How to be a bagpipe bandleader article When you’re a guy in a band, how do you learn to play a bagpiper?First, you gotta learn how to play.If you want to be able to sing in front of a crowd, it helps to know how to do that.That’s why you need to be willing to […]
It’s a great time to be a musician in Australia, and there are plenty of bagpipes to be heard around the country.Here are the 10 best performers of 2018 so far. Here’s a list of some of the top performing instruments in Australia.Bass, guitar, electric guitar, brass, mandolin, banjo, banjoleer, trombone and clarinet: Here are the top […]
The pompous bagpipe performance of one of the greatest bagpipers of all time has been dubbed “going home” by the BBC.The award-winning performance by George Martin has been played on BBC Radio 5 live since 2012 and it has been broadcast by millions of listeners worldwide.The BBC has also broadcast the performance on its flagship […]
This article is part of the series “How I Got my Bagpipe Musically from My Granny”.It is an excerpt from my book “How to Get Bagpipes.”You can buy the book here.In this first installment, I talk about my grandpa, who lived a full life of music. My grandfather, a musician by profession, had two main musical […]
The son of Mexican immigrants, Michael Moros music is rooted in his mother’s love of rock, and its often influenced by the music of her ancestors.“My mother’s influence is a lot more on the soul of the music than anything else,” Moro said in a phone interview with The Guardian.“It’s not so much my mother’s […]
A bagpipes Dayton Ohio concert will not be the only event that will have a bagpipers presence.On Saturday, August 30, a special Bagpipers Day will be held in the Ballroom at The Palace of Music at Dayton, Ohio, the same venue that has hosted some of the greatest musical acts of all time.The show will […]