Chanter Rant Podcast

On this episode the boys catch up with Pipe Major Trevor Takahashi to talk about the world reopening, The City of Angels Pipe Band, and inclusivity in piping. Enjoy! Get your copy of Finding Bagpipe Freedom today at chanterrant.com/freedom Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up your pi...

Beer Boy Brad joins the CR crew in studio for this clusterf*ck of an eppy where we talk Japanese bondage, relationship woes, and even a little bit about bagpipes. Enjoy! Get your copy of Finding Bagpipe Freedom today at chanterrant.com/freedom Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up you...

Today we have Aussie Broad and Doogie on the show to talk about their new book "Finding Bagpipe Freedom"! We take full credit for the production and success of the book and AD gets on his knees literally to thank us and do other things. If you missed the video portion of the show, you missed out bro! Of course you could just join our patreon and watch weekly. Get your copy of Finding Bagpipe Freed...

The boys are back in the studio getting themselves into trouble! On this episode we chat about air travel, Fooko's trip to NY, updates from The Band That Shall Not Be Named and a bunch of other shenanigans over a couple Four Lokos. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up your pip...

With Fooko out of town on a much earned vacay, Josh recruits the one and only Big Rab to co-host as they talk about Rab's piping journey, what associations can do to rebuild trust with members post-COVID, and when we get to see the Big Rab Twitch channel. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpi...

The boys chat about the aftermath of the "trial" of the #ALLOFTHESIX Facebook group, pipe banding in the time of the 'Rona, and even more internet drama caused by The Double-Tone on this episode---ENJOY! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up your piping game during quarantine? Try a 3...

It's a Kangaroo court as Josh and Andy battle for the soul of the CR podcast while discussing what to do with the controversial “#ALLOFTHESIX” Facebook group. Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up your piping game during quarantine? Try a 30-day Dojo University Premium test drive for...

Keeping the CR tradition alive of following a bomb interview with a shite grab-bag, an already-intoxicated Josh and a desperately hungover Fooko bullshit about the inevitable impossibility of an integrated Celtic community and why some folks won't f*ck to save their own species. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pi...

The boys are joined by the lovely and talented Isla Stout to nearly talk about piping and her new book, The Stout Collection. Instead they get trashed, play MFK, Fooko hits on her relentlessly and Josh rants about the 100 day blowstick challenge. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want...

Ross Miller joins the show in a vain attempt to sell some books and not get hung up on. He tells where he got his nick name "Big Ball Ross" and who has the biggest wein in Inveraray. We had a lot of fun on this one. Check it out! Buy his book today: https://www.rossmillermusic.com/ Track played at beginning: https://youtu.be/dnIXiQMyKls Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespok...

Single and ready to mingle! The boys ring in champion of champion Callum Beaumont to talk piping, dating during COVID, and a bunch of other bollocks. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up your piping game during quarantine? Try a 30-day Dojo University Premium test drive for on...

Uncle Seum-bone is in the house! The boys continue Free March with a visit from the one and only Seumas Coyne, who cannot be explained---he must be understood! They talk about growing up in Pipe Bands and treating members like family in this surprisingly wholesome episode. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes fr...

In another attempt to get cancelled, the boys discuss playing weddings and funeral services where the main character typically has a long beard, zombie-like perseverance.... Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up your piping game during quarantine? Try a 30-day Dojo University Premium...

The Big D shows up to talk with us about being the #FUJoeBrady puppet. Actually, he doesn't say much so we fill in the blanks with our own stories. And back for his triumphant return... Fast Eddie calls in! Guest: Dalton Marshall Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up your piping game...

MLK swings by the show to debate women’s basketball with Fusco while Josh desperately tries to get through the show notes and talk about pipe bands before making the most insensitive joke in Chanter Rant history. Chaos ensues---Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up your piping...

After getting battered attempting to record outside by a record breaking windstorm, friends Tyler and Olivia swing by the studio to talk about bagpipes, quarantine, and smushing your naked body against glass to avoid god's wrath---ENJOY! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up your pipi...

In response to an article claiming that competition piping has ruined the traditional roots and methods of the instrument, the boys talk about what is and isn't "serious piping". Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Want to up your piping game during quarantine? Try a 30-day Dojo Univers...

To celebrate hitting Episode 150 the boys decide to settle the shock collar bet once and for all, but in true CR fashion they up the ante by collecting donations for the Kids with Cancer Charity event by shocking themselves silly. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Looking to up your p...

Josh has 4 girls crashing at his house so the vodka is all gone and the toilets are wrecked, Fooko gets mailed used panties, and the boys banter about finding quality teachers and the importance of a lot of good players versus a few great players. Charleston Pipe Band pays up after losing to Vegas in the Wake Mini Band Contest, and shenanigans ensue. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of ne...

The boys talk to the legendary Erinn McIlwaine of Closkelt and the Big Rab Show podcast about how to be a great bass drummer, the state of piping in the UK, when RSPBA will feck to save themselves from bankruptcy, and whether or not the idea of the Worlds being in Glasgow is geographically biased. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out...

The guys have a long form discussion with Andrew "Doogie" Douglas about the new and improved DojoUniversity.com and all about the Freedom Phase process at the Dojo. And we might even hear some great stories about getting fired from your day job to become a your own boss! Come on in! Get Doogie's tune at the following links: https://open.spotify.com/album/2wtLWjVJ4Df3FPGjLFiDHc?si=eUFrmoWCQ5m4kGgMO...

Feck off 2020! On this episode the lads ring in the new year socially distanced to talk about the holidays, the results of the Wake mini-band contest, and what a shitshow 2021 is already shaping up to be. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Looking to up your piping game during quaranti...

Well it finally happened! We got most of the piping podcasts in one zoom call and wrecked havoc on all of our livers! Big Rab googles Eiffel Tower, Big Scott takes off his leg and Val mostly sits in disgust at the antics of this Motley Crue of piping. Enjoy! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes!...

On this episode they boys do their best snake-charmer impressions to coax Cobra out of his hidey hole for some banter! They talk about recording for the Wake Band Mini Comp, why drummers never have their uniforms, and get deep into the weeds about band loyalty and administration. Cobra's mic is too quiet and Fooko's ass is too loud---enjoy! Looking to up your piping game during quarantine? Try a 3...

The guys celebrate Josh's 30th birthday by doing an episode of the Rant. They discuss what it feels like to hit a significant birthday and it's effect on a person's psyche. And then get drunk to celebrate. Check it out! Looking for that extra special set of new pipes? Go to bespokebagpipes.com today and check out all the amazing pipes from MacLellan Bagpipes! Looking to up your piping game during...