Opinion: The future for piping and drumming must put an emphasis on performance, not perfectionJune 1, 2023
A fundamental change must occur if piping and drum …
Read more » | No CommentsA slippery slopeApril 27, 2023
Sunset or sunrise? According to our site traffic s …
Read more » | No CommentsA major problemMarch 23, 2023
While on the surface, the loss of a major RSPBA pi …
Read more » | No CommentsOpinion: The price of everythingMarch 2, 2023
You don’t look broke, Oscar. Oscar Wilde famously …
Read more » | 4 CommentsOpinion: For the sake of the art and an audience, we need judging reformJanuary 24, 2023
Lord it’s the same old tune, fiddle and guitar Whe …
Read more » | 3 CommentsLive-streaming – what’s wrong with this picture?October 31, 2022
In the pre-Internet days, we used to bemoan the sc …
Read more » | No CommentsBoiling over: for the sake of better music and good health, we need to change what we wearOctober 9, 2022
Wool-clad competitors huddle under available shade …
Read more » | No CommentsOpinion: The pipe band MSR doesn’t have to mean MiSeRyAugust 3, 2022
The numbers don’t lie. The pipe band march, strath …
Read more » | No CommentsGood, good, very good, excellent, good. Last. The pitfalls of performance positivity.July 7, 2022
It’s fashionable these days to stress the positive …
Read more » | No CommentsGuest editorial: Playing little gamesJune 28, 2022
By Martin Docherty The pre-competition scene at th …
Read more » | No CommentsOpinion: If there were ever a time to cap numbers, it’s nowMarch 22, 2022
Large bands that would reduce numbers by five or six would make a profound and lasting contribution to the greater good
Read more » | 3 CommentsOpinion: Isn’t it time we formally rewarded the difficult?February 11, 2022
It’s subjective judgment that always trips us up
Read more » | 2 CommentsOpinion: The Great Resignation can be our Great ResurgenceJanuary 10, 2022
There is an opportunity to reinvigorate in this most unlikely time
Read more » | No CommentsOpinion: Who will be Highland piping’s Paddy Moloney?November 26, 2021
We could really use such an unlikely superstar
Read more » | 4 CommentsOpinion: Instagram, competition, and the nonstop yearning for approvalOctober 24, 2021
The lessons of social media might be applied to our ultra-judgmental community
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