Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 148 - Juan José R. Calvo (Part 2)

July 18, 2019 Pete Zambito

Juan José R. Calvo returns to talk about his undergrad years in Costa Rica and about learning English and Japanese (02:25), his undergrad recital and how he got to Mizzou through meeting Megan Arns a decade ago (21:30), and he takes on the Random Ass Questions with panache, including the time he fell off a bus (37:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the WTF Podcast and an interview with Eve Ensler along with a special performance to close (01:12:40).

Links:

Juan’s Part 1

Dragon Ball Z

Pokémon

Spirited Away trailer

Princess Mononoke trailer

Studio Ghibli

Manga

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

“Saëta” - Elliott Carter

Costa Rican - North American Cultural Center

TOEFL

Ryan Patterson

Rebecca McDaniel

anna provo (puck meeko)

Megan Arns

H-1B1 Visa

Interstellar trailer

Godzilla (1998) trailer

The Dark Knight trailer

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

The Divine Comedy - Dante

Cthulhu Mythos - H.P. Lovecraft

Pet Sematary - Stephen King

Cujo - Stephen King

It - Stephen King

The Stand - Stephen King

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King

Cosmos - Carl Sagan

The Demon-Haunted World - Carl Sagan

The Martian - Andy Weir

Philip K. Dick

The Martian Chronicles - Ray Bradbury

The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exúpery

The Art of War - Sun Tzu

Coco trailer

Raves:

WTF with Marc Maron - Eve Ensler

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 147 - Juan José R. Calvo (Part 1)

July 11, 2019 Pete Zambito

Recent Mizzou Master’s in Percussion Performance Graduate Juan José R. Calvo stops by in Part 1 to talk about aspects of his recent Master’s recital and Latin American Percussion Curriculum in the United States (02:00), the rest of his recital program, percussion artistry and employment going forward (24:20) and growing up in Costa Rica, his early musical influences, and the school system there (47:10).

Finishing with a Rave on Marc Maron’s live stand-up (01:09:00).

Links:

Juan’s Master’s Recital Announcement

“The Whimsical Nature of Small Particle Physics” - Ben Wahlund

“Glamour” - Casey Cangelosi

“The Last Dance” - Daiki KATO

“The Last Game” - Daiki KATO

“Wind Sketch” - Keiko Abe

“Verana Porteño” - Piazzolla/Cheung

“Una Ráfaga de Amor” - Rafaga

“Dream of the Cherry Blossoms” - Keiko Abe

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

“Libertango” - Eric Sammut

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

Robert Van Sice

Tom Freer

“Enter Sandman” - Metallica

“Omerta” - Lamb of God

“Thieves” - Ministry

“Higher” - Creed

“Surfing with the Alien” - Joe Satriani

“Paganini 5th Caprice” - Steve Vai

Anacronia

Raves:

Marc Maron Standup Tour

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 146 - Suz Paulinski

July 4, 2019 Pete Zambito

Creator and Owner of The Rock/Star Advocate and host of the Music-Preneur Mindset Podcast Suz Paulinski talks about the beginnings of her current role as a Mindset Coach and some of the changes in the Music Business Market (02:10), how The Rock/Star Advocate has progressed over the years and creating a Music Conference last minute (20:50), hosting her podcast (42:40), growing up in Queens, NY (49:10), going to Drexel University (PA) for Music Business (59:00), the beginnings of her career with many record labels and working as a paralegal (01:11:40), and takes the time for some Random Ass Questions (01:32:45).

Finishing with Raves on A League of Their Own and The Inventor (01:49:00).

Links:

The Rock/Star Advocate

The Music-Preneur Mindset Podcast

Mad Dragon Music

Music Industry at Drexel

Atlantic Records

Warner Brothers Records

EMI Records

Astralwerks

Lil’ Kim goes to prison

Marimba - Pete Zambito

DIY Musician Conference

Performing Rights Organizations

Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music

Matt Duke

Tricia O’Keefe

“Shut Up Bitch” - Lil’ Kim

Corina Corina

The Four Agreements - Don Miguel Ruiz

A League of Their Own trailer

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley trailer

The Handmaid’s Tale trailer

Raves:

A League of Their Own trailer

The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 145 - Victor Caccese

June 27, 2019 Pete Zambito

Sandbox Percussion Group founder and member Victor Caccese talks about all things Sandbox Percussion (01:40), growing up near Philadelphia, his Italian and Brazilian roots, and his soccer and golf career (27:35), his undergrad years at Peabody Conservatory (MD), studying with Bob Van Sice, and the “Peabody Curse” (52:30), continuing to study with Van Sice at Yale University (CT) for his Master’s and the greatness of New Haven pizza (01:14:10), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:27:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2019 movie Rocketman (01:48:45).

