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.
But the Highland games and events that provide the venues for much of our performance activity are not immune to the economic turmoil of the last couple of years. The ones that do remain struggle and some are on a slippery slope toward extinction. As musicians who derive much of our performance opportunities from these events, we can all do a small part over the coming year to make sure this aspect of our art remains as healthy as it can be. This year, take the time to work through the items on this list and insure that there will always be places to play and hear good piping and drumming.
Happy New Year! This week is Bagpiping New Year’s Resolution week at Pipehacker. A good way to kick off the first week of the new year is to take stock of your bagpiping achievements and goals and plan for a bigger and better year. There a plenty of helpful posts here at Pipehacker to help you focus your mind on your learning and playing of the Highland bagpipe (click the “Piper’s Mind” category for some light reading!). Each day this week will feature posts from the Pipehacker archive, posts that can give you a leg up on your piping for the year ahead. Enjoy!
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