Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 364 - Andy Bliss (Part 2)

University of Tennessee-Knoxville Percussion Professor Andy Bliss returns to talk about growing up in the Quad Cities (IL and IA), his piano background, performing in DCI, playing and umpiring baseball, and collecting baseball cards (03:15), his undergrad years at Northern Illinois University and performing in a PASIC showcase concert as an undergrad with the Base4 Percussion Quartet (21:10), going to the University of Kentucky for his masters and doctorate (29:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions on creating complete percussionists, great books, liking (nearly) every movie, Lego’s, great pizza, and Peter McKinnon’s YouTube channel (39:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1988 film Shag (01:07:25).

Pete’s 2023 Percussion Recital YouTube link

Andy Bliss Links:

Part 1 with Andy Bliss

Andy Bliss’s website

Nief-Norf

Andy Bliss’s Tennessee page

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Keith Aleo in 2020

Other links:

Phantom Regiment

Colts DCI

Geneseo Knights

Madison Scouts

Velvet Knights

Capital Sound

Gary Vaynerchuk

Ryne Sandberg

Jamal Murray

Cliff Alexis

Liam Teague

Allan O’Connor

Patrick Schlecker

Base4 Percussion Quartet

“Ogoun Badagris” - Christopher Rouse

Jim Campbell

Erin Walker Bliss

Extraction trailer

Crazy Rich Asians trailer

Guardians of the Galaxy 3 trailer

Eternals trailer

Tron trailer

Billy Madison trailer

Hustle trailer

Justin Timberlake and the Tennessee Kids trailer

Deep Work - Cal Newport

Superfans - Pat Flynn

Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell

Atomic Habits - James Clear

Essentialism - Greg McKeown

Doug Perkins

Michael Burritt

The Pizza Joynt

Happy Joe’s Pizza

Maid-Rite

2002 Madison Scouts show

Capital Sound shows

Peter McKinnon

Anna Thorvaldsdottir

Raves:

Shag trailer