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388 - How Can You Free Up Your Piping Bandwidth? (Dojo Conversations Episode 58)
As pipers we have to juggle a lot of skills, usually all at once. Remembering tunes, playing with good rhythm and clean fingerwork, tuning, blowing good tone, marching... the list goes on.
But how do you put them all...
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2024 Winter Storm Concert
Relive all the amazing performances from the 2024 Winter Storm Concert!
On January 14th 2024, it might have been freezing outside, but at Winter Storm – the pipes and drums event in Kansas City – we turned up the heat...
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387 - What's the REAL Cost of Bagpiping? (Dojo Conversations Episode 57)
How much money should you be budgeting for your bagpiping? At a minimum there are reeds, pipe bags, and other parts all need to be replaced regularly – and then there's new chanters, travel, lessons, and much more....
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386 - How to Simplify Tunes (Dojo Conversations Episode 56)
Ever heard “you’re not a REAL piper unless you play with all the embellishments as written”?
Embellishments are lovely – but they’re the crown moulding, while foundational skills like rhythm, scale navigation, and...
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385 - Can Rest Be Productive? (Dojo Conversations Episode 55)
Do you ever feel burned out at the end of competition season?
This week, Andrew and Jim look at the merits of rest. It's a necessity in the fitness world to recover and restore yourself to be stronger – so could the...
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384 - Everything Auld Is New Again (Dojo Conversations Episode 54)
Should 'auld' episodes be forgot and never brought to mind? Not a chance!
As 2024 dawns, we're taking a moment to pause and reflect – it's been just over a year since the podcast went live, so this week Andrew and Jim...
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383 - A Highland Piping Christmas Carol (Dojo Conversations Episode 53)
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the Dojo, we've enlisted AI for some festive mojo!
This week, Andrew and Jim detour for a special Christmas episode, enlisting the writing and artistic talents of very...
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382 - Jack Lee on Cruise Journey North (Dojo Conversations Episode 52)
This week, Andrew and Jim welcome special guest and piping legend Jack Lee to talk all things piping, drumming and… cruising?!
The upcoming Piper’s Dojo and Piping Hot Summer Drummer collaboration 'Cruise Journey...
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381 - The 4 Questions You Should Be Asking Every Time You Play (Dojo Conversations Episode 51)
Do your pipes ever feel hard to play? If you’re not asking these 4 questions every time you pick them up out of the box, you’re setting yourself up to fail before you play a single note…
This week, Andrew and Jim...
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380 - Finding Drumming Freedom with Ed Best (Dojo Conversations Episode 50)
This week, we're welcoming special guest Ed Best – Dojo U's drumming instruction lead, rhythm guru and dad joke connoisseur – to chat about his approach to helping drummers find their own musical freedom. We dive into...
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379 - Are Your Bagpipes Playing You? (Dojo Conversations Episode 49)
Do your bagpipes fit your body – or do you make your body fit to your bagpipes?
Continuing last week's conversation about posture, this time Andrew and Jim challenge the idea that bagpipes are hard to play –...
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378 - Does Multitasking Work For Bagpipers? (Dojo Conversations Episode 48)
"Multitasking is a way of fooling ourselves that we’re being exceptionally efficient."
Did you learn to play exclusively on a practice chanter, have to get a few tunes (with all embellishments included) memorized,...
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