Piper's Dojo Audio Experience

Piper's Dojo Audio Experience

Hosted by: Andrew Douglas and the Piper's Dojo Team

The Dojo engages thousands of bagpipers around the globe, by harnessing the power of the internet to help connect those in the world who share a specific passion; enriching one's life through bagpipes.

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Episodes

114 - Terry Lee Recap - 06.11.2014

After last week’s show with Terry Lee, there’s a lot to soak in. What did you think? June 11th, 2014.
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113 - P/M Terry Lee (Dojo Universe 100th Episode) - 06.04.2014

It’s our 100th show here at Dojo Universe, and the winningest Pipe Major of North American history (and one of the winningest of all time) will join us! We’ll interview him a bit, and just generally hang out. Bring...
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112 - 50 Ways to Die at the Games - 05.28.2014

Well, we don’t mean actual death of course, but there’s a lot of stuff that you should NOT do at the Games if you want to survive our crazy world. We’ll have some fun and go into it today! May 28th, 2014.
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111 - The PipeHacker Review - 05.21.2014

Now that Vin is back in the mix, let’s catch up on what he’s been up to over at PipeHacker.com – it’s a great blog for pipers, and we’ll get an inside look today. May 21st, 2014.
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109 - Make Some Money Playing Gigs - 05.07.2014

This week, let’s talk about how to get yourself set up to play gigs, and start to make a little bit of income! We’ll go through what tunes to play, how to pull off a great performance, and even how to get some...
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108 - Open Q and A - 04.30.2014

Every few weeks, we like to open the floor to anything and everything about bagpipes! Sign in, type in a question, and we’ll rock and roll from there! April 30th, 2014.
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107 - Where Chanter Reeds Go to Die - 04.23.2014

At the Dojo, we have a “dead reed bin” where we send all of our reeds when they die. It seems a bit morbid we know, but, it’s a great way to develop a collection of reeds to practice our manipulation skills! April...
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106 - Guiding Principles for Improving Your Bagpiping - 04.16.2014

Just like in “real life,” bagpiping does have several key guiding principles that will help you develop into a good player. Discipline, problem solving, and even a sort of musical morality will guide us to become...
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105 - Guide to Solo Competing 2014 - 04.09.2014

In this week’s show, we’re going to start by showing where all the games are this summer! Are there any that are worth travelling a bit to? Then, we’ll discuss how you might structure your practice/development...
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104 - Pipe Band Magicianship - 04.02.2014

We didn’t get around to talking about top secret magician stuff for pipe bands! To get a pipe band in tune, you really just need one thing: MAGIC. We’re just kidding actually – this show will cover a lot of the basics...
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103 - Secret Bagpipe Tricks - 03.26.2014

We’re going to talk about some key tricks that pros use to master certain elements of their playng. From tuning, to practicing, to pipe bands, we’ll have lots of good stuff for you! March 26th, 2014.
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100 - Bagpipe Rules, Regulations and Etiquette - 03.19.2014

We’ve been around the game a long time, and for us, the “rules” of piping are 2nd nature! But, that might not be the same for everyone, and so we’ll have a session this week to talk about it! March 19th, 2014.
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