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🎬 Class ReplayAll LevelsFree Preview📅 Posted February 28, 2023· 55m

How to be Successful at Piping Gigs

The Short Version

You are the expert — lead the client. The person hiring you has only a vague notion of what they want. Like a caterer running the menu, you present the options, suggest the tunes, and nail down your exact cue for the moment you strike in.
Free or full price — never a cheap version. Settle the fee up front without apology, take a half deposit for far-off dates, and make the balance due when you arrive, before you play. Chasing money around at the end of a gig is not acceptable.
Tune your drones to a cold chanter. When there's a long wait before you play, don't warm up and tune hot. Tune fast — under two minutes — and keep the chanter in its Tone Protector tucked next to your body so your first strike-in is in tune.
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How to be Successful at Piping Gigs
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00:37a What gig as piping counts🔒
04:33client guiding You're the your expert:🔒
06:27Wedding reception from processional options to🔒
08:24cue exact know your Funerals:🔒
10:53tunes clients steering Choosing and🔒
16:02Grace, Home, Amazing Going and finale the🔒
19:26fee: or price Setting full free your🔒
21:53play Deposits before and you payment🔒
24:22uniform, and Preparation: tune memory pipes,🔒
26:23Day-of smart arrive early, pack logistics:🔒
28:50bagpipe malfunctions tales: viral Cautionary🔒
32:32can't warm Tuning cold up you when🔒
41:23agreements Scope, and charges, clear travel🔒
44:51and decline, charge, to busking to when What🔒

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