Links:

Victor Caccese’s homepage

Sandbox Percussion Seminar

Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Bela Bartok

Third Coast Percussion

String Theory in Chattanooga

Inuksuit - John Luther Adams

“Pieces of Wood” - Steve Reich

“Drumming” - Steve Reich

“Pillar IV” - Andy Akiho

“Goldbeater’s Skin” - Christopher Cerrone

The Dwight School

Sandbox Percussion Spring Benefit

Glen Oaks Country Club

Bethpage Black Course

Rickie Fowler

Amadinda Percussion Group

NEXUS Percussion

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Les Percussions de Stasbourg

The Percussion Collective

Michael Burritt

Threads - Paul Lansky

“Village Burial with Fire” - James Wood

“Rogosanti” - James Wood

“Rebonds A/B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

“Three Moves” - Paul Lansky

Pepe’s Pizza

Sally’s Apizza

“Cloud-Polyphonies” - James Wood

Garrett Arney

It’s a Wonderful Life trailer

Once Upon a Time in the West trailer

Super Bowl XXXIX

Super Bowl XV

Germany over Brazil 7-1 2014 World Cup

Neymar wins Gold Medal for Brazil at 2016 Olympics

Ben Wallace

Mark DeChiazza

Raves:

Rocketman trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 144 - Sarah Hagan

June 20, 2019 Pete Zambito

Zildjian and Vic Firth Director of Artist Relations for Drumset Sarah Hagan talks about her job and regularly attending PASIC and NAMM (01:40), being on the PAS Exec Board and women in the percussion industry (14:10), growing up on the Massachusetts coast, classic rock music, sports and her high school cover band “Scarecrow” (23:40), going to Stonehill College (MA) for undergrad and her beginnings at Zildjian (47:50), and takes the time for some Random Ass Questions (55:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2019 movie Booksmart (01:23:35).

Links:

Sarah Hagan’s Instagram

Sarah Hagan’s Zildjian press announcement

“Don’t Stop” - Fleetwood Mac

“Stairway to Heaven” - Led Zeppelin

“Don’t Dream It’s Over” - Crowded House

Juels Thomas

My Cousin VInny courtoom scene

My Cousin Vinny positraction scene

“It’s My Party” - Lesley Gore

“It’s Judy’s Turn to Cry” - Lesley Gore

“Blue” - Joni Mitchell

“Walk This Way” - Aerosmith

“Greased Lightning” - Grease

“Black Hole Sun” - Soundgarden

Art Ensemble of Chicago

“Scarecrow” - Ministry

“Enter Sandman” - Metallica

“Would?” - Alice in Chains

“Alive” - Pearl Jam

Fred Astaire’s Drum Solo

Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk at the 1996 Tony’s

Armand Zildjian

Roy Haynes

Avengers: Endgame trailer

The Highwaymen trailer

Natural Born Killers trailer

Yankees-Red Sox rivalry

Zildjian Underground - Nate Smith

La Sagrada Familia

Raves:

Booksmart trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 143 - Thom Hasenpflug

June 13, 2019 Pete Zambito

Idaho State University Percussion Professor and Music Department Chair Thom Hasenpflug talks about getting the job there and the challenges of recruiting to his school (03:05), taking on the chair position (with a brief NY sports interlude) (22:30, growing up in Duchess County, NY, and more about living and working in the American West (45:00), going to Ithaca College (NY) for his undergrad and master’s and the idea of “Percussion Trees” (01:02:30), studying with Doug Walter for his doctorate at UC-Boulder and his “get-a-job” period (01:18:45), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:31:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the benefits of Travel (01:42:15).

