Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 119 - Hector Gil

December 19, 2018 Pete Zambito

Vista Ridge HS (TX) Percussion Instructor and PASIC 2018 Presenter Hector Gil talks the (then) upcoming PASIC performance (02:50), growing up in Laredo, TX (20:10), going to Texas A&M – Commerce for undergrad (40:00), and time for the Random Ass Questions (01:03:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the recent released movie Roma (01:30:05).

Don’t forget to check out Beatbachs.com!

Links:

Hector Gil’s Vista Ridge page

Hector Gil’s Innovative Percussion Page

Rube Goldberg Variations

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

“Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Major” - J.S. Bach/L.H. Stevens

“13 Drums” - Maki Ishii

“Third Construction” - John Cage

Bill Bachman

Jim Yakas

Paul Rennick

Mexico - USA Soccer Rivalry

The Hangover trailer

Superbad trailer

Quentin Tarantino

“P.Y.T” and “Smooth Criminal” - Michael Jackson

“Elephant” - Tame Impala

“I Wanna Be Yours” - Arctic Monkeys

Hamilton Soundtrack

Raves:

Roma trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 118 - Gloria Yehilevsky

December 13, 2018 Pete Zambito

2018 PASIC Clinician and Presenter and Birmingham Conservatory (U.K) Master’s Student Gloria Yehilevsky talks about her (then) upcoming PASIC presentations (03:30), growing up in San Diego and Belgium (21:30), drum corps years and doing her undergrad at Morehead State (KY) (40:45), the World Percussion Group tour in 2017 (59:00), and goes all in on the Random Ass Questions (01:19:05).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic movie Good Will Hunting (01:52:15).

Don’t forget to sign up with Beatbachs.com today!

Links:

Gloria Yehilevsky’s New Music USA page

Whose Line is it Anyway?

Santa Clara Vanguard

Brian Mason

Shaun Gallant

“King of Denmark” - Morton Feldman

“Mourning Dove Sonnet” - Christopher Deane

“Asanga” - Kevin Volans

"Rebonds A” - Iannis Xenakis

“Choro No. 3” - Arranged Gordon Stout

“Loops II” - Philippe Hurel

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

World Percussion Group

Colin Currie

City of Birmingham Symphony Percussion

Black Sabbath

Gilmore Girls

Memento trailer

Charlie’s Angels trailer

Laurie Anderson

Raves:

Good Will Hunting trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 117 - Mike Garcia

December 4, 2018 Pete Zambito

LV Berkner High School (TX) Percussion Director Mike Garcia talks about his (then) upcoming PASIC 2018 performance (02:00), growing up in Laredo, TX, his [REDACTED] music career and his time on debate team (17:55), going to TCU for undergrad (31:10), post-undergrad years (along with a TX hiring freeze) (45:55), and takes time for the Random-Ass Questions (48:45).

Finishing with a Rave on Pete’s recent NCAA Volleyball Tournament trip (01:12:50).

Links:

Mike Garcia’s Innovative Percussion page

“José/beFore John 5” - Aurel Hollo

“Collide” - Jacob Remington

“Slopes” - Paul Rennick

Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven

“Blue Motion” - Stephen Whibley

“Beat It” - Michael Jackson

Inception trailer

Insidious trailer

Halloween trailer

The Dark Knight trailer

Hot Tub Time Machine trailer

Get Out trailer

A Quiet Place trailer

Kawhi Leonard

Tim Duncan

How Successful People Think - John Maxwell

The Tim Ferriss Podcast

Raves:

The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 116 - Cara Wildman

November 29, 2018 Pete Zambito

Prosper (TX) Elementary School Band Director and PASIC 2018 Clinic Presenter Cara Wildman talks about her Bodhran Presentation and her Master of Arts in Irish Traditional Music from Limerick, Ireland (03:10), growing up north of Dallas, her percussion background and her time doing science fair robotics competitions (20:35), going to TCU for undergrad (33:45), her post-undergrad career, getting a Master’s, and figuring out her work-life balance (42:40), and time for the Random Ass Questions (59:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2018 movie Eighth Grade and a selection from Cara Wildman’s recently released EP (01:11:05).

