PodBand PipeCast: Recent Episodes
Alex Lemoine
Welcome to PodBand PipeCast, the premier pipe band podcast! We're a podcast about pipe band and pipe band culture.
New massed bands music just dropped and let's just say, there’s a lot to unpack here. 💼 Listen as we work through our mixed feelings and end up at our conclusion. Which is, spoiler alert: we support this decision. 👍
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It's our first contest in two years and we are EXHAUSTED! 😴 Find out if it was as much fun as we remembered!
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It's 2022 and we're back at the Phoenix Highland Games after two years of a pandemic! There were so many things we all missed about the highland games, but don't just take our word for it. Hear from attendees at the games about what they missed in this special episode.
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Great Highland Bagpipes are required… except when they’re not. 🤔 And tenor drums aren’t required… unless you want to win Best Bass Section. This week we’re reading some more RSPBA rules and requirements and having some fun along the way! Disclaimer: We may be misunderstanding some of these… or are we?
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Who else loves reading pipe band contest rules? 😇 In this episode we take a look at some interesting rules from the mother of all pipe band associations, the RSPBA, and how they compare to our home association. Disclaimer: We may be misunderstanding some of these… or are we?
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In honor of our 100th episode, we're naming 100 pipe band things! 💯 Did your favorite things make the list? Or your least favorite? Only one way to find out!
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It's our first episode of 2022 and it's coming in hot! 🔥 We're starting off the year with some controversial hot takes: wild opinions that may actually make sense.
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Honk if you love the holidays! 🎄🕎🕯 This Christmas Parking Lot Special will be our last one of the year. Here we recap a Christmas concert our band performed, remind you of our famous Dew Year challenge, and talk about our wishes for the new year. Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and we will see you in 2022!
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We celebrated our podcast's 2nd birthday with pipe band themed party games, starting with the Cost is Correct! 💰 Can you guess the typical amount of currency required for purchase of these pipe band supplies? See more footage from our birthday celebration on our Patreon!
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It's down to the final 8! Tune in to find out which tartan will be crowned our PodBand PipeCast favorite!
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Have you ever thought, "that's a pretty tartan, I wish our band wore that"? In this episode we build a bracket of 16 tartans that we think would be great choices for pipe bands.
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BitLife is a game where you make decisions in a simulated life, so of course we had to choose to be a drummer! Unfortunately…
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Licensed physical therapist Alex Randall evaluates a tenor drummer and bass drummer and provides simple stretches every piper and drummer can do to help improve posture. Let's get moving! 🙆♀️
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Is your playing posture hurting you? 🤕 Licensed physical therapist Alex Randall evaluates a piper and snare drummer and discusses ways to help make piping and drumming more ergonomic.
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What better way to celebrate Halloween than watching a spooky Scottish movie? Warning: this one is rated R, probably mostly for that questionable kilt/jacket combo worn by Christopher Lee, and also copious amounts of nudity.
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Michael McClanathan discusses how his Arizona imports shop became one of North America's most popular rental stores for highlandwear.
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Michael McClanathan discusses going from Motor City and playing in the Chrysler Pipe Band to being a piper for hire in Scottsdale.
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We have 30 minutes and a box of random Scottish foods. This is the third part of a three-part series where we cook a meal out of some odd, but familiar, ingredients.
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We have 30 minutes and a box of random Scottish foods. This is the second part of a three-part series where we cook a meal out of some odd, but familiar, ingredients.
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We have 30 minutes and a box of random Scottish foods. This is the first part of a three-part series where we cook a meal out of some odd, but familiar, ingredients.
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We have a non-pipe bander choose an instrument based solely off of its less-than-desirable qualities. There's a lot to unpack here.
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We make bagpipes out of trash bags!
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We see if artificial intelligence can help us write a pipe band blog post, learn about some historic pipe band figures, and talk about how great our podcast is.
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Our top 10 pipe band things. But for both of us, so that's more like 20 things.
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Listen as we pitch you a few of our 100% ORIGINAL ideas for pipe band films.
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In this "just for fun" episode we rescue some bagpiping goats as Spyro the Dragon.
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WUSPBA Desert Branch Treasurer Erica Lue discusses lessons learned from hosting the branch's first online solo contest.
