Droning On: Recent Episodes
Heritage Bagpipes
Casual conversations with pipers, drummers, and other pipeband-adjacent folks. - Follow the show on Facebook: - https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcast/ - Write-in at: - TheDroningOnPodcast@gmail.com - Support the show on Patreon, just search, ”Droning On Podcast”, or by buying cool stuff at BagpipeSWAG.com
Ever heard of the Uilleann Pipes? The Ninja Turtles? The Internet? PODCASTS?!? Patrick D'Arcy invented them all.
Tune into this episode to hear Jim mispronounce Patrick's surname with remarkable consistency...
Here are some links to things we talked about:
- Patrick's music on Bandcamp: https://patrickdarcy.bandcamp.com/music
- Patrick's music website: https://www.patrickdarcymusic.com/
- Uilleann Obsession: https://www.uilleannobsession.com/
- The Celts: https://www.theceltsmusic.com/
- Patrick's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PDarcy
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Rod returns, and this time: it's piratical.
Tune into this episode to hear the host promise (repeatedly) to make flattering edits, and then completely neglect doing so!
Here's the website that was mentioned in this podcast, "The Music of Robert Louis Stevenson": https://edrls.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/the-music-of-robert-louis-stevenson/
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Conor Crimmins is a talented DJ, surfer, flute-player, and more. Among many other excellent projects he has produced an album, AEROPHONE, which has been described as, "Banging dance music with spacy flute lines".
Tune into this episode to hear, well, some real banging dance music with spacy flute lines!
APPLICABLE LINKS:
- The album, "AEROPHONE": https://conorcrimmins.bandcamp.com/album/aerophone
- One of multiple films that feature his music: https://vimeo.com/265552227
- The album from Arum: https://arumireland.bandcamp.com/album/arum
- Flute maker, Stephan Morvan: https://morvanflutes.wixsite.com/stephane-morvan
- And, of course, Conor's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/conor.crimmins.flute/
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The guest for this episode needs to introduction, it's Rabby himself, returned to the show for some chat!
Tune into this episode to hear the best bagpipe-podcast-dad advice ever to hit the airwaves.
Check out Rab's show and everything he's got going on along with the rest of the Big Rab Show crew at their website: https://www.thebigrabshow.com/
(and, of course, they're all over the socials)
Here's a Bagad-rock band we mentioned, though could not pronounce, during the show: https://startijenn.bandcamp.com/album/skeud
And here's Bagad Brieg, which also came up during the conversation: https://www.bagadbrieg.bzh/en/nyc/
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Ben Jaber(wocky?) is a talented multi-instrumentalist gracing stages, camps, the internet, and more with his uilleann piping, french horning, fluting, and more.
Tune into this episode to hear how Ben became the freshest prince of Bel-Air.
- Check out Ben’s website: https://www.benjaminjaber.com/
- And their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benjabermusic/
- And YouTube, too: https://www.youtube.com/user/hornpypr/videos
During this interview, we mentioned:
- Lark Camp: https://www.larkcamp.org/
- Audrey & Alex’s upcoming album: https://fundrazr.com/alex-audrey?ref=ab_9rq9YeppI7M9rq9YeppI7M&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio
- And we heard a bit of them playing, “Autumn Light”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnUq5eZLwb8&list=RDpnUq5eZLwb8&start_radio=1
- Pedro Eustache: https://www.instagram.com/pedroeustache/
- Willie Clancy Week: https://www.scoilsamhraidhwillieclancy.com/
- Swannanoa: https://swannanoagathering.org/
- Colm Broderick: https://www.instagram.com/colmbroderick/?hl=en
And if you happen to be in Utah over the next couple weeks, be sure to get in and see Ben with the Utah Symphony playing the D&D movie score: https://utahsymphony.org/event/id/39521/
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Justin is a lifelong piper. He's competed at high levels as a soloist and with bands, and he's played some Bagad as well.
Tune into this episode to hear two dudes do their best to describe the indescribable regarding bagpipe-sounds.
Here's a lovely MSR from Justin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJgheR_1GQE
And a Piobaireachd, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHqG7Wjpp4A
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Camille is a professional performer, experienced piper, published author, and (as of recently... or soon, because she lives in the future): a stained glass artisan!
Tune into this episode for the most children's television programming focused Bagpipe Podcast Episode to date.
Here are some bands that came up during our conversation:
Australian Celtic Women: https://www.celticwomen.com.au/
Murphy's Pigs: https://murphyspigs.com/
Chasing Abbey: https://www.chasingabbey.ie/
Celtic Thunder: https://www.celticthunder.com/
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Jason Rouse is a talented artist. From programing games, to painting landscapes, to tape-recordings of historic sets of pipes and so, so much more.
Tune into this episode to hear some killer tunes, great stories, and totally quotable quotes.
APPLICABLE LINKS
- Jason's festival in Wales: https://sites.google.com/view/uilleannglanyfferi/home?authuser=0
- Some of Jason's albums: https://pipingrouse.bandcamp.com/
- Jason's website: https://www.jasonrouse.co.uk/
- Jason's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sionrouse
- Jason's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sionrouse/
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Jack is a lifelong, multi-generational, multi-instrumentalist and on top of all that, he's also an excellent conversation partner. But don't take my word for it: check out this episode of the show, you'll see!
Tune into this episode to hear the host's feeble attempts to stitch together multiple takes after the internet or solar flares or angry gods or something tried over and over again to stop the conversation. But we persevered!
Check out Jack's social media stuff: https://www.instagram.com/charlestonbagpiper/
And if you're interested, here's the Iona Session album that was mentioned during this episode: https://ionasession.bandcamp.com/album/island-wild
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WRITE ABOUT GUEST
Tune into this episode to hear which famous Irish singer joined Matt to sing about Donuts on his All of Us album.
Here's some of Matt's music with the Electric Heaters: https://electricheaters.bandcamp.com/
And some of his music for kids: https://mattheatonmusic.bandcamp.com/
And of COURSE some of his music with Shannon: https://mattandshannonheaton.bandcamp.com/track/cabin-boy
Be sure to check out Matt & Shannon's guided session in April: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNBgNicF6tU0jlitHYcB03R9bE7MkGBl0
And for all things Matt, here's his website with links to socials, show schedules, etc: https://mattheatonmusic.com/
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Celtic Pink Floyd is a project that's been around for going on two decades now and a lot of very talented musicians have been involved from the beginning. Throughout all iterations, performances, and albums: brothers Damon & Brian Stout have been at the core and Patrick D'Arcy has been sprinkling traditional flavors over every arrangement.
The brothers & Pat join me on the show to talk about the CPF project in general, about the next, "stripped-down," iteration of the group, and to share with us a brand new track from the group, putting their own spin on the Duran Duran classic: Winter Marches On.
Tune into this episode to count all the Floyd puns we caught, and to see how many missed potential puns you can spot!
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(all of these folks have a ton of great projects, it's worth just googling them each, but here are a few places to check out more from CPF and from each of the three guests from today's episode):
Brian Stout
https://www.celticpinkfloyd.com/
https://www.facebook.com/briankstout
Damon Stout
https://www.damonstout.com/music
https://www.celticpinkfloyd.com/
Patrick D'Arcy
https://www.instagram.com/pat_darcy/
www.PatrickDarcyMusic.com
www.UilleannObsession.com
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Cedar Dobson returns to the Droning On podcast to talk through, and hear samples from, her excellent holiday album, "A Whistle Wonderland". Cedar's done some very cool, "tradifying," of familiar holiday melodies with plenty of her own signature Cedarisms.
Tune into this episode to hear lots of wintertide standards done in a not-so-standard way!
And congrats to Carol (of the Bells?) for winning the D.O.P.E. giveaway! A copy of the album will be headed your way shortly.
To get your own copy, check it out on Bandcamp: https://cedardobsonmusic.bandcamp.com/album/a-whistle-wonderland-christmas-melodies-in-a-celtic-style
And to follow Cedar for more great music, she can be found on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/619725701527367/user/100016521466423/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cedar_dobson_music/?hl=en
And elsewhere. Here's her website: https://cedardobson.wordpress.com/
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Andrew O'Sullivan is back to play through, (and talk through,) some more Holiday tunes!
Tune into this episode to hear Andrew talk about fiddles, smallpipes, and "fiddling around with smallpipes".
This episode features some piping from Andrew & I, but also from:
- Còig: https://coigmusic.bandcamp.com/album/carols
- Kate Nicholson and group - Tàladh Chrìosda (Christ's lullaby) (Lomax Archive): https://lomaxarchive.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-christmas-midwinter-new-year
- Tim Edey (with Ross Ainslie & others): https://timedey.bandcamp.com/album/a-celtic-christmas
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Robert Macdonald came on the show back in January of 2024. We talked then about his bagpipe journey, his music making with Pennyland, and more -- including the fiddle playing & tune-making of Cape Breton fiddler John MacDougall.
The most recent episode (136: Music from the Dead, The Tune-Making of John MacDougall by Robert Macdonald) was an, "audiobook," you might say, of what Robert wrote about John MacDougall's work after spending time with him in Cape Breton in 2009.
Tune into this episode to hear a dude who's never been to Cape Breton ask a dude who has been there what it's like...
Here's a link to the Thesis we discuss in this episode: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1407&context=etd
Here's a link to the previous interview (Ep. 098) with Robert: https://rss.com/podcasts/droning-on/1289665
And here's a link to John MacDougall playing the fiddle (this is the performance heard at the beginning & end of the episode): https://youtu.be/P2K7nvmnb_k?si=Ck-M36CpkGBorsfA
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Robert Macdonald came on the show back in January of 2024. We talked, then, mostly about his music making with Pennyland.
We talked a bit about his scholarly work on the compositions of fiddler John MacDougall, though, and ever since I've been wanting to dig a bit more into that.
This episode is an, "audiobook," you might say, of what Robert wrote about John MacDougall's work after spending time with him in Cape Breton in 2009.
Tune into this episode to hear an abrupt (but hopefully pleasant) change in sound quality.
Here's a link to the document read in this episode: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1407&context=etd
And here's a link to the previous interview (Ep. #098) with Robert: https://rss.com/podcasts/droning-on/1289665
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With around 40 books published to date, Stuart combine the roles of writer, storyteller and lecturer in Scottish history, folklore and geomythography. Additionally, Stuart has had a fair amount of poetry published and for many, many years worked as a musician. For 30 years he has been teaching at the University of Edinburgh's Centre for Open Learning and has also been visiting schools as a storyteller, as well as focusing as a writer on history, folklore and the Scots language. I was the first Director of the Scots Language Centre in Perth and am a founding member and past-President of the Pictish Arts Society. Over the years Stuart has worked extensively in radio and more sporadically in television. In the theatre, I have produced/directed and performed, in shows on Radical Song, Songs and Stories of the Jacobites and others. Stuart has appeared at many book (and storytelling) festivals and events in Scotland, England, Ireland, Sweden and Australia.
Tune into this episode to hear us liken hills & restaurant logos to human anatomy.
Stuart's books are all over the internet, including Amazon and other retail sites. Here's an option: https://booksfromscotland.com/bfs-author/stuart-mchardy/
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Sean is a woodworking, re-enacting, tunesmithing multi-instrumentalist & delightful conversationalist. In this episode we talk about, (and hear samples from,) their recently-released album, Tunes for the Soul.
Tune into this episode to hear Sean say, "when I do number two..." (that's a poop joke, I can't help myself).
Check out Sean's album: https://seanpatrickreidy.bandcamp.com/album/tunes-for-the-soul
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Mikey is an artist in many ways. Two of those ways: bagpipes & hair.
Tune into this episode to hear some universally-applicable wise advice. Truly. Try to find a situation where this isn't applicable: you can't.
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Competitive soloist, steam engineer, punk rocker, and orthotics-enthusiast: Aaron Bergen is here! We get some stories, and we sample some tracks from an album Aaron did with The Grinning Barretts.