Links:

Thom Hasenpflug’s homepage

Thom Hasenpflug’s Idaho State page

Thom Hasenpflug’s C.Alan page

Jeannine Remy

Stephens Performing Arts Center (ID)

Blood, Sweat and Tears

2000 World Series (Yankees-Mets)

1990s New York Knicks

MacKenzie River Pizza

“Astral Dance” - Gordon Stout

“Four Movements for Marimba” - Michael Burritt

“October Night” - Michael Burritt

Bill Molenhof

“For The Gap” - Thom Hasenpflug

Porgy and Bess xylophone part

Airplane! trailer

Amadeus trailer

The Thing (1982) trailer

Out of Sight trailer

The Hobbit trailer

World War Z trailer

Zero Hour! trailer

Signs trailer

“Ghost Riders in the Sky” - Riders in the Sky

Nighthawks - Edward Hopper

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 142 - Hannah Hutchins

June 5, 2019 Pete Zambito

Recent Mizzou Master’s in Percussion graduate Hannah Hutchins stops by to talk about her recent recital and her involvement at Mizzou (02:00), growing up in Missoula, MT, the wide open west and her high school goth period (21:50), getting her undergrad at the University of Montana (44:15), the Mizzou Master’s and studying in Ghana in 2018 (01:09:10), and finishes off with the Random Ass Questions (01:26:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic film Gladiator (01:45:00).

Links:

Mizzou New Music Ensemble

Megan Arns

“Guun” - Valerie Naranjo

Jerome Balsab and Bernard Woma on Gyil

Saakumu Dance Troupe

“Homage to Noncarrow” - Alejandro Viñao

“Canaries” - Elliott Carter

“Gender of Metal” - Casey Cangelosi

“See Ya Thursday” - Steve Mackey

“Chant” - Liam Teague

MMPAT

Emerging Artists Concert

Matt Sharrock

Glacier National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Jeff Brandt

Vancore Marimbas

“Medicate” - AFI

“Bring Me to Life” - Evanescence

Robert LedBetter

Ed Soph

Modern School for Mallet and Keyboard Instruments - Morris Goldenberg

Fundamental Method for Mallets - Mitchell Peters

“Romantica” - Katarzyna Mycka, performer

“Diabolic Variations” - Raymond Helble

“Concertare” - Raymond Helble

“Duo Chopinesque” - Michael Hennagin

“Sugaria” - Eric Sammut

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

Napoleon Dynamite trailer

Mandy trailer

Rails to Trails

The Grand Budapest Hotel trailer

The Royal Tenenbaums trailer

The Victor Wooten Trio

The Music Lesson: A Spiritual Search for Growth Through Music - Victor Wooten

Raves:

Gladiator trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 141 - Frank Chapple

May 30, 2019 Pete Zambito

Keller SD (TX) Percussion Director and author of The Packet Frank Chapple stops by to talk about his school job, program and facility, and the changing motivations of his teaching (01:45), the development of The Packet and his other writing for percussion (29:25), growing up in an army family and living in Maryland, Texas, Louisiana, and Thailand (43:15), attending Northwestern State (LA) and Northern Illinois for undergrad and his beginnings as a teacher (59:20), and handles the Random Ass Questions (01:17:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the book The Disaster Artist (01:40:25).

Links:

Chapple Percussion Consulting

The Packet

The Musical Parking Lot

Four Movements for Marimba - Michael Burritt

Star Wars - A New Hope trailer

Tony Dorsett

Cowboys Doomsday Poster

Patrick Ewing

Knicks-Bulls 1990s rivalry

Raves:

The Disaster Artist - Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 140 - Richard Johnson and African-American Orchestral Percussionists (Rebroadcast)

May 22, 2019 Pete Zambito

Two recently published articles in Percussive Notes magazine mean it’s time to rebroadcast two recent conversations. Joe W. Moore III and Teddy Hall, Jr. talk about African-American Orchestral Percussionists: the beginnings of the research (02:30), their own orchestral history (14:20), the influence of conservatories vs. other institutions of higher learning (23:10), orchestral pipelines and numbers (36:50), and the interests of orchestras in diversity, along with final thoughts (46:30).

We then revisit part of Teddy Hall, Jr.’s discussion about the life of Richard Johnson, the first African-American Percussion Instructor at Indiana University from the early 1960s-1980s (01:01:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the graphic novel Persepolis (01:21:40).

Links:

Atlanta Music Project

Timothy K. Adams, jr.

