Do you ever wonder when you should stop the flow of music to take a breath on your practice chanter?
What if you didn't have to?
Circular breathing ...
Have you ever wanted to write your own tunes or harmonies?
Composing music, especially for bagpipes, offers an incredible outlet to express yourself ...
I’m not a basketball coach. But if I were, I wouldn't try to micromanage every play while my team was out on the court, or to run them through endless...
Many pipers never give too much thought to the drummers when they're in the circle.Â
But drummers aren't just background noise; they're the heartbeat...
Are you one of the many pipers out there who learned to read music as you learned the bagpipes?Â
Sight reading is a skill that many of us struggle wi...
Ever found it hard to get back into piping after a break? Even after a short hiatus, it can be exhausting to play for even a short time until your sta...
What makes a band successful?
Of course, what everyone considers "success" might be different, but for the purposes of this thought experiment, let's...
"Do I have to play the standard setting of a tune in a solo competition?"
It's a question I hear all the time at the Dojo. Â
The simple answer is yo...
Ever wondered why some pipe bands excel while others seem stuck in a rut?
What if you could unlock true musical freedom for your pipe band, propellin...
Sadly, very few pipers are free to transcend their current level of piping because they are trapped by certain bad habits that make it impossible to p...
Ever pushed yourself to the brink during a workout only to realize, too late, that you might have overdone it? You're not alone. Many of us have been ...
Do you have any tunes in your repertoire that you don’t play well anymore?Â
Perhaps you learned them when you weren’t as experienced and practiced in...
