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Born Scotland. Pincock has done much to establish the idea of the bagpipes as a contemporary instrument of the 90s. He is also an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, counting Irish flute, tin whistle, and soprano saxophone as well as the Highland Great Pipes in his repertoire.
He started playing professionally before leaving school, as a featured musician under the tutelage of his headmaster and fellow piper, John MacFadyen. After school he played alongside Iain McDonald in the Neilston and District Pipe Band of Glasgow. Later he joined Kentigern, with whom McDonald was the featured piper, taking his place when family commitments prevented him from touring.
Another ex-member of Kentigern was John Geoghan, and through this connection Pincock eventually moved into the ranks of the Battlefield Band in 1983. However, after seven years of touring and recording with that group he returned home to look after his daughter, while his wife continued work as a nurse.
He remained musically active however, recording Gaelic albums with Christine Primrose and Arthur Cormack. His own debut came with a joint cassette/book project, A Gem So Small, released in this dual format so that non-music reading pipers could decipher the author's intentions by listening to the compositions as well.
It highlighted his contribution to the genre of playing now known as "kitchen piping". Rather than the "street piping" of traditional Scottish fare such as "Scotland The Brave", or "strathspey" marching music, this third approach focused on light reels and jigs, accentuating the personal innovations of technique by the piper.
It was spawned as a direct result of traditional pipers playing in impromptu, improvised folk settings. He also began to teach his instrument professionally in Inverness as a musician in residence.
