Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 299 - Marcus Hawkins

Georgia-Based Percussion Performer, Specialist, Educator and Media Company Owner Marcus Hawkins stops by to talk about his various gigs and work with Drum Corps (02:40), his professional beginnings and the finer points of playing drumset (14:50), Marcus Hawkins Media and working through the pandemic (22:10), growing up in Georgia, his early music training in church and early years with Winter Guard and Drum Corps (44:10), his undergrad years at Jacksonville State University and gigging outside for college (01:00:45), his post college life (01:15:50), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions on the techniques of sound, Outkast, great books and Yebba (01:21:40).

Finishing with a Rave of Appreciation for the passing of Long Island Youth Orchestra (LIYO) Emeritus Director Martin Dreiwitz (01:55:00).

Links:

Marcus Hawkins’ website

ALLIANCE Drum and Bugle Corps

Atlanta CV

Chris Romanowski

Spirit of Atlanta Drum Corps

Marcus Hawkins’ YouTube page

Logic Pro

MainStage

Ableton

Final Cut Pro

Avid

Matthew Jordan on the podcast

Music City Mystique

“Virginia Tate” - Paul Smadbeck

Speakerboxx/The Love Below - Outkast

Soul Food - Goodie Mob

Dungeon Family - WitchDoctor

Lost - Eightball

“Blessed” - Fred Hammond

Clint Gillespie

Tracy Tyler

JSU Marching Southerners Showcase 2021

“Funky Drummer” - Daru Jones

Donuts - J Dilla

Things Fall Apart - The Roots

Black Messiah - D’Angelo

Jacob Collier Tiny Desk concert

Megan Arns on the podcast

50 First Dates trailer

High School Musical trailer

Blue Like Jazz - Donald Miller

12 Rules for Life - Jordan Peterson

“Creep” - Radiohead

“The National Anthem” (Live) - Radiohead

Clausula

Species Counterpoint

“Hyperballad” - Björk

Olafur Arnalds

Yebba Tiny Desk Concert

Raves:

Long Island Youth Orchestra

Obituary of Martin Dreiwitz

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 298 - Jordan Nielsen (Part 2)

Recent Mizzou Percussion Graduate Jordan Nielsen returns to talk more about working with his fellow grad assistants and working on difficult chamber music (02:30), the “portfolio career” he’s putting together in town in the near future (12:40), and the Random Ass Questions segment, including discussions of cymbal technique, being part of the LGBTQIA+ community, the A.P.E.X. series from Southern Utah University, and some great movies and TV shows (23:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the Charles Dickens classic David Copperfield (01:00:00).

Links:

Jordan Nielsen’s webpage

Part 1 with Jordan Nielsen on the podcast

“Torque” - Vijay Iyer

Missouri Contemporary Ballet

“Kyoto” - John Psathas

Hickman High School Bands

Clip Walker on the podcast

Vento Music and Visual Design

The Missouri Symphony

Brandon Boyd

Symphony No. 9 - Antonin Dvorak

Scheherazade - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

blue cathedral - Jennifer Higdon

Marie Osmond

Heartland Marimba

Mizzou international Composers Festival

Alarm Will Sound

Keith Also on the Podcast

Angelica Negron

Cameron Monaghan

Shameless trailer

Shattered trailer

Gotham trailer

Ex Machina dance scene

A.P.E.X. Lecture Series

Lynn Vartan on the podcast

Zainab Salbi

Women For Women International

Ask A Mexican - Gustavo Arellano

Springfield Confidential - Mike Reiss

Bad Blood - John Carreyrou

The Dropout trailer

Tarzan soundtrack

The Lion King soundtrack

Game of Thrones trailer

The Vampire Diaries trailer

Xanadu trailer

The Vatican Art Collection

Missouri State Capital

Fun Home trailer

Raves:

David Copperfield - Charles Dickens

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 297 - Jordan Nielsen (Part 1)

2022 Master’s of Music in Percussion Performance Mizzou graduate Jordan Nielsen stops by to talk about literature from his recitals (03:00), working with composers through Mizzou’s New Music Ensemble (11:00), thoughts about graduate school and careers in the arts (28:40), staying on for a third year (40:30), growing up in Utah and his early music career (47:00), and his undergrad years at Southern Utah University and getting connected to Mizzou (01:08:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick (01:29:20).

