@@realfarmer21 I have literally seen you everywhere. Like 3 times a day if you don’t freaking shut up I’m going to start reporting you. I do not like your videos AT ALL. Ik some people do tho so let that be how you do well stop frocking advertising everywhere holy crap
Okay I legitimately love bagpipes. It's just got such a unique sound. It's like the blue cheese of instruments; where the first time you experience it you're like "what the fresh fuck is this nonsense", but then after a while it's just amazing
Well, I'd say, if you haven't competed (band and/or solo) for longer than two years, you're no longer "competitive", regardless of how often you play your pipes... So, I would consider myself a "formerly competitive piper" in a similar way this man.
I was a competitive bagpipe player, in fact I was pushing the instrument in new, forbidden directions. I had heard tell of a third song it was possible to play on the bagpipes, and I was this close to discovering it too, until that damned Friedrich replaced the sheet music I was writing with "Amazing Grace" and left me back at square one, looking like a putz in my utili-kilt...
@@ArchibaldClumpy 🤣🤣🤣 Utilikilt me with your humour... Nice use of Yiddish, and yes, Amazon Grass is the best song ever not written to be played on the "Decent Highland Bagpipe". (It should never be not played on the "Great" ones!)... What's that other one they play when one of them goes tits up? "The Mushrooms o' the Marsh"? "The Moss o' the Moors?" "The March o' the Midgies?" ... Something like that...
The fact that he can just pick it up and play after 15 years is impressive, I used to play clarinet, haven’t played in like 3 years and a absolutely couldn’t do it anymore.
It's all about wetting the reed! haha! Same here but I feel I could play the clarinet after a few failed attempts. I learned back in elementary school and the one thing I remember was you need to push air out your lung in a specific way. You can't just blow into it all willy-nilly.
Daniel excitedly yelling "I'm gonna piss off my neighbours so much" is such a mood. Though now I'm sad that I'm not one of his neighbours, because just imagine you're like making a sandwich or something, and then out of nowhere, you faintly hear the unmistakable sound of bagpipes through the wall.
i'm not sure faintly is the world ... unless you have a really good appartment with good sound insonorisation... i hope his neighboors like bagpipes else they gonna have to start liking them ='D ... For sure i would rather have a neighboor playing an instrument than one that blast their radio full volume.
In my hometown, there was a guy in my neighborhood that would play his bagpipes outside every day because his wife wouldn't let him play inside. So we all got enjoyably serenaded on a regular basis. It was great.
Story time: once after track practice I was hanging out with some friends at a nearby park and there was this random dude just there, playing his bagpipes, dude was amazing and we eventually made up this headcannon that he was going to slow make his way to the center of the park and get more popular until he had his own stage, because of that my friend said “be like a bag piper never give up” and my other friend says wow that guy just hasn’t taken any breaths, me as a wind musician went to the logical thought of “Be like a bagpiper never breathe” and now that’s a running joke in our friend group story time over
I play competitivly on the bagpipes and have done so for 7 years. Its is such a fun and rewarding instrument and im so excited that you are trying to get back into it. I have friends who have played with the band down in Dunedin, Florida where Sandy taught so I have heard the name before. Good for you man!
@@Sharky_0456 they are generally the same, but to fangirl is usually to get really excited about something so much so that your voice might go up in pitch, leading to a more girly sounding voice. it applies to girls and boys. it's usually used to mean "to become excited to the point of being flustered or overly energetic over something one enjoys".
watching him be purely excited about something without anybody telling him to shut up or tone it down has been the best thing I've seen all year. listen to him shriek with joy lol
1:46 when you realize he wasn't joking. he really was a competitive bagpiper holy shit the man is talented i thought he was joking for the entire first part of the vid
i guess that's the downside of being a comedian like him. people never know if he's joking or actually telling facts about life. maybe he's just another kid who could do "this" lol tbh i was also pretty surprised by him actually meaning what he said. thought he was just like me, buying random instruments just to try them out
I was a bit blown away too. Did not expect the Pumpkins Fancy to come out of the chanter. But the more I think about it, all the kids were having a crack at it ~15 years ago!
This is one of the most narcissistic takes ive heard that didnt come from twitter. When picking up a new skill you're gonna suck. When people say you have the potential, they can see you mastering the skill but it will take time and effort on your part.
@@scottrauch1261 Honestly, the potential thing is just bs. Anyone can be good at something if they invest time and effort at it. So I kinda agree that this potential statement feels insulting but for a different reason.
@@scottrauch1261 Be honest. Most of the time they are just being polite. In reality, they don't want to here your awful droning but are willing to put up with it.
FINALLY! ANOTHER SCOTTISH PERSON THAT LOVES THE BAGPIPES! Istg why does everyone hate them cos of the one child down the road learning to play them? That why i went tenner drum bitch!
@@giuseppelogiurato5718 There isn't an official Scottish national anthem - Flower of Scotland gets used (unofficially and officially) for sporting competitions, but officially, we're part of the UK so our national anthem is God Save the King/Queen.
“If someone says you have the potential… it means they’re insulting you cause they don’t think you have the balls to do it now” -Sandy Keith the absolute legend😂😂
I told this to a rude dance teacher once after she told me "The only reason I'm mean to you is because I think you have potential." She never spoke to me again (mission accomplished).
Breh, click me... jk. I'm making fun of other self advertising comments. I'd love to see more serious (ans less serious) bag pipe vids. I love the sound of the pipes.
