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I dunno: I still feel like I'm learning and discovering new things. But I also know that there are things I will never be able to do as a piper. From here on out I'm working mostly on playing music. I've had pipes bits since 1979, but I feel (in the past couple of years) that I'm actually just start...

Potential good news!

http://mmrmagazine.com/mmr-global/mmr-g ... s-meeting/

A bunch of us piping types are looking forward to your show this Sunday in Minneapolis. See you there!

PJ wrote:When I first saw the title of this thread, I misread it and thought it was Paddy Moloney rip, and I thought, oh no, not another....

Me too! Fffeeeyoooo!

NicoMoreno wrote:Does it count as a groundswell if it's really a facebook campaign*?

*campaign may be too strong - a facebook post.

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with but one [facebook post]".

Did I say groundswell ? I meant movement.

Eb appears to be the rage in Ireland these days. The spoken intent is that it "cuts through the noise". But it also kicks us fixed-pitched instruments to the sidelines.

There are is a groundswell to do these Eb snobs one better: we're going to play in Ebb. Haha! Take that!

One thing I’ve found is that spruce reeds seem to suffer the influence of (internal) gunk more than cane. I air-blew an entire dog’s worth of fur, dander, skin cells, etc out of my spruce reg reeds...with spectacular results.

Patrick D'Arcy wrote:The pipes look amazing in this shot. Are there any more of them like this? I'll add this one to the ad anyway.

There was a slua of glam shots like this once upon a. I’m not sure where they originated.

Here's a shot from when they were shined up.
https://scontent-ort2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=5BD8DBE4

JR wrote:

Tom_S wrote:I thought I read that it'd just been re-reeded?

Who recently reeded it? I know it was originally Leo, then Pat Skt, right?

I believe Donnacha Dwyer did the work. The Ennis Coyne, too!

...It's probably more efficient to comment on the youtube page but... Apart from what Peter Lyons said about the tips of your left hand fingers, you also have too many fingers up/open holes in some of the phrases. It is adversely effecting the tuning. I think of the pipes as -basically- a closed sys...

Do you want feedback? If so, where?

TK

Where are you in Midwest Canada? There are pipers in Thunder Bay, Winnipeg (I think), northern Minnesota, southern Minnesota, Northern Michigan, Detroit area, east/east-central Wisconsin, Chicago, etc. There will be pipers about at festivals in Saint Paul,MN and Milwaukee WI next month too. Maybe a ...

You could also try leaving a note for the blog. There are often room availabilities/rideshare postings there.

http://www.eastcoastpipers.com/blog-2/

Yeah, what PJ said. There are things you can do to lower your risk of being commanded to put your pipes in the hold; -travel with as small a case as you can. A classical musician’s case (i.e., viola) may buy you some street cred. [Currently, the world still holds classical musicians in high esteem.....