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Hello and Welcome to BagpiperDon.com.
Take a look around my site -- here you will find information pertaining to my professional performing, recording endeavours, various bands, Highland bagpipe instruction and more.  Please contact me with any questions or comments you may have.


BagpiperDon ~ Highlights
  • Performing occasions throughout the Greater Seattle Area and Washington since 1998
  • Studying Scottish & Irish music and playing Highland bagpipes for over 15 years
  • Recording artist since 2003 playing Highland bagpipes, smallpipes, and bodhrán
  • Playing Scottish smallpipes since 2008 and the traditional Irish bodhrán (drum) since ... well, I'm not sure when I started playing bodhrán ... sometime around 2005?
  • Founder, front-man and manager of Celtic-fusion band Nae Regrets
  • Co-Founder and manager of John Cunningham Memorial Tartan Pipes & Drums



Free Stuff on BagpiperDon.com
How cool is that?
06August2010
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!


BagpiperDon.com News
Status -- Returning to Normal
27Apr2010
I graduated from a collegieat program of study 19June2010.  The past five quarters of school took quite a bit of time from my music, but I have since gotten back to work, making progress with a refreshed gusto -- and hunting for a new day-job.  At present I project starting recording work on my first smallpipe album around the end of this year, as well as recording the other half of Ceòl gu Brath EP -- my Celtic-rock/fusion band Nae Regrets' first professionally manufactured album -- after that, focusing on my personal pipe albums.
It is wedding season -- if you are seeking my services please do not hesitate to let me know about your event and use the contact link above.



Nae Regrets News
BagpiperDon's Celtic-Rock/Fusion Project
08July2010
My Celtic-rock/fusion band, Nae Regrets, had another great year at Northwest Folklife giving more high-energy performances to fantastic audiences.  We released our new live album, "Alive at Northwest Folklife 2009" to an equally entheuastiac response.  We're using this year's event as a spring-board to both develop the group and line up performances -- possibly starting this late-August.
Check out the band's website at NaeRegrets.com where you can also download 2 free MP3s
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Smallpipe Album(s)
Back To Work!
03May2010

I'm very happy to announce that I am back to work on an album project I started before my recent round of school -- titled "Building Fire".  Playing my fireside smallpipes, I 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".


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This page last updated 18August2010
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