I had a friend in high school who was very proud of his Scottish heritage. He wore a kilt to school everyday and played his bagpipes during passing periods and during lunch. He even came into one of my classes to explain the differences between Scottish and Irish bagpipes because one of the teachers asked him to. I went to a performing and fine arts high school, by the way.
@@alasdairduncan3 I grew up in a shithole so it was only really weddings about me they were worn. I also have an everyday kilt for cutting about now, but then the statements no as funny
It's great to see you smile, actually. Usually your skits have an angry person and a person the joke is on who is either embarrased, sad, angry, confused. We need more happy skits. More Daniel smiles!
The look of sheer shock and disgust at 3:17 when the A screams like a drowning goose was one of the funniest things ive seen in a good while. It took me 5 solid minutes to get past that part without dying of laughter. I needed that thank you xD
Oh man, that high A lol. Looking forward to hearing the set once you have the set broken in a bit and dialed in with everything. Really impressive how you went straight back into it though after years of not playing, right down to the grace notes. Time for a Bagpipe workout montage getting your lungs and mouth muscles back!
I wanna say, its just something special to see the pure joy you have when you started playing again. Like yea, obviously it had been years and it needed to be broken in and it sounded kinda awful. but your expression and laughter reminded me of the joy I have in picking up my own instrument and it just made my day. Thank you
From laughing to frowning, to laughing at yourself and getting frustrated again. Bagpipes can make you feel all kinds of emotions!! lol but the fact that you got a whole tune out of it at the first go is commendable. I was just crying the first day 😂😂
Finally, after 2 years of waiting for the traveler who dared to risk their life delivering that bagpipe the king can now hear Daniel play the *Sack from Scotland*
Dont make fun of the bagpipes… if i catch u at that one more time youll have to sleep w one eye open. Also why call them sacks, they aint even soft or floppy
@@Finn-pd6jq pretty sure he's references an old video by Daniel. There are several where 1 of the characters is a medieval(?) king. And pretty sure the king mentioned wanting to hear someone play the Bagpipes, which he called the "Sack from Scotland" but his subject says they'd need to get a traveller to deliver them or something. Can't name which video exactly but given the previous post I'm assuming it's a video uploaded 2 years ago lol
Everything suddenly makes so much sense, and I loved the utter joy on your face unboxing the beautiful bagpipes! Can't wait to see them make an appearance in future videos!
Out of tune bagpipes is one of the funniest things I've heard in awhile. You could literally release a video that is just an hour of intentionally out of tune bagpipes, and I would be on the floor laughing.
well, about a half hour in the neighbor will bust in with a weapon and we will withness some bloddshed. Which, considering the instrument's history, its quite fitting.
Daniel is unironically the embodiment of our worst neighbor nightmares. Bagpipes, percussive noises, cats, weird sketches at 3AM and of course let us not forget the many personalities that all live under the same roof.
Being Scottish born, nothing makes me more proud than hearing the anthem of the motherland, even if a few of the notes are scuffed, great job I could never play the bagpipes lol
@@runt8243 technically speaking its “god save the queen” but I think the number of scots who would sing that anthem over flower of Scotland or Scotland the brave when asked to sing the national anthem is in credibly low
@@cahan557 no god save the queen is the anthem of Great Britain. I can’t remember once hearing the Scottish national team belting out god save the queen at a rugby match 😂
Daniel, your infectious enthusiasm is a joy to watch. I'm proud of you for returning to your childhood roots with such an underrated but magnificent instrument. You better have fun with that.
you jsut kinda like move the drones up or down to change the sound produced or if it’s rlly bad u change the drone reed slightly for mega changes. Or just play with out of tune drones…
The “official” national anthem of Scotland is actually “Flower of Scotland”. With Scotland not being an independent nation it technically doesn’t actually have one but “Flower of Scotland” is the most commonly regarded as the national anthem. Other contenders are “Scotland the Brave” (as you played), “Scots wa hae”, and “Highland Cathedral” (for if you need inspiration for your upcoming videos)
@@CrissMasta It was written by Germans, but for Scotland. I’ve always loved the fact that a couple of theoretical foreigners wrote one of the most Scottish tunes in existence. :-)
Hate to break it to you but we most certainly do not have an ‘official’ anthem 😂 What we actually have is an ‘unofficial’ album of 8 or so songs that get carted out. Which one you get depends on the event and which one is popular in the region. It was decided that we were allowed to have the power to choose one but it wasn’t deemed politically important and the last time it was brought up in parliament, the MSP in question was told to drop it.
I. LOVE. Bagpipes. I'm a competitive Irish Dancer and was also on my school's performing team for quite a while, meaning we shared a lot of venues with bagpipe players (Especially on St Patrick's day). It's really, really fun. Your love of them makes me feel somewhat validated, in a weird way. Love your vids!
When you first started out... your neighbors probably thought you were doing something dark with a Canadian goose... Myself, I think bagpipes really are amazing. Look forward to seeing more piping.
This was so wholesome! Enthusiasm is literally the best thing in the world, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I happen to love bagpipes, so it's extra neat for me. For anyone who hates bagpipes, please understand that they're intended to be played outside in wide open spaces, and you've probably only ever heard them inside, and that truly makes a world of difference.
Also, in my Scottish school on memorial days one guy would play the bagpipes in the middle of the school so the whole building could hear it. When bagpipes are played outside they can be heard for literal miles, so sometimes you get a nice musical surprise if there's an event going on anywhere nearby
Actually loved this though. Seeing people excited and excelling with more "niche" (for lack of a better word), interests/passions/etc. is always so fun. Cool to learn about bagpipes, hope we do see them in more videos.