Links:

Jordan Nielsen’s website

Megan Arns on the podcast

Stephen Landy on the podcast

“Child of Tree” - John Cage

“No Wind, No Rain, Just a Subtle Mist” - Joe W. Moore III

“In the Fire of Conflict” - Christos Hatzis

“Kyoto” - John Psathas

“Falling Embers” - Ella Macens

“The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” - Annika Socolofsky

“Luminosity” - Tomasz Golinski

“Gravity” - Mark Mellits

Heartland Marimba Quartet

“Aphasia” - Mark Applebaum

Karli Viña on the podcast

Jacob Druckman

Pedro Zamora

Keep the Cameras Rolling: The Pedro Zamora Way

“minipops 67” - Aphex Twin/Alarm Will Sound

Carolina Heredia

Piano Concerto No. 1 - Sergei Rachmaninov

Piano Concerto No. 2 - Sergei Rachmaninov

Symphony No. 2 - Gustav Mahler

“Don’t Stop Believing” - GLEE

Lynn Vartan on the podcast

“Wild Rose” - Ivana Bilic

“Fractalia” - Owen Clayton Condon

Bryce Canyon

Zion National Park

“Etude in E Minor” - Pius Cheung

“Blue Ridge” - Michael Burritt

“Departures” - Emmanuel Sejourne

“Into the Air” - Ivan Trevino

“Tantrum” - Kevin Bobo

“Tajin” - James Campbell

“Toccata” - Anna Ignatowicz

“The Gender of Metal” - Casey Cangelosi

“The Big Audition” - Casey Cangelosi

Transient Canvas

World Percussion Group

Raves:

Top Gun: Maverick trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 296 - Stephen Landy (Part 2)

Part 2 of our conversation with Percussionist Stephen Landy opens with a discussion of Stephen’s time in undergrad at the University of North Florida (02:15), getting to Mizzou for grad school and some of what he learned there (18:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, with topics involving rehearsal etiquette, Anime, Star Wars, assorted sports fandoms, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and that time he wore a robe to play marimba (33:25).

Finishing with a Rave on Claude Monet’s Water Lilies (01:04:00).

Links:

Stephen Landy in Part 1

Robert McCormick

Charlotte Mabrey

Andrea Venet on the Podcast

Kevin Garry

Escape Ten

Megan Arns on the podcast

“Spine” - Michael Laurello

Erin Bodnar

“Rebonds b+a” - Iannis Xenakis

Troy Hall on the podcast

Get Back trailer

“Stairway to Heaven” - Led Zeppelin

“Fool in the Rain” - Led Zeppelin

“Rosanna” - Toto

Naruto vs. Sasuke final battle

Tracy McGrady Orlando Magic highlights

Dwight Howard Orlando Magic highlights

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

Pokémon

Pirates of the Caribbean trailer

Star Wars soundtrack

The Mandalorian trailer

Lord of the Rings soundtrack

Seinfeld

Spongebob Squarepants

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Charlie Day

Raves:

Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies”

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 295 - Stephen Landy (Part 1)

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 294 - Matthew Jordan

Jacksonville State University (AL) Percussion Professor Matthew Jordan stops by to talk about his position at JSU and the coordination of the large studio there (02:20), his Drum Corps teaching, work schedules with Bluecoats, and freelance performance work (20:00), growing up in Nashville, TN, his musical family, boy scouts, BMX biking, and getting into DCI as a performer (36:55), going to Middle Tennessee State for undergrad (50:10), North Texas for the master’s (56:16), Florida State for his doctorate, working at MTSU, and his time working at Pearl/Adams (01:04:50), and finishing up with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of movies, books, and that time he stumbled into his solo xylophone concerto performance (01:24:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the recently concluded 2022 National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy in Memphis, TN (01:51:30).

