Dunaber music

A Lot of Fun Thanks to youtube

mike — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:33:09 +0000

The band had a lot of fun this season, or I think they did. I know I did. Stretchy music and youtube.com - what a combo. Posts of our medley performances on the video site gave us waves of anonymous commentary; a sort of huge sputtering, spittley mouth-piece of amazingly passionate - and mostly vitriolic - comment. Entertaining in the extreme for us. I think of anonymous comment as entertainment and that with a bona fide signature as constructive.
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Breton Pipe Bands

mike — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:31:04 +0000

Yoann Le Goff sent me this site this morning: a link to a video recording of the premier grade pipe band event at Menez Meur, held June 30, 2008. I am sure you will enjoy this video, you can watch and it’s almost like you’re standing in the crowd on what looks like an overcast early summer’s day in Brittainy. C’était un spectacle merveilleux.
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Bagpipe Hero (Video)

mike — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:22:00 +0000

So, there is this sometimes funny CBC television show: “This Hour Has 22 Minutes“… anyway, over the years they’ve done Gaelic bits and the odd nod to Canadian Scots … but this is pretty good…

The truth of the matter, though: bagpipes, destined to be a perennial novelty.

Italy Redux: Italian Pipes (& Fellini)

mike — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:50:25 +0000

I found my recent encounter with the pipes of Italy hugely interesting. Until recently the piping shepherd figure that I’d seen in a lot of Christmas nativity displays was about the beginning and end of my zampogna knowledge.
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Solo Piping on an Edinburgh Stage

mike — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:06:02 +0000

OK. It’s July. It’s summer. And I’m a bit lazy. Better to be outside than at the computer, I think. So I havn’t been all that attentive to this spot. My good intentions have been washed away by good weather, among other things. (more…)

1987 World Pipe Band Championships - II

mike — Mon, 28 May 2007 20:36:37 +0000

This is the second video in the set. This time the march, strathspey and reel, ‘Brig. Ronald Cheape of Tiroran’, ‘Blair Drummond’ and ‘Charlie’s Welcome’.

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1987 World Pipe Band Championships - I

mike — Mon, 28 May 2007 13:37:33 +0000

You can learn a lot from the old tapes, the old recordings. You can hear what’s changed and what hasn’t. The sound of bands has come a way in 20 years. The size of bands, too (this band: 11 pipers, 6 snares, 2 tenor drums and bass).

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