Earlier this week I was doing an exercise where I was asked to name 5 people I admire - and Daniel Thrasher was on that list. I don't just love his content, I really admire how he takes creative risks and follows his passion to do whatever he wants, regardless of views or attention. I have never seen him hop on any trend for views, ever. And the result may not be for everybody, but for those of us that love it we REALLY love it and it means so much. Daniel, in case you read this, you're an inspiration.
I'm Scottish and I have never seen anyone more excited over bagpipes but the national anthem of Scotland is 'Flower of Scotland' not 'Scotland the Brave'. 'Scotland the Brave' is just a classic bagpipes tune.
I’m Scottish so can’t help but love the bagpipes, I’ve tied to play them in the past and they’re really hard so props to you. I’m from Bathgate and we’ve won best pipe band many many times. Also Highland Cathedral is my personal favourite on the bagpipes 🏴🤷🏻♂️
I'm from cologne, germany, and I can only agree on Highland Cathedral. One of the most famous bands of Cologne's folk music, Bläck Fööss, wrote lyrics to Highland cathedral and called it Du (bes die Stadt), which is one of their most famous songs.
Seeing him so happy, smiling and laughing puts a smile on my face and makes me happy too. I don't even know you personally but I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. 😊 Besides the recorder that almost everyone had to play in school I learned how to play the trombone for music class. Seeing him still passionate about bagpipes makes me feel nostalgic about my memories of the trombone in a way.
It somehow never occurred to me until now that the bag is filled with air beforehand so you can squeeze it while playing to sustain those notes. I thought bagpipers just had inhumanly large lung capacity and were exhaling the entire time.
I follow a piper on IG and the number of people she gets commenting how she "never breathes" because she isn't obvious about it and the bag is the one blowing the pipes is actually kind of horrible hahah! :)
Wow, its awesome how the sound can still come out while you're taking a breath because you're squeezing it. It's kind of like circular breathing. Also didn't know bagpipes have reeds. I'm a bassoonist and am happy to have you join the double reed family.
The circular breathing thing is definitely what led to the bagpipe's development, and iirc, the most primitive form of bagpipe could be considered the bladderpipe, which has just a little bag between one's mouth and the chanter. Usually, they don't have any drones.
Modern day pipes, not sure about super old ones. All have a check valve (called flapper) and the end of the blow pipe. That way instead of circular breathing using your cheeks as the buffer you use the bag.
@@moulderutes7942 Yeah, the older highland pipes, as well as many modern day pipes of non Scottish origin actually don't necessarily have that kind of check valve that prevents air from coming out of the bag through the blowpipe into the user's mouth, so to my understanding, it would be the common practice for those pipers to use the end of their tongue to close the blowpipe as they take a breath.
That feeling when you pick up an instrument after years of not playing even though you used to be very experienced with it. For me, it would be trombone once I actually take mine out of storage.
Me too! I played my trombone for the first time in several years about a week ago. I’ll hopefully get back into it once I have the space for it in my apartment, but for now it sits behind my desk-a very inconvenient place for a trombone.
@@rebeccat7912 "A Very Inconvenient Place for a Trombone" or even just "An Inconvenient Trombone" sounds like the name of a comedy album or something. :)
I just did the same with my trumpet, I just pulled it out of it's case after over 3 years of not playing it and it felt great but sounded fucking awful 🤣
I've got to pick up a violin again. I think the problem with violin and really string instruments of that nature are that with instruments like a piano or even a guitar, if they are in tune the note will sound good, even if played by an inexperienced player, but with something like a violin, so much of whether it sounds good depends on technique, not the instrument itself. that's why whenever I hear most really young children who just started play, i sounds like a squeaky nightmare with maybe a hint of a clean sound in between each stroke. but even I can pluck a guitar string and make a pretty sound. so the longer I wait to pick it back up, the more fear I have that I'll never be able to do it how I did before.
As someone who is Scottish and played bagpipes and also did tap danceing, I would say you did pretty well, and thank you for bringing up the website to help me with my mental health. :)
Watching this in my backyard and literally scaring off EVERY SINGLE CREATURE😂😭 Seriously though, Daniel's pure joyous excitement from his new bagpipes is so wholesome and infectious
Hahaha, in my high school, cos it was a scottish one, we were all mandated to do a massive parrade once a year, like, in straight up military-style uniform (think a bunch of teenagers wearing dress uniform marching in sync like an actual military parade), and I was in the band. Not as a bagpiper, but I was the snare.
I'm not a big fan of people but one of my favorite things about them is how excited and passionate people can get over just about anything. It's so adorable how excited Daniel got over bagpipes 🥺
That has has to be one of the most joyful videos I have watched on TH-cam. Your genuine delight at reuniting with an old friend brought tears to my eyes. Well done Daniel and thank you.
Idk how i missed this but seeing like one of my favorite music TH-camrs play the bagpipes is soo cool! Like i used to play the bagpipes (was in a band but never got into competitions like my brother) so this, this is inspiriting and i love bagpipes too
I go to the Highland Games every year when they come to my area, and next to watching buff men toss heavy shit across a field, watching the bagpipe competitions is one of my favorite things about it. It's such a complicated instrument but it sounds so fun. I can't wait to see more bagpipe content from Daniel
![Can pros tell which INSTRUMENT is more expensive? [Blind Test]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/E1Nz0AKG_bA/mqdefault.jpg)
daniel being an ex competitive bagpiper answers so many questions i did not know i had
Dont read my name! 😑
That explains a lot, actually.
i know, right? lmao
Kuz I be making some entertaining vids as well dawg
"That just raises further questions!"
