Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 413 - Pauline Roberts

New York City-based percussionist, performer, educator, and composer Pauline Roberts stops by to talk about her performance activities in the area (04:00), her freelancing and teaching schedule, traveling around for gigs, and dealing with sexism in the music industry (19:00), growing up in Buenos Aires (and Australia), her supportive parents, dabbling in various music scenes, Argentina’s rock music scene, and her sports background (36:30), her undergrad years at the National University of the Arts in Argentina and her experiences during the pandemic (59:20), her grad school years doing a master’s in the performer/composer degree from the New School (NY) (01:10:50), and takes on the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being a woman in the arts, soccer in Argentina, Björk, Fleabag, and Ted Lasso (01:20:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 novel Migrations (01:54:10).

Pauline Roberts links:

Pauline Roberts’ website

Lulada Club

Pauline Roberts’s Instagram

The Furious Bongos

“Black Page #1” - Frank Zappa

Previous Podcast Guests Mentioned:

Megan Arns in 2017

Josh Gottry in 2020

Other Links:

Chad Wackerman

Charles Gaines

Billy Martin

Conga Chops

Gary Titone

“Pedro Navaja” - Willie Colon and Ruben Blades

“Quimbara” - Celia Cruz & The Fania All Stars

Adam Tan

Hi-5

“Cancion para mi muerte” - Sui Generis

“Muchacha ojos de papel” - Spinetta

“A Sky Full of Stars” - Coldplay (Live in Buenos Aires)

Teatro Colón (Buenos Aires)

The Artist’s Way - Julia Cameron

Robert Van Sice

“Panama Libré” - Danilo Perez

Sasha Berliner

Tim Feeney

Ian Rosenbaum

Glen Velez

Everything Everywhere All At Once trailer

Ratatouille trailer

Julie & Julia trailer

Inside Out trailer

Sharknado trailer

Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus

One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ficciones - Jorge Luis Borges

Lionel Messi highlights

Argentina - France 2022 World Cup Final

2024 Women’s Olympic High Jump

“Hyperballad” - Björk

Fleabag trailer

Ted Lasso trailer

Raves:

Migrations - Charlotte McConaghy