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Dianne Nunez and Alex Lemoine continue the discussion about the filming of the Mesa Caledonian Pipe Band's pandemic project video.
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Dianne Nunez and Alex Lemoine discuss the filming of the Mesa Caledonian Pipe Band's pandemic project video.
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Kevin Conquest and Mike McKee discuss how they made the arrangement and audio track for the band's Gael pandemic project.
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We read Yahoo Answers posts about bagpipes, most of which are absolutely not helpful.
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We review several portrayals of bagpipes in popular media and whether they follow negative stereotypes or if they are positive and encouraging.
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Piper and math aficionado Alasdair Martin tackles an age-old question: “If bagpipes only have nine notes, how many different bagpipe tunes are possible?”
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Piper Alasdair Martin joins us to discuss how he got started piping, what keeps him motivated, and one unfortunate trip to Burbank.
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We asked artificial intelligence to narrate a highland games, a solo practice session, and a band rehearsal.
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Famed American painter Bob Ross had a lot of good life advice, and some of it can be applied to pipe band. We share some inspiration from the Joy of Painting host while we encourage you to play your instrument!
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Cailey is going to be a mom! We reached out to our listeners for tips and advice about being a pipe band parent.
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Angus Burke explains how the Piping Society got started and why it ended up being different (and even better) than he expected.
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Angus Burke discusses his piping career and the piping experiences he brought with him to the Bloomington Piping Society.
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Len Wood discusses what he's learned after a long career of teaching piping.
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Len Wood tells us about his piping career and the building years of the Phoenix Pipe Band.
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Rod Bain discusses his experiences teaching and what he likes about bass drumming.
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Rod Bain, bass drummer for Phoenix Pipe Band, discusses his career drumming for various bands in the western United States and what it was like performing in the Lorient Interceltic Festival.
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Drummer Todd Norris discusses how drum set drumming has influenced his pipe band snare drumming, and vice versa.
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Snare drummer Todd Norris discusses his career and how a broken thumb led to him becoming a drum sergeant.
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We summarize some tips for getting disciplined and back on track with practicing.
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The Crew continues discussing improvements to pipe banding and the history of Mountain Dew.
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The Crew discusses more ways to improve pipe banding.
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We discuss ways to make pipe band events better, while tasting 14 different flavors of Mountain Dew. Happy New Year!
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Once upon a time, there was a pipe band...
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Chris Hossack, Pipe Major of the Mesa Caledonian Pipe Band, discusses lessons learned over the past 40 years of band history. Happy anniversary, MCPB!
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We interview Chris Hossack, Pipe Major of the Mesa Caledonian Pipe Band, about his piping career, from learning piping in Ontario, Canada to starting a band in Mesa, Arizona.
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For our one year birthday episode we gathered some of our PodBand PipeCast super fans to play a pipe band and podcast trivia game.
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Just do it! Tune in to this week's episode for some tough love and other ways to get motivated… or should we say, disciplined!
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Ryan Balchuck, WUSPBA Music Board Adjudication Chair, discusses some other duties of the Music Board, aside from grading.
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Ryan Balchuck, WUSPBA Music Board Adjudication Chair, explains how some of the board's decisions get made and truths he wish people knew.
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Ryan Balchuck, esteemed piper and WUSPBA Adjudication Chair,explains what the Music Board does.
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Happy Halloween! We tell spooky pipe band ghost stories while carving pumpkins and turnips.
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We cook up some tea time treats while discussing some similarities between pipe band and baking.
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We discuss how we used to show appreciation for our bandmates and some ways we can keep the appreciation going now. Remember: not everyone appreciates the same things!
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In the thrilling conclusion to our three-part Fiasco story, we find out just how wrong a highland games can go.
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In the first act of our Fiasco adventure, the four friends we met last episode hope to discover all the highland games has to offer.
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The first in a multi-part story about four people at a highland games… some of which are up to no good.
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Michael Henningsen discusses how he leverages his musical experience and his nonprofit organization Corps Values Music Heritage to share the values of pipe bands and fife and drum corps with the world.
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Join us for more historical fun as Michael Henningsen describes more about the historical figures he portrays.