The fact that Daniel used to be a competitive bagpiper somehow makes perfect sense.
Dont read my name!!😑
Dont read my name!!😑
Ikr xD
Kuz I be making some entertaining vids as well fam
@@realfarmer21 I have literally seen you everywhere. Like 3 times a day if you don’t freaking shut up I’m going to start reporting you. I do not like your videos AT ALL. Ik some people do tho so let that be how you do well stop frocking advertising everywhere holy crap
Okay I legitimately love bagpipes.
It's just got such a unique sound.
It's like the blue cheese of instruments; where the first time you experience it you're like "what the fresh fuck is this nonsense", but then after a while it's just amazing
I love this metaphor so much
@@RainTheStrawberry same
@@ifyoureadthisurfatherless6579 same
As a quarter Scottish teen I can say your definition is on point
Blue cheese is for people with mold in their brain
I feel like this instrument is a physical manifestation of daniel's aura in a way that no other instrument comes close to
Dont read my name! 😑
Ikr
Yesss
Kuz I be making some entertaining vids as well
Bagpipes are also the manifestation of greatness
A moment of silence for Daniel’s neighbors- the last one they may ever get.
Underrated comment
or the beginning of an eternal silence
This comment tho 💀
good one
HE IS GOING TO PISS THEM OFF SO MUCH!!!
Daniel: “ITS ABOUT TO SOUND REALLY CRAZY RN”
*Two seconds later*
Bagpipes:JSSHUDHSJSHDBSHAISH
I've never heard someone say "I was a competitive bagpipe player" but I'm glad that Daniel was the one to say it.
Well, I'd say, if you haven't competed (band and/or solo) for longer than two years, you're no longer "competitive", regardless of how often you play your pipes... So, I would consider myself a "formerly competitive piper" in a similar way this man.
My mom competed like 30 years ago, she’s still teaching and gigging
I was a competitive bagpipe player, in fact I was pushing the instrument in new, forbidden directions. I had heard tell of a third song it was possible to play on the bagpipes, and I was this close to discovering it too, until that damned Friedrich replaced the sheet music I was writing with "Amazing Grace" and left me back at square one, looking like a putz in my utili-kilt...
@@ArchibaldClumpy you were also a competitive piper?
@@ArchibaldClumpy 🤣🤣🤣 Utilikilt me with your humour... Nice use of Yiddish, and yes, Amazon Grass is the best song ever not written to be played on the "Decent Highland Bagpipe". (It should never be not played on the "Great" ones!)... What's that other one they play when one of them goes tits up? "The Mushrooms o' the Marsh"? "The Moss o' the Moors?" "The March o' the Midgies?" ... Something like that...
Just when I thought Daniel couldn't get anymore impressive, I learn that he can play the freaking bagpipes and used to play the bagpipes competitively
I am scottish. He is now my favourite person on this planet
The fact that he can just pick it up and play after 15 years is impressive, I used to play clarinet, haven’t played in like 3 years and a absolutely couldn’t do it anymore.
It's all about wetting the reed! haha! Same here but I feel I could play the clarinet after a few failed attempts. I learned back in elementary school and the one thing I remember was you need to push air out your lung in a specific way. You can't just blow into it all willy-nilly.
Cringe pfp
I’ve never seen someone get so excited and happy over bagpipes. We need more bagpipe-related happiness in this world.
Bagpipes rule
bagpipes are magnificent
Bagpipes are great.
As a scottish person. I love you
@@beatricewilliams3620 🤩
Daniel excitedly yelling "I'm gonna piss off my neighbours so much" is such a mood. Though now I'm sad that I'm not one of his neighbours, because just imagine you're like making a sandwich or something, and then out of nowhere, you faintly hear the unmistakable sound of bagpipes through the wall.
i'm not sure faintly is the world ... unless you have a really good appartment with good sound insonorisation... i hope his neighboors like bagpipes else they gonna have to start liking them ='D ... For sure i would rather have a neighboor playing an instrument than one that blast their radio full volume.
"Faintly" like the subtle sound of cannon fire in the 1812 Overture..
In my hometown, there was a guy in my neighborhood that would play his bagpipes outside every day because his wife wouldn't let him play inside. So we all got enjoyably serenaded on a regular basis. It was great.
...sounds like heaven.
One of my neighbors actually plays the bagpipes once a week to practice and I absolutely love when they do.
Story time: once after track practice I was hanging out with some friends at a nearby park and there was this random dude just there, playing his bagpipes, dude was amazing and we eventually made up this headcannon that he was going to slow make his way to the center of the park and get more popular until he had his own stage, because of that my friend said “be like a bag piper never give up” and my other friend says wow that guy just hasn’t taken any breaths, me as a wind musician went to the logical thought of “Be like a bagpiper never breathe” and now that’s a running joke in our friend group story time over
I play competitivly on the bagpipes and have done so for 7 years. Its is such a fun and rewarding instrument and im so excited that you are trying to get back into it. I have friends who have played with the band down in Dunedin, Florida where Sandy taught so I have heard the name before. Good for you man!
I literally live next to Dunedin, lmao.
@@MissLuFiasco Can you hear the pipes, the pipes a'callin'?
U may have met Daniel then lol, possible
i live in ocala 😜
I’m actually a piper with the grade 3 city of Dunedin pipe band 😮
Daniel fangirling over the bagpipes is so healing to watch
1:50 - 2:00 is a great example!
what does fangirling mean? is it different to fanboying?