Raves:

The Complete Persepolis - Marjane Satrapi

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 139 - James Doyle

May 16, 2019 Pete Zambito

Adams State University (CO) Percussion Professor James Doyle stops by to talk about getting the ASU job and fundraising with local potato kingmakers (01:55), growing up in North St. Louis and his illustrious High School Show Choir career (27:35), going to the University of Central Missouri for undergrad (46:30), LSU for his master’s (56:40), his military band career and playing all over the world (01:12:30), his doctoral program at UNLV and the focus on article writing (01:32:50), and goes all in on the Random Ass Questions (01:44:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Vampire Weekend’s Father of the Bride (01:59:45).

Links:

James Doyle’s Homepage

James Doyle’s Adams State page

James Doyle’s New Music USA page

Tracy Doyle

Alamosa Microbreweries

“Listen to Your Heart” - Roxette

“Fascinatin’ Rhythm” - George Gershwin

The Cowboys - John Williams

“Chili Con Carne”

Future Sounds - David Garibaldi

MMPAT 2020

Chris Treloar

Percussion Keyboard Technic - Thomas McMillan

Essential Styles - Steve Houghton

Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer - Jim Chapin

Syncopation for the Modern Drummer - Ted Reed

Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra - James Basta

Fantasy on Japanese Wood Prints - Alan Hovhaness

Concertino for Xylophone and Piano - Toshiro Mayuzumi

Concertino for Marimba and Orchestra - Paul Creston

“Cold Pressed” - Dave Hollinden

“Slender Beams of Solid Rhythm” - Dave Hollinden

“Surface Tension” - Dave Hollinden

“Raga No. 1” - Bill Cahn

“Third Construction” - John Cage

“Psappha” - Xenakis

Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Bela Bartok

“Omphalo Centric Lecture” - Nigel Westlake

“Trio Per Uno” - Zivkovic

“Piru Bole” - John Bergamo

Daniel Kennedy

“Workers Union” - Louis Andriessen

“Ogoun Badagris” - Christopher Rouse

“Friends in Low Places” - Garth Brooks

“T-R-O-U-B-L-E” - Travis Tritt

“Redneck Woman” - Gretchen Wilson

Kurt Rasmussen

John O’Neal

City Museum, St. Louis

A Time to Kill trailer

Anchorman trailer

Elf trailer

Top Gun trailer

Concert Honesty podcast

The Joe Rogan podcast

American History Tellers podcast

Up and Vanished podcast

Raves:

Father of the Bride - Vampire Weekend

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 138 - Jimmy LaBrecque

May 9, 2019 Pete Zambito

Highland Park High School (TX) Percussion Director Jimmy LaBrecque stops by to chat about his current life in percussion (01:30), his previous percussion jobs (18:00), growing up in Lewisville (TX) (30:20), his years as an undergrad at the University of North Texas (50:00), his DCI experience (01:00:30), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:10:50).

Finishing with a Rave on The Dominican Dream (01:32:35).

Links:

Jimmy LaBrecque’s Highland Park homepage

Mike Garcia

Hector Gil

Highland Park Football

Dave Weckl

Chick Corea

“Spain” - Chick Corea

A Fresh Approach to Snare Drum - Mark Wessels

Simple Steps to Successful Beginning Percussion - Kennan Wylie

University of North Texas Percussion Faculty

“Living Room Music” - John Cage

Lone Star Drum Corps

The Magic Drum and Bugle Corps

Phantom Regiment

Carolina Crown

1989-90 Detroit Pistons

1993-94 NY Knicks

Patrick Ewing

Charles Smith gets blocked

Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars

Moses Malone and the 1983 Sixers

2011 World Series Game 6

Dak Prescott

2014-15 Cowboys

No Country for Old Men trailer

The Godfather trailer

Mr. Deeds trailer

The Warhol Museum

“The Starry Night” - Vincent Van Gogh

“Olive Trees” - Vincent Van Gogh

Raves:

The Dominican Dream trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 137 - William Moersch

May 2, 2019 Pete Zambito

University of Illinois Percussion Director William Moersch talks about getting the Illinois job and his experiences in the historic studio (02:00), growing up in Ann Arbor (MI) with a brief sojourn near London (27:30), starting his freelancing career in NYC after 2 degrees at the University of Michigan (39:00), the Pirates of Penzance gig and “infamous” percussion book, along with lots of other NYC experiences (47:30), why he eventually left NYC and his various jobs in and around the Northeast (01:13:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:29:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 30 for 30 documentary Seau (01:57:00).

