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The Great Highland bagpipe, a weird but interesting instrument comprising of a bag, originally a sheep's stomach, later became a leather...

There’s nothing quite like the evocative sound of bagpipes. It’s an instrument that speaks across time and culture—stirring emotions,...

The year started so positively, plans were in place for a great year of piping both on the solos and band competitions fields, and...

I have not blogged in a while, and to be honest, I just forgot!! Life got in the way, and time went by. Anyway, having said that, with a...

The bagpipe, a reservoir of air, with a single entry but 4 exit points, how hard can it be? It is actually quite easy if the bagpipe is...

Wow, as the title states, I had forgotten about this page. The reason for this is that I do not get much traffic off it, but today I got...

Sjoe, I must start by saying that this blog malarkey is not easy. You hear of blog this and blog that, vlog this, vlog that and bloggers...

Life of a piper - a check in title I have used in Facebook before. It was when I checked in to a cemetery to play at a funeral. It was...

Happy weekend. Had a great band practice this morning, as always. Always something new to learn, a fingering problem to fix, and it was...

When I was a kid and started learning the guitar as one does, unfortunately I didn't get the chance to learn the bagpipe at a young age,...

Good day. Everywhere you look, read, hear its all social media, this social media, that social media blah blah blah. Now dont get me...

Good afternoon. So, yesterday 7 October 2017, was this years edition of the George Ackroyd solo piping competition. This was held at the...

Well here we go, turning our hand to a web page and blogging. I decided to start this page in an attempt to get a few more private gigs...