@@Sharky_0456 they are generally the same, but to fangirl is usually to get really excited about something so much so that your voice might go up in pitch, leading to a more girly sounding voice. it applies to girls and boys. it's usually used to mean "to become excited to the point of being flustered or overly energetic over something one enjoys".
@@winchesters4life34 k thx
watching him be purely excited about something without anybody telling him to shut up or tone it down has been the best thing I've seen all year. listen to him shriek with joy lol
1:46 when you realize he wasn't joking. he really was a competitive bagpiper holy shit the man is talented i thought he was joking for the entire first part of the vid
i guess that's the downside of being a comedian like him. people never know if he's joking or actually telling facts about life. maybe he's just another kid who could do "this" lol tbh i was also pretty surprised by him actually meaning what he said. thought he was just like me, buying random instruments just to try them out
do you mean 3:46?
@@meme-oh the piece he played at 1:46 is called the pumpkins fancy and is not considered easy
1:46 sounds like a really distorted guitar solo
I was a bit blown away too. Did not expect the Pumpkins Fancy to come out of the chanter. But the more I think about it, all the kids were having a crack at it ~15 years ago!
"When people say you have potential they are insulting you, because they don't think you have what it takes to do it right now."
Damn
Don't take that to heart
@@boejudden9011 They might not realize they're insulting you, but they *are*
This is one of the most narcissistic takes ive heard that didnt come from twitter. When picking up a new skill you're gonna suck. When people say you have the potential, they can see you mastering the skill but it will take time and effort on your part.
@@scottrauch1261 Honestly, the potential thing is just bs. Anyone can be good at something if they invest time and effort at it. So I kinda agree that this potential statement feels insulting but for a different reason.
@@scottrauch1261 Be honest. Most of the time they are just being polite. In reality, they don't want to here your awful droning but are willing to put up with it.
Im 15 and a Scottish bagpiper and I've been following this channel for years and this is the funniest thing I've seen in a long long time
as a Scottish person, watching someone getting so genuinely excited over bagpipes is both hilarious and astonishing
Pity it's not our actual national anthem though hahaha
FINALLY! ANOTHER SCOTTISH PERSON THAT LOVES THE BAGPIPES! Istg why does everyone hate them cos of the one child down the road learning to play them? That why i went tenner drum bitch!
@@Spazmatronicmonkey istg i didnt even know we had a anthem till last month lmfao
@@Spazmatronicmonkey it's "Scots Wha Hae/The Bruce's Address", isn't it? Or maybe "Flower of Scotland"?
@@giuseppelogiurato5718 There isn't an official Scottish national anthem - Flower of Scotland gets used (unofficially and officially) for sporting competitions, but officially, we're part of the UK so our national anthem is God Save the King/Queen.
The fact that he's excited to annoy his neighbors is the best part.
Yeah, I really vibed with that. 🤣
@Don't read profile photo Instagram in 2012 bro
That's just inconsiderate
I'm no bagpiper, but after hearing that song so many times on one, I can definitely say that was a damn good recollection of it after 15 years.
“If someone says you have the potential… it means they’re insulting you cause they don’t think you have the balls to do it now” -Sandy Keith the absolute legend😂😂
I might steal that quote.
*"hes dead now."*
@@estella610 I might steal the quote.
I told this to a rude dance teacher once after she told me "The only reason I'm mean to you is because I think you have potential." She never spoke to me again (mission accomplished).
bagpipes?! Dude, that's a great instrument! Please use them in future sketches, you could make hilarious content with these.
Brother I be making some entertaining vids as well my g
Breh, click me... jk. I'm making fun of other self advertising comments. I'd love to see more serious (ans less serious) bag pipe vids. I love the sound of the pipes.
His comedic potential just increased twofold.
Maybe even 2.5
@@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger dare i suggest 3?
2:28 its like youre comforting a stressed animal
I had a friend in high school who was very proud of his Scottish heritage. He wore a kilt to school everyday and played his bagpipes during passing periods and during lunch. He even came into one of my classes to explain the differences between Scottish and Irish bagpipes because one of the teachers asked him to. I went to a performing and fine arts high school, by the way.
The funniest part of that is almost no one in Scotland wears a kilt unless we're off to a wedding
@@craigbolton2231 or a ceilidh... or the Rugby.
@@alasdairduncan3 I grew up in a shithole so it was only really weddings about me they were worn. I also have an everyday kilt for cutting about now, but then the statements no as funny
What's a performing fine arts high school ?
Up until the last sentence, I was asking, "How on earth is that allowed in a school?"
It's great to see you smile, actually. Usually your skits have an angry person and a person the joke is on who is either embarrased, sad, angry, confused.
We need more happy skits. More Daniel smiles!
What a sweet comment. Totally agree!
can't believe man said "I was a competitive bagpiper" 😭
The look of sheer shock and disgust at 3:17 when the A screams like a drowning goose was one of the funniest things ive seen in a good while. It took me 5 solid minutes to get past that part without dying of laughter.
I needed that thank you xD
This is exactly what that sounds like.
It gave me PTSD from burns night when liam messed up with the pipes whilst im bloody drummin away
Daniel was always pure but somehow him not acting and being this happy was just the purest thing I’ve seen today
god yeah literally this video made me all 🥺❤️
How do you know he’s not acting
Oh man, that high A lol. Looking forward to hearing the set once you have the set broken in a bit and dialed in with everything. Really impressive how you went straight back into it though after years of not playing, right down to the grace notes. Time for a Bagpipe workout montage getting your lungs and mouth muscles back!
