10 Personal Bagpipe Resolutions for the Coming Year by Vince Janoski

The following post appeared at the turn of the new year for 2011. Now that we are on the brink of another year’s turn, it seems a good a time as any to refresh your list of bagpiping resolutions for 2012. A happy, healthy, and prosperous 2012 to all! The hubbub of the holiday season [...]

Merry Christmas from Pipehacker! by Vince Janoski

Sadly, Santa must take a break from his bagpipe practice this weekend. I hope all pipers everywhere have been good boys and girls so Santa will bring you everything on your list. Good holiday tidings to all and a prosperous season to bagpipers everywhere! Merry Christmas!

Morning Comix: PIPRZ by Vince Janoski

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Small Tunes Podcast: “The Death of the Wren” by Vince Janoski

This episode’s tune is a little something for the upcoming holiday season: “The Death of the Wren.” This small, driving reel is not unlike many of the idiom, with echoes of more commonly heard melody lines hidden in its old measures. The title likely commemorates the killing of “the King of all birds” on St. [...]

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Pipehacker Presents the Small Tunes Podcast—Vintage Melodies from the Bagpipe Tradition by Vince Janoski

Regular readers of Pipehacker will be familiar with the “Small Tunes” feature post: Occassional postings of new arrangements to old and forgotten tunes that are part of our piping tradition. In a new twist on the feature, the “Small Tunes” post will be converted into a short podcast and become what is essentially the first-ever [...]

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Morning Comix: PIPRZ by Vince Janoski

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Pipehacker 2011 Holiday Bagpipe Gift Frenzy: Black T-Shirts “Today Is a Good Day to Pipe” by Vince Janoski

McNab was staring at his weapon thinking of the day to come. All his training had led to this. One final, Thunderdome-like smackdown. He pressed his kilt three times in preparation, each pleat like a razor’s edge. His ghillie brogues shone like waxed obsidian. When he thought of all the hours he put in, all [...]