Assemble Your Bagpiping Avengers
How do you get better at something when no one is around to challenge you? When you're trying to actively improve at something, it can…
Ever heard, “This conversation may be recorded for quality assurance or training purposes'' when you call a company on the phone? Key word there – recorded. Most successful businesses keep detailed records of all of their transactions and processes, even down to customer conversations, for possible analysis after the fact.
Pilots record their sessions in flight simulators, and every flight’s travel data and transmissions are recorded in what’s famously known as the ‘black box’ (even though they’re usually orange), in order to analyze pilot and flight successes and failures after the fact.
Every successful sports team and player, when serious about true mastery, spends more time watching ‘game tape’ than they do on the field.
Golfers use video recorders to analyze their swings.
One of the first skills chess players learn is to record their moves after each and every move they make.
All of these highly successful people and organizations do this because recording has an incredible slew of benefits, which span many of our previous 10 commandments.
To be a successful piper, recording yourself should be (at least a small) part of every practice session.
How do you get better at something when no one is around to challenge you? When you're trying to actively improve at something, it can…
We often question what might make us a better player. We look to the greats, pore over books and podcasts and advice columns, soak up…
Everyone wants to be a better player; that’s why we practice. Being able to look at your own playing and see what works and what needs improvement is an art in itself. Even if you are working with an instructor you need to be able to objectively look at your own playing. Here are a few pointers that might help.
Do you struggle to remember tunes? A Dojo student was recently lamenting that they must have mentally accumulated so much stuff in their seven decades on…
If you're new at Dojo U, it's a lot like your first day at any other school. You check your class schedule, look at the…
Animated discussions often spring up in our Dojo U student community about the merits of different types of manometer. In case you’re unfamiliar, a manometer…
Think back to grade school where we first learned about the senses – sight, smell, touch, taste, hearing. Just the five, right? A sixth sense…
Unfortunately, bagpiping isn't a billion-dollar-per-year industry. If it were, submitting recordings wouldn't be such a pain in the butt here at Dojo U. But, alas,…
A recorder is a vital tool for every piper to have and to use. Now, if you’re like most people, you probably hate the idea…
To make the most out of Dojo U, you need to get comfortable recording yourself and sharing the results with our staff and community. Quality…