Members pogo97 Posted June 18, 2015 Members Share Posted June 18, 2015 Played the patio at an upscale retirement home yesterday. Seven o'clock to eight and out. I played well, they loved me etc. But for the whole time, there was a bagpipe circle happening about a half block away. So I'd be singing "Heart & Soul" and hearing "Scotland the Brave" coming back at me. If I'd been in the audience, I'd have run away screaming, but they all stayed and listened, bless their souls. And we all had a good laugh at eight when the town clock started to chime and we had three things going on at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted June 18, 2015 Moderators Share Posted June 18, 2015 you know why bagpipers march when they play, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted June 18, 2015 Author Members Share Posted June 18, 2015 No, daddymack, why do bagpipers march when the play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbo_Keys Posted June 18, 2015 Members Share Posted June 18, 2015 No' date=' daddymack, why do bagpipers march when the play?[/quote'] To get away from the noise ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted June 19, 2015 Moderators Share Posted June 19, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Shaster Posted June 24, 2015 Members Share Posted June 24, 2015 I think I would rather have live interference then canned. I recently played a restaurant, and was sure they had turned their break music on, even though I had just started to play. Turns out it was someone in the audience with a tablet, surfing YouTube - grrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TimothyZelinski Posted August 26, 2015 Members Share Posted August 26, 2015 Ouch! Worse than a jazz club I love going to where the quiet music is often interrupted by the subway running right below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted August 27, 2015 Moderators Share Posted August 27, 2015 Ouch! Worse than a jazz club I love going to where the quiet music is often interrupted by the subway running right below. but that is the club's fault for picking a location that is not conducive to the entertainment....I used to play in the lounge of a local 'private' airport...planes coming and going all the time...finally just resigned ourselves to the facts...but we refused to play louder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted August 27, 2015 Members Share Posted August 27, 2015 When I was in San Juan, there was a jazz club that wouldn't even run the blender while the band was playing. Good people. What bugs me about bagpipes is that the drone pipe is intentionally pitched out of tune so that when the same note is being played, you can still hear two pipes. When I play with poor intonation, it's unintentional and I'm trying to play on pitch Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted August 28, 2015 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2015 speaking of pitch...you know what perfect pitch is? Throwing bagpipes into a wood chipper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members moogerfooger Posted August 28, 2015 Members Share Posted August 28, 2015 their hearing aids were canceling out the bagpipes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted August 28, 2015 Members Share Posted August 28, 2015 Rimshots for the one-liners I'm very glad I don't play bagpipes, I'm too sensitive to put up with all the jokes - and I don't think I'd look good marching around in a skirt either. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators daddymack Posted August 28, 2015 Moderators Share Posted August 28, 2015 'tis what is under the kilt that really matters, laddie... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pogo97 Posted August 29, 2015 Author Members Share Posted August 29, 2015 [video=youtube;EqtFnAZu1YI] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Notes_Norton Posted August 29, 2015 Members Share Posted August 29, 2015 the tilt of the kilt is directly proportional to the lassies in the first row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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