Member videos, open sessions, interviews, and everything else from 12+ years of the Inner Circle community.
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 — …