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488 - Everything We Learned About Bagpipes This Year (Dojo Conversations Episode 151)
42 minutes Posted Dec 29, 2025 at 1:00 pm.
– Opening Banter & New Year’s Greetings
– Three Years of Podcasting & Friendship
– Why We Do a Year in Review
– Simple Tools & Building Better Pipers
– Why Recording Your Practice Changes Everything
– The Mystery of the Police Officer Thumbnail
– How Often Should You Learn a New Tune?
– Stacks of Tunes & Embracing Variance
– Why Subjective Feedback Gets Confusing
– Hacks for Grade Five Pipe Bands
– Why Learning Feels Hard Before It Gets Easier
– Parenting, Teenagers & Life Lessons
– Do You Really Need a Digital Tuner?
– Is the Practice Chanter a Real Instrument?
– The Cheat Code to Becoming Great at Bagpipes
– The Three-Step Formula for Steady Blowing
– How to Start a Pipe Band
– Moisture, Reeds & Finding the Balance
– Why Mentorship Matters
– Fear of Being Wrong & Progress
– The Three Minute Drill & Listener Q&A
– Why Multitasking Holds You Back
– Jim’s Dumb Games & The Tuning Game
– Speculative Bagpipe History & the Dojo Anniversary
– Looking Ahead & Final Reflections
– Gratitude, Optimism & Closing Thoughts
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In this annual Year in Review, Andrew and Jim reflect on a big year of piping, podcasting, and life at the Dojo – revisiting standout moments, recurring lessons, and the ideas that shaped the year.
Let us know in the comments: what was your standout moment from the year – or the episode that helped you most?
Here’s what we cover this week:
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