Percussionist, Composer, Podcaster, and Northwest Missouri State University (NWMSU) Percussion and Theory Professor Caleb Pickering stops by to talk about his school responsibilities, living in Missouri, and NWMSU’s sports powerhouses (02:40), his composition career and getting into self-publishing (24:00), his work with the @Percussion Podcast (35:00), growing up in Paris ,TX, Texas band, video gaming, and playing in punk and metal bands in high school (43:25), undergrad years at Texas A&M-Commerce (59:34), master’s degree time at UNLV and living in Las Vegas (01:05:50), teaching in Texas after his master’s, then heading to James Madison University (VA) for his doctorate, along with discussions of his dissertation on Percussion Methods classes (01:19:45), and finally finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:40:35).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (01:57:45).
Links:
Casey Cangelosi’s 2017 appearance on the podcast
Karli Viña’s 2019 appearance on the podcast
Ben Charles’ 2017 appearance on the podcast
Ksenija Komljenovic’s 2020 appearance on the podcast
Pearl Export Snare Drum Series
NWMSU’s men’s basketball program
So Percussion Summer Institute
“Dreadnought” - Caleb Pickering
“Post Sunrise” - Caleb Pickering
Nathan Daughtrey’s 2021 appearance on the podcast
Brian Zator’s 2017 appearance on the podcast
“You’re So Last Summer” - Taking Back Sunday
“I’m Not Okay” - My Chemical Romance
“All the Small Things” - blink-182
“Master of Puppets” - Metallica
Aaron Ragsdale’s 2017 appearance on the podcast
Teaching Percussion - Gary Cook
Book of Percussion Pedagogy - Cort McClaren
Percussion Essentials - John H. Beck
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022 trailer
Performing in the Zone - Jon Gorrie
“Raise the Roof” - Michael Daugherty
Raves: