Rounding corner of Davis & Main headed south on Main Street, I enjoy hearing the unseen sounds bagpiping, and knowing where they’re coming from.
W. Davis & Main
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Why yes, you do know where that was coming from! :)
My friend, Juliew!!! (Well, Mr. Juliew!!!) :)
What do seen sounds look like?
Bagpipes were originally designed as a weapons of war, used to scare the enemy. They are ill-suited for any other purpose.
A lady once asked the English conductor Sir Thomas Beecham that she wanted her son to learn to play an instrument but did not want to hear the awful sound it made when he was beginning to learn. She asked him what instrument he should learn. Beecham said he should learn the bagpipes because “they sound exactly the same when you have finished learning them as when you start learning them”.
But I love the pipes.