Tune into this episode to hear the story of how Aaron busted his tailbone!
Check out the Grinning Barretts on Bandcamp: https://thegrinningbarretts.bandcamp.com/
And their website: https://www.thegrinningbarretts.com/
And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegrinningbarretts/
(and anywhere else cool music is happening)
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This is the second part of a two-part interview with America Patton & David Duncan regarding the life, philosophy, and music of Rufus Harley.
Tune into this episode to hear some more of Rufus' bagpipe music, some more of his singing, and some more of his philosophy & world-view as well - and to hear some lovely insights from his son, America, and what I think we can safely call his, "artistic heir," David Duncan.
LINKS:
Learn more about Rufus and the Rufus Harley foundation by following America: https://www.facebook.com/america.patton.52
and by following Rufus' daughter Noah Harmony: https://www.facebook.com/noahharmony.harley/
and by following David, too: https://www.instagram.com/jazz.bagpipes/
To learn more about Quindaro, start at the fount of all knowledge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quindaro_Townsite
To look at Kristen Norrie's work, start here: https://www.kirstennorrie.com/scottish-lost-boys
And if you enjoyed that track from Rufus & Laurie Anderson, the whole album is out there wherever good music is sold/streamed. (album name: Big Science)
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This is the first part of a two-part interview with America Patton & David Duncan regarding the life, philosophy, and music of Rufus Harley.
Tune into this episode to hear some of Rufus' bagpipe music, some of his singing, and some of his saxophone work as well - and to hear some lovely insights from his son, America and what I think we can safely call his, "artistic heir," David Duncan.
LINKS:
Learn more about Rufus and the Rufus Harley foundation by following America: https://www.facebook.com/america.patton.52
and by following Rufus' daughter Noah Harmony: https://www.facebook.com/noahharmony.harley/
and by following David, too: https://www.instagram.com/jazz.bagpipes/
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Sam Vogt plays a mean whistle - but that's not all! A skilled guitarist, a capable collaborator, and a delightful conversationalist (and much more, of course).
Tune into this episode to hear Sam tell us the story of how he once, "made (him)self a flute and then realized... "oh... I don't know how to play this...""
Check out Sam's music on BandCamp: https://samvogt.bandcamp.com/album/whistle-tunes
And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samvogtmusic/
And congrats to Carol for winning the album! I'll get that to you ASAP, thanks so much for your support!
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This is kind of messy, friends, but here's the TLDR:
- I would love to hear an audio snapshot of "your journey" toward a competition, recording, composition, performance, etc
- Use this as a model (of what to do or of what not to do) and record yourself prepping for a gig, writing a tune, etc and send it in to be featured on a future episode
- Also, I'm launching Verdant Musical Instruments (in future I'll update these notes so there'll be a link right here) starting with pennywhistles in A, Bb, C, D, and Eb
- Verdant will benefit Peace Through Music International
- Here's the episode where PTMI's founder, Liz, came on the show: Ep. #82
- Here's their website: https://www.peacethroughmusicinternational.org/
- Here's the album we made to benefit PTMI when we hit 100 episodes: Ep #112
- Verdant will benefit Peace Through Music International
Tune into this episode to hear a whole lot of rambling and the summary of six months' dreams come puttering to a non-conclusion...
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Alec is back! A multi-piper, dad, creator of Get Bagpipe Ready, recording artist, performer, and recently-converted-whistler: Alec is an all-around excellent human being and we got to talk through lots of stuff including the recently released Celtic Routes album: Song of the Celts
Tune into this episode to hear Alec's confession regarding an upside-down whistle.
Check out the new Celtic Routes album here: https://www.celticroutes.band/#!/song-of-the-celts
And check out Alec's "Get Bagpipe Ready" group: https://www.getbagpipeready.com/
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Michael Page is an enthusiastic piper of approx. 20 years, currently playing with Wasatch & District and currently on his (approx.) 26th set of bagpipes.
Tune into this episode to hear Mike's tried and tested drone-reed combo!
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Cedar Dobson isn't just a unicycling mermaid: she makes music too! You may well have seen her playing double-whistles under bridges, wild 3D printed whistles in forests, and more. Cedar joined me for an interview a while ago, and we discussed (mostly) her album from 2022. Since then she's released more excellent music, including her very recent, "Decade," album which is truly excellent - check out the links below!
Tune into this episode to hear some samples from Cedar's, "Harmonies," album.
LINKS:
Cedar's Bandcamp page: https://cedardobsonmusic.bandcamp.com/music
Cedar's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CedarDobsonMusic544
Cedar's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CedarDobsonMusic
Cedar's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/cedar_dobson/
Cedar's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CedarDobsonMusic/
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The cowboy piper from Montana: Hart, himself, has graced the show with his presence this week. A delightful conversation partner, I'm very happy to share this extremely enjoyable conversation with you!
Tune into this episode to hear which pipeband 9/10 Russian Oligarchs trust, when they need bagpipe music at a castle in Scotland
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Owen Kennedy is an amazing fiddler & a lot of his sets, tunes, stylings, etc will be delightfully familiar to pipers of generally, "Western European, Scandinavian, and North American," persuasion(s).
Tune into this episode to hear Owen say that his favorite dancers to play for, are the ones he can't see or hear (JK, he loves playing for dancers, I'm joking).
Here's Owen's website: https://www.fiddlerokennedy.com/
And the album we talked through for this episode: https://fiddlerowenkennedy.bandcamp.com/album/oh-when-now-2
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Quite possibly the worlds first and most recognizable online bagpipe instructor, Andrew Douglas, is back, folks! Advice on solo competition, musing over healthy habits, and more - check it out!
Oh, and, "people should join the Dojo".
Tune into this episode to hear Andrew & Jim reinvigorate the good ol' Tide Pods meme(s).
Check out everything Andrew and his team are doing over at the Piper's Dojo / Dojo University: https://www.pipersdojo.university/
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Arle's a really fun person to talk instruments with - his experience across a lot of, "uncommon," instruments ranges from wide to deep. He has cool music scattered all over the internet, definitely worth a google!
Tune into this episode to hear the true secret to making good money busking.
Here's Arle's Soundcloud page: https://soundcloud.com/arle-richard-lommel
And Arle's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/fenevadka
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It's a 3-episode month, y'all!
Jeremy's back! And it's about time - this album is long overdue a discussion and sampling. If you haven't checked it out already, be sure to do so! We cover a lot of tracks in this episode, but not all of them! Links below for this and all of Jeremy's other excellent music.
Tune into this episode to hear James somehow get drunk as Jeremy drinks whiskey about 1,000 miles away.
Here are links to Jeremy's stuff:
- Website: https://www.wetootwaag.com/
- Bandcamp: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/
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Matt DeBlass is a delightful musician, teacher, and conversation partner. Check out the very cool album of originals, "Small Musics," from which we pulled tracks for this episode along with lots of other releases over on Matt's BandCamp page (link below).
Tune into this episode to hear Matt share, The DeBlass Theory of Folk Song Fatality: "...if they don't otherwise explain how they die, just assume it was werewolves."
- Here's a link to Matt's website: https://mattdeblass.com/
- Here's a link to Matt's Bandcamp page: https://mattdeblass.bandcamp.com/music
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The more I talk to, read about, watch, and listen to Donald Lindsay the more baffled I am at what all this person has accomplished - and he's not slowing down!
Tune into this episode to hear a bagpipe maker talk about why Emu's in the garden were a nostalgic sight for his father - probably the first time that's ever happened on a podcast!
Donald's work is all over the internet, but here are a few good links:
- Donald's Website: https://www.donaldwglindsay.com/
- Donald's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/donaldwglindsay/reels/
- The album from which we pulled some music for this episode: https://goodenergy.bandcamp.com/album/history-of-sleep
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Jordan Alexander Key is a bagpiper, composer, music lover, teacher, mathematician, podcaster, and so much more.
Tune into this episode to hear us hit a new record for, "math-chat," in the show's history.
And check out Jordan's work at the following links and elsewhere:
Website: https://www.jordanalexanderkey.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JordanAlexanderKey
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jordan.key.33/
And if you haven't yet, check out their very cool podcast, "The Dudelsack," wherever fine podcasts are streamed!
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Tommy is a talented multi-instrumentalist: if an instrument is uncommon and/or challenging, he's probably into it. The piper+whistler+banjo plucker for the Dunkirk Riots, Tommy took an hour to chat with me when he could've been making music so I'm very grateful to him and very excited to share this interview with you!
Tune into this episode to hear Tommy speak these fateful words: "I picked up a banjo along the way..."
Check out the Dunkirk Riots' website: https://dunkirkriots.com/home
And their music on Bandcamp: https://dunkirkriots.bandcamp.com/
*Be sure to follow the band on social media, etc for their upcoming 7" vinyl as well as other recordings, shows, etc
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Ross Ainslie is a piper (and much more) who needs no introduction. Very excited to welcome him back on the show, this time to talk about his new album, "POOL".
Tune into this episode to learn Ross' secret to keeping live performances interesting: always stay uncomfortable!
Here's a link to the new album on Bandcamp: https://rossainslie.bandcamp.com/album/pool
And here's a link to Ross' website: https://www.rossainslie.com/
And be sure to check out, "The Ollam," with whom Ross will be touring in 2025: https://www.theolllam.com/
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Swan is back for another New-Year episode & book chat, this time the title is "Effortless Mastery" by jazz pianist, instructor, and author (obviously) Kenny Werner.
Tune into this episode to hear Jim come to several somber realizations regarding his own unhealthy shadow - live on air!
Here's Kenny Werner's website: https://kennywerner.com/
And here's the book as listed on Amazon (though it's available all over the place): https://www.amazon.com/Effortless-Mastery-Liberating-Master-Musician/dp/156224003X
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Andrew O'Sullivan is back to help kick-off what we might call, "Season 2," of the Droning On Podcast with a very special holiday-music episode.
Tune into this episode to hear way more tunes about Donkeys than you were probably expecting...
Here are links to some of the albums, musicians, etc we referenced in this episode:
- Bergfolk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy3033tKnl4
- Conspiratio: https://conspiratio.bandcamp.com/album/wassail
- Wheezer & Squeezer: https://wheezersqueezer.bandcamp.com/track/entre-le-b-uf-et-l-ne-gris-polka
- Carloman: https://carloman.bandcamp.com/track/entre-le-b-uf-et-l-ne-gris
And congrats to Brad for winning the D.O.P.E. prize this time around, a copy of Timothy Cummings' collection, "On This Day Earth Shall Ring": https://birchenmusic.com/product/on-this-day-earth-shall-ring-printed-collection/
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Thanks so much for listening, friends!
The celebratory album is currently available on all major streaming & music-purchasing platforms. Just search for it by the album name, "Pipes for Peace," or the main-artist name, "The Droning On Podcast".
And, of course, it's still available on BandCamp: https://droningon.bandcamp.com/album/pipes-for-peace
Thanks again for listening, here's to a robust "Season 2" soon!
Hello friends!
As if two episodes in a row of (mostly) monologues weren't enough -- this week what I have for you is chapter two of this 123-year-old book about bagpipes.
The chapter heading reads as follows:
Ancient musical instruments - Priestly harpers - Hereditary harpers - Irish versus Scottish harpers - Royal harpers - Use of harp universal - Welsh sarcasm - Mary Queen of Scots' harp - The last of the harpers - "The Harper of Mull" - From harp to pipes - the Clarsach - Pipes supplanting bards - The last clan bard - Bardic customs - Bards' jealousy of pipes - The bard in battle - Duncan Ban Mac Intyre - Two pipers scared - When the pipes became paramount - The fiery cross - The Coronach
If you missed chapter 1, it's provided as Episode 105
Tune into this episode to hear Jim mispronounce even more names...
