March... Strathspey.... and Reel.....
It's MSR year in Glasgow. I've been obsessed with MSRs for years, mostly because they seem so straight forward, everyone shrugs when you ask them about it, and yet, everyone has something different they look for.
I've learned nothing... kinda.
I know they're the more technical of the contest sets. The March must be brisk and bright, yet not frantic. The Spey must lift like a dancer, yet weigh heavily on the accent pattern. The Reel must swing like Duke Ellington while driving forward with precision...
If you're not in pipe bands, but you're a musician, and you read this, you now know why we party so hard.
I've been listening to St. Lawrence O'Toole's worlds performance, they pretty much nail it. So powerful, yet so musical.
So my goal for the next 3 months is to learn everything I can about MSR's and pass it along to my corp. Then, hope we can input that all into our playing.
I'll keep the blog updated periodically if I learn some new ground shaking truth about idium or something, and just between us, I think I'm going to try and pick the brain of one of the judges who's hammered my corp and our MSR playing in the past. I want to know what we are missing.
Running a corp is alot like an MSR. You have to be brash, yet humble, fearless, yet respectful.
Maybe it's just a balancing act
Sean
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