Links:

Matthew Jordan’s website

Matthew Jordan’s Jacksonville State page

Bluecoats Drum & Bugle Corps

Music City Mystique

Spirit of Atlanta

Andrew Lynge

Clint Gillespie

Brant Blackard

Tony McCutcheon

Emrah Kotan

JSU’s Marching Southerners

Randy Nelson

Shane Gwaltney

Sean Womack

Cavaliers DBC

Scott Johnson

Paul Rennick

Sandi Rennick

Santa Clara Vanguard

Raves:

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy website

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 293 - Jen Martinez-Bre

Freelancing Vibraphonist, Percussionist, and Composer Jen Martinez-Bre stops by to talk about gigging in South Florida, the PAS Diversity Panel at PASIC 2021, and challenges of various vibraphones (02:00), growing up in Florida, studying percussion and audio engineering in college, pandemic-related issues, and unusual requests from playing corporate gigs (44:55), and stays for the Random Ass Questions (01:20:00).

Finishing with a Rave on a recent live performance by The Mavericks (01:52:55).

Links:

Jen Martinez-Bre’s website

PAS Diversity Alliance

Elizabeth DeLamater’s 2021 visit on the podcast

The Center for Mallet Percussion Research - Kutztown University (PA)

Sasha Berliner

Giant Steps - John Coltrane

Warren Wolf

“Genie in a Bottle” - Christina Aguilera

Valerie Naranjo

Sausage Party trailer

The Food that Built America trailer

Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba and Vibraphone - Morris Goldenberg

More Myself: A Journey - Alicia Keys

Chris Bosh

Dafnis Prieto and Michel Camilo

Dawn FM - The Weeknd

Thriller - Michael Jackson

Quincy Jones

Raves:

The Mavericks 2022 Tour

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 292 - Layne Mauldin

Greenville (SC)-based Percussion Freelancer, Educator and Performer Layne Mauldin stops by to talk about her job as Educational Engagement Coordinator for DRUM Percussion Studio, teaching at Clemson University and Erskine College (SC), working for SC PAS, and teaching in local schools (03:00), her work with the Catch 22 Duo with Emily Salgado (27:40), the recent PAS Regional Day of Percussion In North Carolina (32:40), growing up in Rock Hill (SC), giving us an outline sketch of her career, getting her first drumset, and her years horseback riding (41:00), going to Clemson University for undergrad and studying with Paul Buyer (01:01:40), going to Ohio State to study with Susan Powell and Joseph Krygier, learning the idea of transferability, and her experiences living in “The North” (01:12:10), dealing with issues of burnout (01:23:15), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including portions on female-identifying percussionists, Glennon Doyle, Clemson Football, and various enjoyable book series (01:32:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film Petite Maman (02:05:20).

Links:

Layne Mauldin’s homepage

DRUM Percussion Studio

Layne Mauldin’s Artifact Percussion page

Jesse Willis

Emily Salgado on the Podcast

Drew Tucker

Greensboro Cultural Center

Lamon Lawhorn’s 2020 Podcast visit

Eric Willie

Susan Powell

Joseph Krygier

Paul Buyer

“Hold My Hand” - Hootie and the Blowfish

“Sadie Hawkins Dance” - Relient K

Barrel Racing

“Virginia Tate” - Paul Smadbeck

The Moeller Technique

Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer - Jim Chapin

Buddy Rich Bus Tapes

“Concert Suite for Snare Drum” - Eckhard Kopetzki

“Etude No. 1” - Vic Firth

“Cold Pressed” - Dave Hollinden

Kris Keeton

Scott Herring

Cort McClaren

Clemson University Choirs

GIrls March

The Emperor’s New Groove trailer

Halloween (1978) trailer

Rob Zombie’s Halloween trailer

Teeth trailer

Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn

A Song of Fire and Ice - George R.R. Martin

The Wheel of Time - Robert Jordan

Untamed - Glennon Doyle

Glennon Doyle and Abby Wambach

Cara Wildman on the Podcast

Raves:

Petite Maman trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 291 - Bernard Long, Jr.

