Category Archives: BPD Albums

All things relative to albums by BagpiperDon, albums by his Celtic-rock band Nae Regrets, and recordings BagpiperDon has appeared on

An Intriguing Call Today …

I received a call today that proved to be … INTRIGUING!

out of the blueSpring of 2012 I produced a custom solo album for a friend.  I planned the music, I ran my gear, I played for it, and I handled all the audio post-production.  The project was made under a time-crunch — I recorded and made the CD in about 24 hours, then rush-mailed it across the country to her.  This collection of music was brief but with a very specific purpose.

The crazy thing here is that I want NOTHING MORE but to say what this was about, but there’s a reason why I can’t give those details away.  Read on, you’ll find out why…

There was only ever one CD made of this album.  Today I received a phone call from my friend and she asked if I could make a back-up copy for her.  I’m not one to lose data — there have been some mistakes, and I had an only-partially backed-up hard drive crash once, but for the most part I have everything I’ve ever made or gathered.  So — YEAH — I still have the audio and everything from the custom album I made.

Back when I produced this work I wrestled with a thought…  I considered making a similar album and put it on the market.  The mental wrestle came from considering the good and bad reasons for going public with a CD of this nature.  I mentioned this to my friend when we spoke today.  She thinks it’s a great idea!  For me … it’s intriguing!  Her suggestion was that I use the same title as I gave her CD, and if I can re-use the same audio even.  She thought she might even be able to make the artwork .  Hmm … INSTANT ALBUM!

don't stop believeingNow I’m playing around with the ‘intriguing’ idea again.  While I’d love to talk about it, I can’t say really anything more.  When it comes to my album and track ideas, I always play it close to the vest — I want to protect my ideas so they don’t get stolen by someone else.  So … consider this blog post what may be the first announcement of a future album.  This could be the first of a number of albums I’ve thought to make — or with some of my work, finish — and get on the market along with my recipe bookCross promotion is a beautiful thing!

Free Stuff on BagpiperDon.com

How Cool is Free Stuff?

I posted 2 free MP3 downloads on my site yesterday — unedited tracks from my Celtic-rock/fusion band Nae Regrets’ recently released album “Alive at Northwest Folklife 2009”. Check out the newly added “Free Stuff” page on my site for the downloads. Album copies are available through BagpipeDiscs.com, Amazon.com, myself and Nae Regrets’ snare drummer Andrew in Vancouver BC.
ALSO, I recently submitted a track from the album to to IRFT Celtic (online) Radio — look them up and request music by Nae Regrets!

Smallpipe Album – Back to Work!

I’m very happy to announce that I am back to work on an album I started before my recent round of school. For this project, titled “Building Fire”, I will be playing my fireside smallpipes, and will be joined by a number of talented accompanists between the US and Ireland. My goal is to release Building Fire during the first half of 2011, following it with a sister-album re-working the original material into an electronic/techno remix edition titled “ElectriFire”.