The Old Woman's Dance - Matt MacIsaac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaE4rooZseQ Listen to the amazing fingerwork on the foot-tapping tune.
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.
The Blue Cloud & Mason's Apron by champion Piper Stuart Liddell during recital in Braemar 2022
https://youtu.be/y-fnR9DgQcA?si=pgc8oJo-pXqo5Fug
Gordon Duncan Full Documentary - Just for Gordon
This is a great documentary. You can watch it all or just start at 24 minutes in to hear about why he wrote "Just for…
Kilbrandon, the Little Cascade
Kilbrandon, the Little Cascade (Live) played by Dan Ar Braz. Learn this first tune, Kilbrandon, in Cameron Drummond's class from Oct 11. https://youtu.be/w933TSzC6pE?si=obF6QP1vMGJ3tfBC
Gordon Duncan - Just For Seumas - 1994
This is a great album for immersion. The list of tunes is in the YouTube description. One amazing tune to note starts at 57 minutes:…
Jack Lee - Glenfiddich Piping Championship 2022: MSR
https://youtu.be/9lDfmYJCpXw?si=SbhTpX7Ka1LwF8wT
Solo Stuart Liddell Inverary Pipe Band 2013 Royal Concert Hall
Stuart Liddell is amazing as usual, but this recording also has amazing sound quality! Solo by Stuart LiddellThe Dirty Bee -- Reel by Ross Ainslie…
Lorient Mornings/Grande Nuit In Port Du Peche/Davy Webster
Three great tunes from Gordon Duncan's Thunderstruck Album. Learn the second and third tunes in Cameron Drummond's classes on Oct 25 and Nov 1. https://youtu.be/K9F9mJ7UD0k?si=YiAp-qrymZiSIlOF