Missouri Western Percussion Professor Josh Knight talks about the job he took at Arkansas-Fort Smith while finishing his dissertation on Snare Drum Pedagogy (03:30), working at McMurry University (TX) (31:40), interviewing for and getting his current job at Missouri Western State University (52:45), growing up in Fort Smith, AR and playing a lot of ZZ Top as a kid (1:00:45), going to the University of Central Arkansas for his undergrad and master’s (01:06:00); University of Arkansas and University of Oklahoma fandom (01:15:35) and comparing programs at UCA and OU (01:22:15). I then subject Josh to some Random Ass Questions (01:39:35).

Finishing with a rave on the 1999 movie “Life” (01:52:45).

Links:

Josh Knight's homepage

Josh Knight's Missouri Western page

Lance Drege

Josh Knight's Snare Drum Pedagogy Dissertation

Haskell Harr's Drum Method

Bob Becker's Rudimental Arithmetic

Podemski's Standard Snare Drum Method

The Moeller Book

Stone's Stick Control

Mark Wessels' Fresh Approach to Snare Drum