Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 305 - Caleb Pickering

Percussionist, Composer, Podcaster, and Northwest Missouri State University (NWMSU) Percussion and Theory Professor Caleb Pickering stops by to talk about his school responsibilities, living in Missouri, and NWMSU’s sports powerhouses (02:40), his composition career and getting into self-publishing (24:00), his work with the @Percussion Podcast (35:00), growing up in Paris ,TX, Texas band, video gaming, and playing in punk and metal bands in high school (43:25), undergrad years at Texas A&M-Commerce (59:34), master’s degree time at UNLV and living in Las Vegas (01:05:50), teaching in Texas after his master’s, then heading to James Madison University (VA) for his doctorate, along with discussions of his dissertation on Percussion Methods classes (01:19:45), and finally finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:40:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2022 film Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris (01:57:45).

Links:

Caleb Pickering’s website

Caleb Pickering’s NWMSU page

Katy Strickland

Casey Cangelosi’s 2017 appearance on the podcast

Aaron Trumbore

Artifact Percussion

Karli Viña’s 2019 appearance on the podcast

Ben Charles’ 2017 appearance on the podcast

Ksenija Komljenovic’s 2020 appearance on the podcast

Pearl Export Snare Drum Series

NWMSU’s football program

NWMSU’s men’s basketball program

RTX 3060 Graphics Card

So Percussion Summer Institute

“Drift” - Caleb Pickering

C. Alan Publications

“Dreadnought” - Caleb Pickering

“Post Sunrise” - Caleb Pickering

Nathan Daughtrey’s 2021 appearance on the podcast

Tim Genis

Ted Atkatz

Kaylie Brooke

Paris, Texas trailer

Eiffel Tower in Paris, TX

Jesus in Cowboy Boots

Brian Zator’s 2017 appearance on the podcast

Dean Gronemeier

Tim Jones

Gary Cook

Randy Jones

Chris Nadeau

Monster Hunter

“You’re So Last Summer” - Taking Back Sunday

“I’m Not Okay” - My Chemical Romance

“All the Small Things” - blink-182

“Duality” - Slipknot

“Divisionary” - ERRA

“Master of Puppets” - Metallica

“46 and 2” - Tool

Aaron Ragsdale’s 2017 appearance on the podcast

John Lane

Russell Lancaster

Teaching Percussion - Gary Cook

Book of Percussion Pedagogy - Cort McClaren

Percussion Essentials - John H. Beck

Soulsborne games

Elden Ring

La Casa Lobo trailer

Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022 trailer

Performing in the Zone - Jon Gorrie

H.P. Lovecraft

“Raise the Roof” - Michael Daugherty

“Berserker” - Caleb Pickering

Raves:

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris trailer