Here's a link to the book on Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69986
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Tune into this episode to hear EVEN MORE of Jim's inner monologue...
Check out Barry's cool books: https://capebretonpiper.com/products
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Tune into this episode to hear waaaaay too much of Jim's inner monologue...
This included brief meetings with friends old and new, including some who've been on the show before, like:
Al: episode #7
Heidi: episode #1
Jeff: episode #77
Diana: episode #2
And more!
Check out Ian MacHarg's cool album: https://iainmacharg.bandcamp.com/album/ce-l-na-beinne-music-of-the-mountain
And check out Barry's cool books: https://capebretonpiper.com/products
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William Wallace - yes, indeed, THE Sir William Wallace, is here for an interview. Enjoy, folks!
Tune into this episode for, among other things, some great coffee shop ambiance...
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Erik, if we can convince him, is going to need another half-dozen 2-hour episodes for us to begin scratching the surface of his body of work, wealth of knowledge, etc.
Tune into this episode to hear way more than you'd really like to know about, "Pasta Pestilencia," and many, many other things.
Erik's Website: https://www.ask-upmark.se/indexeng.html
Falsbordone's Website (Erik has a lot of projects, but we mostly focused on their 1350 album): http://www.falsobordone.se/
And be sure to get the album on Bandcamp or elsewhere: https://erikaskupmark.bandcamp.com/album/1350-music-for-a-plague
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Ruth Chiles is a specialist in Focal Dystonia and, as a musician herself, she works particularly with musicians. She's created support groups, hours and hours of video, appeared in many interviews, and written a book, (with another book on the way!) Links to her work are below.
Tune into this episode to hear Jim ramble on incessantly, proving that Ruth is a very patient and gracious listener. Obviously an excellent person to work with!
Here's a link to her website: https://focaldystoniacure.com/
Here's a link to her YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@FocalDystoniaCure
Here's a link to her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/focaldystoniacure/
Here's a link to her Facebook learning-community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/focaldystoniacurelearningcommunity
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So sorry for the late upload, friends. And I'm afraid even for all that, it's not a, "typical," episode, either. I have several great interviews with very cool guests all in the edit-phase and didn't manage to get one ready for this weekend, so instead I'm pulling out the first chapter of an audiobook production I've been putting together of this 123-year-old book about bagpipes you may've heard about - I hope it's reasonably enjoyable! Thanks again for tuning in, and have a lovely week!
Tune into this episode to hear Jim mispronounce so, so many names...
Here's a link to the book on Project Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69986
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Chris Gray is a very talented multi-instrumentalist composer and he was very gracious to hop into this interview talking about his past, his music, and specifically his excellent self-titled album.
Tune-in to this episode to hear the host hold Chris hostage for questioning waaaaay longer than is fair...
- Here's a link to the album we're discussing, check it out and get yourself a copy! https://chrisgray1.bandcamp.com/album/chris-gray
- Here's Chris' website: https://chrisgraymusic.com/
- And here are some of his tunes on Pipetunes.ca: https://pipetunes.ca/tunes/?frm-composer=25905
- And why not follow him on Instagram?: https://www.instagram.com/chrisgray_music/?hl=en
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Michael Gibbs is the guy to talk to if you want some o' them "heathen" style pipes... (here's the Facebook profile for the, "Heathen Highlanders," group)
Tune into this episode to hear Jim & Mike sniff and cough through their seasonal allergies WAY more than you wanted to hear, ever...
Here's a link to the cool video we started off talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d285tKoj16U
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Rob makes great music, and he also makes great instruments... from Carbon Fiber...
Tune into this episode to hear... two dudes talk about bagpipes...
- Here's Rob's website: https://carbony.com/
- Here's the article from whence we swiped the cover photo for this episode, all about Rob and his instruments: https://www.oregonlive.com/galleries/PXUOYALWTFG4LOHECBOPSOLD6Y/
- And here's a link to an explanation video regarding the charity album and drawing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fjc2ckEgwk
- As well as a link to where you can get the album: https://droningon.bandcamp.com/album/pipes-for-peace
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Hello my good friends - I hope you'll forgive me, between being sick and getting the celebratory, "Pipes for Peace," album out into the world I have not had time to craft a, "real," episode for this week.
What you'll find here, instead, is the album promo I recorded for Big Rab this morning - and that's just all my voice could do. I'm afraid it's really taking a long time to get back to 100% healthy. That's been stitched-together with the episode 82 interview with Liz, the founder of Peace Through Music International.
If you have the time and inclination, please do check out the album. It has a lot of great music on it, the money goes to support a great cause, and the prizes we have for the St. Patrick's Day drawing are truly great as well.
Here's the album: https://droningon.bandcamp.com/album/pipes-for-peace
Here's info about Peace Through Music International: https://www.peacethroughmusicinternational.org/
And here's a list of the prizes on-offer:
-Guitar accessory pack from D'Addarrio
-Kelpie Whistle from MK Whistles
-MK Stealth II practice chanter (in Torpedo Case) from Maverick
-Lots of different whistles (including GHB-fingering whistles) from Generation
-Online bodhran course from Blayne Chastain
-A tune workshop from Get Bagpipe Ready
-Giftcards for BagpipeSwag.com
And... I think that's it... I need a nap...
Episode 100!
Thanks for listening, friends, I'm very excited to share this announcement with you - and extremely grateful to Rab, JD, Jeremy, Josh, & Andy for their help filling-in. I had a cold around 10 days ago and am all better except my voice has been missing all week!
To get back to episode #82 with the founder of Peace Through Music International, here's a handy link: https://rss.com/podcasts/droning-on/1195994/
And if you'd like to learn more about what Peace Through Music International does, here's their website: https://www.peacethroughmusicinternational.org/
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Benjamin is a great piper (of various pipes), a brilliant tinkerer, and a master wearer of cool hats.
Tune into this episode to hear what was happening in the past, because Benjamin was very cool to do this interview with me before my most recent baby arrived, meaning the turnaround for the edit & publication was SUPER long.
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Robert (or Bobby, if you ever use a time machine to meet him as a child,) is a piper, singer, banjo-plucker, flut-player, whistler, gentleman, and (for reals) a scholar.
Join us talking through his musical past, an album from his band, "Pennyland," and more!
Tune into this episode to find out which are the, "manliest," musical instruments (wood flutes,) the, "manliest," musical genres, (puirt à beul,) and the, "manliest," clothing items (cod pieces with tights).
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Pennyland's Website: https://pennylandband.com/
Their Bandcamp: https://pennyland.bandcamp.com/music
Their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PennyLandBand/
Their Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pennylandband/
Their YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@pennylandband6793 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkGw279XEwE
And Robert's Dissertation: https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1407&context=etd
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Original tunes, questionable food-fusions, languages and more - it's all here, with Andrew O' Sullivan!
Tune into this episode to hear James threaten Andrew with even more fruits/veggies as pizza toppings...
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To see the video that accompanies the Lament Andrew wrote for the victims of the incidents of April 18 and 19, 2020 follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=E-ubQDBrEbw&fbclid=IwAR2AE0pyBBAR4e-jFP9xPP9w1jAidJNzyR4pgRXR5X2RN5706tHQHHYeUWs
To browse Barry’s books, including the one that features Andrew's 2/4 March (so long as it's in-stock): https://capebretonpiper.com/products
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The Reel Folk are more than just folk who like Reels (though they are that, to be sure).
You may have seen them gracing the YouTubiverse with their amazing fantasy take on the Critical Role theme (if not, check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb9p2PBTbm8 ) but did you know that they've recently put out a holiday album?
Well, they did. And we talked about it in this episode.
Tune into this episode to be convinced that polka truly is the purest art form.
Here are some links to get more Reel Folk goodness in your life:
BandCamp: https://thereelfolk.bandcamp.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thereelfolk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thereelfolk/?hl=en
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Piping since the age of 11 Gemma enjoyed making music in competition settings as well as on stage, via social media, and more – and not just on the pipes, she plays Bass and other stuff too! Gemma’s piping has helped her get through college, and Gemma has taken her pipes to lots of memorial services, football games, magazine features, radio show appearances, concerts, and also a tour with Jesse Ofgang (see episode 86 of the Droning On podcast).
Tune into this episode to get the 100% legit advice for distinguishing alligators from crocodiles (sorry, we’ve got nothing for you when it comes to caimans…)
APPLICABLE LINKS Gemma has music on Sound Cloud: https://soundcloud.com/gemma-briggs-763894235
She’s got a website: https://www.gbbagpiping.com/
She’s on Facebook: “Gemma Briggs Bagpiping”
She’s on Instagram: @Gemma.bagpipes
She’s on TikTok: @Gemma.bagpipes
In the interview we talked about the Wooster promo video she was in, it can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id-GnhfGr-0
Speaking of, “Wooster,” if you’re curious about the television adaptation of the PG Wodehouse classic, “Jeeves & Wooster,” stories as depicted by Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, (of course you are,) this’ll get you started: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIih5gB6Qcw
And here’s Gemma’s great jig version of, “The Parting Glass”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD8bvZM3xr0
As well as her original, “The Nuisance”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEhh7sYebcE
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She's the Rockabilly Pipeband Grandma who flies to fashion school every morning and plays Ska Trombone with Racist Kramer, here to advocate for geriatric mosh pits and convince you to follow her new band, "SKAtish Power," -- give it up for: Bethea!
Tune into this episode to hear Bethea literally talk about all the things in the insane-sounding sentence/paragraph you just read... no really, I didn't make any of that up.
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If you're quick about it, BagpipeSwag's $17 T-shirt sale is still going on at the time this episode is going live: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/black-friday-2023
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Highland pipes, border pipes, smallpipes, uilleann pipes, whistles, flutes and more: by various names, Will makes or plays, (and in some cases: both,) ‘em all! Join us for a delightful chat with a delightful person, including lots of delightful music as well!
Tune into this episode to hear the host pester Will for a surprisingly large number of definitions, and to pick up a new phrase, “awfully samey,” in reference to some Jackson tunes!
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- Will & Caitlin’s website: https://woodsonfinley.com/about
- Album, “The Glory Reel,” with Caitlin Finley and Christ Stevens: https://thegloryreel.bandcamp.com/album/the-glory-reel
- Daymark EP with Dan Foster and Eric McDonald: https://daymarkmusic.bandcamp.com/album/ep
- The Phonograph Project: https://m.facebook.com/watch/802438333459357/239376840720933/
(also on Will’s YouTube chanel: https://www.youtube.com/c/WillWoodson/videos?app=desktop )
- Will’s pipe making Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083125362510
- ITMA, “The Well for Irish Traditional Music, Song and Dance": https://www.itma.ie/
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*Updated with audio-error mistakes addressed (hopefully) sorry about that! Link to Scots Hoose: https://www.scotshoose.com/ ----- This one was different, hope it's enjoyable, stay safe and go buy cool stuff at BagpipeSwag.com!"
Mark is a smallpipe-curious lapsed-highland-piper excellent uilleann-piper kinda guy and he's also extremely patient. We did this interview over a year ago, but because of various things (software changes, scheduling needs for other episodes, audio repair work, etc) it's been uber-delayed coming out. At this point, he may have even forgotten ever doing the interview! And actually, since doing the interview, I got to meet with Mark in-person and the guy even let me try his really nice flute! And since then... I've started trying to learn the flute so, it's Mark's fault...
Tune into this episode to hear Mark and I work together to build the most amazing bagpipe-alternative, "took the wind out of our sails," joke you'll surely have ever, ever heard...