Links:

Cara Wildman’s Homepage

Cara Wildman’s Debut EP

Cara Wildman’s Rucker Elementary page

Steve Gadd

“It’s All Your Fault” - Asleep at the Wheel

“It We Make It Through December” - Merle Haggard

“Back in the Saddle Again” - Gene Autry

“T-R-O-U-B-L-E” - Travis Tritt

“Marimba Spiritual” - Minoru Miki

“Beneath the Canopy” - Philip Parker

“Toccata and Divertimento” - Ney Rosauro

“Sleigh Ride” - Leroy Anderson

Sharknado trailer

Tombstone trailer

Frogs trailer

Goat Rodeo Sessions NPR Tiny Desk

Raves:

Eighth Grade trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 115 - Adam Hopper

November 21, 2018 Pete Zambito

Creator and Owner of BeatBachs.com Online Percussion Literature Store and Director of Percussion at Southwestern High School in Kentucky Adam Hopper talks about his current percussion teaching, performing and writing responsibilities (05:20), The BeatBachs Model (27:10), growing up in Kentucky and beating cancer as a child (42:15), going to Campbellsville University (KY) for undergrad (59:05), getting started in teaching and his master’s degree (01:11:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions (01:30:25).

Finishing with a Rave on Pete’s Percussion Podcast Guests and Fans (01:51:55).

Links:

BeatBachs.com

Adam Hopper’s website

Adam Hopper’s C. Alan page

Somerset Big Band

Tapspace

Row-loff Productions

“Spur” - Ivan Trevino

“Buttonwood” - Evan Chapman

“Blade” - Benjamin Finley

“Footpath” - Dave Samuels

“Sweet Little Jesus Boy” - arr. Adam Hopper

“Monkey Chant” - Glenn Kotche

“Meditation No. 2” - Casey Cangelosi

Hired Gun trailer

Lalo Davila

Jason Koontz

“Living on a Prayer” - Bon Jovi

Oceans Eleven trailer

Ocean’s 8 trailer

Dreamcatcher trailer

Snowpiercer trailer

Predator trailer

“They Don’t Really Care About Us” - Michael Jackson

Christian Laettner’s Shot against Kentucky, 1992

“Serenity Now!!”

1996 University of Kentucky Basketball

“Jersey” - Mark Guiliana

Janek Gwizdala

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 114 - PASIC 2018 Preview (Part 2)

November 14, 2018 Pete Zambito

Part 2 of the 3rd Annual Pete’s Percussion Podcast PASIC Preview! This time out, we have short interviews with 2018 PASIC presenters Hector Gil (01:25), Megan Arns (23:10), and Andrés Forero (41:05).

Links:

Hector Gil’s Vista Ridge homepage

Megan Arns’ website

Megan Arns’ 2016 and 2017 Pete’s Percussion Podcast appearances

Andrés Forero’s website

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 113 - PASIC 2018 Preview (Part 1)

November 12, 2018 Pete Zambito

The 3rd Annual Pete’s Percussion Podcast PASIC Preview!! PASIC 2018 is this week, and on Part 1, we have short interviews with presenters Gloria Yehilevsky (01:35), Cara Wildman (20:00), Mike Garcia (38:15) and Joe W. Moore III (54:45).

Links:

Gloria Yehilevsky’s website

Cara Wildman’s website

Mike Garcia’s LV Berkner page

Joe W. Moore III’s previous PPP appearance

Joe W. Moore III’s website

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 112 - John W. Parks, IV (Part 2)

November 1, 2018 Pete Zambito

Part 2 with FSU Percussion Professor John W. Parks IV as he talks about growing up in Gastonia, NC, info about Wake Forest, UNCG and the Eastern Music Festival, and getting the percussion bug (01:10), going to Furman University (SC) for undergrad and his student teaching experiences (19:40), going to Northwestern for his Master’s and FSU’s Ethnomusicology program (33:15), getting his doctorate at Eastman, taking Comps there, and his first job at Samford University (AL) (52:40), his 3 years working at Kansas University (01:11:40), and he handles the Random Ass Questions (01:18:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater (01:34:10).

Links:

Part 1 with John

Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony (Revised) - David Levy

John Shaw

Eric Schweikert

Eastern Music Festival

James Worthy

Leonard Hamilton

“Separate Ways” - Journey

“Tom Sawyer” - Rush

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

“Colas Breugnon” Xylophone Excerpt

“Billie Jean” - Michael Jackson/Tony Succar

Hellraiser trailer

Alien trailer

Jaws trailer

Manos: The Hands of Fate trailer

The Disaster Artist trailer

“It’s Halloween” - The Shaggs

Concerto for Marimba - Tomas Svoboda

Piano Concerto in G Major, 2nd movement - Maurice Ravel

Raves:

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 111 - John W. Parks IV (Part 1)

October 25, 2018 Pete Zambito

In Part 1, Florida State University Percussion Professor John W. Parks IV talks about getting the FSU job and the personal and professional changes that have occurred over the years (03:20), his experiences building the audio and video recording side of his career (28:15), how NOT to be a good colleague as a new faculty member (42:45), and the events surrounding the 2016 PAS IPEC (52:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the newest version of A Star is Born (01:07:50).