Links:

Wiliaml Moersch’s Illinois page

Wiliaml Moersch’s Innovative Percussion page

William Moersch’s Pearl page

Tom Siwe

Paul Price

Ricardo Flores

Charlotte Mattax Moersch

From Me Flows What You Call Time - Toru Takemitsu

Midwest Composers Symposium

Century Mallet Instrument Service

Chris Butler

Michael Bump

Gordon Stout

Concertino for Orchestra - Paul Creston

Contemporary Directions Ensemble

“Quintetto” - Teruyuki Noda (excerpt)

Kontakte - Karlheinz Stockhausen

Irwin Bazelon

Jonathan Haas

Saul Goodman

Pirates of Penzance

George Hamilton Green

Hary Janos Suite, movement 5 - Zoltan Kodaly

Eric Weissberg

Zither

Fred Hinger

Interview With the Vampire trailer

Michael Collins trailer

A Time to Kill trailer

Julie Taymor

Emil Richards

“King of Denmark” - Morton Feldman

“Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra” - Richard Rodney Bennett

Marimba Concerto - Libby Larsen

Karen Finley

Robert Van Sice

Merlin - Andrew Thomas

Reflections on the Nature of Water - Jacob Druckman

Michael Colgrass

“Michi” - Keiko Abe

“Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs” - Keiko Abe

“Mirage” - Sueyoshi

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

“Torse III” - Akira Miyoshi

“Conversation” - Akira Miyoshi

“Variations on Lost Love” - David Maslanka

“Preludes for Marimba” - Raymond Helble

“Night Rhapsody” - John Serry

Concerto for Marimba - Eric Ewazen

Le Bernardin

“Animus II” - Jacob Druckman

“Circles” - Luciano Berio

El Anatsui

El Anatsui interview

Raves:

Seau trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 136 - Colin Hill

April 25, 2019 Pete Zambito

Tennessee Tech Percussion Professor Colin Hill talks about the TTU job and the BluHill Duo (03:00), growing up in Portland (OR) pole-vaulting, snow-skiing and high school rock band stardom as The Standard Issue (26:25), going to the University of North Texas for undergrad (42:10), Indiana University for the master’s (53:15), the University of Kentucky for the doctorate (01:01:10), barely surviving his year of adjunct work (01:10:10), and pushes through the Random Ass Questions (01:19:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the NBA and NHL playoffs (01:34:30).

Links:

Colin Hill’s Tennessee Tech page

Colin Hill’s Innovative Percussion page

Colin Hill’s Homepage

“José/beFore John5” - Aurel Hollo

Kevin Bobo

Mount Hood

“Smells Like Teen Spirit” - Nirvana

“All the Small Things” - blink-182

“Creep” - Radiohead

“Everlong” - Foo Fighters

Seattle Cascades

Oregon Crusaders

Gordon Rencher

North Texas Percussion Faculty

“Off Axis” - Lynn Glassock

“Trio Per Uno” - Nebojsa Zivkovic

“Cold Pressed” - Dave Hollinden

“Sonata for Piano and Timpani - Anthony Cirone”

“Stroboscope” - Eric Sammut

Indiana University Percussion Faculty

“Chain” - Kazuyori Miyake

“Lonely City Suite” - Jason Baker

“Bell Plates” - Scott Lindroth

“Monkey Chant” - Glenn Kotche

“Interzones” - Bruce Hamilton

“The Whimsical Nature of Small Particle Physics” - Ben Wahlund

“Marimba Spiritual” - Minoru Miki

“Long Way Home” - Chad Floyd

“Octabones” - Adi Morag

“Passacaglia” - Anna Ignatowicz

“Three Preludes” - George Gershwin

“Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel” - Franz Schubert

“Friction” - Brian Blume

“Flowerpot Music No. 1” - Elliot Cole

“A Spanish Groove” - Alejandro Viñao

Brandon Arvay

Brandon Wood

Escape Ten

Billy Madison trailer

Happy Gilmore trailer

Marcus Mariota

Jusuf Nurkic

The 2000 Portland Trailblazers

Damian Lillard beats the Rockets

Double Image

Raves:

Damian Lillard beats the Thunder

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 135 - Emily Lemmerman (Part 2)

April 17, 2019 Pete Zambito

Emily Lemmerman (Barracuda Steel Drums) returns for Part 2 to talk about growing up in Maryland and her love of band music and creative writing (01:35), going to Ithaca College for undergrad and studying with Gordon Stout and Ted Rounds (16:45), moving to West Virginia to learn under Ellie Mannette (40:10), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (48:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1000th Episode of the WTF Podcast (01:15:00).