APPLICABLE LINKS Here's a link to Xavier's site. The guy makes lovely uilleann pipes, excellent reeds, and lots more and I couldn't even spell his name... shame on me... https://boderiou.com/ And here's Jerry Freeman's site. He's the guy who tweaks whisltes. I tried Mark's when we met, it was mind-blowing to hold a, "cheap," whistle and then have it sound so great when blown-into: https://bigwhistle.co.uk/freeman-tweaked-whistles/ And if you want to make use of the discount code HERITAGEBAGPIPES that came up in the conversation, that's good over at Lir Whistles: https://www.lirwhistle.com/
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Alec is one of the warmest, kindest, most wholesomely genuine & joyful humans on the internet, and he also happens to play (and teach) bagpipes!
Tune into this episode to hear, how Bagpipe Yoga became the fitness sensation which is now sweeping the nation...
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Ross hails from Linlithgow, West Lothian where he is the official Town Piper. He studied Bagpipes, Scots Song and Whistles at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Traditional Music - Piping in 2017. Ross was a finalist in the 2019 BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician of the Year competition.
A World Champion piper, Ross began piping aged 7 and was the Pipe Major of the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. He competed with the world famous Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band for many years. He is now a member the Grade 1 Inveraray and District Pipe Band.
Ross has performed in many countries such as: New Zealand, Australia, USA, Ghana, Russia and all over central Europe as well as appearing on BBC Hogmanay Live and performing solo on the roof of Murrayfield Stadium. He has also toured internationally with the Red Hot Chilli Pipers.
Tune into this episode to hear the TRUE dictionary definition of not only, "Belterism," but also, "Ross".
Check out Ross' website: https://www.rossmillermusic.com/
Pick up his album, tune book & more: https://www.rossmillermusic.com/shop
And stream his music everywhere or, (even better,) buy it on BandCamp & via his own site, etc https://rossmiller.bandcamp.com/album/the-roke
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Trevor is a piper, a dad, and a lover of Tolkien, (so you know he's intelligent, handsome, clever -- all the traits that automatically go along with loving the works of The Professor).
Tune into this episode to hear a fun little call-back to one of our most popular episodes ever, #035, with Kariann
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Ted is a master with both chanter & quill, and a delightful conversation partner!
Tune into this episode to hear about Ted's rivalry with a Peacock at a fancy wedding...
Throughout the interview I read extracts from an essay Ted wrote titled, "Grace Notes," that makes for lovely reading, here's a link:
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Jesse Ofgang is an extremely talented multi-instrumentalist piper & recent graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He makes very cool music and puts it out all over the internet, if you don't follow this musician already on your social media platform(s) of choice, you will not regret beginning to do so now!
Tune into this episode to hear about the real-life internet treasure-hunt to find the fabled photo of Jesse himself as a young, long-haired drummer sans-shirt...
Jesse's Website: https://www.jesseofgang.com/
Jesse on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jesseofgangmusic/ Jesse on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jesseofgangmusic/ Jesse on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jesseofgang/videos ...and there's more, just search, "Jesse Ofgang," or, "Jesse Gang of Music," almost anywhere on the internet, you'll find him!
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If you are into smallpipes and have an internet connection, you've probably heard of or seen traces of Rod due to his playing, his participation in groups like the LBPS, Cairdeas, and the Pipers Gathering, etc not to mention his recently released album with folk band, "Fire in the Glen," as well as his many highland piping exploits -- but did you know that he also plays trombone, conducts choirs, and has seasonal allergies in the Spring! All that and more in this delightful interview!
Enjoy, friends!
Tune into this episode to hear Rod say, “...so Chuck gave me a bag of whistles…”
*Side note: neither of us got the amazing piping throat-singer's name quite right. It's Rowan Hartsuiker and if you haven't checked out his YouTube channel already, you're in for a treat: https://www.youtube.com/@rowanhartsuiker
APPLICABLE LINKS: Rod's website: https://www.rodericknevin.com/
The website for Fire in the Glen: https://fireintheglen.com/index.html
Their new album, which features Rod: https://fireintheglen.bandcamp.com/album/cutting-bracken
Rob's appearance on the Marc Gunn's Pub Songs Podcast: https://pubsong.com/star-of-the-county-down-231
Cairdeas: https://www.cairdeas.org/
The Pipers' Gathering: https://www.pipersgathering.org/
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Kalare is a Doctor, and we can refer to her as such everywhere except inside a hospital. She studies, plays, teaches, practices, and recently picked up the pipes - she's rapidly becoming a pro aquarist and we didn't even get to the epic photo of her walking toward a helicopter: like, what? Does she also fly whirlybirds?
Tune into this episode to hear about how Homeschool-Kids can do whatever they want and sleep-in!
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Jeremy returns to the Droning On Podcast to talk more about Bagpipes & History! It’s been about a year since his Bannocks of Barley Meal album came out, and we talk through some, (though not all,) of the tracks, play some samples, I hope you’ll enjoy joining us for a great conversation that’s probably setting a new length-record for the show!
Tune into this episode to hear enough bagpipe-banter to get you half way from Salt Lake City to Las Vegas…
Get Jeremy’s albums here: https://jeremykingsbury.bandcamp.com/
Listen to Jeremy’s podcast everywhere great pods are casted, but also here at the Wetootwaag’s Bagpipe & History Podcast website: https://www.wetootwaag.com/
Buy merch from Jeremy’s BagpipeSwag shop here: https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wetootwaag
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Put very simply: Liz helps people, especially kids, effected by war. She does so through music. She uses a lot of penny whistles to do this.
I hope you'll enjoy this conversation, I really enjoyed talking with Liz and learning about what her organization does to help people effected by war around the world.
(HEADS UP: some dark/heavy things come up in this conversation, just FYI, the kind of stuff that goes right along with war, i.e. death, rape, suffering, etc)
A far more detailed description of what the charity does is, (pulled from their website):
Our mission Our mission is to transform the lives of war impacted children and adolescents through locally-run, youth-led music education programs.
As the refugee crisis around the globe hits unprecedented levels, Peace through Music International is striving to improve the lives of some of the world’s most vulnerable citizens through music. Since 1999, the organization has brought its programs to 20,000 children and taught 95,000 classes.
Objectives Responding to the needs of our target population and expert findings, our programs are designed to meet these objectives:
Address participants’ war-related and poverty-related emotional trauma and developmental needs.
- Provide consistent, long-term music education that includes daily practice and opportunities for performance
- Provide free instruments and all class materials
- Provide structured opportunities for play, learning, group interaction, self-discipline, and self-expression
- Provide a positive emotional outlet to youth and children through songs and activities
- Provide a safe place for children to feel love and belonging
- Provide hope and meaning in a post-war culture of indifference, apathy and hopelessness
Establish volunteer and leadership opportunities for youth to gain skills for future employment.
- Generate opportunities for tangible accomplishment
- Empower youth volunteers to become positive local role models for children
- Build problem-solving and cognitive skills
- Develop professional communication skills
- Teach punctuality, accountability, preparation and responsibility and integrity
Reduce vulnerability to extremist group participation and human trafficking. Prevent youth violence, crime, and drug and alcohol abuse.
- Create positive peer networks
- Provide positive role models
- Incorporate drug and alcohol prevention in curriculum
- Provide diversionary educational and cultural programs
- Empower youth to develop a positive identity through shared experiences and friendship
- Help youth recognize that as they change the lives of the children they teach, they have the power to change their communities and the world
Cultivate tolerance, empathy, and socialization among hostile communities
- Create opportunities for communication, cooperation, and understanding among ethnic, religious, and divided communities
Unique program backed by research and expert findings In a study measuring the success of our program's effect on refugee children published in the American Psychological Association's Traumatology Journal, entitled, Children After War: A novel approach to promoting resilience through music, researchers discovered the following:
- Children who participated in the program reported reduced symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Overall, children who participated in the program at least 1 year evidenced fewer affective and cognitive disturbances than children recently enrolled.
- The results of the correlation analyses demonstrated that students who had been in the program longest exhibited the fewest signs of emotional, psychological, and cognitive disruption.
- Cognitive stimulation, promotion of attention and focus through the process of learning musical instruments and songs, social support from peers in a nontraditional classroom setting, the community-sustained infrastructure, and/or the message of peace and communal unity promoted by the program leaders likely all contribute to the outcomes evidenced by this study
Also among the documented results of our programming are significantly improved rates of secondary school completion and college attendance. Among our Kosovo youth volunteers, for example, 100% complete primary and secondary school, as compared to fewer than 40% of children in Kosovo at large. More than 90% of our Kosovo volunteers went on to attend college, as compared to 33% of high school graduates across Kosovo.
Tune into this episode to try guessing which famous celebrity's children Liz taught piano to on an instrumented gifted to the family from Sir Elton John himself...
There are a lot of ways to help, to get started, here's the website for Peach Through Music International: https://www.peacethroughmusicinternational.org/
And if I can help facilitate any help you want to offer to Liz and the organization, please don't hesitate to reach-out via email, on social media, etc!
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She's a piper, she's a drummer, she's a home builder, and she was once 16 going on 17 -- it's Leisel! A truly lovely human giving her precious time to join me for a truly lovely interview. I apologize that due to my own technical difficulties the sound quality isn't pristine in this episode. I do hope it's at least reasonably palatable because it was a joy to get to know Leisel a bit more and I hope everyone's able to join in on the joy here.
Tune into this episode to hear Leisel confess that her family was at least a little VonTrappy...
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Tim is a unique guy living a unique life doing unique things - bagpipery and otherwise! I feel really bad I had to rush this interview. A rare thing I usually try to plan to not do, but there were some technical difficulties on the day of recording that not only restricted our conversation time, they also forced me to use a different platform and hardware than I usually do, and it was all rather a hasty last-minute plan-B arrangement. Therefore: I do apologize for the somewhat, "roomy," audio on my half of the conversation. But there's no reason to be paying attention to that half of the conversation anyway, Tim's got a lot of cool and interesting ideas, experiences, etc and we just got a taste in this interview - here's to another interview with Tim in the near future! In the meantime, enjoy!
Tune into this episode to hear how Tim has managed to become possibly the loudest, "double-agent," ever to attend a protest...
Check out Tim's website of games he's designed here: https://www.fowers.games/
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It's a three-episode month!
It was a delight to get to know Scott during this episode - in spite of living in the same part of the country and having a lot of mutual friends, Scott and I had never spoken before this interview. He's a long-time bagpipe, a long-ago accordion, and he's one of the very, very few people in the world who can say he works for a railroad in Nebraska, USA.
Tune into this episode to hear all about Scott's plan to learn bagpipes in order to get a highland dancer to fall in love with him when but a wee lad...
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Jenna is a talented multi-instrumentalist bagpiper, instructor, composer, and is generally willing to just try quirky stuff, especially when it comes to music, and especially-especially when it comes to bagpipes.
The opening track on this episode is Pacolet performed by Jenna, originally written by PM Don Bradford. The closing track is just a taste of Scodatura, written and performed by Jenna.
Tune into this episode to hear the show's first ever keyboard-based-dialogue...
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Here’s Jenna’s website: https://www.jennadennison.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jennabagpipes/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennabagpipes/?hl=en
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JennaBagpipes
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jennabagpipes
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I wish I'd come up with some great April Fools joke, it'll be a while before another episode releases on April Fools... Still, I hope this is an enjoyable interview, I sure enjoyed chatting with Jeff!
Tune into this episode to hear me refer to Jeff's piano playing as, "unique..."
*I'm not sure where, precisely, Jeff's album will be available when it releases, but I'll be sure to post about it on social media, so follow the show on Facebook/Instagram for that and other posts in future. Links blow.
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Liam Winnett is a whistle kid turned accordion man turned uilleann piper abroad & he's a delight to talk to as well! You may have seen him playing his uilleann pipes inside a horse trailer... if not, there's a link below...
I apologize this episode's out a bit late, St Patrick's Day did me dirty this year. But to make it up to you, I'm giving away a $35 BagpipeSwag.com gift card!
