Steve D wrote:
>>On the Wright Allan's suggestion that he is playing playing NSP to connect with his roots....nothing wrong >>with that. If any of us think that playing NSP or any other instrument is 'not' a representation of our >>identities then we need to look closer. Sorry, but I don't understand you. I can see that one's choice of instrument can express a certain personality or "character". I can also see that growing up in Northumberland, Ireland, Brittany or Scotland - with a certain instrument as part of the scenery - might lead you to play a certain type of pipe. But I don't see what you mean by "identity" here I was born on the Isle of Man and spent most of my youth in Liverpool (oh the shame! but don't worry, I've had the operation). I took up the NSP because I was enraptured by the sound on hearing a Billy Pigg recording when I was about 20. How on earth does my playing the NSP (and the big bad Highland pipes too) represent my "identity"? Just wondering. Cheers, Paul Gretton -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