Links:

John W. Parks IV’s Homepage

John W. Parks IV’s Florida State page

John W. Parks IV’s Zildjian page

John W. Parks IV’s appearance on the @ Percussion Podcast

Raves:

A Star is Born trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 110 - Victoria Sparks, 2018

October 17, 2018 Pete Zambito

University of Manitoba Percussion Professor Victoria Sparks returns to the podcast! After getting hit with the “hard” questions, Victoria talks about her experience as the subject of the documentary “Concerto” (03:50), her now full-time position at the University of Manitoba and facts about the Winnipeg Jets (10:25), her previous position teaching Music Therapy at Canadian Mennonite University (31:30), other professional activities (35:10), and finally gets to deal with some Random Ass Questions (38:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the American Masters’ Documentary “Itzhak” (01:02:40).

Links:

Listen to This and The Rest is Noise - Alex Ross

Victoria Sparks 2016 Episode

Victoria Sparks’ Prairie Percussion Page

The Documentary Concerto

Mark Scheifele

Brendan Thompson

Wall-E Animation Sound Design

James Brown’s T.A.M.I. Show Appearance

The Handmaid’s Tale ballet

“I’m Bound to Pack It Up” - The White Stripes

Josh Armstrong

“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob Druckman

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

“Man in the Mirror” - Michael Jackson

French Kiss trailer

Norway House

The West Wing

The West Wing Weekly

Marimba Challenge Cup

Raves:

Itzhak

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 109 - Judy Moonert

October 11, 2018 Pete Zambito

Western Michigan University Percussion Professor Judy Moonert stops by to talk about getting the Western Michigan job and the process of Doctoral Equivalencies (01:30), being around lakes and not going on the job market (26:40), growing up in the Cleveland area (31:00), going to Indiana University for her undergrad (39:20) and her master’s (56:10), and deals with the Random Ass Questions (01:12:30).

Finishing with a Rave on PBS’ American Masters Series (01:37:25).

Links:

Judy Moonert’s Western Michigan Homepage

Coalescence Percussion Duo

“Primo” - Arthur Cappio

Kevin Bobo

“L’Histoire Du Soldat” - Igor Stravinsky

“Chaconne” - J.S. Bach

“Polka For the Golden Age” - Shostakovich

Wonder Woman trailer

Red Sparrow trailer

Raves:

American Masters “Artists Flight”

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 108 - Michael Waldrop

October 4, 2018 Pete Zambito

Eastern Washington University Percussion Professor Michael Waldrop talks about getting the EWU job (01:25), his previous college jobs in Colorado and Ohio (23:00), growing up in upstate New York (39:25), going to North Texas for undergrad (47:20), taking time off to practice back home before going to the University of Memphis for a master’s in composing (01:01:20), doing some touring before doing the UNT doctorate (01:15:20), and taking the time for Random Ass Questions (01:27:05).

Finishing with a Rave and Review on the 2018 Roots N Blues N BBQ Festival (01:43:30).

Links:

Michael Waldrop homepage

Eastern Washington’s Red Turf

The Outline of History - H.G. Wells

“Grand Fantasy in C Major” - Raymond Helble

The Sunset: Limited trailer

James Cotton

Jonathan Middleton

“Chick Corea and Friends”

A Love Supreme

Raves:

Roots N Blues N BBQ 2018

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 107 - Jason Haaheim

September 27, 2018 Pete Zambito

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Principal Timpanist Jason Haaheim stops by to talk about getting the Met Orchestra job (02:15), representation in orchestras (14:30), getting the call and managing the insane rehearsal and performance schedule (19:40), his 10-year career as an engineer prior to the Met job (39:40), growing up near Minneapolis/St. Paul and developing a love for your work (54:50), the similarities and differences in the challenges for orchestras and those who work in the tech and science field (01:18:00), and deals with the Random Ass Questions (01:30:35).

Finishing with a rave on Killers of the Flower Moon (01:44:10).