I wanna say, its just something special to see the pure joy you have when you started playing again. Like yea, obviously it had been years and it needed to be broken in and it sounded kinda awful. but your expression and laughter reminded me of the joy I have in picking up my own instrument and it just made my day.
Thank you
Kuz I be making some entertaining vids as well broddie
Absolutely this. This is the joy of music!
Ditto! The enthusiasm!!
Daniel is the perfect person to have bagpipes
Brother I be making some entertaining vids as well
Dont read my name!!😑
@@GriffinZambia challenge accepted
As a competitive highland dancer for the last decade and bit of my life, this makes me so happy words cannot express
As a competitive piper myself, I can say that you are very good at playing the pipes, especially considering that you haven't played them in 15 years.
His pipes themselves don't seem to be up to the challenge though.
@@PenneySounds they just need some tuning, which isn't really a hard task with modern equipment, but it can be repetitive.
It’s the literally the most funniest thing ever when it sounded like a squeak toy.
All jokes aside it sounded great
Dont read my name!!😑
Kuz I be making some entertaining vids as well homie
@@GriffinZambia If you said "don't read my comment" , I would gladly oblige.
From laughing to frowning, to laughing at yourself and getting frustrated again. Bagpipes can make you feel all kinds of emotions!! lol but the fact that you got a whole tune out of it at the first go is commendable. I was just crying the first day 😂😂
Daniel is the epitome of “why not?”
Brother I be making some entertaining vids as well dawg
Dont read my name! 😑
@BeefNoodle
I totally agree
Liam Thompson is the epitome of why not even more though
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Finally, after 2 years of waiting for the traveler who dared to risk their life delivering that bagpipe the king can now hear Daniel play the *Sack from Scotland*
He finally got to finger the sack
we finally got to hear him finger the sack
OMG YES
Dont make fun of the bagpipes… if i catch u at that one more time youll have to sleep w one eye open. Also why call them sacks, they aint even soft or floppy
@@Finn-pd6jq pretty sure he's references an old video by Daniel. There are several where 1 of the characters is a medieval(?) king. And pretty sure the king mentioned wanting to hear someone play the Bagpipes, which he called the "Sack from Scotland" but his subject says they'd need to get a traveller to deliver them or something.
Can't name which video exactly but given the previous post I'm assuming it's a video uploaded 2 years ago lol
This is beautiful in so many ways, also your teachers explanation of “you have potential” describes my entire mental state and I love that
Everything suddenly makes so much sense, and I loved the utter joy on your face unboxing the beautiful bagpipes! Can't wait to see them make an appearance in future videos!
This video is a serotonin boost fr, he looks genuinely so happy playing bagpipes love to see it !
Seriously! I’m adding it to my depression buster playlist because it’s really just pure joy. 😂
I couldn't help but smile every time he got excited during the video, it was just so pure
Yeah - among the usual millennial sadness, a few minutes of pure joy. Really appreciated.
as someone who is Scottish It’s really funny to watch you get so excited over bagpipes witch are pretty much our instrument
Out of tune bagpipes is one of the funniest things I've heard in awhile. You could literally release a video that is just an hour of intentionally out of tune bagpipes, and I would be on the floor laughing.
well, about a half hour in the neighbor will bust in with a weapon and we will withness some bloddshed.
Which, considering the instrument's history, its quite fitting.
Daniel is unironically the embodiment of our worst neighbor nightmares. Bagpipes, percussive noises, cats, weird sketches at 3AM and of course let us not forget the many personalities that all live under the same roof.
1:44 man really started playing the free bird solo
Being Scottish born, nothing makes me more proud than hearing the anthem of the motherland, even if a few of the notes are scuffed, great job I could never play the bagpipes lol
Scotland the brave isn’t our National anthem though. Flower of Scotland is
@@runt8243 Forgive me, I haven't heard it in a while, it's been 11 years since I was back there
@@runt8243 technically speaking its “god save the queen” but I think the number of scots who would sing that anthem over flower of Scotland or Scotland the brave when asked to sing the national anthem is in credibly low
@@cahan557 no god save the queen is the anthem of Great Britain. I can’t remember once hearing the Scottish national team belting out god save the queen at a rugby match 😂
@@cahan557 that is britain as a whole not Scotland on its own
Daniel, your infectious enthusiasm is a joy to watch. I'm proud of you for returning to your childhood roots with such an underrated but magnificent instrument. You better have fun with that.
As someone who is also a competitive bagpiper and even got a degree in bagpipe performance this brought me so much JOY!!!
Daniel being an absolute bag pipe fanboy for five minutes straight is the most wholesome thing I've seen in a while.
*Me questioning how the fuck you tune a bagpipe*
Daniel: *massages it*
Me: oh okay
*imagines straight up punching the thing*
you jsut kinda like move the drones up or down to change the sound produced or if it’s rlly bad u change the drone reed slightly for mega changes. Or just play with out of tune drones…
he is massaging the chicken inside the bag
@@symblitz699 ive never in my life met a bagpiper who will just play with out of tune drones lol
@@stefanilic9310 lol
@@stefanilic9310 Yes
this is the happiest i think i've ever seen daniel in a video 😂😂
The “official” national anthem of Scotland is actually “Flower of Scotland”. With Scotland not being an independent nation it technically doesn’t actually have one but “Flower of Scotland” is the most commonly regarded as the national anthem. Other contenders are “Scotland the Brave” (as you played), “Scots wa hae”, and “Highland Cathedral” (for if you need inspiration for your upcoming videos)
Highland Cathedral is actually a german song ^^
SCOTLAND FOREVERRRRERR
@@CrissMasta It was written by Germans, but for Scotland. I’ve always loved the fact that a couple of theoretical foreigners wrote one of the most Scottish tunes in existence. :-)
Hate to break it to you but we most certainly do not have an ‘official’ anthem 😂
What we actually have is an ‘unofficial’ album of 8 or so songs that get carted out. Which one you get depends on the event and which one is popular in the region.