DETAILS FOR THE GIVEAWAY:
-Pick a favorite episode from the past
-Share it on social media
-Tag @droning.on.podcast
Then, first of April we'll look back at all mentions and draw a winner from that pool!
Tune into this episode to hear - no joke this time: the first ever Droning On Live Performance of any kind, and it's a great tune on a great set of pipes from a great piper!
Here's the list of uilleann pipers Liam sent me, for anyone interested in listening some more:
-Padraic Keane
-Louise Mulcahy
-Colm Broderick
-Ronan Browne
-Sorcha Ni Scolai
-Mark Redmond
-Robbie Hannan
-Padraig McGovern
-Cormac Cannon
Here are some links where you can find Liam around the internet:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@liamwinnettmusic3867
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/liamwinnettmusic/?hl=en
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@liamwinnett999
This is the track we were playing at the beginning of the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmdy-GzoZMQ
And here's the solo from the middle of the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK-5pcDn4Nk
And most important of all, the horse-box video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WIJKs8TTWc
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Through unpredictable twists and turns of fate Bruce's accumulated experience prepared him uncannily well to address the challenge faced by one of his close friends when he (the friend,) could no longer inflate his pipe bag.
Bruce is a delightful human and I hope you'll enjoy learning about not only his very cool invention, but about him as well!
Tune into this episode to hear Bruce reveal what's, "the most fun you can have with your clothes on"!
Here's a link to Bruce's website: https://e-bellow.com/
Here's a great demo of the E-Bellow in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCvWQ-zhRu4
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One half of the, "Wheezer & Squeezer," duo, ( https://wheezerandsqueezer.com/ ) Jeremiah McLane plays a bellows-blown reed instrument, but it ain't bagpipes... but he plays along with bagpiper Timothy Cummings.It's often (delightfully) surprised me how many pipers also play accordion, or want to play accordion, so I thought talking with an accordionist would be fun - especially one with so much experience making music with bagpipers.
Tune into this episode to hear about the amazing true story of when bagpipers and hurdygurdiers rose-up to drive back the Parisian accordionists -- in a story-book surprise, peace was found unexpectedly between the pipes & accordions with a marriage between members of the next generation...
APPLICABLE LINKSThis album, "The Wind Among the Reeds":https://wheezersqueezer.bandcamp.com/album/the-wind-among-the-reeds
Jeremiah's website:https://www.jeremiahmclane.com/A great video of, "Wheezer & Squeezer," performing some tunes:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPfzyEmomcY
The Clayfoot Strutters:https://www.jeremiahmclane.com/band/the-clayfoot-strutters/*Note: Pete Sutherland, who made music with Jeremiah and Timothy, recently passed away, (between recording and releasing this episode). He made a lot of great music, and I'm sure Jeremiah would've noted this when Pete came up in the conversation, but chronologically, the sad event had not yet occurred. Here's a remembrance piece: https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/life/arts/2022/12/02/pete-sutherland-obituary-vermont-fiddler-musician-performer-mentor/69695404007/Nightingale:http://www.nightingalevt.org/A T-shirt that Jeremiah might want to buy for himself and all his friends:https://www.scatterbraintees.com/products/four-horsemen-of-the-apocalypse-parody-tshirt
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You've almost definitely heard of today's guest and almost as definitely heard his voice as well, whether you were looking for help to improve your piping, just starting your piping journey and seeking instruction, or possibly a really tasteful quote played from the soundboard at opportune moments on the Chanter Rant podcast...In any case, get ready to hear Andrew Douglas a lot more in this marathon interview pushing the 3hr line. If you need a break to go work on your tachums or something half way through, feel free to hit pause and come back, we'll still be here!
Tune into this episode to hear Andrew say, "...in this case spanking is referring to..."
There are lots of ways to get a free trial at Dojo U - here's a link that'll give you a free 30 days, and then if you stay, it'll benefit Garden Valley Pipe Band:https://tfe86874.infusionsoft.app/app/orderForms/83282165-4a17-45ae-8ef1-10daed7130ce?cookieSearchStarted=true&cookieUUID=108694de-9b19-423f-9c8c-fe956c13c134
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Genuinely, this group gets me into such a groove - I have not yet traveled every road in this world, but based upon those which I have traveled, The Freestylers of Piping are unique, singular, and so so groovy.
Tune into this episode to hear what happened when Perseus and Medusa decided to... "part"...
And here's a first: you can support the Freestylers and Droning On by buying The Freestylers of Piping merch on at BagpipeSwag.com! https://www.bagpipeswag.com/tfop
APPLICABLE LINKSFreestylers' website: http://www.thefreestylersofpiping.com/-Their Insta: @thefreestylersofpiping-The Cultivator (music video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtkX5ivdOGI-The Keys of Justice (Rufus Harley): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIi1ftQVU6c-And, why not? That jazz album from H. John Benjamin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well,_I_Should_Have...
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Some people dedicate their whole life to one art, skill, craft, or area of research-focus. Steph has, somehow, managed to cram multiple whole-lives-of-focus into one and she's still not done!Having recently released, "The Beginner Years," the third in her series of excellent music-related, (often bagpipe/drum-specific,) books, we're excited to release this episode at the beginning of a new year. May 2023 be your most musical year yet, friend!
We'll be trying out a, "book club," reading of "The Beginner Years," from the release of this episode through to the end of February. If you'd like to join in, join us via email or social media (links below).
Tune into this episode to hear Jim turn a 3hr phone call with a genuine professional into a personal coaching session!
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Check out all of Stephanie's books here: https://stephanieburns.com/my-books/
(also available on Amazon, Kindle, at book shops, pipeband supply shops, etc)
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Jeff has returned! You may well remember him from his excellent shortbread recipe and more in past episodes - today he's come back to share some background about & recordings of four familiar holiday tunes that fit on the pipes!Several of the recordings you'll hear in this episode are based on Timothy Cummings' settings in his holiday collection available here:https://birchenmusic.com/product/on-this-day-earth-shall-ring-printed-collection/
Tune into this episode to hear James misplace yet another Shakespeare quote!
The recording of Veni, Veni is from an arrangement my good buddy Scot, (also a past guest of the show,) did for organ to accompany pipes. It was interesting: we used a Bb chanter and tuned the bass drone up to C, so it came out in c-minor. There's a video of the performance, (from which we pulled the audio in this episode,) available here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InlnMudvXJE
And if you liked that tune at the end of the episode, that's our take on, "Cornish Wassail," and you can listen to (and buy, if you so desire,) that track on BandCamp here:https://wassailiens.bandcamp.com/track/cornish-wassail-single
And you can be among the first to acquire Wassailiens merch here:https://www.bagpipeswag.com/wassailiens
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Katie's been entertaining and inspiring folk in and out of piping since she started her impressively fast-paced bagpipe journey. From busking to competing, to recently joining the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland: follow her on social media platforms, (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, etc) to see what's next @thewheeledpiper
Tune into this episode to hear Katie say, of learning to play bagpipes at school, "...it got me out of History which I didn't really enjoy very much..."
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Just for fun: a mega marathon of all past Holiday Episodes!If you're not into it, no sweat, the regularly scheduled episode will be out next week.To get one of these cool North Pole & District T-shirts at the special promo price of $15, just go to BagpipeSwag.com, there'll be a banner at the top of the site through the rest of December, 2022.Or go to this link.Thanks, Happy Holidays friends!
The Chanter Rant guys have done a lot of terrible things, and a lot of awesome things. Among the latter is helping this man's philosophy, work ethic, strategizing, and handsome face come more fully into the awareness of the international competitive pipe band community.
Tune into this episode to hear Joe promise, on record, to never play Cajun Grace again...
Here's a link to Wake & District's website: https://www.raleighpipeband.com/
And, because it came up so often in the show, also MacLellan Bagpipes: https://www.raleighpipeband.com/
*Allow me to suggest following both on Instagram. Wake puts out great content, and it's a lot of fun to look through the progress photos of MacLellan's move-in to their new location. Not to mention the beautiful sets of pipes that get posted there regularly.
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Given his background in aviation one might assume that Dave's, "drone work," has to do with the kind that fly around in the sky - but no, Dave's been hard at work perfecting both design and production methodology to bring solid, reliable, good-sounding 3D printed GHB drones to the masses!
Dave was recently featured in Big Rab's episode #299, (also, congrats to Rab on 300 - holy moly!) There's a link over to Rab's show down below.
Tune into this episode to hear David & James both do some terrible South Park voices!
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Dave's Big Rab Interview (episode 299): https://www.thebigrabshow.com/copy-2-of-guests
Video of the sound sample played at the end of the episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6K5ie4xaOZI
And, of course, Dave's website: https://www.3dprintedbagpipes.com/
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Tam O'Shanter is a popular poem, maybe especially around this time of year. I convinced my own padre to do a reading for the episode in English, and then got permission from Scots Hoose to use a really excellent pro-recording they had of Hamish MacDonald reading the poem in Scots. Not to mention: amazing musical score provided by Jeremy of the Wetootwaag Bagpipes & History Podcast. Check out the links below, and Happy Halloween!
Tune into this episode to hear how excellent this podcast would've been if my dad had decided to get into bagpipe-podcasting instead of me...
--Scots Hoose: http://www.scotshoose.com/ --The Scots Hoose Tam O'Shanter Graphic Novel-style video I mentioned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAqVwCa_x5o --Wetootwaag's Halloween episode from this year: https://www.wetootwaag.com/
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Laura has been living to entertain since she was tiny... she's still tiny, but ever since she was especially tiny - from dance routines and flutophones in her childhood to full-immersion fantasy theme park acting, song writing, and (of course) bagpiping today!
Tune into this episode to hear James interrupt Laura over and over and over again because he's inexplicably giddy about two people from the same small town knowing a bunch of the same people and places...
Here are some links to where you can get glimpses of Laura as, "Piper," at Evermore Park: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=piper+evermore+park https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNgF3G544l-dS75V-Ekml-Q
And the helium in bagpipes video as well, of course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVO-d0eWooY&t=696s
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Marc's back!
No marriage proposal this time, but plenty of great insight, stories, and ideas about how to be a good Pipe Sergeant!
Tune into this episode to hear Marc sum-up the duties of a Pipe Sergeant as, "be the sheepdog".
If you want to check out the Pride Pipers, here's their Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100069227525235
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If you haven't heard of JD, you've probably at least heard JD (he's the new voice of the Weekly Drone on The Big Rab Show) - and if you haven't heard JD there's at least a chance you've been in a plane that he touched at some point during production...
Tune into this episode to hear about the time JD played pipes for a porn star... and the time he played at a (I'm guessing) illegal cage fight... and much, much more...
This episode opens with a bit of a tune JD wrote, "Mrs Maria Ingraham," and it closes with another JD original, "A Georgia Peach and a Texas Rose".
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If you've ever been impressed by production quality in a penny whistle tutorial on YouTube, you were probably watching Sean. A self-proclaimed, "recovering highland bagpiper," Sean joins me to talk about whistles & why, (I'm sure,) all pipers and drummers should pick up a whistle.
Tune into this episode to hear Sean extol that ever-popular musical genre: Elf Metal.
If you're looking to get a lovely whistle, here's the discount code for whistles from the good people over at LÍR : HERITAGEBAGPIPES
Here are links to Sean's work & other things that came up during the interview:
Sean's YouTube chanel: https://www.youtube.com/c/whistletutor
Sean's website: https://whistletutor.com/
Sean's band: https://thesternwheelers.com/
The live session album Sean mentioned: https://patrickourceau.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-monas
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Ross needs no introduction, I’m sure. He’s an amazing piper, whistler, tunesmith, and I hear he’s a decent baker as well!
