2022 Road to Recovery PT 1
Have you had an injury or setback? Can you define an appropriate level of success for your practice today? See how Bruce Gandy comes back…
Category: 11 Commandments
The Rocket Fuel is in the Trade-Offs
Maintaining a singular focus at all times may be the most important factor in how fast you improve at playing the bagpipes. I've discussed before how…
Producing the Perfect Constant
Drone reeds are either the cause or the solution to the problem of creating a great sound out of three instruments (two tenors and a…
The Case for the Tube-Style Manometer
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…
Glasgow Skye Association Pipe Band - MSR 2017 Worlds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVgHMk36MLY What does it sound like to be the Grade 2 World Pipe Band Champions? Let's find out in this great MSR.
Piping The Way - Stuart Liddell West Highland Way Bagpipe Film
https://youtu.be/p1GR8qQulx4 Piping The Way full DVD filmed in 2008 follows renowned Bagpiper Stuart Liddell as he journeys across Scotland on the West Highland Way with…
You Gotta Put Down the Duckie
As it turns out, jazz virtuosos on Sesame Street were on to the "Simple Tools Commandment" long before the Dojo... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6GKNGPDDKU Just substitute the word…
New Year's Resolutions and Unsustainable Goals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTlCqqxdh3A Pat Sherwood of CrossFit Linchpin talks about New Year's fitness resolutions... but listen closely. It's all about piping goals as well.
Strathclyde Police Pipe Band - Worlds 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGVXPNGDQ_o A blast from the past, a medley from the 1999 world played by Strathclyde Police Pipe Band.
New Year = New Tunes
It's the new year! First things first – have you picked out some new tunes to learn yet? And I don't mean breaking out some…