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Join us as we talk with Michael Henningsen about his experiences portraying the stories of historical figures.
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We continue our discussion about the "original" form of highland dress.
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We explore the history of what we wear, starting with kilts.
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Piper Mike McKee gives us about a five-foot depth of a bottomless sea of music knowledge.
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Experienced piper and prolific musician Mike McKee discusses key signatures and how they apply to pipe band music.
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Our producer/editor Alex Lemoine discusses how we went about starting our podcast and whether more people in the pipe band world should do the same.
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Snare drummers Robert Shepard and Dylan Anderson discuss what it was like for them to make the switch from American drumline to Scottish drumming, and things pipe bands can do to help introduce more high school drummers to the pipe band scene.
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Robert Shepard and Dylan Anderson discuss what it was like getting into the pipe band scene when all they knew was American high school marching band drumming.
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Sean Cahill (President and Pipe Major) and Matt Cottini (Drum Major and Board Member) discuss how the Arizona Fire Service Pipe Band was started and what it does today.
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We talk with Sean Cahill and Matt Cottini of the Arizona Fire Service Pipe Band about what it’s like to be in a fire service pipe band.
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Piper Elijah Woodward discusses solo competitions and why he made (an attempt at) his 2020 return to solo piping.
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We talk to piper Elijah Woodward about what he's learned after 15+ years of piping for dance competitions.
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We sample some of the culinary delicacies we found at our local highland games.
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Drumming and ensemble judge Ed Best discusses the five grades of pipe bands and what he expects to hear from each one.
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Drumming and ensemble judge Ed Best takes us behind the clipboard and lets us in on what pipe band judges really want to hear.
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We interview members of the Mesa Caledonian Grade 5 competition unit after their first ever competition.
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Ed Best discusses what pipers really need to know about drumming, and how that can help your band improve overall ensemble.
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Ed Best of Scottish Drum Lessons joins us to discuss his career and some of the things he has to correct time and time again.
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In celebration of April Fool's Day (and because we all need a good laugh) we're bringing you some of Mesa Caledonian's most infamous pranks, as told by band members.
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The Piper Family and the Drummer Family go head to head in a game of Pipe Band Family Feud.
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Stephen Megarity of Megarity Reeds discusses his career, what got him into reedmaking, and how he does what he does.
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We discuss tips for how to survive a highland games.
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The crew of the podcast takes over and gives an outsider's view of what it's like entering the pipe band world.
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We read some rules for WUSPBA contests and we promise that's more fun than it sounds.
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EPISODE 13 - Beware The Snare
Drum Sergeant Cody Nunez shows us a snare drum and lets us in on some little known drumming secrets.
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Cody Nunez discusses his first year as drum sergeant and the difference between being a member of the corps and a lead drummer.
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We discuss the differences between Facebook and Instagram and how we use both to promote our pipe band.
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Erica Lue, Treasurer for the Western United States Pipe Band Association Desert Branch, talks to us about what a pipe band association is and what it’s like behind the scenes.
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We talk marching and drill with Drum Major Kevin Conquest, and get the inside scoop on his experience performing in the 2019 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
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Drum Major Kevin Conquest tells us about his career and the role of drum majors in the pipe band.
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We took a field trip to the Musical Instrument Museum to view their collection of bagpipes and see what makes them all unique.
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What is an idiom, and why does it matter? Piper Foster Burton gives us the inside scoop, and some advice for people who may be wanting to learn to play bagpipes.
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Piper Foster Burton breaks down the differences between bagpipes and other instruments, and gives us a tour of his bagpipes and how they work.
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Raise a glass with us and find out why you should care about the most ignored members of the pipe band. Tenor drummers everywhere: this one's for you.
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The Mesa Caledonian Pipe Band recently took a trip to Scotland that was like none other. Dianne Nunez is here to explain how, and how your band can do the same.
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We interview Dianne Nunez about her roles as Pipe Sergeant, Treasurer, and Band Mom for the Mesa Caledonian Pipe Band. She gives us the inside scoop on how the band operates and functions as an organization.
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Happy St. Andrew's Day! We're taking you "behind the scenes" ("behind the drum") on pipe band life. In this episode, we are so excited to introduce the podcast that we almost forget to introduce ourselves.