Along with the totally-talented Brìghde Chaimbeul and the superbly-skilled Steven Byrnes, Ross has gifted us with another unique collection of music in the new album, “LAS”. For C-Smallpipe enthusiasts everywhere, this has been much-anticipated, as Brìghde and Ross did the whole thing on C-smallpipes. And whether you care a lot about the key of the pipes or it makes no difference to you at all: this album is a horizon-broadening, joy-bringing, excitement-inducing musical trip and I could not recommend it enough. In the last 48hrs I think I’ve listened it through some 9 times, and some of the tracks, (especially The Badger & The Weasel,) many more times than that, and it’s not getting old in any way. Stream it, buy it, share it with friends - get copies to hand out for the Holidays, this is good music.
Tune into this episode to hear Ross totally shut-down my suggestion that World’s ought to include a Grade 1 Cabaret Competition…
Here are the links! As of today, there’s a single track of the album available, but the whole album will drop on September 2nd.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1F6NvB43HUErNBJMGzBS5j?si=TwydsrbuQQOMOa8NusSj2A
As of posting the episode, I don’t have a BandCamp link yet, but for sure consider purchasing a copy to support these amazing artists. One easy way to do that is via BandCamp.
Here’s Ross’ BandCamp Profile: https://rossainslie.bandcamp.com/
Here’s Brìghde’s: https://brighdechaimbeul.bandcamp.com/
And if you’re interested, here are some YouTube videos related to this new album: Album sampler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COPSjIhoU6E
The trio at Celtic Colours: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiueVh23lUo
The early jamming that lead to this album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8gDqZ_hW3k
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Craig Weir's wild roller coaster of a piping career took off when he was young and shows no signs of slowing down. From punk-ska bagpipe fusion with Gleadhraich to pure poetry with the Cabalistic Cavalry & tons of excellent behind-the-scenes stories and heartfelt discussions on the All Ears Podcast, those of us who love bagpipe content certainly are indebted to him and he keeps serving-up more and more!
Tune into this episode to hear Craig say, "I'm big in Japan".
Here are links to Craig's various projects:
Cabalistic Cavalry: https://www.facebook.com/CabalisticCavalry/
Gleadhraich:
https://gleadhraich.com/
Weir’s World - the All Ears Podcast
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063706562312
And if you're interested in learning more about the World Peace Tartan, check it out here: https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/what-you-need-to-know-about-scotlands-world-peace-tartan/
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Hey friends,
The memorial album for Zach Lees is coming together! Enjoy a sample of Fred Morrison's contribution to the project, a new 6/8 March called, "Band of Angels," (named by Zach's Mother).
Here's a link to the Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jimbojet/original-fred-morrison-track-for-zachs-memorial-album?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=fred%20morrison
And, of course, any questions feel free to email me: pipingjim@gmail.com
Ross is the current Pipe Major of Wasatch & District's Grade 2 band, and he's come back to the show to chat about this whole, "how to be a pipe major," thing...
Tune into this episode to hear Ross say, "...these belong in a museum!"
Previous Episode: https://www.utahbagpipes.com/podcast/episode/4339402c/052-the-ross-episode
Check out Morrill Bagpipes' website for fully customized highland pipes, practice chanters, and SSPs:
https://morrillbagpipes.com/
Follow Morrill Bagpipes on Instagram for photos of truly stunning sets they've made & are making: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/morrillbagpipes/?__coig_restricted=1
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Michael Roddy is a talented multi-instrumentalist, (several of which are variations of bagpipes,) and instructor who took a good chunk of time to sit down and talk about the recent album from one of his projects, Arise & Go: Meeting Place.
Tune into this episode to hear Michael say, "I almost needed a change of pants..."
Here are links to things that came up during the interview:
The poem that inspired the band name:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43281/the-lake-isle-of-innisfree
Arise & Go's Bandcamp page, (go buy the album!)
https://ariseandgo.bandcamp.com/album/meeting-place
Michael's personal website, for info on instruction, tunebooks, etc
https://michaelroddymusic.com/about/
The Arise & Go website (go get a physical copy of the album and other great stuff!)
https://ariseandgo.org/store/
The Càirdeas workshop where Michael will be teaching this summer:
https://www.cairdeas.org/
And the Pipers Gathering in Connecticut, where he'll also be teaching:
https://www.pipersgathering.org/
Arise & Go has some excellent content on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc2YKE2Knso
And if you want to dig deeper into old tune collections, here's the episode where Jeremy covers the Patrick McDonald collection which came up toward the end of the interview:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e21
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My good buddy and frequent guest, Swan, surprised me with wings and a request for a story we've chatted about often before: though it be poorly prepared & presented, may you nonetheless enjoy the Ballad of Tony's Bagpipe Bard!
Tune into this episode to hear James miscredit a quote to Jane Austen which rightfully, (or mythologically,) belongs to F. Scott Fitzgerald - which is especially funny because The Great Gatsby actually came up in the conversation!
Here's a link to a memorial page for Tony: https://dtplv.com/remembering-tony-hsieh/
Here's a link to the artist who made the statues mentioned in the story:
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Ian is a piper, a spinner of stories, a maker of films, and much more. In recent years he's been working on a passion project of impressive proportion, researching and documenting the story of James Richardson, VC.
Here's a link to the website where you can get started digging into all the cool stuff that Ian has produced, and will be continuing to produce, in future: https://www.paradigmmpc.com/Films/UnparalleledValour.aspx
And the Facebook Page: https://m.facebook.com/The-Pipes-of-War-Unparalleled-Valour-the-story-of-James-Richardson-vc-173585339318396/?__tn__=%2Cg
And here's the documentary Ian & his father have been working on lately, which comes up during the interview as well: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5056288/
Tune into this episode to hear about Ian's dad's surprising connection to Indiana Jones!
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Bruce & the Baxter Family have been a part of the Utah Pipeband scene since the beginning >insert old-person joke here<
Tune into this episode to hear how a dead rattle snake connects Bruce, Larry (from episode #13, and the host!
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Eamon has been an internet-creator since childhood and, luckily, much of his online comedic styling has to do with bagpipes.
Here's a whole long list of links to cool projects he's done/is working on and other links to things that come up during the conversation. All of these come up in the discussion - enjoy, friends!
--Good 4 U Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXGpDZ-tBvI
--The So Far So Good Show: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14068692/
--Constellation Quest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXgOJ53xeYM
--The Normies (chanel): https://www.youtube.com/c/TheNormiesGroup
--All Star Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFr5lkuyVqo
--Africa Cover: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q6upCgqN3c&t=15s
--BSU Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/c/BSUTonight
--JK Studios episode where my backup pipes make their acting debut: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1zNIW87JDM
--Ross Miller Episode of Chanter Rant: https://soundcloud.com/chanterrant/bbrep-158with-ross-miller
--The Commercial that Started it All: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzpdTadgUrM
--Troll Bait (The Hatchet Preview): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbQVtiUhpbg
--Cold Cross Film Trailer: https://vimeo.com/510554512
--“Something’s in the Woods” Bigfoot Lovesong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WORppdef9Ck
--Drunk History of Middle Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohx_p8QYZYQ
--Shrek Retold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM70TROZQsI
--Las Vegas Pipe Band, “World’s Greatest T-Shirt”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCbggG03swU
Tune into this episode to hear Eamon call-out none other than Big Rab himself on the issue of Tayto Cheese & Onion crisps!
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The only, "Exotic Piper," I know, Marc has been on an interesting journey from his parochial choir-boy days amongst Roman ruins to rising through the artificial Brigadoonish mists in a local Utah theatre... If there's a, "most interesting piper in the world," Marc's at least a decent candidate for that title.
Tune into this episode to hear Marc not-technically-refuse James' marriage proposal!
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Ross is a busy guy - he's a rock solid pipe player, the current Pipe Major of the Wasatch & District Grade 2 band, and he's the main man behind the lathe at Morrill Bagpipes.
Check out his awesome pipes on their website: https://morrillbagpipes.com/
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Morrillpipes/
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Tune into this episode to hear a lovely sample of Ross playing his recently finished set of Leadwood pipes!
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I've been so excited to publish this interview! I'm sure anyone who's listened to previous episodes will be aware that I'm a big fan of Tim's arrangements, recordings, and compositions. This album: The Birds' Flight, which launched in July of 2021 immediately became, (and has remained,) one of my most-constantly-on-rotation albums.
Tim is, as ever, a delight to chat with. If you enjoy this episode half as much as I did making it, you're in for a great time!
Hop over to Tim's website to pickup a copy of the album: https://birchenmusic.com/product/the-birds-flight-cd/
Or get it on BandCamp if that's more your jam: https://birchenmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-birds-flight
(And don't forget - if you join the Patreon for DroningOn you'll be in the drawing for regular prizes, and this month that prize just so happens to be a copy of the album in question!)
Have a look at Tim's companions in bringing this album to fruition: Brad Kolodner: https://www.bradkolodner.com/bio.html Pete Sutherland: https://www.petesposse.com/bio
Here is a link to the Wetootwaag episodes I mention about Cape Breton Piping & the Mixtape Episode where I first heard Strathspey on fiddle:
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e34
https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e32z
And here's a link to Pete's, "Pioneer Children / Ye Ke Ke"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucez9UtrKTc
As well as Pete's, "Rebuttle," to the origin-story for this album:
https://thebirdsflight.com/#rebuttal
Tune into this episode to hear James illadvisedly ramble on about Tolkienish mythos in relation to tunes on the album...
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You may already know that Chris Johnson is a chess champ, new dad, gold prospector, and tennis aficionado -- but did you know that he also plays bagpipes?
Tune into this episode to hear Chris say, "Well, that sheep is a jerk, I'm gonna eat him."
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Jeremy previously visited the show in episode #34 to talk about his piping-podcast, "Wetootwaag's Bagpipe and History Podcast" (https://www.wetootwaag.com/)
Today he's back to talk about a really excellent album he recently put-out, "Pay the Pipemaker," full of tunes from the past & a truly face-melting original on Highland Pipes, Uilleann Pipes, Border Pipes, Whistles, Jaw Harps... and more, I'm pretty sure. And note: this month's Droning On Patreon givEaway is a physical copy of this album - so get on over onto Patreon to have your name added to the metaphorical hat!
Check out the album here: https://bandcamp.com/download?from=collection&payment_id=4166837177&sig=4d30ea72891a8c7dadeed6d9a65c9159&sitem_id=180528226
In the conversation we reference a few recent episodes from Jeremy's podcast. Here are links to get straight to them.
Regarding bagpipe myths & history, long forwards from tune collectors, etc: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s6e01
Regarding Cape Breton piping, with Barry Shears: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e34
Regarding pushing the range of a GHB chanter up to get high-B, high-C and even more: https://www.wetootwaag.com/s5e33
Tune into this episode to hear Jeremy reveal the secret to getting into piobaireachd, "...get [yourself] into a compromised state..."
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Look out - Johnny knows karate...
Warcraft, Mortal Kombat, tax audits, parenting, and even pipeband talk make up the conversation in this episode. Tune in this week to hear Johnny say... a lot of stuff - I think we've set the record for episode length this time!
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Why does music exist? What does it do for/to humans? Why do music at all, let alone in a group?
The talented and insightful Danny Caldwell answers all these questions entirely - and more - in this episode.
Tune in to this episode to hear Danny say, "...my dad always told me, 'you need to wear earplugs when you play your bagpipes or you're gonna be deaf,' and I never listened to him ".
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In which I ramble for eight minutes and 20 seconds, but your patience is rewarded with a beautiful set by Timothy Cummings & Jeremiah McLane: 5/4 Waltzes: Port WIlliam > Apple Knoll
I couldn't recommend that track & album enough. Available here: https://wheezersqueezer.bandcamp.com/album/the-wind-among-the-reeds
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*Updated Audio: previously I'd accidentally released this episode with a sample track of PM Willie Gray muted, so around the 1hr mark there's just a moment of silence. This has now been corrected & the tune is audible.
Kirk Potter is a Drummer by day and a Computer Geek... also by day.
