Quote Originally Posted by kilted redleg View Post
if you win a competition you humbly say something to the effect of "I just had the better sounding pipe."
It's like that with gigs for me. After a gig somebody might ask "how did it go?" and I'll say "the pipes were going well".

With gigs it's not being humble, just factual. Because unlike competition, gigs don't present any musical challenges. It's all about how the pipes are going!