Mark is a smallpipe-curious lapsed-highland-piper excellent uilleann-piper kinda guy and he's also extremely patient. We did this interview over a year ago, but because of various things (software changes, scheduling needs for other episodes, audio repair work, etc) it's been uber-delayed coming out. At this point, he may have even forgotten ever doing the interview! And actually, since doing the interview, I got to meet with Mark in-person and the guy even let me try his really nice flute! And since then... I've started trying to learn the flute so, it's Mark's fault...Tune into this episode to hear Mark and I work together to build the most amazing bagpipe-alternative, "took the wind out of our sails," joke you'll surely have ever, ever heard...APPLICABLE LINKS Here's a link to Xavier's site. The guy makes lovely uilleann pipes, excellent reeds, and lots more and I couldn't even spell his name... shame on me... https://boderiou.com/ And here's Jerry Freeman's site. He's the guy who tweaks whisltes. I tried Mark's when we met, it was mind-blowing to hold a, "cheap," whistle and then have it sound so great when blown-into: https://bigwhistle.co.uk/freeman-tweaked-whistles/ And if you want to make use of the discount code HERITAGEBAGPIPES that came up in the conversation, that's good over at Lir Whistles: https://www.lirwhistle.com/ -We're on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DroningOnPodcastAnd Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/droning.on.podcast/-You can write-in to the show with comments, ideas, requests, etc. at TheDroningOnPodcast@gmail.com-Support the show via Patreon (patreon.com/DroningOnPodcast), or by buying cool stuff at BagpipeSWAG.com - - - And now, some keywords: Bagpipes, bagpipe, bag, pipe, pipes, pipe, band, pipeband, Scottish, small, drone, droning, chanter, highland, lowland, uilleann, smallpipes, trad music,