Musically qualified, award winning Bagpiper specialising in session bagpipes. Open for advice, collaboration and brainstorming! Also performer of Celtic Winds (Low Whistle, Penny Whistle etc).
Based in Glasgow, Lorne MacDougall is one of Scotland's leading innovative traditional musicians performing on a range of bagpipes and whistles. Recent times have seen him achieve an MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards Instrumentalist of the Year Nomination and previously placed 3 times in the BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year Final. He has an Honours Degree in Scottish Music specialising in Bagpipes.
He is known for seamlessly integrating his sounds into soundtracks with highlighted credits ranging from movies like Disney Pixar’s Brave and DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon series to television shows like Doctor Who, Call the Midwife, Silent Witness and Thunderbirds Are Go. 2022 saw him pipe for the role of the Ship's Piper in Netflix' The Sea Beast. He was one of the mass bagpipers who recorded for the 2021 movie Dune for Hans Zimmer.
In 2019 he arranged and recorded the pipes for the long-running BBC Scotland sitcom Still Game for The Final Farewell show at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow.
His career has covered the wide spectrum of Scottish music from 5 years touring the USA and Europe with the established world-renowned, pioneering traditional folk band the Tannahill Weavers to having had various roles on on all releases from the masters of modern bagrock, the Red Hot Chilli Pipers, being a driving force behind their music from inception.
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check_circleVerifiedWorld class bagpipe player. Fast delivery and great communication. I can't recommend Lorne highly enough!
check_circleVerifiedSuper musician and great recordings. I can recommend Lorne without exception. Again and again with pleasure.
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I always get professional recordings from Lorne MacDougall. Also his collaboration and artistic interpretation and humor is great fun. I get absolutely usable recording works for my track mixes every time.
check_circleVerifiedHe's a musician you can rely on. Good job!
check_circleVerifiedOther pipers said "I can't play that." Lorne proved them wrong and played it!
check_circleVerifiedLorne when out of his way and was very helpful in providing the best quality bagpipes I could find so thank you , would highly recommend to anyone for their recording projects . Lorne is a true professional bagpiper thank you.
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Awesome to work with, wicked on the pipes!
check_circleVerifiedLorne did a great job and made my song sound great!
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Lorne its the true professional. From amazing instrument (whistle and pipes) performance to the friendly and helpful personality he is just the BEST! His performance took my song to another level.
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Lorne is a great talent. He provided what I needed and more with a very fast turnaround time. Thank you!
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Lorne delivered authentic Celtic sounds. He instinctively provided an arrangement, understanding my lack of experience writing for flutes and pipes. The arrangement was spot on.
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Stellar work. Lorne is great. Your project will be better with him onboard.
check_circleVerifiedWhat can I say! Didn’t know what to expect from this collaboration and how it would turn out at all. I had a melody and a vision and some reference to another bands sound, and he understood exactly what I was after. Even with some time pressure he delivered beyond my wildest fantasy. Got exactly what I was going for, no need for revisiting cos he nailed it at once. Played with his heart and sounded like he was a part of the band. Do yourself a really big favor and hire Lorne! I will again.
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Result was 100% of what I had in mind. Absolute perfect service!
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Lorne MacDougall was very contributive and willing to answers all my questions. During the evolution of producing his tracks for my CD Album, he discussed with me extensively notation and phrasing and interpretation of my hornpipe score. His caliber of piping, tuning and mic-ing delivered a recording that elevates my tune to a world class sound. It is sure to be an outstanding feature on my CD album with all the rhythm and expression that we discussed and I requested.
check_circleVerifiedFirst contact with this instrument. Quite stunning. Lorne is a lovely person to work with. Very nice experience!
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fantastic, great to work with and a true master at the Highland Pipes.
check_circleVerified (Client)Great client, great project, I couldn't ask for better! Highly recommend. Thank you so much for having me!
check_circleVerifiedLorne was an absolute delight to work with. He understood straight away what I needed, and was able to produce - at short notice - a beautiful pipe accompaniment for a song on my forthcoming album 'Songscape'. Lorne's combination of great musicianship, professionalism and outstanding communication made him a fabulous person to work with. Very highly recommended! And I can't wait to record my song :)
check_circleVerifiedLorne is awesome to work with - great sound, easy to connect with and very responsive. He is a great musician!
Interview with Lorne MacDougall
Q: Tell us about a project you worked on you are especially proud of and why. What was your role?
A: Bagpipe arranger and performer for many movie soundtracks. Most recently How To Train Your Dragon - The Hidden World.
Q: What's your strongest skill?
A: Problem Solving! If the customer has little understanding of bagpipes, I can help out.
Q: Describe the most common type of work you do for your clients.
A: Transcribing from a sampled bagpipe, then finding ways to make it happen!
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