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Just got this from John - thought some of you guys might like a listen (if you're not already regular listeners) Hi Becky, This is just a heads up that you are the featured artist on the show tomorrow. It starts at 4:00 p.m. (-7 hours GMT), so at 11:00 p.m. your time (I think), and goes for two hour...

Hi David - I'll be there too, though will probably be a bit on the late side (will bring note from my mum ). Good on you all for getting things together!

Well I can't manage without one. I have been known on the odd occasion to lose my favourite one and be obsessively engrossed with finding it before being able to carry on (might have been something to do with the B&C's consumed too)

glands wrote:This would surely drive all except the hardcore women out of the piping scene.....the would not be able to stand the site of us blokes in our skimpy little outfits and would run for the hills.

Not Nice!!!!

Now trying to erase said mental image from my mind - gee thanks glands!

David Lim wrote:
Here in Manchester we have only one female piper and she's not been seen for a while.


David

Sorry David I really must get out more - give me a shout when you're out and about please!

Well in brief (and I could rant on about this for hours given the chance) and in addition to the usual trials and tribulations of starting out on the pipes, I would add that... 1. Uilleann pipes are (rightly or wrongly) percieved as a male dominated instrument (much like the electric guitar in rock ...

josh perkins wrote:Becky is a contributor to this forum as well as being a fierce piper. Maybe she's got something to say on this topic?

Don't get me started..........!!

Hi - I tried a practise set out in my local traditional music shop last year. I was very sceptical at first, but when I actually saw the set I was very pleasantly surprised. The workmanship was first class, the pipes which were brand new and unplayed were in good working order, no leaks or squeaks. ...

I've always liked 'Zeeto the Bubbleman' (both the tune and the title are pretty cool)

Thursday, 2 December at 11.30 a.m. on BBC Radio 4.

Debbie Kilbride presents a half-hour documentary programme on the Irish music, its musicians and its supporters in The Favourite, off Holloway Road, during the 1960s and 1970s.

Hi David (am working from home also!) I (attempt) to use the bdb triplet in a couple of tunes, I find it really hard but it goes well in place of the crotchet b that opens 'bonnie bunch of ferns' I try to use both fingers (with varying degrees of success) to play the b. In old recordings of Robbie H...

Wahay!! way to go David!

A case to match your piping - hot stuff

This thread is funny.. :lol: This thread isn't funny - its sad. Its the most barking thing I've read in ages - WOOF! Get a grip you guys, you're gonna confuse and put more people off carrying on like this than you're going to help. Having said that, I have to agree with Alan on this one though - do...

[quote="djm"]. First of all, you must expect to vary the bag pressure. It is not constant. The lower octave requires less pressure than the upper octave.[quote="djm"] ????????? Are you sure? I've always worked on the principle of keeping the bag pressure as steady as possible, es...

Its a huge loss - immeasurable really. Obviously for his family and friends, but also on a much wider scale, his knowledge and skills were one in a million. To be blessed with that and to be such a decent and downright nice bloke is rare indeed. His loss leaves a huge gap.