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215 - Lament For John Morrison Of Assynt House - 08.15.2017
First run through on the pipes since returning from the worlds. What are you thoughts???
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214 - Hail To My Country - 07.06.2017
Run-through, hail to my country. Still added in some bl**dy extra g-gracenotes in cadences of taor & crun. Blech! Otherwise, a fun run!
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213 - Lament For John Morrison Of Assynt House - 06.10.2017
A mock competition, where I pursposefully threw some curveballs at myself - it's my least confident tune, and I had less time than usual to warm up. How'd it come out?
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212 - Lament For The Iolaire - 06.05.2017
A run-through of Donald MacLeod's "Lament for the Iolaire." This was a tune written to lament a ship returning from from WWI whose sinking on January 1st, 1919 in the Minch was one of the worst maritime disasters in...
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211 - Lord Berisdale's Salute - Mock Competition - 05.31.2017
A "Mock Competition" is where I set a specific time (in this case 1045AM) to perform, and allow myself 4 minutes to tune up prior to the tune - just as if I were actually competing. Today's tune: Lord Berisdale's...
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210 - Hail To My Country - Mock Competition - 05.30.2017
A "Mock Competition" is where I set a specific time (in this case 1045AM) to perform, and allow myself 4 minutes to tune up prior to the tune - just as if I were actually competing. Today's tune: Hail to My...
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209 - Focusing On Tonal Production Has To Come BEFORE YOU FOCUS ON TUNING - 4.21.2017
A second chunk of the Tuning Clinic we ran in April! In this session, we talked in extreme detail on how to produce a great bagpipe tone, and all of the components that come together to make it happen. A great listen...
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208 - Practice An Inch Wide And A Mile Deep - 05.10.2017
What's the best way to practice? In the span of our session, we want to focus on something small, and really "go deep" on that topic, so that we actually improve. A few minutes from my morning class here where I...
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207 - Raw Uncut Piobaireachd Practice Session - 05.04.2017
Today's piobaireachd session, in preparation for the Silver Medals at Oban and Inverness. These are new tunes, likely to have mistakes and definitely areas where the musical phrasing could improve! First half -...
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206 - Audio Lesson With Grade 3 Solo Competitor - 05.04.2017
A student of mine sent in several recordings to critique, and I recorded the session. Tune in if you'd like to hear some good playing, and my critique of the playing.
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205 - Live Commentary Of Andrew's Practice Session - 04.28.2017
Something new today; I recorded my practice session, and then I recorded some educational commentary over top. The best episode yet? I think it might be. Tunes played: Lament for John Morrison of Assynt House, Lament...
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204 - Andy Fusco (Las Vegas PB) Interviews Yours Truly - Recorded 09.30.2016
Had the great experience of sitting down with Andy Fusco and the Las Vegas Pipe Band's super-production-squad, and cranking out this interview. The vibe was great and the result was a great survey of my position in...
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