EUSPBA Grade 4 Piobaireachd = Tuning Up for FAIL by Vince Janoski

The eastern piping competition season is well underway and bagpipers across the seaboard are busy practicing and working hard to make good music. it’s easy in the hubbub, though, to lose sight of the nitty gritty that has a tremendous influence over our activities. One such pile of grit was the kerfuffle over the recent [...]

Morning Comix: PIPRZ by Vince Janoski

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Pipehacker Project: Rebuild and Resurrect a Practice Chanter Reed by Vince Janoski

Never chuck a good reed. Wait. Did I say that already once before? Well, it’s true, and if you’ve been at this bagpipes thing for any length of time, you’ve probably amassed quite the collection of old reeds off all kinds. Practice chanter reeds are typically going to give up the ghost more frequently only [...]

Pareto Piping: The Three Things at the Core of Pipe Band Success by Vince Janoski

Pareto Principle: Roughly 80% of the effects of many events come from 20% of the causes. We all want to crack the secret of good bagpiping and drumming and achieve success on the competition field, don’t we? Pipe bands here in the USA work very hard to be musically and competitively successful, but I’ll bet [...]

The Salvaged Wood Smallpipe by Vince Janoski

Fellow bagpipe addict and pipehacker-in-training Johnny L. stopped by for a visit recently and he is the first recipient of the “Pipehacker DIYB award.” OK, I made that last part up, but he should win something since he has performed ultimate pipehacking and created sets of sleek and minimalist moutblown smallpipes using nothing but a [...]

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Morning Comix: PIPRZ by Vince Janoski

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Morning Comix: PIPRZ by Vince Janoski

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How Long Should You Practice? by Vince Janoski

Dr. Noa Kageyama has a website called “The Bulletproof Musician.” Many excellent posts to be found on the psychology of playing music, performing, etc. His post “How Many Hours a Day Should You Practice” is an excellent exposition on how to practice “smart” instead of “a lot.” One of the better and more illuminating sections [...]