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That Band Life — 82 episodes

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#82 Let's Talk about Culture

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#81 Let Them Own It

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#80 Where is Everybody? Geo and the End of Manual Attendance

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#79 Slow and Steady

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#78 Midwest Preview 2025 and Dinner Invite

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#77 The Dr. James Weaver Interview

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#76 Now What Do I Do?

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#75 10 for 10... Tips for Winning October

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#74 Lessons from the First Month of School

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#73 Vacation Thoughts

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#72 Slipping Through the Cracks

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#71 Midwest Clinic Preview and... Dinner?

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#70 Adjudication 101

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#69 Gut Check

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#68 Continuing the High

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#67 We're back...

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#66 Jay Bocook

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#65 Design that is Educational and Entertaining- with Michael Gray

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#64 Marching Band Guide to the Big Parades (Macy's and Tournament of Roses)

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#63 Midwest Clinic Preview

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#62 A Friend in Your Corner

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#61 Show Day Prep - Micro and Macro

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#60 Wandering Around the Fall

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#59 Darrin Davis

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#58 Jerell Horton

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#57 Making Time (Focus Mode)

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#56 Professional Development for People Who Hate Professional Development

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#55 That Middle School Band Life

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#54 Marching Health

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#53 Marching Season is Over... Now What?

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#52 Rehearsal Efficiency

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#51 Preparing and Selecting Drum Majors

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#50 Make Your Bed and Random Thoughts

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#49 The Courage to Fail

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#48 We Have Questions

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#47 Bobby and Jeff are Back!

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#46 Cam Stasa

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#45 Dan Acheson, Executive Director of DCI

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#44 Things going on in bands right now. (And How to Survive Them)

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#43 Richard Crain

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#42 Band Nerds and A Thousand No's with DJ Corchin

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#41 Robert Ambrose - Creative Repertoire Initiative and the North American Band Survey

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#40 Chris Mader and the History of Dynamic Marching

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#39 Where are we now??

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#38 Returning Procedures with Chris Kreke

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#37 The New Normal

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#36 Someone's Attention

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#35 That Band Life Late Night #2

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#34 The Joel Denton Interview

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#33 Band Camp From Home

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#32 The 4 C's of Communication

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#31 Designing Total Program Success

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#30 COVID-19 and Working from Home

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#28 Band Director Health

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#27 That Band Life - After Hours!

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#26 Midwest Clinic Episode 3

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#25 Midwest Clinic Episode 2

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#24 Midwest Clinic Episode 1

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#23 Marching Band Season-End Evaluations

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#22 Why Should You Do Chamber Groups?

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#21 Preparing for the End of Marching Season and BIG Concert Band Performances

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#20 The UnCool List and Interventions

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#19 Mid-Season Marching Band

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#18 Teach from the Light

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#17 Planning Effective Rehearsal Schedules

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#16 DCI Recap and 8 Tips for Starting the School Year

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#15 11 Tips for Better Marching & Movement Instruction

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#14 Middle School Band Camp Directors Keith Ozsvath and Greg Scapillato

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#13 Use These Videos NOW (Individual, Ensemble, GE, and More!)

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#12 The Greg Bimm Interview

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#11 Marching Health & Fitness with Dr. Elliot Cleveland

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#10 Closing Up Shop

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#8 Dynamic Marching Band Show Design (part 2)

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#9 How to Get Your First Job on the Instructional Staff with a Marching Band

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#7 Dynamic Marching Band Show Design (part 1)

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#6 That Color Guard Life with Sam Watson

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#5B Sightreading Advice for Concert Festival

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#5 Concert Festival Preparations - 1 Week Out

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#4 Why Kids (And Directors) Need Camp

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#2 Concert Festival- Two Weeks Out

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#3 Mini Lesson on the 3 M's

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#1 Welcome to That Band Life