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Update frequency:
every 17 days
Average audio length:
46 minutes
Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United States
52 episodes
since Feb. 14, 2025
episodic

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Send us Fan Mail Everyone has an opinion about marching band. The Band Dads have a few they probably should've kept to themselves. In this episode, Scott and Chris put each other on the spot with a series of surprise questions designed to uncover their most unfiltered hot takes about the activ…

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Send us Fan Mail Fundraising. Every band needs it, every parent has experienced it, and somebody somewhere is probably still trying to sell a roll of wrapping paper. But before we talk about how to raise money, the Band Dads start with a bigger question: Why are band programs responsible for raisin…
Send us Fan Mail Competition changed marching band. But after decades of pushing the activity further, faster, bigger, and more competitive… when is enough, enough? In this episode, Scott and Chris step back and ask some uncomfortable—but important—questions about what competitive marching band has…
Send us Fan Mail Band camp doesn't come with an instruction manual. So the Band Dads made a playbook. For the Season 4 kickoff, Scott and Chris take a different approach to the band camp conversation. Instead of simply talking about what happens at camp, they dig into the strategies and philos…
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the very first installment of Tools of the Trade—a new Band Dads series where Scott and Chris spotlight innovative ideas, resources, and practical tools that can help band programs of every size become even more successful. To kick things off, they're introducing Ba…
Send us Fan Mail When the final school bell rings and campuses empty for the summer, it may seem like band takes a break. Nothing could be further from the truth. In this episode, Scott and Chris explore what they call the Summer Trifecta, the three groups quietly working behind the scenes to ensur…
Send us Fan Mail Season 3 was different. As Scott and Chris look back on another incredible season of the Band Dads Podcast, two words kept rising to the surface: strategy and depth. This season felt more intentional than ever before. Timely episodes like Fill the Darn Chair, Leadership Season, and…
Send us Fan Mail This week, the Band Dads tackle a topic that might make some people a little uncomfortable… What do you do if you have a bad band director? Before anyone jumps to conclusions, Scott and Chris take a thoughtful and fair approach by breaking the idea of a “bad” band director into thr…
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Offbeat—a new Band Dads series where Chris and Scott go beyond the music to explore the fascinating, unusual, and sometimes downright bizarre stories behind the figures who shaped band, music education, and the art form we love. And if you’re going to start somewhere… yo…
Send us Fan Mail What Band Directors Face When It’s Just Them Even when marching season may be over, the competition hasn’t stopped.This time of year, band programs shift into a world that many parents and even students don’t fully understand: concert band contest season. The format is different, t…
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