Creating PadLab with Rhythm Monster wasn't enough for Kirk, he had to go and revolutionize the world of pipe band music notation as well with his award-winning, Ensemble.
Tune into this episode to hear Kirk incorrectly pronounce Richard Ayoade's last name!
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What if you could tattoo your sheet music on the inside of your eyelids? What if you could have a full catalog of sheet music stored at the back of your brain to be projected into your occipital lobe whenever you wanted?
Swan returns to the show to discuss Dr. Stephanie Burns' book in which she shares the secrets to do (basically) that.
Seriously though - it's an amazing book, it will change your life, and following her instructions will bring you, basically, music-memorizing super powers.
Enjoy the episode and buy the book!
https://stephanieburns.com/my-books/strategies-for-learning-memorising-new-tunes/
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'tis the season of pine trees, falling snow, and Christmas Hams... unless you're Erin, in which case 'tis the season of giant avocado trees, falling avocados from said trees, and Christmas chips & salsa.
Tune into this episode to hear more about delicious rattlesnacks than you'd expected as well as some great, "history," regarding mandolins, bagpipes, mexican food, and more - including a very cool tune, "The Wexford Carol".
Happy end-of-year to you all, dear friends!
Here's the cool Molly in the Mineshaft album we talked about, from which we pulled the rendition of Wexford Carol heard in this episode: https://mollyinthemineshaft.bandcamp.com/track/wexford-carol
Here's the album on which Erin collaborated with me for that rendition of, "Shalom," featured in this episode (it's track #12): https://heritagebagpipes.bandcamp.com/album/sunday-smallpipes-vol-ii
Here's the awesome Christmas Tune collection we mentioned, by Timothy Cummings: https://birchenmusic.com/product/on-this-day-earth-shall-ring-printed-collection/
Here's last year's Christmassy episode where Tim was interviewed, (and may I just suggest all the other December episodes with my dear friends, they were super fun and worth a re-visit): https://www.heritagebagpipes.com/podcast/episode/3c1eb249/017-final-christmas-episode-timothy-cummings
Here's an awesome YouTube video of Evan Marshall playing a mandolin solo that sounds like a duet... or more...: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imDg23yex7w
Here's the Lambchop Christmas Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_EyTYNMiW4
And if Erin happens to find that obscure Christmas Acoustic Guitar album, I promise to paste a link here:
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I had a lot of fun talking with friends about these Holiday tunes - these episodes were so nice, I'm'a post 'em twice!
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I had a lot of fun talking with friends about these Holiday tunes - these episodes were so nice, I'm'a post 'em twice!
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I had a lot of fun talking with friends about these Holiday tunes - these episodes were so nice, I'm'a post 'em twice!
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I had a lot of fun talking with friends about these Holiday tunes - these episodes were so nice, I'm'a post 'em twice!
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Dr. Camille Ausbroad is a Professor of nearly everything at a local University on the tiny island she calls home somewhere on the underside of the globe. I don't know, it's not America.
For those who don't already know: she's a maker of many things - one of the most recent, a book which she co-authored with Andrew Douglas of Piper's Dojo fame. The book, "Finding Bagpipe Freedom," is available for purchase and let me just go ahead and say it: it'd make a great Christmas gift for you and for someone you love. So grab a few copies today at this link right here!
Tune into this episode to hear an Australian say, (surely not for the first time,) "what the f--- is a Blooming Onion?"
*Oh, and keep in mind: as a general rule there are some words which, though not commonplace in American English casual conversations, drip - nay - flow freely in the Aussie vernacular... consider that a content warning...
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Recap: Nurturing Nations is a great charity. Give to them between today and the end of the year and the money gets doubled. If you want to buy some of my music, the money goes to Nurturing Nations and also gets doubled, plus you get some, (amateur,) bagpipe music to listen to!
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Heritage Bagpipes on BandCamp Heritage Bagpipes on Instagram & Facebook
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Nurturing Nations: https://www.nurturingnations.org/
The Piper's Hymnal: https://birchenmusic.com/product/the-pipers-hymnal-printed-collection/
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The tune at the end of this episode is, "Breith Chrìosda," following the arrangement by Timothy Cummings which can be found in his collection, "On This Day Earth Shall Ring," and as a single-sheet PDF download here.
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Rose has been all over the country and a decent chunk of the globe, but today she lands a few minutes to tell us about where she came from and how she got to be one of our beloved local pipers! Forgive the host for being a bit off, he was recovering from the second round of the COVID vaccine.
Tune into this episode to hear Rose say, "I guess it was a scarf-- it could've repelled bullets though, it was knit so tightly..."
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This guy needs no introduction - it's Big Rab!
It'll be remarkable if you've managed to avoid knowing about his show, but just in case, here's a link to the RSS feed, and it's available everywhere quality podcasts are streamed.
And don't forget to look in at The Big Rab Show's Patreon page.
Tune-in to this episode to hear Rab say, "...if it's got short stumpy fingers, that's gonna be a drummer..."
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Happy Halloween, friends! In this episode renowned piper, pipeband instructor, and Nancy Drew expert Diana joins us to discuss that famous installation in the young sleuth's illustrious career, "The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes". If you haven't read it you've almost definitely at least seen the cover.
Tune-in this week to hear Diana say, "...if we took out the costume and the sexism... it did pretty good...".
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Don Smith is a name you've almost definitely heard in the piping & drumming scene of Utah. An instructor, band founder, instrument fixer, and much more - tune into this episode to hear Don say, "...yeah, I did break a lot of reeds..."
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Josh, the other, (not quite as pretty,) half of the Chanter Rant and mastermind behind so, so many excellent offerings from the Las Vegas Pipe Band lets me question him for much longer than he should've.
Content warning: Josh did an admirable job making his content far more, "family-friendly," than the standard Chanter Rant episode, but keep in mind, he's not from Utah County... a sample, to give you an idea:
Tune into this episode to hear Josh say, "...she must be a lesbian... this chick didn't want to go out with me, that's the only possible explanation..."
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O Captain! my Captain! our podcast episode is done, The band has weather'd a viral attack, the prize we sought may soon be won, Normalcy is near, the drones I hear, the judges all exulting, While follow sticks the steady stomp, pipe majors' foot a-pumping...
Pipe Major of the Garden Valley Pipe Band, everyone, give it a listen and give him a hand! Tune into this episode to hear Danny (not) reveal the location of the fountain of perpetual youth... we'll get it out of him someday.
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Dan created the Facebook group, "McNewbies Piper Annotated Sheet Music," to help pipers learn to read bagpipe music. To the scorn of a few but to the great admiration of many. Tune into this episode to hear Dan say, "if I had like thirty to fifty followers, that'd be fantastic!" regarding his Facebook group which now boasts nearly 2,000 members and is growing daily.
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She's kind of a big deal. People know her. Kariann Hibbard shares some stories, talks band development, band management, teaching, learning, medlies, harmonies, stalking boys, Lord of the Rings - and the list goes on! Tune in to this episode to hear Kariann say, "...we called them the fab five..."
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Jeremy Kingsbury is a talented highland, uilleann, border, scottish-small, and otherwise piper. He also plays various whistles, jaw harp, and sundry - plus he speaks Ojibwe, hosts the world's first bagpiping podcast, and is probably a time-traveller.
Jeremy, (a.k.a. Wetootwaag,) hosts an excellent podcast where he explores the likely repertoire of eighteenth and early nineteenth century bagpipers, using historic music collections (written for bagpipes or not), and he performs tunes from these collections on Uilleann pipes, Highland pipes and whistles, along with occasional guest musicians.
In this episode we talk about, (and listen to,) a few tracks from an album Jeremy's recent album of awesome old tunes - I highly recommend checking it out: Oyster Wives Rant
I was flattered at his willingness to come onto Droning On for an interview - he's a wealth of knowledge and I've been extremely excited to share this interview with you, friends! If you didn't already know about his podcast, it's available on most streaming services, here's the website: https://www.wetootwaag.com/
He also puts-out regular videos on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Wetootwaag/
And on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/wetootwaag
Tune into this episode to hear Wetootwaag declared the official, "Podfather of Bagpipery".
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You may know him as a judge, an instructor, a piper, and you may well have one of his reeds in your chanter at this very moment. Adrian Melvin has played his pipes on a few continents and his excellent reeds are played by pipers on even more continents around the world. Tune into this episode to hear Adrian say, "insert authentically Scottish saying in Scottish accent" and check out Adrian's excellent reeds at lots of distributors all over the world and at his own website: https://www.melvinreeds.com/ and follow him on Facebook!
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Eric Evenhuis is beloved the world-over. Writer of Rab's Hornpipe and many many other tunes, wearer of classy & enviable facial hair, and nightmare fuel for anyone with mild to severe coulrophobia. Find him on Facebook and encourage him to publish a book of original tunes! Tune in to this episode to hear Eric say, "instead of Highland Wedding I wrote Highland Divorce... instead of six parts I did four parts because in the divorce, the lady got the other two parts..."
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Matt Biggs is kind of a bigg deal. Hippity hoppety, poppety rockety, and pipe band drumming as well - the man's been around the music scene and around the world as well. Tune in to this episode to hear Matt say, "Turns out you can't carry a drum very well with a broken collarbone..."
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Donald WG Lindsay is a lot of things: a talented vocalist, piper, inventor, innovator, collaborator, performer, (the list goes on for miles). If you haven't heard of the Lindsay System Chanter, friend: do yourself a favor and delve into this exciting world!
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Erin is a talented lady from a talented family - she makes instruments, fixes instruments, plays instruments, and teaches other folks to do the same. And not just bagpipes, either! Enjoy this episode and then get inspired to learn something new, she might be able to help you: https://erinwoolfmusic.wixsite.com/website
Tune-in to this episode to hear more puns than I care to admit to - see if you can count them all and send your tally to the Droning On Facebook page, winner gets a lifetime supply of respect and admiration!
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Ever wonder where all those sounds of clanging metal and grunting humans are coming from at a Scottish Festival? Turns out - there's more than just pipe and drum competitions happening at a lot of these things! The Forsythes have been in the Heavy Athletics scene for years and they took time away from their current crazy adventure to talk a little about what the heck is happening on the athletics field, and how you can get into it too!
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Andy Fusco is a big deal. He's The Las Vegas Bagpiper, he's Pipe Major of the Las Vegas Pipeband, he's half of the irreverently hilarious and dangerously offensive self-proclaimed world's worst podcast Chanter Rant, not to mention Big Rab's top-beard of the year winner, (finally). Tune in to this episode to hear Andy say, "...I'll give you some controversy, if you want..."
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Tyler plays pipes, rides motorcycles, camps on castle grounds, and buys instruments from bagpiping icons! Tune in to this episode to hear Tyler say, "sell whatever organs you need to and do it". And if you need some help getting your business to the top of the ol' Google rankings, Tyler will make that magic happen!
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Judy Barker is one of my personal heroes and I was downright giddy with excitement when she agreed to speak to me. She's a wonderful piper, an amazing vocalist, and a lovely person. In the world of Pipe & Song there's no one like her. In this episode she shared parts of her journey, her method, some fun stories and experiences, and she talks us through some of the beautiful tracks from her excellent album: Chanters Weave. I highly, highly recommend looking up her album and various videos she has on YouTube. Buy the album, stream it, leave exuberant praise in the comments on her YouTube videos - I could not be more pleased nor more excited to share this conversation with you, friends!
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Here she is playing Maggie Lauder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4KINo2VlIw
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To know her is to love her - and to taste anything she's baked is to enter Heaven's gate. She is the more radiant than the Southern sun, she is Queen Susan. Tune in to hear Susan say, "there's no possible way I could flourish, I'd bean myself in the head, I'm sure".
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A piper for years, having recently returned to the art withe Garden Valley Pipe Band - Kyle's a man with plans, plans for turning a set of pipes, to be precise! Tune-in to this episode to hear Kyle say, "since I'm the only piper in the family, I guess I'm still the favorite child".