Band Director, Percussion Instructor, and Drumset Performer Bernard Long, Jr. stops by to talk about band directing in Illinois and Missouri, working at Lindenwood University (MO) and starting band programs in urban high schools (02:55), his extensive job responsibilities at Normandy High School (MO) (18:25), his work with the PAS Diversity Alliance, the importance of HBCU drumlines, and the physical challenges of show-style drumming (30:00), growing up just outside of St. Louis and making connections to folks at an early age (42:30), going to Northern Illinois University of undergrad (51:45), going to Michigan State University for grad school (01:06:40), teaching at Stillman College (AL) for a year (01:15:30), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on equity, the Drumline movies, Magic Johnson, horseback riding, and the genius of Stevie Wonder (01:24:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Everything Everywhere All At Once (01:50:30).

Links:

Article on Bernard Long, Jr.

Bernard Long, Jr.’s Linked In account

Bernard Long Elementary School

Skyview Drive-In (Belleville, IL)

Stillman College (AL) Marching Band

Bryan Carter

Moolah Shriners

Normandy High School playing at the 2015 Liberty Bowl

Northern Illinois University Jazz Camp

Rodney Whitaker

Ron Carter

Annie Malone Parade

Duane Foster

Johnny Lee Lane

Patrice Rushen

Ndugu Chancler

Gregory Beyer

Robert Chappell

Liam Teague

Hotel Majestic in St. Louis

The Clayton Brothers

Cyrus Chestnut

Billy Higgins

Wynton Marsalis

Powell Symphony Hall

Charles Haynes

Roscoe Crawford

Keyon Harrold

Kimberly Thompson

Rodrigo Villanueva

Orlando Cotto

Cliff Alexis

Marvin Sparks, Jr. on the podcast

Jameal Williams

Poncho Williams

Terreon Gully

Matt Henry on the podcast

Ron Modell

Teddy Hall, Jr. on the podcast

Glenn Miller Orchestra

Drumline trailer

Drumline 2 trailer

Atomic Habits - James Clear

Steph Curry highlights

Magic Johnson highlights

Randy Gelispie

Kehinde Wiley

Amy Sherald

Songs in the Key of Life documentary

“Sir Duke” - Stevie Wonder

“Superstition” - Stevie Wonder

“Higher Ground” - Stevie Wonder

“Signed Sealed Delivered” - Stevie Wonder

“You Haven’t Done Nothing” - Stevie Wonder

Raves:

Everything Everywhere All At Once trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 290 - Laura Noah

Orchestral Timpanist, Percussionist, and Percussion Professor Laura Noah stops by to talk about her busy schedule of performing and teaching all over Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida (03:10), following her creative pursuits during the first part of COVID (19:50), her work with the PAS Diversity Alliance (25:25), growing up in Centreville (AL), growing up in the Funeral Home business, Drum Corps, the Aspen Music Festival, and getting connected to Peabody (29:50), going to the University of Alabama for undergrad, and explaining the differences between Goodman school vs. the Duff school (46:25), going to Peabody (MD) for her Master’s, studying with Jonathan Haas, and living in Baltimore (56:30), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, with sections on auditions, Marie Kondo, Dave Ramsey, Stargate SG1, and Mahler 2 (01:13:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Pete’s recent trip back to Wake Forest University for an Orchestra Reunion Concert (01:40:00).