Links:

Jason Haaheim’s homepage

Jason Haaheim at the Met Opera

Jason Haaheim’s Pearl Drums page

Jason Haaheim’s NPR profile

Parker Lee

Verdi’s Otello

Mozart’s Don Giovanni

Aaron McDonald

The Met Opera in HD

Problems in Rossini timpani parts

Nanoink

Dip-pen Nanolithography

“Thriller”, “Beat It” , “Smooth Criminal” - Michael Jackson

Citizen Kane trailer

Elvish languages

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan soundtrack

Human Ashes spread at Met Opera

“The Good Friday Music” - Wagner’s Parsifal

Raves:

Killers of the Flower Moon - David Grann

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 106 - Maria Finkelmeier

September 19, 2018 Pete Zambito

Boston-area Percussionist, Composer, Creator of Kadence Arts and Professor of Entrepreneurship Maria Finkelmeier talks about her business and music activities (03:00), issues in arts and marketing (20:50), making her career work in Boston (32:50), growing up in the Cincinnati area and the consequences of a major injury on her career (40:15), her sports and student government involvement growing up (51:10), going to Ohio State for undergrad (57:00), getting her master’s at Eastman (01:09:50), her three years in Sweden (01:22:15), and takes the time for some Random Ass Questions (01:38:00).

Finishing with a Rave on a Ray Bradbury short story (01:58:20).

Links:

Maria Finkelmeier’s website

Kadence Arts

Inuksuit - John Luther Adams

“All The Small Things” - Blink 182

“Screaming Infidelities” - Dashboard Confessional

“Climb Every Mountain” - Sound of Music

“Benjamin Calypso” - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

“Go Go Joseph” - Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Susan Powell

“Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum” - Claude Debussy

“Two Movements for Marimba” - Toshimitsu Tanaka

“Suite for Snare Drum” - Siegfried Fink

John H. Beck

Michael Burritt

Christopher Norton

“Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion” - Bela Bartok

Mr. and Mrs. Smith trailer

Allied trailer

“Thriller” - Michael Jackson

Morris Palter

James Turrell

Raves:

“Pillar of Fire” - Ray Bradbury

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 105 - Brian Nozny

September 12, 2018 Pete Zambito

Troy University (AL) Lecturer of Percussion Brian Nozny stops to talk about his current percussion activities (02:25), how he got established in the Gulf Coast region and his affinity for video games (18:25), his North Dakota college job, living there, and why he left (33:45), his composition career (44:35), growing up near Albany (NY) and his love of Tool and Toto (49:05), going to Virginia Tech for undergrad (01:09:45), getting masters of music degrees at Miami and North Texas (01:20:10), getting his DMA at the University of Kentucky (01:36:40), and takes the time for some Random Ass Questions (01:46:50).

Finishing with a Rave on Spies Like Us (02:05:15).

Links:

Brian Nozny's homepage

Brian Nozny's Troy University homepage

Brian Nozny's Innovative Percussion page

Brian Nozny's Evans Drumheads page

National Flute Association

Legend of Zelda Gold Cartridge

James Campbell

Fargo TV Show trailer

John W. Parks IV

Mike Portnoy

"Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" - Megadeth

"Far Behind" - Candlebox

"Operation Mindcrime" - Queensryche

"I'm The Man" - Anthrax

"Even Flow" - Pearl Jam

"Limelight" - Rush

"Metropolis: Part 1" - Dream Theater

Birch Creek Summer Music Academy

Michael Vick's Virginia Tech highlights

Frank Beamer

"Rhythm Song" - Paul Smadbeck

"Pezza da Concerto" - Zivkovic

"Esch S/Sure" - Albert Fissinger

Ney Rosauro

Andy Harnsberger

North Texas Percussion Faculty

"No Leaf Clover" - Metallica

"Bonham" - Christopher Rouse

"Ku-Ka Ilimoku" - Christopher Rouse

"Ogoun Badagris" - Christopher Rouse

Airplane trailer

Ghost Ship trailer

The Disaster Artist trailer

Birdemic trailer

Two Movements for Marimba - Toshimitsu Tanaka

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

How Did This Get Made? podcast

This American Life - Fermi's Paradox

"Child's Garden of Dreams" - David Maslanka

Raves:

Spies Like Us trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 104 - David Grubb, 2018

September 5, 2018 Pete Zambito

David Grubb returns for a third podcast visit! The Episode 2 and 32 guest talks about his current career on the NBA beat with Crescent City Sports (03:10), covering LSU football and the perils of being a black sportswriter in the south (24:00), his experiences at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Conventions (33:25), his upcoming activities in podcasting and TV (43:10), and FINALLY gets the chance to answer some Random Ass Questions (50:25).

Finishing with a rave on the HBO show Hard Knocks (01:19:30).

