How long have u been playin your pipes before u did a gig

tompipes · Post by **tompipes** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:56 am

Me,

9 years.

Tommy

benwalker · Post by **benwalker** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:58 am

Me too about 9 years... Was a wedding (I think)

rgouette · Post by **rgouette** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:48 am

man, like 6 months or some other way too short of a time...
think it was in church...not a paying gig, but they did sound ok considering the newbiness..
(practice set)

stain · Post by **stain** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:10 am

I can't even do an A roll never mind a gig!!!

SEAGULL · Post by **SEAGULL** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:14 am

four months. It wasn't pretty. I kind of regret that now seeing that there is a video tape of it floating around somewhere. oh here it is

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... oose&hl=en

daveboling · Post by **daveboling** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:46 am

SEAGULL wrote:four months. It wasn't pretty. I kind of regret that now seeing that there is a video tape of it floating around somewhere. oh here it is

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... oose&hl=en

Unique regulator work on that cut.

dave boling

misterpatrick · Post by **misterpatrick** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:51 am

Three years. Not that that was wise. A group of us performed this past weekend at the St. Paul Irish Fair. Check out the photographic evidence at http://www.gnipc.org.

Fun was had by all, except perhaps the audience.

*ADDED* And now I see that TommyK has already posted a thread. Teach me to post before looking at other new threads.

The Sporting Pitchfork · Tue Aug 15, 2006 1:14 pm

Oh...about 9, uh, months...

And it was a recording gig...Got hired to play pipes & low whistle on my friend Laurel Brauns' debut album "Swimming." Turned out pretty decently, I thought, but I gotta say thank God for studio technology!

First live gig was after about five years, I guess.

vcolby · Post by **vcolby** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 4:26 pm

Not long enough.

gregorygraham · Post by **gregorygraham** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 5:17 pm

You're too modest Virgil.

rebelpiper · Post by **rebelpiper** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:05 pm

the first official gig was 7 months after i began playing and ill admit a little too soon

.........but after i had been playing for 3 months i visitied my grandfather and played for him. later that night he had several friends over for a visit and he made me drag out my pipes and play for them. it wasnt all that great but i could see the pride in his face as i played. a moment with my grandfather ill never forget!

myrddinemrys · Post by **myrddinemrys** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 9:43 pm

I play reels.

hawkworth · Post by **hawkworth** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 1:42 am

I did a gig there last week for the postman, the humidity in the back of the
van was failry poor, but he'd opened the windows by the time id reached the part of the Foxchase where the badger dies... It was my first gig and i've been playing for sixty seven years.. (not including the mandatory 21 years).

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 3:45 am

hawkworth wrote:I did a gig there last week for the postman, the humidity in the back of the
van was failry poor, but he'd opened the windows by the time id reached the part of the Foxchase where the badger dies... It was my first gig and i've been playing for sixty seven years.. (not including the mandatory 21 years).

... so, um, how much did you make off the gig. Postmen can be generous if they have a mind... and a few beers in 'em.

stain · Post by **stain** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 4:58 am

Did I mention that I cant do an A roll??