2020-01-18: MHAF WinterStorm: Richard Parkes, MBE & Alastair Dunn
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Your environment is the single greatest correlate to your success as a piper. Create a rich environment for learning, and you'll drastically increase your odds of success. We believe, for every one hour of "active" practice, you should be "passively" immersing yourself in bagpipe music, thought, and culture. When in doubt, use this page for inspiration.
Our Favorite Evergreen Sources of Bagpipe Inspiration:
Andra's 45-hour Spotify Playlist!
Ben and Andra's 60+ hour Apple Music Playlist! Part 1
Ben and Andra's 60+ hour Apple Music Playlist! Part 2
BBC Pipeline
The Big Rab Show Podcast
The World Pipe Band Championships
PipesDrums.com
The Piping Press
Bagpipe.News
Andrew Lenz's "Bagpipe Journey"
New Addition! The Piper's Persuasion - famous piper interviews.
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This is a fun tune performed by the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band on their Live 'N Well Album. This tune was written by R.S.…
This is an amazing recital played by Finlay Johnston. A little over halfway through the video (starting at 14:30) he plays is the Old Rustic…
https://youtu.be/HS3pKt7i5mU The Edinburgh Piobaireachd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOB1Gwlj3zs Here's a fun way to get your immersion in, throw on your favorite tunes and play along with them using an electronic chanter. This…
This entire album is pretty amazing, but if you attended Alasdair Henderson's Feb 13 class, you'll recognize the first tune of the second set -…
This is the Winning Quartet of the International Quartet Competition at Piping Live in 2009. One of the jigs played in this set, The Shepherd's…
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This piobaireachd is played by the group Pictus. It's an interesting take on a traditional tune. Want to learn to play this tune? Check out…
https://youtu.be/uNleHOK-PzM March - The Braes of Castle Grant Strathspey - The Shepard's Crook Reel - Pretty Marion