Play The Pipes Lowly. (Trees And Things)

skeeter1: Re: ear plugs are no a problem

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:00:12 EST

"Do you have much experience wearing earplugs? "

Quite a lot, myself. When you're a target shooter with half a brain, you learn to use them all the time.

I've tried both passive and active earplugs, but the were rather uncomfortab

JimmyHavok: Re: ear plugs are no a problem

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:39:44 EST

I'm in the same boat. I injured the nerve through my elbow (cubital tunnel syndrome) playing ukulele, because you cock your elbow more than is safe when playing. Now, I can play guitar as long as I like, but when I stop, it feels like someone h

JimmyHavok: Re: ear plugs are no a problem

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:32:09 EST

Do you have much experience wearing earplugs? I wear them quite a bit at work, and sometimes don't even bother to take them out at lunchtime. They don't interfere with conversation, except that your own voice sounds a little bit louder in compa

postillion: Re: Play The Pipes Lowly.

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:14:26 EST

he had to settle for playing the harpsichord which does the stretch the fingers as much.

oops...which does not stretch the fingers as much.

postillion: Re: ear plugs are no a problem

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:13:30 EST

I understand that the intent of this law is good. However, music is actually a very physical activity and it is not uncommon for musicians to damage certain portions of their body during a long career.

When I was in college, one of my friends ende

postillion: Re: ear plugs are no a problem

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:55:00 EST

Earplugs don't affect your rhythm.

Not rhythm but everything else involved with playing an instrument within an orchestra, from different levels of loudness to softness to the exact pitch of an instrument.

Classical music has a great deal more

JimmyHavok: Re: ear plugs are no a problem

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:58:39 EST

I don't see how any orchestra with earplugs will create the same level of exactness

Earplugs don't affect your rhythm.

ScotlandTheBrave: Re: Play The Pipes Lowly.

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:46:35 EST

You think THAT was cool, go to an Highland Games where there's piping competition, and be there by noon for the opening ceremonies. They do what's called Massed Bands. All the competing bands play a few standards together. IN the bigger games, we're talkin

skeeter1: Oh, fuck it

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:20:42 EST

"I once heard a mass of 30 pipe bands playing in unison, in a large park in Chicago. It is a uniquely stirring event."

That sounds like great fun! Last time I went to a Gaelic festival, they had a band there with a dozen pipers and a half-d

postillion: Re: ear plugs are no a problem

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:17:57 EST

I think mostly rock musicians. There's a special kind of earplugs for musicians.

This law is nonsense, not only for bagpipe music but for all la

MayorBob: Re: We were in Ketchikan, Alaska

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:58:06 EST

Having attended a military tattoo up in Canada a few years back I can attest to the absolute frenzie a bag and drum band can stir in a crowd. A bagpipe figured in one of the last times I cried in public.

My uncle was one proud Scotsman, bel

ScotlandTheBrave: We were in Ketchikan, Alaska

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:25:12 EST

Back when I was with the Keith Highlanders, every year the city of Ketchikan would fly us up to Alaska for the Fourth of July celebration. We were treated like rock starts, but the best part for me was during the parade... There's a tunnel on the road lead

Steve Urkel: Re: Besides, Bag Pipes Are Awesomeness

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:06:41 EST

It's easy, because it has nothing to do with actual workplaces, or the needs of actual workers.

Has there ever been any scientific study of why bagpipes inspire people to fight?

Petronius: Re: Play The Pipes Lowly.

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 14:02:44 EST

A friend of mine who played drums in a pipe band once defined a Scottish gentleman as one who knew how to play the pipes, but didn't.

I once heard a mass of 30 pipe bands playing in unison, in a large park in Chicago. It is a uniquely stirring event.

thefadd: Besides, Bag Pipes Are Awesomeness

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:58:05 EST

Seriously. Full agreement with you on this one. How can you have one work place safety law for all workplaces?

Steve Urkel: Wake up

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:54:35 EST

It's not just that this regulation, like so many EU regulations, is stupid, it's that it's being imposed by an unaccountable bureaucracy.

MC Nally: Also..

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:32:31 EST

Also, in the future EU pressings of David Bowie's "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars" album will be printed without the "To be played at maximum volume,

JimmyHavok: ear plugs are no a problem

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:02:39 EST

In a noisy environment, you can actually hear better with them in, because they mask the loudest sounds.

Intelligent musicians have been wearing them for years.

port1080: Compromise

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:38:26 EST

We allow people to do dangerous jobs all the time - most industrial & construction work, no matter how "safe", is far more likely to result in injury than bag piping. We pay people in those jobs a premium based on risk. Perhaps what we need is a way