{"id":129,"date":"2025-08-30T07:09:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T07:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/migrate\/index.php\/andy-may-commission\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T14:55:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T14:55:35","slug":"andy-may-commission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/index.php\/andy-may-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"Andy May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-86px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_post_title meta=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/chairred-scaled.webp&#8221; title_text=&#8221;chair+red&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Andy May is an experienced performer with over 30 years of piping under his belt. His piping style has been influenced by the playing of Roland Lofthouse, Adrian Schofield, and the recordings of Billy Pigg and Tom Clough. Having been a regular winner at piping competitions around Northumberland,\u00a0 Andy can now be found more frequently on the other side of the judges&#8217; table. Andy studied music at the University of York, honing his skills on the pipes and piano. <br \/>In 2002 Andy became a full-time musician and now splits his time between playing, making Northumbrian and Uilleann pipes, and teaching. Andy currently performs regularly with The Andy May Trio, Baltic Crossing, and Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies. Andy has been writing tunes for many years. Some of these have become session favorites, both in the UK and Scandinavia. His compositions have been recorded by Frigg, The Shee, The Kathryn Tickell Band and Methera, among others.<\/p>\n<ul data-rte-list=\"default\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Andy\u2019s main instrument choices: Northumbrian Pipes, Piano, Uilleann Pipes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Additional instruments offered: Keyboards, Whistle, Mandolin, Guitar<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">Basic price \u00a3420, standard package \u00a3450, DELUXE package \u00a3480<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap;\">\u00a350 deposit<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sqs-block-button-container sqs-block-button-container--center\" data-animation-role=\"button\" data-alignment=\"center\" data-button-size=\"medium\" data-button-type=\"primary\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sqs-audio-embed\" data-url=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/56d895632eeb810551cfc447\/t\/5efb72037fe4396607e3690f\/1593537456923\/The-Haswell-Lad.mp3\/original\/The-Haswell-Lad.mp3\" data-mime-type=\"\" data-title=\"The Haswell Lad\" data-author=\"Andy May\" data-show-download=\"false\" data-design-style=\"minimal\" data-duration-in-ms=\"52000\" data-color-theme=\"dark\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"block-animation-none\">\n<blockquote data-animation-role=\"quote\">\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span>I commissioned a tune composition from Andy as a birthday gift and he absolutely aced it. Brilliant performer too!<span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote><figcaption class=\"source\">\u2014 Carolyn Soakell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_text=&#8221;Enquire about a commission&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/index.php\/booking-commission-tune\/&#8221; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; button_bg_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; button_bg_enable_color=&#8221;on&#8221; button_border_width=&#8221;3px&#8221; button_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy May is an experienced performer with over 30 years of piping under his belt. His piping style has been influenced by the playing of Roland Lofthouse, Adrian Schofield, and the recordings of Billy Pigg and Tom Clough. Having been a regular winner at piping competitions around Northumberland,\u00a0 Andy can now be found more frequently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div class=\"sqs-html-content\" data-sqsp-text-block-content>\n  <p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Andy May is an experienced performer with over 30 years of piping under his belt.  His piping style has been influenced by the playing of Roland Lofthouse, Adrian Schofield, and the recordings of Billy Pigg and Tom Clough.  Having been a regular winner at piping competitions around Northumberland,&nbsp; Andy can now be found more frequently on the other side of the judges' table.  Andy studied music at the University of York, honing his skills on the pipes and piano.  <br>In 2002 Andy became a full-time musician and now splits his time between playing, making Northumbrian and Uilleann pipes, and teaching.  Andy currently performs regularly with The Andy May Trio, Baltic Crossing, and Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies.  Andy has been writing tunes for many years.  Some of these have become session favorites, both in the UK and Scandinavia.  His compositions have been recorded by Frigg, The Shee, The Kathryn Tickell Band and Methera, among others.<br><\/p><ul data-rte-list=\"default\"><li><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Andy\u2019s main instrument choices: Northumbrian Pipes, Piano, Uilleann Pipes.<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Additional instruments offered: Keyboards, Whistle, Mandolin, Guitar<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Basic price \u00a3420, standard package \u00a3450, DELUXE package \u00a3480<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u00a350 deposit<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"sqs-block-button-container sqs-block-button-container--center\"\n  data-animation-role=\"button\"\n  data-alignment=\"center\"\n  data-button-size=\"medium\"\n  data-button-type=\"primary\"\n>\n  <a\n    href=\"\/booking-commission-tune\"\n    class=\"sqs-block-button-element--medium sqs-button-element--primary sqs-block-button-element\"\n    data-sqsp-button\n    \n  >\n    Book Now\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div \n  class=\"sqs-audio-embed\"\n  data-url=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/56d895632eeb810551cfc447\/t\/5efb72037fe4396607e3690f\/1593537456923\/The-Haswell-Lad.mp3\/original\/The-Haswell-Lad.mp3\"\n  data-mime-type=\"\"\n  data-title=\"The Haswell Lad\"\n  data-author=\"Andy May\"\n  data-show-download=\"false\"\n  data-design-style=\"minimal\"\n  data-duration-in-ms=\"52000\"\n  data-color-theme=\"dark\"\n\n  \n>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n<figure class=\"block-animation-none\">\n  <blockquote data-animation-role=\"quote\"\n  >\n    <span>\u201c<\/span>I commissioned a tune composition from Andy as a birthday gift and he absolutely aced it. Brilliant performer too!<span>\u201d<\/span>\n  <\/blockquote>\n  <figcaption class=\"source\">&mdash; Carolyn Soakell<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-129","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Andy May - Magnetic North East<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/index.php\/andy-may-commission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andy May - Magnetic North East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Worlds #1 WordPress Theme &amp; Visual Page BuilderThe perfect theme for bloggers and online-publicationsHarness the power of Divi with any WordPress themeThe ultimate email opt-in plugin for WordPressBuilt to get you more shares and more followers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/index.php\/andy-may-commission\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Magnetic North East\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-13T14:55:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/index.php\/andy-may-commission\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/index.php\/andy-may-commission\/\",\"name\":\"Andy May - Magnetic North East\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-30T07:09:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-13T14:55:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/index.php\/andy-may-commission\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/index.php\/andy-may-commission\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/index.php\/andy-may-commission\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Andy May\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/\",\"name\":\"Magnetic North East\",\"description\":\"Celebrating and platforming the culture of the Nort East of England\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Andy May - Magnetic North East","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.fellcroft.net\/index.php\/andy-may-commission\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Andy May - Magnetic North East","og_description":"The Worlds #1 WordPress Theme &amp; 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