![]() ![]() Looking at this petite girl, it is hard to imagine her lifting this heavy instrument with its many reeds and a bag for the air.īut there was a time she walked two kilometers up and down the roads of Scotland, carrying the bagpipe, to learn at the National Piping Centre. I also liked the ‘charmer’ part of it," she says. To show them the progressive part of India. "A name I chose, to show those people who think of India as a land of snake charmers. On a bench alongside the stage at Pepper House, Kochi, she sits to narrate the story that led to her picking up this instrument and getting known as The Snake Charmer. And it’s been a tremendous lot of effort for a young woman to learn this Scottish instrument without even a teacher in India.īut Archy was single minded and four years and many performances later, she came to Kerala to play it for the first time in the land of her parents (her dad was from Mavelikkara and mom from Palakkad), as part of the Alt & Pepper Music Fest. The drummer of the band sharing her video made it worth all the effort. Archy Jay was on top of the world when she saw that post. Her music is also on Spotify and iTunes! Just like this podcast, subscribe to her stuff and you won’t miss new releases.Exactly a month ago - on August 11 - Chris Adler made a post on his Facebook page - ‘Whoa! First ever Lamb of God cover played on #bagpipes!’ And he shared the Youtube video of a young woman playing the bagpipe, covering six songs of the legendary heavy metal band. Follow her youtube channel for new music including covers and originals. (Click the links to go to those respective accounts). You can find her videos on Youtube as TheSnakeCharmer, on Instagram as TheSnakeCharmerBagpiper and on Twitter as TheSnakeCharmer. We chat about this and come up with inspiration while we are talking about inspiration-how meta! ![]() It’s so easy to find a reason not to do something, but finding a reason that you can is another thing entirely. it is a lesson that many learn, and creatives have to walk the fine line between being forced to do everything and having too many eggs in one basket. Meaning, handing off a piece and depending on others cost her a good deal of time and effort when she was first starting out. Creative controlĪrchy learned the hard way about how important creative control was to have. It’s this type of outcome that demonstrates that the work you’re putting into your creativity certainly can make a huge difference and reach a very large audience. In fact, her original song Nageena was created with just a group of four and that included her. Her videos and music are all homegrown and created with a very small group. And even if you’re in a different age bracket you’ll still enjoy it. If you’re there you’ll want to hear this. ![]() We talk about her music, her beginnings and you’ll be surprised at just when she actually picked up the bagpipes.Īs you know I am always thrilled to discuss creativity with a creative, and if they happen to be dual-brained (which most are) then that’s even better! We discuss some pitfalls of creativity just like I covered in does this suck? She was no different.Īrchy Jay has a message for people in the same point in life as she is-and It’s regarding risk. She’s a very skilled bagpiper who produces delightful music. You may have caught one of her covers or originals on youtube. Archy Jay is better known as The Snake Charmer Bagpiper. ![]()
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