle players in here?

[fluter]

I asked: monitor?

yes but cant get mix hot enough to hear it.

monitor of some sort? An in-ear would be best,

That's where I was leading, too. If a headset mike would work for the whistle, you could possibly combine it with a monitor headphone/earpiece.

I have not yet had the pleasure of seeing y'all play, nor seen more than the video on your MySpace page. You'll get better help from those who are actively gigging, I'm sure.

The choice of mike and miking technique is the first part of the critical path. Try as many mikes as possible.

I won't presume to say much to Liam about technique, but I've been playing flute and recorder as long as he's been playing pipes & whistle, so---when all else fails DO eat the mike, as the singers say. I often put it overhead at forehead level pointing down at my nose & the instrument, but this may/may not work on stage. Then I let my mustache almost tickle the mike

A dedicated monitor of some sort: If a "reasonable" monitor speaker won't get it, try a JBL EON 15 or something similarly unreasonable. I call the EON the flutists revenge. I have 2, if needed there's one for me and one for the stage mix. The flutist's revenge Mark I was a 2x12 cabinet with 4 dome tweeters and a little amp, with which I could make the drummer take notice.

Finally a dedicated monitor mix if it's needed: take the mike to a little mixer and send one signal to the monitor and another to the mix? The ubiquitous little Mackie or Spirit Folio would be useful and not too dear; they have decent pre-amps for the money.

Having said which, it's been a looong time since I had to build a live PA, so take it for what it's worth. Hopefully you won't need all of it.