Links:

David Grubb's PPP appearances in 2016 and 2017

David Grubb's Crescent City Sports page

David Grubb's Twitter Feed

The Bird Calls podcast

National Association of Black Journalists

Spies Like Us trailer

Master of None: Season 2 trailer

"Don't Stop til You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson

"Human Nature" - Michael Jackson

"Thriller" - Michael Jackson

"Remember The Time" - Michael Jackson

"Do What You Do" - Jermaine Jackson

"Say Say Say" - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

"Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell

"Obscene Phone Caller" - Rockwell

Pose: Season 1 trailer

Raves:

Hard Knocks

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 103 - Mindy Abovitz Monk

August 29, 2018 Pete Zambito

Publisher and Founder of Tom Tom Magazine and Co-Creator of the “Hit Like a Girl” series Mindy Abovitz Monk talks about the beginnings of the magazine (01:40), how she schedules content and discusses her new podcast The Beat and The Pulse (13:30), “The Oral History of Female Drummers” Installations (19:00), breaking free from the traditional women’s place in percussion (30:40), the intersection of feminism and drumming (38:10), growing up in Florida and getting a late start to drumming (48:50), and managing through the Random Ass Questions (01:10:30).

Finishing with a Rave on BlackkKlansman (01:23:55).

Links:

Tom Tom Magazine

The Beat and the Pulse

The Oral History of Female Drummers

Cindy Blackman Santana

Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls

Bulletproof Stockings

Good to Great - Jim Collins

Dan Harris

Malcolm Gladwell

Modern Drummer

What Happened, Miss Simone? trailer

Marley trailer

The Breadcrumb Trail trailer

From Motown to Off The Wall trailer

20 Feet From Stardom trailer

Get Out trailer

Moonlight trailer

Boys Don't Cry trailer

The Passion of the Christ trailer

"Bodak Yellow" - Cardi B

Fifty Shades of Grey

The Hunger Games

"Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson

Note to Self podcast

Serial podcast

StartUp podcast

Raves:

BlackkKlansman trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 102 - Abby Rehard

August 22, 2018 Pete Zambito

Current FSU Ethnomusicology Ph.D student and Pete’s former co-worker Abby Rehard talks about her interests in Ethnomusicology, along with her years at Northern Illinois and her former Mizzou work duties (04:20), growing up in Macon (MO) and her time doing quiz bowl, high hurdles, and reading (31:45), her Mizzou undergrad years (58:55), her thoughts on women in percussion (01:07:40), and settles in for Random Ass Questions (01:23:20).

Finishing with an Appreciation of the late, great Aretha Franklin (01:44:20).

Links:

Abby Rehard local profile

"Women in Percussion" - Meghan Aube

"Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson

The Far Side

Drop Dead Gorgeous trailer

The Spy Next Door trailer

Spongebob Squarepants

Uakti

Raves:

Aretha Franklin and piano

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 101 - Andrés Espinoza

August 8, 2018 Pete Zambito

University of La Verne (CA) Music History and Percussion Professor Andrés Espinoza talks about his current teaching and performing activities (01:40), being considered Latinx upon arriving in the U.S.A. (11:45), his dissertation on Salsa Music (23:40), the 2016 PASIC Race Panel he participated in (30:20), his years as an adjunct teacher in New England (37:25), growing up in Chile and the arts and music scene there (48:00), doing his first undergrad degree in performance in Cuba (01:03:00), his second undergrad in Jazz Composition at Berklee (01:13:10), his Master’s in Jazz Studies in the United Kingdom (01:21:15), and takes the time for Random Ass Questions (01:28:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the book Attempting Normal (01:40:15).

Links:

Andrés Espinoza's La Verne page

"Show Me Your Soul" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Argentine Rock

"Cuando Pase El Temblor" - Soda Stereo

"Rock Box" - Run D.M.C.

"Fight the Power" - Public Enemy

Chilean Hip Hop

"El Juego Verdadero" - Tiro de Gracia

"Contact" - The Police

"Xiomara" - Irakere

"Margaritaville" - Jimmy Buffet

Fitzcarraldo trailer

Do the Right Thing trailer

J ohn Cage

Raves:

Attempting Normal - Marc Maron

Pete's Percussion Podcast: EPISODE 100! - Neeraj Mehta (Part 2)

August 1, 2018 Pete Zambito

Episode 100(!!) gives us Part 2 of Neeraj Mehta’s story, his growing up in Milwaukee with rock music, Hindi music, and swimming (01:35), going to Wisconsin-Madison for undergrad (28:00), his year at the Hartt School of Music (CT) before going to Michigan for his grad degrees (42:25), all of the benefits going to the University of Michigan has to offer (57:15), and setting things up for the Random Ass Questions (01:16:00).

Finishing with a Rave on The Catcher in the Rye (01:30:10).

Links:

Neeraj Mehta, Part 1

"Jump" - Van Halen

Bollywood

"Just Can't Get Enough" - Depeche Mode

"Love Song" - The Cure

"Blues for Stephanie" - Freddie Green and Count Basie