Sean Somers - Gingersnap
Sean was a great Dojo U guest instructor who shared with us some of the things that inspire him to compose music. This tune was…
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.
Matt MacIsaac - Pipe Solo - What an Ending!
https://youtu.be/zkEbrW-91eM Fair Maid of Barra / Patrick's Annabel / Calliope House / Moving Cloud 2015 in Longview, TX on March 28th
Ragnarok - Lincoln Hilton
Ready to play with a pipe band again but still under lockdown? Lincoln Hilton had the same issue so he created his own pipe band.…
Piping Live - Lunchtime Recital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhCWM7art44 Listening to great piping isn't just fun it's a precursor to learning. What you hear today might become the tunes of tomorrow.
Flying Fingers!
https://youtu.be/0pdq7R2PRdk Sometimes you just have to go for it! Angus MacColl performing at the 2010 Todd Bar Invitational Piping Recital-Challenge, August 12, 2010
Valley of the Deer Revue Piping Concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVAVE5i_10Q What better then an hour and a half of top notch piping? Turn this one on in the background and enjoy!
World-Changing Composition by Michael Grey
Michael Grey uses an amazing variety of music to influence his compositions. He shared some of these with us in his class this past Sunday.…
Winter Storm 2021 Online
https://youtu.be/MY2m_78jOLs Winter Storm 2021@home is a film about the people and the music of the greatest annual event on the piping and drumming social calendar,…
NZ Pipe Band Championships
https://youtu.be/eaYXg8D49Ro?t=11385 While much of the rest of the piping world might be on lock down bands from New Zealand recently participated in the 2021 New…
Inveraray Medley 2016 - What an Ending!
https://youtu.be/HCmcPIy4wmA Always loved the creativity of this set, especially the way the drums drop out at the start of the last reel and slowly come…