Member videos, open sessions, interviews, and everything else from 12+ years of the Inner Circle community.
A full tour of the new Inner Circle Lesson Library: every video transcribed and searchable, courses and topic guides, all 74 tune lesson downloads included, and what to email me when something breaks.
This Member's Choice open session runs entirely on member questions, and the first one launches a half-hour tour of the most beautiful slow airs on…
In this unboxing video, I open a sealed set of brand-new Peter Henderson Heritage Viking bagpipes, model PH1HV, sent to me by Alastair Dunn at R.G.…
In this video I explain the origin story behind one of my bestselling products, the InTune mic, by walking through the specific problems that make…
In this personal, reflective video, I revisit a milestone from my career: a January 11, 2012 New York Times front-page story about the rise of online …
This live YouTube Q&A opens with a personal, reflective tribute to two major figures in the piping world who had recently passed away: Ian McLellan,…
In this unboxing video, I open a set of antique Peter Henderson bagpipes that may date back to the late 1890s — possibly made while Peter Henderson…
This Ask Me Anything session opens with a deep dive into crossing noises, sparked by a member who only knows she makes them because other people tell …
Following up on my unboxing video of the new Peter Henderson PH01 bagpipes two months earlier, I introduce a sibling model, the PH02. It's built to…
In this live YouTube Q&A, I work through a batch of real questions submitted by viewers through my website, YouTube comments, and social media. After …
This Ask Me Anything session covers the questions Inner Circle members most wanted answered — from physical setup and sore elbows to tempo, dropped…
In this unboxing video, I open a brand-new set of Peter Henderson PH01 bagpipes from R.G. Hardie & Co, sent to me by Alastair Dunn shortly after I…
In this hands-on review, I unbox a fresh shipment of R.G. Hardie P01 Poly bagpipes — the acetal (plastic) sticks I own myself, sell on my shop, and…
Recorded casually on my back deck instead of my usual studio, this live video has me working through a stack of real questions viewers submitted…
This is one of our member video classes, and we had two videos to work through. The first came from a member who is getting back into piping after…
This Member Videos session turns into a full masterclass in arranging, tuning theory, and multitrack recording. A member premieres my two-year…
By member request, I take the Inner Circle behind the scenes of Bagpipe Revolution, my 2008 album recorded at the Sage Arts studio north of Seattle.…
In this unplanned, spur-of-the-moment unboxing, I open a new set of R.G. Hardie O2AB African Blackwood bagpipes that just arrived from Scotland, which…
In this Member Videos session, I review three recordings sent in by Inner Circle members: a 12/8 march called The 6th of June being prepared for an…
In this live launch, I introduce the Endurance Practice Chanter — a new product I designed and collaborated on with R.G. Hardie & Company in Scotland,…
In this live Q&A, I open with a few housekeeping updates: an appearance with piper Carlos Núñez in Seattle, my Tartan and Taps workshop in Dallas…
In this live Q&A, I broadcast from my kitchen instead of my usual studio and opens with a few updates: I'll be performing with virtuoso Galician…
AI is moving fast, and in this session I demonstrate live, click-by-click, how pipers can put ChatGPT to work right now. Members open with their own…
In this live Q&A, recorded right after the top solo competitions in Scotland and the World Pipe Band Championships, I catch viewers up on the biggest …
This member videos session works through two submissions, reviewing each in real time and building specific technique out of exactly what's on screen.…
In this video I step back from technique to talk about where music education is headed as AI tools like ChatGPT become part of everyday life. I trace …
In this live session, I answer a question I get regularly through my website: what's the actual difference between a practice chanter and a pipe…
This was a small, easygoing Member Videos session — only one submission came in, a two-four march sent in by a member along with sheet music. Before…
This is a live, unscripted Q&A session where I answer questions submitted through comments and email from pipers around the world. It opens with a…
In this live Q&A session, recorded from my backyard in Seattle, I answer viewer questions submitted through YouTube comments, email, and social media …
This live stream opens with me simply playing for the camera, testing my sound and streaming setup with two full sets of tunes, including the ground…
This session is a single deep-dive video review built around one member's recording of Glengarry's Lament, working on the crunluath variation — the…
In this free-ranging live 'Ask Me Anything' session, I answer real questions submitted by viewers and readers, covering everything from hand tension…
In this Member Videos session, I review recordings that three Inner Circle members sent in ahead of time, giving each one individualized feedback…
In this second live Q&A, I answer a batch of viewer-submitted questions, starting with a deep dive into bagpipe ergonomics. I explain that two parts…
In this casual live update, I catch up with viewers after a busy month of travel, sharing quick news, the launch of my 31-video Bagpipe Essentials…
In this informal, unscripted YouTube live video, I step away from my usual polished lesson format to talk directly with viewers about my own piping…
This Member Videos session is a working example of how I review a performance in real time. A member's grade five band tune opens the class, and I…
This session didn't go as planned. For the first time in a long while, no members submitted videos to review, so the hour turned into an open-floor Q&…
This Member Videos session works through three submissions members sent in for feedback: a newer piper's first-ever video, playing Amazing Grace; a…
This is a Member Videos session, where I work through videos members sent in of themselves playing, reviewing each one live and building a…
This Inner Circle session is a member video review class: I work through five recordings members submitted, giving live, tune-by-tune feedback. The…
This Member Videos session works through recordings sent in by four members, plus a trio preparing for competition season. I review a strathspey and…
This is a member video review session: I work through submissions in the order they came in, giving each one the kind of one-shot, real-time feedback …
This session is a one-on-one deep dive built around a single member submission: a video of the funeral lament Flowers of the Forest, sent in shortly…
This Member Videos session features four pipers sending in recordings for feedback, and the through-line across every clip is timing versus technique.…
This short promotional video is my personal invitation to join the BagpipeLessons.com Inner Circle, my membership program for pipers of all levels. I …
In this wide-ranging podcast interview for the Life on Purpose Podcast, host James talks with me about the personal story behind BagpipeLessons.com — …