For the Love of the Pipes

March 3, 2013 on 7:13 pm by Michael Grey | In Delightful Data of the Day, Random Thoughts, Stories | 2 Comments

I recently started teaching a young fellow in town [and to give you an idea of how close he lives to me this is what he said at his last lesson: “I see you were having work done on your house this week...” Welcome to small town life.] Anyway, he’s a keen piper (redundant words, I know) and full of enthusiasm to move forward, to get better.
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A Halloween Tumshie

October 31, 2012 on 2:08 pm by Michael Grey | In Delightful Data of the Day, Humour | Comments Off

I’m often asked, believe it or not, what the words are that kick off the “Sergeant Malkie Bow’s Consternation” tracks from my Shambolica! and Unqualified Favourites recordings. For the record, the words are, “Mikie, it’s Malkie, you’re a big tumshie…”.
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Martian Marching

September 3, 2012 on 5:33 pm by Michael Grey | In Delightful Data of the Day, Random Thoughts | 4 Comments

At it’s closest Mars is just over 56 million kilometres from Earth. If you could walk at a fair pace, say 6 and a half km an hour you could do the Earth to Mars trundle in about 4000 years.
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DDD: Signature Tunes

July 13, 2012 on 9:51 am by Michael Grey | In Delightful Data of the Day, Solo Piping | Comments Off

Most musicians have music that is associated with them, either through performance or composition. For the pianist Glenn Gould, for instance, it’s his interpretation of Bach’s “The Goldberg Variations“.
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DDD: George Stewart McLennan

July 6, 2012 on 7:15 pm by Michael Grey | In Delightful Data of the Day | 1 Comment

Here’s something you may not have known about the great piper and composer (“The Little Cascade”), George Stewart McLennan (1883-1929):
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