Links:

Laura Noah’s website

Laura Noah’s University of Mobile page

Laura Noah’s University of West Florida page

Laura Noah’s Innovative Percussion page

Sean Noah’s McGill-Toolen page

Symphony No. 104 (“London”) - Franz Josef Haydn

“Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage” - Ludwig van Beethoven

PAS Diversity Alliance

My Girl trailer

The Planets - Gustav Holst

Suite from The Firebird - Igor Stravinsky

Symphony No. 5, 4th movement - Dmitri Shostakovich

Phantom Regiment 1996

Robert Van Sice

Jonathan Haas

Santa Clara Vanguard

Southwind Drum Corps

Grand Canyon Suite - Ferde Grofé

Blue Shades - Frank Ticheli

String Quartet No. 4 : “Allegro Pizzicato” - Bela Bartok

Ryan Saul

Larry Mathis

Saul Goodman

Cloyd Duff

Tom Brady’s Michigan highlights

Tom Stubbs

Doug Howard

Gerald Welker

Ji Hye Jung

Snatch trailer

Green Lantern trailer

The Total Money Makeover - Dave Ramsey

The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up - Marie Kondo

“Roll Tide” Commercial

Tate Modern

Stargate SG1 TV Series

Symphony No. 2: Finale - Gustav Mahler

The Ukranian National Anthem

Raves:

Wake Forest University’s Orchestra Homepage

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 289 - John R. Beck

University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) Percussion Professor John R. Beck stops by to talk about UNCSA, behavioral health drumming and symphonies (02:30), his teaching position and how it’s evolved over the years (12:25), gigging in orchestras (28:15), taking sabbatical replacement jobs at colleges for many years (37:00), growing up in Rochester, NY, his musician parents, “half-ironmans”, and learning from Ruth and Bill Cahn (51:00), doing his undergrad at Oberlin (OH) with Michael Rosen (01:03:40), studying at Eastman (NY) with his father, John H. Beck, for a year, then working for the Marine Band, along with discussions of rarely played literature and “long hair wigs” (01:10:00), freelancing outside of Marine Band, playing with the Jack Daniels Band, and recovering from personal tragedy (01:30:45), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions (01:39:25).

Finishing with a Rave on Martin Duberman’s 1989 biography of Paul Robeson (01:50:40).

Links:

John R. Beck’s website

John R. Beck’s UNCSA page

Winston-Salem Symphony

Greensboro Symphony

PAS Health & Wellness

Bowman Gray Health Center

Peripheral Neuropathy

Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale

U.S. Marine Band

Massie Johnson

Christopher Deane

Gary Werdesheim

Wake Forest’s world music ensembles

Michael Rosen

Doug Walter

Ben Toth

Dean Gronemeier

John H. Beck

Eastman Community Music School

Gordon Stout

Ruth Cahn

Bill Cahn

Niel DePonte

Patsy Dash

Ironman 70.3 North Carolina

Howard Hanson

Pleiades - Iannis Xenakis

“Pieces of Wood” - Steve Reich

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

1983 Beirut Barracks Bombings

Michael Burritt

Steve Gadd

Christopher Lamb

“Meditation Preludes” - William Duckworth

“Sonata for Timpani” - John H. Beck

“Ever-Livin’ Rhythm” - Neil B. Rolnick

Concerto for Marimba and Strings - Emmanuel Sejourne

“March” - Elliot Carter

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Torse III” - Akira Miyoshi

“White Knuckle Stroll” - Casey Cangelosi

“Furioso and Valse” - Earl Hatch

“Etude in C Major” - Clair Musser

“Nola” - Felix Arndt

Scott Ney

Bill Moersch on the podcast

Las Vegas Musicians Strike

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

A Few Good Men trailer

Rocky Horror Picture Show trailer

Encyclopedia of Percussion - John H. Beck

The Inner Game of Tennis - Timothy Gallwey

Chihuly Garden and Glass

Raves:

Paul Robeson - Martin Duberman

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 288 - James Lindroth

Northeastern State University (OK) Percussion and Music Education professor James Lindroth stops by to talk about his job at NSU, gigging in OK, and negotiating tactics for jobs (04:00), his PASIC 2021 presentation on Health and Wellness for percussionists and his physician wife and her influence on his research (19:15) growing up outside Boston, being a first generation college student, being taught by working musicians, and his undergrad years at Berklee (MA) and UMass-Lowell (28:15), going to infantry school out of undergrad then heading back to UMass-Lowell for the master’s (48:30), teaching high school band and orchestra and playing and recording as a bar band (57:00), getting his Ph.D. at the University of South Florida, the personal challenges of getting that degree, and music arranging (01:09:30), and the Random Ass Questions, with comments on the Marching Arts, the “Lindroth Hockey Podcast”, John Williams, James Bond books and movies, and his father’s artwork (01:19:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1979 film The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh (01:49:00).

