band yap

did you know that robert herrings graduated from mcgregor high school? now you do! robert is a four-time (yes, FOUR-TIME) honor band winner, who sometimes does cartwheels in the name of school spirit. he is an inspiring human, and is an unimaginably talented band director. he joined us to talk about his origin story, which includes his junior high band director, robin wilson. robin has designed al...

yap: engage. we chatted with brian about his inspiring rise to success, the fear of failure, his love/hate relationship with diet coke, and getting kicked out of his own parade. brian and jose are life doppelgängers! sponsored by: troubadour consultants (https://www.troubadourconsultants.com/)

to know her is to love and admire her. sherry yaps with us about her experiences as a legendary band director, why she loves working with middle schoolers, her passion to uplift and empower young educators, bob's burgers, blue bell, and more.

he's the king of small school marching band productions, and he has the hair to back it up. we sat down with luke mcmillan to talk about his creative process, barry hurt, chili's, how many lab bands unt actually has, and more!

he's beauty and he's grace. he's zach sims! and he's never even been to the spoetzl brewery. we yapped with zach about his pug obsession, plucking piano strings in lila cockrell, his humble beginnings, and how much better he is because of his wife, whitney.

happy valentine's day!!! we literally recorded this in the car, and yes, it sounds like we recorded it in the car. in this episode, we discuss our relationship and how we make it work at work. we get vulnerable and talk about a few of the challenges we have faced together, but we also declare the best rom com of all time. listen to this one with your sweetheart ❤️

he's the wrestler of band. and a legend in his own right. we yapped with brian about his background, his career, and how it has culminated into this unbelievable year: finalist at state marching contest, featured small school band at the midwest clinic, AND the tmea 2a honor band. aside from that, we discussed 90s wrestling, chicago pizza, and took his dairy queen order (he's a heath man)....

did you know that marc nichelson used to mow and stripe his band practice field himself? now you do! we sat down with marc to discuss his career, the charm of small schools, his first selmer c*, space jam, beetleborgs, and how folks are insistent on adding that extra s to china spring.

jon schriver met up with us to discuss his meteoric rise as a band director, burger-n-wok, legends of the hidden temple, his love for d&d, ska, and more. be sure to attend his tmea program spotlight clinic/concert on 2/13/25 at 11:30am in the hemisfair ballroom 1 and 2 (next door to dr. tim!!) featuring the cameron yoe hs band.

there's a lot of yapping in this one! we sat down with jesus perez and got his take on teaching in a small school environment, the dallas cowboys, the defunct sandy lake amusement park, and took his taco order. will the world ever be able to tell jesus and jose apart? we may never know.

surprise! the arctic blast in texas has really sparked our creativity. this episode is all about MISTAKES. there's a tinge of cringe, and a little bit vulnerability as we talk about ways that we have goofed and how we recovered. we also share a few listener-submitted stories. remember though- no one is perfect, which is why we listen and we don't judge.

join us (jose and alexa) on our first ever podcast episode. we yap about band, our backgrounds, teaching together, the superbowl, enron, and more!