Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 329 - Neil Grover

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Creator of Grover Pro Percussion, Percussionist, Educator, and Music Leader Neil Grover stops by to talk about his PASIC 2022 Presentation on Accessory Percussion Instruments and his thoughts on past PASICs (02:00), growing up on Long Island and gigging in bands growing up (20:00), studying with Vic Firth at the New England Conservatory (MA) (35:35), starting his gigging life post-grad, and his thoughts on organization (44:30), getting into percussion manufacturing and starting Grover Pro Percussion (52:00), his current musical activities and selling the company pre-pandemic (01:17:40), and takes on the Random Ass Questions (01:25:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2016 Memoir Lab Girl (01:52:45).

Links:

Neil Grover’s homepage

Keith Aleo on the podcast in 2020

Alan Abel

Ian Finkel

Ronnie Benedict

Frank Zappa

Arturo Toscanini

George Gaber

Vic Firth

Ringo Starr

“Proud Mary” - Tina Turner

“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” - The Righteous Brothers

“I Say a Little Prayer” - Dionne Warwick (written by Burt Bacharach/Hal David)

Gunther Schuller

Douglas Howard

Fred Hinger

Harvey Vogel

Martin Cohen

Bill Youhass

Mike Balter

Leigh Howard Stevens

Arnie Lang

“Three Cornered Hat” - Manuel De Falla

Maureen Brennan

“Four Mallet Primer” - Neil Grover

RBI Music

Gone With the Wind trailer

Wizard of Oz trailer

Alice’s Restaurant trailer

Max Steiner

The Hunt for Red October trailer

The Cowboys trailer

It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World trailer

Raves:

Lab Girl - Hope Jahren