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

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!

*Links to all of Eamon's projects we mentioned in this interview can be found in the YouTube notes for this episode. Unfortunately a character limit precludes including them here.

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/ And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/morrillbagpipes/

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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