Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 391 - Eri Isomura (Part 2)

Minneapolis-based percussionist Eri Isomura returns to talk about how she recovered from overuse injuries physically and mentally after undergrad (02:05), her time as a grad student at the Boston Conservatory (MA), studying with great teachers, attending summer festivals, and why it’s so challenging to have a performance career in Boston (12:55), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions segment, including portions on being a woman in the field of percussion, Japanese food, great books, private Karaoke rooms, and Andy Warhol (34:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1975 film Nashville (01:11:00).

Eri Isomura Links:

Eri Isomura’s Website

10th Wave Collective

Previous Podcast Guests mentioned:

Matt McClung in 2022

Keith Aleo in 2020

Other Links:

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor - Johannes Brahms

“See Ya Thursday” - Steve Mackey

Nancy Zeltsman

Sam Solomon

Doug Perkins

Okonomiyaki

Arrival trailer

Parasite trailer

Snakes on a Plane trailer

Speak, Okinawa - Elizabeth Miki Brina

Nobody Will Tell You This But Me - Bess Kalb

The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah

Crazy Rich Asians trilogy - Kevin Kwan

Born a Crime - Trevor Noah

“Don’t Stop Believin’” - Journey

Andy Warhol - “Art is what you can get away with”

Raves:

Nashville trailer