Wednesday, December 1, 2010
How much risk and uncertainty do you allow in your own life? We all have our own way of handling risk, and any artistic or creative pursuit involves risk. We never really know what kind of results our hard work will bring or even the best way to achieve them. The emotional investment in one’s chosen art brings with it a certain amount of uncertainty and vulnerability. Competition of any kind is a creative pursuit that involves psychological risk taking. And anyone who belittles the activity of bagpipe competition has likely never been involved in anything more psychologically arduous than buying a toaster oven. They have no idea how personally grueling it can be.
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Friday, November 26, 2010
Angus Óg, piping prophet, decrees that it is time to end the chicanery, the pretense, and the lies, and begin wearing live animal sporrans!
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Thursday, November 25, 2010
Can you believe the holiday season is upon us once more? Here at Pipehacker we love making it yourself, but sometimes there is no substitute for a well crafted, high quality item. This year, send your loved ones over here to Pipehacker.com as a (not so subtle) hint for gifts. Check back each Thursday over the coming weeks for lists of Pipehacker-approved piping gear!
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Adam Carreire had the good fortune to sit down with PM Terry Lee of Simon Fraser University Pipe Band while he was over judging the George Sherriff Memorial competition and have a chat. Part I of the video is up on his blog Adams Brain! Worthy Thanksgiving holiday viewing if football is not your thing.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Wouldn’t it be great if your band’s musical dilemmas could be solved with a ready-made packaged solution?
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