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Thanks for posting this. I see his father was from Tipperary. I should check this out, as I also come from Kents out of Tip...

With my family history reaching back to Sheffield and environs, I wish the new pipers' club All The Best!!

Thanks for the news... I'm really saddened by this. Recently, once again, was thinking about recording some tunes to send him in appreciation of his music; I knew I'd be running against time, so to speak, and time has run out. His music with the Chieftains was a great inspiration to me.

playing the wrong style because that's all you know how to do, versus making an educated decision to push boundaries Sorry to belabor, but that is one relevant point. There's a difference between absorbing so much of an aesthetic to allow one to push the boundaries from within, versus overlaying ex...

resist because of the tendency to impose non-traditional qualities on the music. Yes. Take PCL's anecdote: "I couldn't hear from his playing which note it was meant to be." That's the trap. Micho played the note as 'meant to be' ... it could've been different each time through, pitched ne...

At the most remedial level, start with a slow metronome setting (I suggest 60 bpm, playing a single note per 2 or even 4 clicks), and concentrate on relaxed execution of each note in a tune or exercise. The emphasis is to gain awareness of excess tension, "sympathetic" tensions (where movi...

very note in every dance tune (but not airs) Ennis recorded. Unfortunately not all of Ennis' dance tunes are transcribed. For instance, Pat missed "The Boys of Bluehill". Which is a shame I ~really~ don't know how that tune could be missed... a real tour-de-force of piping. I think at lea...

Beautiful playing, actually. Added to my favorites.

Fantastic, Uilliam! Congratulations! Does the Baron have a march? If not, maybe one should be made.

*Fantastic* playing, great sound! Yes, as Nico says, the Scholar.

"I am not an animal! I. am. a. human. being...."

> Can anyone tell me the name

Inion an Fhaoit On nGleann

> The real trick is knowing when to use them Yeah, when I first started, I turned almost every 3 note combination (like GAG or GFG) into a roll because, well, rolls/ornaments were so unique and attractive. I was desperately noodling, figuring out how to get them in. Of course, I didn't understand th...

> Hey Pat - I never knew you ran the Boston marathon !

Yes, and he's so good, he didn't even have to be in Boston to do it.