Roddy MacLeod

Roddy MacLeod, MBE (born 1962) is a Scottish bagpiper, director of the annual Piping Live! Festival and principal of the National Piping Centre. He is known to be vocal against Scottish reforms in the realm of piping. In 2006, when the government ordered pipers to play quietly, and protect their ears whilst practising, he was quoted as saying; ""If you are practising to become a serious piper, you cannot do so within these kinds of limits." In the same year he campaigned to introduce means-testing to acquire a busker's licence in Edinburgh. In 2012 he was inducted into the .

Roddy MacLeod

Roddy MacLeod, MBE (born 1962) is a Scottish bagpiper, director of the annual Piping Live! Festival and principal of the National Piping Centre. He is known to be vocal against Scottish reforms in the realm of piping. In 2006, when the government ordered pipers to play quietly, and protect their ears whilst practising, he was quoted as saying; ""If you are practising to become a serious piper, you cannot do so within these kinds of limits." In the same year he campaigned to introduce means-testing to acquire a busker's licence in Edinburgh. In 2012 he was inducted into the .