University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Percussion Professor Andy Smith stops by to talk about his UTEP job and his previous work in Nashville (04:00), his drumline experience and commissioning works for solo drum set (26:25), growing up in Connecticut, New England’s marching band culture, and early gigging experiences (48:30), and his undergrad career at Berklee College of Music (MA) and UMass-Amherst (01:02:30).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 film One Night in Miami… (01:10:30).
Links:
Majoring in Music - Rich Holly
Blue Highways - William Least Heat-Moon
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