10 Bagpipe Performance Goals for 2011 by Vince Janoski

Happy Hogmanay! The start of another year is upon us. As you reflect on the things that have influenced your bagpiping over the last ten years, you can begin the year by setting musical goals as part of your New Year’s resolutions. A good way to guide yourself through your next year-long ritual of bagpipe performance and competition.

Small Tunes: “O’er the Water to Charlie” by Vince Janoski

“O’er the Water to Charlie” is another one of those Jacobite “rebel” songs that has been spun and respun into songs, pipe marches, fiddle jigs, etc.

Oran Mor and Erin Harkes Live! by Vince Janoski

Members of the Oran Mor Pipe Band kick it last week with the Erin Harkes Band at Savannah’s in Albany, NY. Excellent holiday fun.

5 Things That Shaped U.S. Piping and Drumming This Decade by Vince Janoski

Admit it, 2010 is already fading from your memory like The Lost Piobroch. By the time this Saturday hits, your bagpipe competitive successes and failures will be replaced by thoughts of the coming 2011 piping season—new music, travel, delicious meat pies to come. Well, let us remind you that the last decade has not left [...]

Morning Comix: PIPRZ by Vince Janoski

Morning Comix: PIPRZ—All dialogue authentically blawn!

Nothing Says Christmas Like a Bagpiping Santa by Vince Janoski

I hope Santa brings me a unicycle. Wishing pipers everywhere a Merry Christmas!

More Musical Goodness from The Highland Sessions by Vince Janoski

More from “The Highland Sessions.” Your regular dose of piping video medicine.

ALAP/ASAP exploration – What’s the difference between “cut” notes and gracenotes? by Andrew Douglas

A while ago I posted a presentation about ALAP-ASAP, or, in other words, the principles of holding and cutting notes in “Swing Idioms.” For some background for those who aren’t familiar with the topic of ALAP-ASAP, or the principles of holding and cutting notes in “swing idioms,” you can view my presentation CLICK HERE. Check it [...]