Matt MacIsaac Slow Air and Jigs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGsZqeFr5Gc Slow air and some jigs with Matt MacIsaac.
Category: Commandment 1: Immersion
Your environment is the single greatest correlate to your success as a piper. Create a rich environment for learning, and you'll drastically increase your odds of success. We believe, for every one hour of "active" practice, you should be "passively" immersing yourself in bagpipe music, thought, and culture. When in doubt, use this page for inspiration.
Our Favorite Evergreen Sources of Bagpipe Inspiration:
Andra's 45-hour Spotify Playlist!
Ben and Andra's 60+ hour Apple Music Playlist! Part 1
Ben and Andra's 60+ hour Apple Music Playlist! Part 2
BBC Pipeline Archive
BBC Piping Sounds
Enjoy your Piping! With Gary West
The Big Rab Show Podcast
The World Pipe Band Championships
PipesDrums.com
The Piping Press
Bagpipe.News
Andrew Lenz's "Bagpipe Journey"
New Addition! The Piper's Persuasion - famous piper interviews.
Reels with Matt MacIsaac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nG8Ixo53_k What's not to like here? If you don't know Matt MacIsaac, it's time for a deep dive on youtube.
Matt MacIsaac - Bagpipes and Guitar - Gaelic Hymn & Jigs
https://youtu.be/DGsZqeFr5Gc Do Lamh o Chriosda (the hand of Christ) The Seagull Butter Fingers The Lark in the Morning
The World's Greatest Pipers Vol.1 P.M. Angus MacDonald M.B.E. 1993
Robert Mathieson spoke about this great piper in his themed class from March 16. Listen to Angus MacDonald's strike-in that is described as "like turning…
Slip Jig & Viennese Waltz
The Viennese Waltz is one of the most recorded waltzes on bagpipes according to Robert Mathieson who recorded this tune on his Grace Notes album…
Grade 2 Hawthorn P.B. MEDLEY at the Melbourne Highland Games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihv8u7Ukr0E Listen to the first-place medley performance of the Grade 2 Hawthorn Pipe Band at the 2022 Melbourne Highland Games & Celtic Festival.
Dawning of the Day / At Long Last: Marches with a twist!
A great couple of tunes played by the Scots Guards! https://youtu.be/w3Yi7rOw2ew
Madonna - Into The Groove [Re-Invention Tour]
Did you know that Madonna used bagpipes in her Re-invention Tour? She invited Lorne Cousin to tour with her after hearing him play at a…
2023 Winter Storm Ceol Beag Gold Medal - Derek Midgley
https://youtu.be/ilwZk0yMseA March - John MacColl's March to Kilbowie Cottage Strathspey - Bob of Fettercairn Reel - The Smith of Chilliechassie
Jazz Waltz: Srulean Geal
In his class on March 2, Robert Mathieson discussed waltzes and played a portion of this tune he recorded on his 1990 album Ebb-Tide. https://youtu.be/6GBZRWrr6o8