Steady blowing, drone tuning, chanter pitch, and the setup details that turn a hard-to-hear instrument into a great-sounding one.
My free class on steady blowing: why steady bag pressure matters, your arm as a constant weight, how hard to blow, and the 80/20 Rule I found by timing the world's best pipers, with a practice plan on the Piper's Metronome.
My free class on drones: stability first, how a drone reed works and its four levels, the bridle, matching your drone reeds to your chanter reed with the Bagpipe Gauge and Reed Tester, where your drones should sit, the tuning screw, and tuning to low A with the InTune Mic or by ear.
I share a discovery I've never taught publicly before: a specific, measurable blowing pattern shared by the world's best pipers. It started with a…
In part one of a two-part series, I break down what steady blowing actually is, why it's one of the hardest skills in piping to master, and the tool…
In this hands-on experiment, I rig up four iPhones, each running a different tuning app and connected to its own InTune mic, so I can watch my…
This is a get-the-pipes-out workshop: I tune my own drones live on camera and break down the exact process I use and teach. It opens with members…
I share a first-of-its-kind video: a complete real-time recording of my full bagpipe tuning process, condensed into a fast time-lapse sped up more…
What actually separates the sound of a top professional from everyone else? After playing the pipes of world-class players like Callum Beaumont and…
In this video, I tackle bagpipe ergonomics, focusing specifically on the blowpipe, a component that doesn't get nearly enough attention despite its…
In this video I answer the questions almost every new piper asks about blowing: how does the sound keep going when you take a breath, how do you know …
Steady blowing is where bagpipe tone comes from, and in this session I break down exactly what it is and how to build it. Unlike trumpet or saxophone …
In this live Friday Q&A, I answer real questions submitted by email and in the comments, working through three major topics for pipers of every level.…
I open with the core problem: bagpipes are uniquely hard to tune because they produce a loud, continuous sound from four separate reeds at once, and…
In this short update video, I walk through what's new with the InTune Mic, the wireless clip-on instrument microphone I designed specifically for…
As the weather turns cold and damp, your bagpipes need attention — and this session is my complete fall checkup. I walk through testing the bag for…
In this in-depth class, recorded live for Inner Circle members, I tackle what I call the single most important skill for a great bagpipe sound:…
In this hands-on session I demonstrate my InTune Mic — the wireless clip-on instrument microphone I designed to solve a uniquely bagpipe problem:…
In this hands-on tutorial, I walk through setting up and using the InTune mic, my wireless clip-on microphone for smartphones, together with the bra…
In this short product video, I introduce the InTune Mic, a wireless clip-on microphone I designed to solve one of the most common frustrations in…
In this session I break drone tuning down into two solvable problems. The auditory problem: with two tenors, a bass, and a chanter all sounding at…