Links:

James Lindroth’s NSUOK page

James Lindroth’s PASIC page

Salem Witch Trails

Broken Arrow (OK) bands

Neil Grover

Fred Buda

Dean Anderson

Vic Firth

Nancy Zeltsman

Jeff Fischer

John Williams

Polyrhythms - Peter Magadini

JFK - opening credits

Gordon Stout

Ivan Trevino on the podcast

Mark Ford

“Freeze Frame” - J. Geils Band

“Voices Carry” - Til Tuesday

“Surrender” - Cheap Trick

Oklahoma!

“Almost Like Being in Love” - Brigadoon

Matthew McCutcheon

Carolina Crown

Genesis

Blue Stars

Ray Bourque

Lindroth Hockey Podcast

Tulsa Oilers

Ian Fleming

Man’s Search for Meaning - Viktor Frankl

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - Ian Fleming

Frank Epstein

Tom Gauger

Raves:

The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 287 - David Steinquest

Austin Peay State University (TN) Percussion Professor David Steinquest stops by to talk about his life at Austin Peay and “being the old guy” (02:50), Austin Peay’s place in TN, previous students, and what has and has not changed there (21:00), growing up in Tennessee and Alabama with a musician/academic father, and his early percussion experiences (38:00), going to NE Louisiana University for undergrad (59:05), the University of Michigan for the Master’s (01:07:10), his time in the Army Band at West Point, performing for “dinner formations”, and going to NYC for many musical experiences (01:22:00), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on impersonations, Michael Jordan and Tom Brady, Stephen King, and Osvaldo Golijov (01:35:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film CODA (02:00:40).

Links:

David Steinquest’s Austin Peay homepage

Overton Alford

Andrea Brown on the podcast

Kevin Bobo on the podcast

Don Sinta

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Chal Ragsdale on the podcast

Aaron Ragsdale on the podcast

Ron Fink

Al Wojtera

“Meditation and Dance” - David Steinquest

Lonnie Wilson

Eddie Bayers

“Love for Sale” - Buddy Rich Big Band

Chet Hedgecoth

Straight System of Modern Drumming - Edward Straight

“Furioso and Valse” - Earl Hatch

“Colour My World” - Chicago

“Pick Up the Pieces” - Average White Band

“Lonely People” - America

“Waltz for Debby” - Bill Evans Trio

“C Jam Blues” - Oscar Peterson Trio

James Pankow

Jack White

Jay Bocook

Concertino for Marimba - Paul Creston

Sonata for Marimba and Piano - Peter Tanner

“Variations on Lost Love” - David Maslanka

Leigh Howard Stevens

“Praeludium and Allegro” - Fritz Kreisler

“Sonata for Flute and Piano” - Robert Muczynski

Gordon Stout

John H. Beck

“Ku-Ka-Ilimoku” - Christopher Rouse

“Ogoun Badagris” - Christopher Rouse

H. Robert Reynolds

Anthony Orlando

Schermerhorn Symphony Hall

John S. Pratt

Bob Mintzer

Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland/Martha Graham

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra

Peter Erskine

1990s Bulls

Tom Brady

Cold Mountain trailer

Dumb and Dumber trailer

Diana Galbaldon - Outlander

The Green Mile - Stephen King

The Stand - Stephen King

On Writing - Stephen King

La Pasión Según San Marcos - Osvaldo Golijov

Raves:

CODA trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 286 - Joshua Simonds, 2022

Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Executive Director Joshua Simonds returns to talk about pre-pandemic PAS, the PAS Museum, and Rhythm Scene (03:00), running PASIC 2020 remotely, having PASIC 2021 in-person, and the Society’s vaccine mandate (13:15), the move towards Regional Days of Percussion this spring (52:40), the work of the PAS Diversity Alliance (58:50), and a shortened Random Ass Questions segment on Los Angeles sports, 1980s music and other items (01:17:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film King Richard (01:32:40).