It was decided that we were allowed to have the power to choose one but it wasn’t deemed politically important and the last time it was brought up in parliament, the MSP in question was told to drop it.
Most Scottish people would say the national anthem is flower of scotland
I. LOVE. Bagpipes. I'm a competitive Irish Dancer and was also on my school's performing team for quite a while, meaning we shared a lot of venues with bagpipe players (Especially on St Patrick's day). It's really, really fun. Your love of them makes me feel somewhat validated, in a weird way. Love your vids!
As a Scot this is amazing,,, I've never seen someone more excited to play the bagpipes
When you first started out... your neighbors probably thought you were doing something dark with a Canadian goose... Myself, I think bagpipes really are amazing. Look forward to seeing more piping.
I find it so wholesome how excited he seems he’s so cute compared to the other.. rather scary ones.
Dont read my name! 😑
Kuz I be making some entertaining vids as well my g
@@GriffinZambia parentless behavior
@@lavenderpaint7727 Familyless attitude
@@GriffinZambia Maidenless Mannerisms
Daniel tuning it discordantly is the funniest thing I have ever heard
As a fellow piper, 'mouthsterity' is a perfect way to express how you can be fit AF and still fail at bagpipes because your lips let you down
This was so wholesome! Enthusiasm is literally the best thing in the world, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I happen to love bagpipes, so it's extra neat for me. For anyone who hates bagpipes, please understand that they're intended to be played outside in wide open spaces, and you've probably only ever heard them inside, and that truly makes a world of difference.
Also, in my Scottish school on memorial days one guy would play the bagpipes in the middle of the school so the whole building could hear it. When bagpipes are played outside they can be heard for literal miles, so sometimes you get a nice musical surprise if there's an event going on anywhere nearby
1:44 sounds like the freebird solo
Tunes:
The Pumpkin’s Fancy - 1:44
Murdo’s Wedding - 2:52
Scotland the Brave - 3:39
thank you so much
Noice
thanks dude
You can do it! But still just the bagpipes 😂 “I’m gonna piss off my neighbors so bad!!”
My homie I be making some entertaining vids as well broddie
@@realfarmer21 Yes 😂
Dont read my name! 😑
@@GriffinZambia Well I already did, then you lead me to all the other stuff
Actually loved this though. Seeing people excited and excelling with more "niche" (for lack of a better word), interests/passions/etc. is always so fun. Cool to learn about bagpipes, hope we do see them in more videos.
i feel less bad for annoying my neighbours with my violin, this made me understand that's not the worst thing they can be suffering
can you play vivaldi summer
Earlier this week I was doing an exercise where I was asked to name 5 people I admire - and Daniel Thrasher was on that list.
I don't just love his content, I really admire how he takes creative risks and follows his passion to do whatever he wants, regardless of views or attention. I have never seen him hop on any trend for views, ever. And the result may not be for everybody, but for those of us that love it we REALLY love it and it means so much.
Daniel, in case you read this, you're an inspiration.
:)
@@danielthrasher :)
@@danielthrasher :)
You just took my words out of my mouth and spilled them out like beans from the can :)
I'm Scottish and I have never seen anyone more excited over bagpipes but the national anthem of Scotland is 'Flower of Scotland' not 'Scotland the Brave'. 'Scotland the Brave' is just a classic bagpipes tune.
I’m Scottish so can’t help but love the bagpipes, I’ve tied to play them in the past and they’re really hard so props to you. I’m from Bathgate and we’ve won best pipe band many many times.
Also Highland Cathedral is my personal favourite on the bagpipes 🏴🤷🏻♂️
Also Scottish 🎉
Dont read my name! 😑
Highland Cathedral gets me every damn time. Up there with the Tennants advert with Caledonia.
I'm from cologne, germany, and I can only agree on Highland Cathedral. One of the most famous bands of Cologne's folk music, Bläck Fööss, wrote lyrics to Highland cathedral and called it Du (bes die Stadt), which is one of their most famous songs.
For me I’d say Loch lomond
Seeing him so happy, smiling and laughing puts a smile on my face and makes me happy too. I don't even know you personally but I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. 😊
Besides the recorder that almost everyone had to play in school I learned how to play the trombone for music class. Seeing him still passionate about bagpipes makes me feel nostalgic about my memories of the trombone in a way.
The fact that Daniel acts so childish when opening a new instrument is amazing❤❤❤❤
Daniel fangirling over bagpipes is so wholesome
It somehow never occurred to me until now that the bag is filled with air beforehand so you can squeeze it while playing to sustain those notes. I thought bagpipers just had inhumanly large lung capacity and were exhaling the entire time.
I follow a piper on IG and the number of people she gets commenting how she "never breathes" because she isn't obvious about it and the bag is the one blowing the pipes is actually kind of horrible hahah! :)
Bagpipe is simultaneously the most majestic sounding instument and also the most hilarious (it is a glorified squeaky toy)
“For those of you who don’t know…”
Who the heck knew that you were a competitive bagpiper in middle school?
