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 Archive
BBC Piping Sounds
Enjoy your Piping! With Gary West
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.
Three great tunes from Gordon Duncan's Thunderstruck Album. Learn the second and third tunes in Cameron Drummond's classes on Oct 25 and Nov 1. https://youtu.be/K9F9mJ7UD0k?si=YiAp-qrymZiSIlOF
https://youtu.be/MQ7fPAyvZxQ?si=QiyDiXEPhDK5bpEC
https://youtu.be/93vhJHhDL3c?si=H5wLezAT-gzWdmYP
https://youtu.be/Bxphsb76gf4?si=p2EI0Waq5kqyVZCq Tunes are: Halo & Jigs set: Halo, The Herringwife, Nancy's, and Kildonan and Elliott Finn MacDonald
https://youtu.be/jPqFdnvBJlU Have a listen to this MSR from the 2023 World Pipe Band Championships played by the Juvenile Pipe Band - Dollar Academy.
https://youtu.be/_bZywvgag8Y?si=X7YTMDRgnW7PODpP Pre Worlds Concert 2023 - The Beaches of Harris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz4TTT5MSRI You just can't get enough of this amazing piping.
https://youtu.be/feKZTMy93i8?si=avnYeUqFki_Q85WT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfoaJ8M3VeA Yet another amazing performance from a legendary piper!
https://youtu.be/tdqx8iMWLWg?si=bP3L8Kf9u1KtSOAR The People's Ford Boghall & Bathgate are the last to perform in the medley section.