Links:

Joshua Simonds on the podcast in 2017

PAS Board of Advisors, Executive Board, and Staff

American Alliance of Museums

Marco Minnemann

Evelyn Glennie

Gavin Harrison

London Symphony Orchestra

Cavaliers Drum Corps

David Herbert

Kodo

Bonnie Whiting on the podcast

Lee Hinkle

Chris Hanning

Michael Burritt

PAS Diversity Alliance

Elizabeth DeLamater on the podcast

Heather Sloan on the podcast

Julie Hill on the podcast

NAMM

Ndugu Chancler

Layne Redmond

Elayne Jones

Gonzaga - UCLA 2021 Final Four

L.A. Dodgers win 2020 World Series

L.A. Lakers win 2020 NBA Championship

“Copacabana” - Barry Manilow

Keio Stroud

Amanda Gorman at the 2021 Inauguration

Raves:

King Richard trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 285 - Marcelina Suchocka

Orchestral and Chamber Percussionist Marcelina Suchocka stops by to talk about her work with the New World Symphony in Miami, Pathos Trio, Excelsis Quartet, recording Björk, and living in Miami (02:30), growing up in Bialystock, Poland, the immigrant experience of moving to Chicago, and the Percussion Scholarship Group (22:50), attending the Manhattan School of Music (NY) for undergrad (43:00), staying for her master’s at MSM, NYC Art Museums and food, taking the road less traveled, and maintaining mental health (54:45), and stays around for the Random Ass Questions segment (01:10:00).

Finishing with a Rave on David Mitchell’s 2010 novel The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet (01:27:30).

Links:

Marcelina Suchocka’s New World Symphony page

Pathos Trio

Excelsis Percussion Quartet

Evan Chapman on the podcast

Britton-Rene Collins

“Hyperballad” - Björk (percussion cover)

BADBADNOTGOOD on NPR Tiny Desk

Bialystock Puppet Theater

Powerpuff Girls theme song

The Percussion Scholarship Group

Raves:

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet - David Mitchell

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 284 - Marco Schirripa

University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley Percussion Professor Marco Schirippa stops by to talk about teaching at UTRGV and getting the tenure-track job (2:40), growing up in Syracuse, NY, having parents in the stand-up comedy business, having an older brother in music, video games and pro hockey (18:50), going to Ithaca College (NY) for undergrad and getting a degree in theory along the way (38:35), working at Target before getting his master’s and doctorate at Indiana University, along with discussion of “intentional playing” (51:00), teaching at Tennessee Tech as an adjunct, finishing up the doctorate, and job-related stress (01:10:45), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions segment (01:22:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 film The Worst Person in the World (01:46:15).

Links:

Marco Schirripa’s homepage

Joe W. Moore III on the podcast

Mark Ramirez

Daniel Hunter-Holly

Kevin Bobo on the podcast

John Tafoya

Gordon Stout

Conrad Alexander

Drew Carey

Ray Romano

Bruno Schirripa

Robert Bridge

Pokemon Silver

Rocket League

NHLPA 93

John H. Beck

Colin Hill on the podcast

“Black Sphinx” - Leander Kaiser

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner (played by Ji Hye Jung)

Heartland Marimba

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

Mike Spiro

Steve Houghton

NOTUS

Andy Harnsberger

Superbad trailer

Jackass Forever trailer

Balls of Fury trailer

Borderlands 2 trailer

Dana Wilson

Final Fantasy 7 Remake trailer

Life is Strange trailer

Raves:

The Worst Person in the World trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 283 - Mike Sammons (Part 2)

University of Utah Percussion Professor Mike Sammons returns to talk more about this undergraduate experience at Florida, Utah’s Drumline, and being a band director’s son (02:25), going to the University of Arizona for his master’s and doctorate (28:00), and going through the Random Ass Questions, including rolling on marimba, playing pickup basketball, parenting books, and paying attention to nature (36:10).