Links:

Part 1 of Emily’s interview

Music for Prague 1968 - Karel Husa

Concerto for Percussion and Wind Ensemble - Karel Husa

First Suite in E-flat - Gustav Holst

Ellie Mannette

National Society for Steel Band Educators

Gordon Stout

Ted Rounds

“Two Mexican Dances” - Gordon Stout

“Astral Dance” - Gordon Stout

“Tango Suite” - Astor Piazzolla

“Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs” - Keiko Abe

The Little Mermaid trailer

East of Eden trailer

The Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert

My Favorite Murder podcast

“This is America” - Childish Gambino

Raves:

WTF with Marc Maron’s 1000th Episode

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 134 - Emily Lemmerman (Part 1)

April 11, 2019 Pete Zambito

In Part 1, Barracude Steel Drum Owner and Steel Drum Tuner Emily Lemmerman talks about her current pan tuning roles and the facility to read music and play by rote in pan groups (04:40), typical tuning schedules, starting as a tuner and learning under Dr. Ellie Mannette (16:15), breaking into the pan-tuning world as a woman (28:15), tuning drums in Trinidad (39:20), and why tuning drums is such a difficult and unique profession (57:20).

Finish with a Rave on the Stevie Wonder episode of the Hit Parade podcast (01:21:45).

Links:

Barracuda Steel Drums

Raves:

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 133 - Julie Davila

April 3, 2019 Pete Zambito

WGI and DCI Adjudicator/Arranger, member of the Caixa Trio and Middle Tennessee State University Adjunct Percussion Professor Julie Davila stops by to talk about her current duties and life at MTSU (02:20), her WGI and DCI activities (17:40), her work with Caixa Trio (31:00), her composing and arranging career and trying not to take on too much work (41:20), growing up primarily in Blue Springs, MO, and her high school basketball career (52:25), her undergrad years at Missouri Western, North Texas, and moving to Nashville (01:10:30), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:26:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2019 Elite 8 NCAA Men’s Tournament games (01:51:20).

Links:

Julie Davila’s Innovative Percussion page

Middle Tennessee State Percussion Faculty

Impressions on Wood - Julie Davila

“Sir Duke” - Stevie Wonder

“Birdland” - Maynard Ferguson

“Third Construction” - John Cage

“Marimba Spiritual” - Minoru Miki

Cadets DCI Scandal

Michigan State University Gymnastics Scandal

As Good As It Gets trailer

Ender’s Game trailer

Marisa Davila

School of Greatness Podcast

The Joy Junkie Podcast

Jim Dwyer

Scott Johnson

Brian West

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

Once Musical Pre-Show

Raves:

2019 Elite 8 Saturday and Sunday

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 132 - Christopher Butler

March 28, 2019 Pete Zambito

SIU – Carbondale (IL) Percussion Professor Chris Butler talks about the school, the city, rock climbing and Illinois’s budget issues (01:30), growing up outside Atlanta and being in a high school rock band (25:15), getting his undergraduate at Columbus State University (GA) (38:15), his master’s at the University of Illinois (47:50), taking a year break to work at West Music/Percussion Source before doing his doctorate at the University of Kentucky (01:00:30), and spending time with the Random Ass Questions (01:19:45).

Finishing with a Rave on Strong Black Legends (01:40:40).

Links:

Chris Butler’s homepage

Chris Butler’s SIU homepage

“Pure Black” - Ming Ching-”

She-e Wu

Jackson Falls Climbing

Illinois Budget Impasse

“Warehouse” - Dave Matthews Band

“One” - Metallica

“Paranoid Android” - Radiohead

“Happiness is a Warm Gun” - The Beatles

“Helter Skelter” - The Beatles

“Good Times Bad Times” - Led Zeppelin

“Solo No. 1” - Charley Wilcoxin

“The Connecticut Halftime” - Haskell Harr

Slavoj Zizek

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry - Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Success is the Only Option - John Calipari

