Percussionist, Mathematician, and Educator Aundre Wesley stops by to talk about his PASIC 2022 presentation on motion capture for snare drummers (03:10), his life in Austin (TX), what it takes to get a degree in linguistics, and learning multiple languages (17:25), growing up in Houston and getting into percussion and tennis (30:15), Marine Corps years after high school in post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans (40:30), UT-Austin for undergrad and his path learning math self-taught (51:05), his post graduate life, comparisons of Aural Skills and Math Skills teaching, and mathematicians (01:02:30), and finishing with Random Ass Questions, including discussion of piano and guitar in the percussion curriculum, Spiderman movies, impressions, Houston sports, Brazilian music, IDE issues over various disciplines, and Thelonious Monk and bebop (01:24:45).

Finishing with a Rave on a Paul Simon Tribute Concert and the 2022 Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (01:54:00).

Links:

Aundre Wesley’s website

Tom Burritt on the podcast in 2021

Syntactic Tree Diagrams

Roma trailer

Lamar Burkhalter

Ralph Hardimon

Ralph Hardimon’s Corpsmaster White sticks

ESPN Sports Science

Andy Roddick vs. Roger Federer

Nick Kyrgios serving