Bagpiping with Lucas Questions from this session:
00:44 - Do you have to circular breathe?
1:24 - How did you get started in piping? Learning for free from a bagpipe band
3:48 - How to start if you don’t have a local band. What’s the best thing you can do to get started?
5:52 - Being a bagpipe ambassador
7:37 - Is there an age where it is too young to start?
9:17 - What are the most common mistakes when you start playing bagpipes?
11:03 - Street bands v.s competition bands
12:40 - Is it better to hire a personal bagpipe teacher or to learn to play with a band?
13:08 - Bagpipe workshops, bagpiping schools and bagpipe band camp through the Eastern United States Bagpipe Association.
13:58 - Problems with the bagpiping community, bagpipe community pitfalls to avoid. How can you tell if a bagpipe instructor is bad?
15;42 - Are online bagpipe tutors good or bad?
17:57 - How much money will I have to spend to get my kid into bagpiping? What to know about practice chanters.
19:22 - How much do bagpipes cost? Can I get cheap bagpipes?
21:04 - How do I buy used bagpipes?
24:24 - What size practice chanter do I need?
25:20 - How long should I use a practice chanter before I start playing real full size bagpipes?
27:56 - How old was Lucas when he started? What was your first performance like?
29:36 - What was the weirdest / most awkward gig you’ve ever played?
32:12 - Highland bagpipes vs. small pipes and border pipes
34:00 - One piece of critical advice for beginning bagpipers
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