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Kevbot, Kebab, Scarfboy, etc - a man of many names, many talents, many ideas, and many somewhat impressive tomato plants: this is Kevan. Tune in to this episode to hear Kevan say, "you could say there's a little birdhouse in my soul". . A couple of, "oopsies," in this episode - one big one: when we talked about a certain Australian band that inspired us both as youngsters, we meant the Victoria Police Pipe Band, not the Vale of Atholl Pipe Band, (though I retain that it is a silly-sounding name...) Vale of Atholl is, of course, the band with which the famous and revered Gordon Duncan played. We bagpipe, we promise...
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Michael Eagle is co-founder and Main Monster at Rhythm Monster, (among other projects). Eagle joins the podcast today to talk about the value of tradition balanced with the value of innovation; the challenges pipe bands face with recruiting and retaining players as well as bringing-in revenue; and of course: the massive and inventive online learning resource, Rhythm Monster. Tune in to this episode to hear Michael say, "brevity is not my strong suit..." before sticking around with me for over an hour and never running short on great things to say!
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A woman of many talents and many good stories - one of which she is kind enough to share with us today. Tune in this week to find out what happens when a 2000 Hyundai Tiburon gets into a fight with a set of bagpipes...
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Tiny Habits to improve your piping, drumming, and your life in general. We discuss Dr. Fogg's model and methods for behavior change and how they can be practically applied to improve your piping, drumming, etc. Tune in this week to hear Swan say, "don't bring-up energy drinks".
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Here are some useful links: One of Dr. BJ Fogg's TedX Talks Tiny Habits - the book Tiny Habits - the audiobook Dr. Fogg's Website Swan's Parrot's Insta(@lil.koa)
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Tim Cummings is a composer, arranger, and performer of music. He's written many excellent bagpipe tunes and arranged many more. In this episode we talk about a few of the holiday tunes that he's arranged in his collection, "On This Day Earth Shall Ring," (link below,) as well as musical modalities, alternative tunings, and many more things!
As a special treat: Tim shares several recordings of his performances of the tunes in-question with other excellent musicians, (additional links below).
Tune in to this episode to hear Tim say, "...I can always pick the people who've been at least bored during a sermon..."
For this episode, as for the past few, we've been talking about Christmas / Holiday tunes playable on pipes - their origins, fun facts, etc. We have been be leaning heavily on arrangements by Timothy Cummings, which are available as single-sheet downloads and in a beautifully printed collection at birchenmusic.com
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Some featured tunes from this episode, as performed by Timothy Cummings and friends:
A solis ortus cardine: https://youtu.be/KKduwz8JoXk?t=74
The Christ-Child's Lullaby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKduwz8JoXk&feature=youtu.be&t=1364
Comfort, comfort, ye my people: https://youtu.be/KKduwz8JoXk?t=1922
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Some other favorites of mine that Tim has done:
5/4 Waltzes with Jeremiah McLane https://soundcloud.com/birchen-music/jeremiah-mclane-timothy-cummings-54-waltzes-from-the-wind-among-the-reeds
Man of Constant Sorrow/British Field March: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc1eIYHM_vw
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re-release with slightly improved audio levels
What kind of drum did that boy play? Also: what was that mother thinking, letting a drummer play anywhere near a newborn?
You're about to find the answers to these questions, plus you'll learn to make shortbread from the very best - Jeff McClellan! (and he doesn't only bake bread - he also sings Bread!)
Tune in to this episode to hear Heidi say, "I, like you, thought that [the Von Trapps & Narwals] were fake..."
Follow along from your own kitchen:
Scottish Shortbread Recipe
Traditional, adapted by Jeff McClellan from various sources
Ingredients
- 1 cup packed brown sugar (I reduce to 2/3 cup; still plenty sweet)
- 1 lb. butter, softened
- 4-4.5 cups flour (half white flour; half oat flour)
Directions
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In a large bowl, cream softened butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
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Most recipes use white sugar; I use brown sugar; I also reduce the amount of sugar to 2/3 cup just to limit my sugar.
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Add any desired flavors or mix-ins.
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Tradition would keep it to the three ingredients, but you can spice it up if you wish.
- Flavorings (add before the flour): maple, almond, cinnamon, vanilla (about a teaspoon, depending on how strong you want the flavor)
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Mix-ins (add after the flour): dried fruits, nuts (perhaps chocolate chips?)
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Add 3-3.5 cups of flour a little at a time and mix well.
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In early days, shortbread would have been made with oat flour; later wheat flour replaced oat flour.
- I like to use a combination of half white flour and half oat flour. For the oat flour, I put a bunch of oats in the blender and grind them up. The oat flour makes the cookies a little more dense, increases the crumbly texture a bit, and adds a slightly nutty flavor.
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If you use all oat flour, the cookies will be gluten free.
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Turn onto a floured surface and knead well, adding enough of the remaining flour to form a soft dough.
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Roll to 0.5" thickness and form into desired shapes and texture.
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There are three traditional shapes, but the firm dough will hold any shape well:
- Fingers are made by forming a large rectangle from the dough and cutting it into strips about 3" x 1"
- Petticoat tails are made by shaping the dough into a large circle and then cutting it like a pie; you can pinch the outer edge to give it a scalloped edge.
- Rounds are just small circles of dough.
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Add decorative texture by pricking the cookies with a fork to make holes; some people use molds to shape the cookies.
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Place the shortbread pieces 1" apart on ungreased baking sheets.
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Bake at 325° for 30-40 minutes or until the cookies are lightly browned.
Yield: About 4 dozen.
For this episode and the next few, we'll be talking about Christmas / Holiday tunes playable on pipes - their origins, fun facts, etc. We'll be leaning heavily on arrangements by Timothy Cummings, which are available as single-sheet downloads and in a beautifully printed collection at birchenmusic.com
Also appearing in this episode:
Pipes And Drums And The Military Band The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards - Little Drummer Boy .
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Ever wonder which cat is the most Christmasy of all cats?
We're still not sure...
Scot discusses an old Manx Gaelic tune, "Oikan ayns Bethlehem" (A Babe in Bethlehem,) as well as an old Polish tune, "W zlobie lezy" (Infant Holy, Infant Lowly).
Bonus: an easy recipe for Monkey Bread!
Tune in to this episode to hear Scot say, "[insert Polish words]"
Links to recordings and performances of tunes featured in this episode, for your viewing and listening edification: ...
Oikan ayns Bethlehem
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Oikan ayns Bethlehem score https://www.manxmusic.com/media/Learn%20Songs/12%20Oikan%20ayns%20Bethlehem%20RNM%20-%20Full%20Score.pdf . Apollo's Fire - Oikan ayns Bethlehem from Sacrum Mysterium: A Celtic Christmas Vespers, 2012 https://youtu.be/1lr0gJd7szg . Ruth Keggin sings Oikan Ayns Bethlehem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiz3OioPpfk . Alexandra Slater sings Oikan Ayns Bethlehem https://twitter.com/CultureVannin/status/1068844914149154816 . Pamela Kerruish sings Oikan ayns Bethlehem at a candlelight Christmas service in the Dhoon Church, Maughold, in 1968 https://soundcloud.com/culture-vannin/oikan-ayns-bethlehem-manx-carval-1968
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Infant Holy, Infant lowly - "W Żłobie Leży" . Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnSnSnpCcNE . Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (Music Video) - Tabernacle Choir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVoVRro0R2I . James McGillivray, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly https://pipetunes.ca/tunes/infant-holy-infant-lowly/ .
W Żlobie leży (Infant Holy, Infant Lowly) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKilJXab8no
. Edith Margaret Gellibrand Reed translated it into English in 1921. Daniel Neises describes some of the general characteristics of Polish sacred song: “Polish religious songs are a distinct repertory of congregational songs composed in the vernacular and in a musical idiom derived from Polish folk music. They are typically strophic, monophonic, and are characterized by asymmetrical time signatures and ambiguous modality which commonly oscillates between major, minor, and modal qualities.” https://www.umcdiscipleship.org/resources/history-of-hymns-infant-holy-infant-lowly-1
For this episode and the next few, we'll be talking about Christmas / Holiday tunes playable on pipes - their origins, fun facts, etc. We'll be leaning heavily on arrangements by Timothy Cummings, which are available as single-sheet downloads and in a beautifully printed collection at birchenmusic.com
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Who was King Wenceslas? Why do people sing about him? How 'good,' was he?
Also - what the heck is wassail, and how do you make it?
Tune in to this episode to learn all about it - and to hear Vera say, "they were being loud and obnoxious because they wanted to wake up the trees"
For this episode and the next few, we'll be talking about Christmas / Holiday tunes playable on pipes - their origins, fun facts, etc. We'll be leaning heavily on arrangements by Timothy Cummings, which are available as single-sheet downloads and in a beautifully printed collection at birchenmusic.com
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Larry has been a staple of the Utah Bagpiping scene for a good long minute and if you don't know him, odds are you know people who know him. A GHBer of note and a session musician specializing in SSPs as well - tune in to this episode to hear what happens to a bagpipe instructor after Mel Gibson puts-out a film glorifying Scottish patriotism!
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Russian composers, German folklore, children's fables about confidence - no one has ever made the big, winged fowl so famous as this man - Mike himself. Tune in to this episode to hear Swan's advice for makin' bacon pancakes!
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Scot - with ONE T! A player of bagpipes, a master of pipe organ, a lover of kolaches, and the man to whom Garden Valley Pipe Band owes a lot in terms of financial stability, (thanks to his grant-writing skills). Tune in to this episode to hear Scot give us the proper pronunciation of, "kolach".
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From established pipeband stock; Leanne has played with a bunch of groups, has taught a bunch of students, and has a bunch of kids! Tune in to this episode to hear Leanne say, "I threw up in my mouth a little bit, just thinking of wearing those cross-ties again..."
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Truly a rising star on the pipeband snare scene - this is a career to watch! Tune in to this episode to hear Reuben, a snare drummer, tell us definitively which is harder to play: pipes or drums.
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Multi-instrumentalists, ichthyological enthusiast, composer, and so much more - it's Emily! Tune in to this episode to hear some true and deep wisdom passed-down through generations!
*Emily wrote a penny whistle song called, "Little Green Jig," which she performed for the Garden Valley Pipe Band St. Patrick's Day concert a few years ago - this episode ends with a recording of that tune.
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Your friend, my friend, a friend to all creatures great and small. Tune in to this episode to hear Al say, "the reason I like scary movies is 'cause I get freaked out."
And here's the beloved children's book, "He Al!," all about our friend, Al!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pd7-WXyhXQ
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She's destined for greatness in literature, visual arts, animal care, and tenor drumming - it's Elyanna! Tune in to this episode to hear her say, "little kids think too hard and older kids don't really listen".
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It's Shawn! The mighty and magnificent Level 10 Necromancer and aspiring Lich opens a communication channel from the netherworld! Tune in this week to hear Shawn say, "I'm my biggest fan".
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Lego master, scientific prodigy, and snare-hitting sensation, Michael! Tune in to this episode to hear Michael suggest that the lack-of-longevity for his Lego creations might have something to do with his little sisters...
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It's a runner! It's a baker! No, it's Jeff the bagpiper, the human culmination of numerous talents and a genuinely nice guy. Tune in to this week's episode to hear Jeff say, "I'm committed to exercise, but I'm not sure I like it."
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Diana is the woman raising up the next generation of bagpipers here in Utah Valley. Tune in to this week's episode to hear Diana say, "my passion was to eventually become a detective."
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Known to the Garden Valley Band community as "Le Président," Heidi describes her life and times as our fearless leader and player of both Snare and Tenor drums. Tune in to this week's episode to hear Heidi say, "the escargot just did not appeal."
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