01December2020 — The Patriotic Piper, Vol. I published ten days ago — things are off to an even better start than I possibly imagined!  Some people have cleverly noticed the “Volume 01” in the title — they’re already asking where the other books are, when will they be published, and what will they contain.

This first book was originally only titled “The Patriotic Piper”.  When I started the project I began by making a substantial list of tunes along with collecting notation.  When considering my collected titles against the scope of the project, I narrowed the list down to the 20 tunes now found in the book.

Me-being-me, I didn’t delete the ‘rejects list’.  About a year before finishing the first book, while looking in my original list for some information, I realized what was in front of me:  I had the perfect collection needed to make a second book!

Work on book #2 has already begun.  The plan for The Patriotic Piper, Vol. II is to feature these additional tunes accompanied by their histories.  I may or may-not include recipes — however, if I hear from enough people who want recipes … I’ll do it!

At last check my ‘rejects list’ is around 35 tunes.  Some of these titles are under copyright.  While I may not include the notation, I don’t believe that stops me from writing the history and providing information on these tunes.

While talking with various people, including some of my SAMS peers, about the first book I realized that I was on to something.  There are potentially additional Patriotic Piper books that can form a series, continuing to utilize the same ‘military/patriotic tunes’ idea.  At present I have a solid concept for Book #3.  The concept for Book #4 is … let’s just say … coming into focus.

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