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No I don't do elfin at all. Lumpy, dark, and ogre like, yes.

I guess I went a bit OTT with the Gaga pic. Sorry.

Carry on folks.

If all you crave is novelty, you're wasting your time playing trad music. Instead you should be figuring out a way to be like this person

How about "Fashionable, recently composed tunes that just plain suck but get played anyway because some respected performer composed them?'

I was thinking Egan as well, or a copy. Looks like C or C#.

15 year veteran piper now offering lessons on the northwest side of town. PM for details.

P.S. if you need a practice set, contact David Daye or Pat Sky. Stay away from Pakistani pipes!

You're welcome kramden :thumbsup: :party: It was a blast, all right, although the success of the workshop belongs mostly to Tommy. It sounded to me as if you guys were making some progress and that you all got some useful takeaways from the experience. We were very pleased to be able to partake of a...

Jarlath.I wrote:Very nice playing Pat. You should maybe move your post to the thread discussing technique vs "soul" because you definitely have both technique, and a lot of soul, going in that recording. Bravo!!

Thanks, Jarlath!

Not too bad for a live recording in a room with 100F temperatures. I flubbed one note where the sweat dripped in my eye. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xgD6Jsx4Lo

You've been warned, and it's your money to spend as you please. But as someone who's had to tell several aspiring student pipers that the "bargain" pipes they bought would not work, and that no one would be able to make them work without costly surgery that negates the "bargain" ...

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I was playing some tunes with friends in my local one night and a college kid who'd had a few bounced up mid tune and shouted "WHAT THE F--- ARE YOU PLAYING?!"

If you're within 100 miles of this event, make time to see them, they're mighty musicians!

We were up playing tunes until 5AM both days.

In a word, it was brilliant. I would elaborate but I'm too tired to continue...

That is so cool! Congratulations!