Probably his mom discovered his secret life of fighting crime and winning bagpipe competitions years ago.
Daniel being a bagpiper is actually so fitting... it's like he was meant to play it.
3:39 ah one of my favourite bagpipe songs which is Scotland the brave.Impressive!(im not Scottish just a roblox guts and blackpowder player lol )
Wow, its awesome how the sound can still come out while you're taking a breath because you're squeezing it. It's kind of like circular breathing. Also didn't know bagpipes have reeds. I'm a bassoonist and am happy to have you join the double reed family.
The circular breathing thing is definitely what led to the bagpipe's development, and iirc, the most primitive form of bagpipe could be considered the bladderpipe, which has just a little bag between one's mouth and the chanter. Usually, they don't have any drones.
Modern day pipes, not sure about super old ones. All have a check valve (called flapper) and the end of the blow pipe. That way instead of circular breathing using your cheeks as the buffer you use the bag.
@@moulderutes7942 Yeah, the older highland pipes, as well as many modern day pipes of non Scottish origin actually don't necessarily have that kind of check valve that prevents air from coming out of the bag through the blowpipe into the user's mouth, so to my understanding, it would be the common practice for those pipers to use the end of their tongue to close the blowpipe as they take a breath.
There’s a double reed in the chanter and then one in each drone as well
That feeling when you pick up an instrument after years of not playing even though you used to be very experienced with it. For me, it would be trombone once I actually take mine out of storage.
Me too! I played my trombone for the first time in several years about a week ago. I’ll hopefully get back into it once I have the space for it in my apartment, but for now it sits behind my desk-a very inconvenient place for a trombone.
@@rebeccat7912 "A Very Inconvenient Place for a Trombone" or even just "An Inconvenient Trombone" sounds like the name of a comedy album or something. :)
I just did the same with my trumpet, I just pulled it out of it's case after over 3 years of not playing it and it felt great but sounded fucking awful 🤣
I hope you'll pick it up eventually :)
I've got to pick up a violin again. I think the problem with violin and really string instruments of that nature are that with instruments like a piano or even a guitar, if they are in tune the note will sound good, even if played by an inexperienced player, but with something like a violin, so much of whether it sounds good depends on technique, not the instrument itself. that's why whenever I hear most really young children who just started play, i sounds like a squeaky nightmare with maybe a hint of a clean sound in between each stroke. but even I can pluck a guitar string and make a pretty sound. so the longer I wait to pick it back up, the more fear I have that I'll never be able to do it how I did before.
3:36 i love how he starts keeping time with his foot but then gives up as soon as he starts playing
As someone who is Scottish and played bagpipes and also did tap danceing, I would say you did pretty well, and thank you for bringing up the website to help me with my mental health. :)
Yeah. All us bagpipers have brain problems.
Every single second of this was just pure joy.
2:08 Double toning bass and about 50 early chanters it sounds so funny 😂
4:10
Daniel: That SUCKED!
Me: That was amazing
Watching this in my backyard and literally scaring off EVERY SINGLE CREATURE😂😭 Seriously though, Daniel's pure joyous excitement from his new bagpipes is so wholesome and infectious
Hahaha, in my high school, cos it was a scottish one, we were all mandated to do a massive parrade once a year, like, in straight up military-style uniform (think a bunch of teenagers wearing dress uniform marching in sync like an actual military parade), and I was in the band. Not as a bagpiper, but I was the snare.
3:55 has the same energy as the "Demon Possessed Singing Trout"
I hope these bagpipes appear in more videos! They kind of feel like a new character coming into a sketch.
1:05 as someone named Reed who is also in band i find this concerning
I will wet you! Come here!
I'm not a big fan of people but one of my favorite things about them is how excited and passionate people can get over just about anything. It's so adorable how excited Daniel got over bagpipes 🥺
Relatable
You make this sound more like you're an alien than an introvert. 😂 But same, lol.
@@vrinkee maybe I am an alien 👽
That has has to be one of the most joyful videos I have watched on TH-cam. Your genuine delight at reuniting with an old friend brought tears to my eyes. Well done Daniel and thank you.
It seems fitting that the sponsor is BetterHelp because we are watching Daniel work through so much bag-pipe-age.
If we don't get bagpipe videos on a regular basis from now on, I'll riot! Have a great day everyone! ☺️
Omg we must be sharing thoughts
I love how much he’s geeking out about bagpipes
Dont read my name!!😑
Idk how i missed this but seeing like one of my favorite music TH-camrs play the bagpipes is soo cool! Like i used to play the bagpipes (was in a band but never got into competitions like my brother) so this, this is inspiriting and i love bagpipes too
Daniel just freaking out and being so happy about the bagpipes is just so funny and heartwarming to me.
This video really made your chaotic energy SHIIINE! the giggles were so genuine. can't wait for the videos to come
He was just so EXCITED 😂 Love to see such genuine joy 😂
1:44 AAAAAHHHH SO GOOD you have not had that instrument in so long you said but in seconds BAM a quick moment of beauty
For 15 years of not playing, that’s FANTASTIC PLAYING especially on such a hard instrument
The part I actually appreciated about this the most was the chance to see how a bagpipe is put together
My absolute favourite part of this is just the sheer, unfiltered joy on Daniel's face.
I go to the Highland Games every year when they come to my area, and next to watching buff men toss heavy shit across a field, watching the bagpipe competitions is one of my favorite things about it. It's such a complicated instrument but it sounds so fun. I can't wait to see more bagpipe content from Daniel