Eleven Rings - Phil Jackson

The Martian - Andy Weir

“Khan Variations” - Alejandro Viñao

“Water” - Alejandro Viñao

“Impressions” - Nicolas Martynciow

“Gingersnap” - John S. Pratt

“Kyoto” - John Psathas

Thomas Sherwood

Cloyd Duff Timpani Master Class

Charles Settle

Ricardo Flores

Eighth Blackbird

Don DeLillo and TV Buddha

Katherine Syer

“Night Rhapsody” - John Serry

West Music

Scott Herring

Brandon Arvay

Kentucky Bourbon Trail

“Rhythm Gradation for Timpani” - Toshi Ichiyanagi

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

“13 Drums” - Maki Ishii

“Arabesco Infinito” - Alejandro Viñao

“Phénix” - Francois-Bernard Mache

Ethos Percussion Group

Stanton Moore New Orleans Groove

The Purdie Shuffle

Athens Sonata - Pete Zambito

Falcons-Pats Super Bowl

Michael Vick

“The Waydown” - BINKBEATS

Raves:

Strong Black Legends

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 131 - James Moyer

March 20, 2019 Pete Zambito

Texas A&M - International University Chair of the Fine Arts Department and former Percussion Instructor James Moyer stops by for a freewheeling, exciting discussion of his career in and out of academia, percussion, and the Apple Corporation, along with talk about the Steelers, Billy Joel, and Star Trek. He maintains time at the end for the Random Ass Questions (01:34:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Apollo 11 (01:57:10).

Links:

James Moyer’s TAMIU page

“Diabolic Variations” - Raymond Helble

“Portico” - Tom Gauger

“Duo Chopinesque” - Michael Hennagin

Robert Schietroma

Four-Mallet Method for Marimba - James Moyer

Four-Mallet Progressive Literature for Marimba - James Moyer

“Back Talk” - Harry Breuer

“Fluffy Ruffles” - G. H. Green

Tom Siwe

Johnny Lee Lane

Brian Justison

Larry Holmes, the “Easton Assassin”

“After Syrinx II” - Richard Rodney Bennett

“Northern Lights” - Eric Ewazen

Jets-Steelers 2004 Divisional Playoff

Neil O’Donnell

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - trailer

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier trailer

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Gran Torino trailer

The Mule trailer

The Shawshank Redemption trailer

Monty Python and the Holy Grail trailer

H. Robert Reynolds

Crystal Talieferro

Billy Joel Kennedy Center Honors

Raves:

Apollo 11 trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 130 - Juels Thomas

March 14, 2019 Pete Zambito

Education and Events Manager for DW Drums Juels Thomas stops by to talk about all things DW Drums (01:45), growing up in southern California and her and Pete’s mutual appreciation for Crowded House (28:35), going to Berklee College of Music (MA) for undergrad (36:35), being a woman in the music industry and her recent appearance on a PASIC drumset panel (51:30), and gets to the Random Ass Questions (01:00:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the new documentary Mr. Soul! (01:19:35).

Links:

DW Drums Education Team Info

Chicago Drum Show 2019

Modern Drummer Festival

Sweetwater GearFest

Vinnie Colaiuta

Oxnard - Anderson.Paak

Jeff Porcaro

“Rosanna” - Toto

“Pineapple Head” - Crowded House

“Don’t Dream It’s Over” - Crowded House

“Message to My Girl” - Split Enz

“Silver Springs” - Fleetwood Mac

“Green Dolphin Street” - Wynton Kelly Trio

“Aja” - Steely Dan

Steve Wilkes

Larry Finn

Raiders of the Lost Ark trailer

The English Patient trailer

The Empire Strikes Back trailer

Rogue One trailer

Mike Myers on the Maple Leafs

Terry Bozzio

Chad Wackerman

Marco Minnemann

“This is America” - Childish Gambino

Links:

Mr. Soul! trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 129 - Jim Snell

March 7, 2019 Pete Zambito

University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Associate Dean of Performance Management and Chair of the Instrumental Division Jim Snell stops by to talk about his positions as Percussion Professor and Administrator at UMKC and the “joy” of meetings (02:25), the challenges of recruiting to UMKC and its place in the state (34:00), growing up near Chicago and being part of a VERY artistic family concerned with quality (53:15), going to the University of Illinois for undergrad (01:10:00), doing his master’s at Southern Methodist University (TX) (01:18:00), getting his doctorate at UMKC and teaching for 2 years in New Mexico (01:26:30), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:33:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the Aretha Franklin Concert Film Amazing Grace (01:51:45).

Links:

Jim Snell’s UMKC page