FInishing with a Rave on the 2021 film Drive My Car (01:04:10).

Links:

Part 1 with Mike Sammons

Mike Sammons’s Utah page

Mean Girls musical

Ken Broadway

David Waybright

Gary Cook

Norman Weinberg on the podcast

Teaching Percussion - Gary Cook

CrossTalk

Cantata para America Magica - Alberto Ginastera

Lex - Mark Rush

Josh Armstrong on the podcast

Elf: The Musical

Aladdin: The Musical

Babywise

The Gift of Failure - Jessica Lahey

Antifragile - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nicole Detling

Raves:

Drive My Car trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 282 - Mike Sammons (Part 1)

University of Utah Percussion Professor Mike Sammons stops by to ask Pete some questions about the podcast (03:05) before talking about his gig at Utah, performing locally, working at South Alabama, and how he’s built a community (06:50), growing up in Vero Beach, FL, NASA, having parents as band directors, finding ways to teach and connect, and being able to learn (39:15), his beginning percussion years, teaching philosophies, and the Treasure Coast Percussion Camp (56:00) and briefly discusses aspects of his time in undergrad at the University of Florida (01:14:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 Tour for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, directed by Wynton Marsalis (01:18:05).

Links:

Mike Sammons’s webpage

Mike Sammons’ Utah page

Mean Girls musical

Flight Opera trailer

Danny Taylor

Aladdin musical

Paul Buyer on the podcast

Kingsbury Hall

Pioneer Theater, Utah

Doug Wolf

“Stained Glass” - David Gillingham

“Crown of Thorns” - David Maslanka

Tapspace

C. Alan Publications

Gene Koshinski

Christopher Bradford

Rite of Spring - Igor Stravinsky

Suite from The Firebird - Igor Stravinsky

Four Corners National Monument

Yellowstone National Park

Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park

Taylor Keown

James Sammons

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

Billy Gladstone drum pad

N.A.R.D. 13 Essential Rudiments

Treasure Coast Percussion

Ken Broadway

David Waybright

Gary Cook

Norman Weinberg on the podcast

Michael Vercelli

Bernard Woma

Ray Holman

Liam Teague

Raves:

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 2022 Tour

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 281 - Kyle Peters

Composer, Performer, and Eastman Community Music School Percussion Director Kyle Peters stops by to talk about his gig and life in Rochester (02:45), getting into composing (15:00), growing up in New York - upstate (28:10), studying at SUNY-Potsdam for undergrad (40:30), getting his master’s at Eastman (52:30), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including sections on percussionists as composers, Lord of the Rings, and Stephen Sondheim (01:03:30).

Finishing with a Rave on Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton (01:26:00).

Links:

Kyle Peters

Kristen Shiner McGuire on the podcast

Roberts Weslyan percussion

George Eastman

Eastman Community Music School

Michael Burritt

Charles Ross

Jim Petercsak

“Yellow After the Rain” - Mitchell Peters

Cameron Leach

“Memories” - Kyle Peters

Andrea Venet on the podcast

Hannah Weaver on the podcast

Connor Stevens on the podcast

Darren Lin

Brant Blackard

Keith Moon

Rob Bourdon

Sean Ritenauer

“Virginia Tate” - Paul Smadbeck

World of Warcraft

“Ballet Mécanique” - George Antheil

“Toccata” - Carlos Chavez

“Ionisation” - Edgard Varése

“Third Construction” - John Cage

Megan Arns on the podcast

John W. Parks IV on the podcast

The Two Towers trailer

Mark Ruffalo

Chris Pratt

Parks and Recreation

The Witcher - Andrzej Sapkowski

No Country for Old Gnomes - Delilah S. Dawson

“Another Hundred People” from Company - Stephen Sondheim

“Sunday in the Park with George” - Stephen Sondheim

Sondheim on Music - Mark Eden Horowitz

Raves:

Alexander Hamilton - Ron Chernow

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 280 - John Wooton (Part 2)