New York City-based Freelancing Percussionist, Teacher and Composer Caitlin Cawley stops by to talk about her professional life and her work with the percussion groups Talujon and Mantra Percussion (04:20), growing up on Long Island, her musical beginnings, and her time in the Juilliard pre-college program (22:00), attending Boston University and Manhattan School of Music for her undergrad and grad career, and how the pandemic and a health scare changed the scope of her percussion future (47:40), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of her experiences in the percussion world as a woman, great science-fiction books and series, New York Pizza, the New York Rangers, great visual art, and KPOP Demon Hunters (01:17:20).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 documentary film Thank You Very Much (01:44:40).
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“Get Off of My Cloud” - The Rolling Stones
“Honky Tonk Women” - The Rolling Stones
“Sonic Meditation 1” - Pauline Oliveros
The Dune Series - Frank Herbert
The Daevabad Trilogy - S.A. Chakraborty
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi - S.A. Chakraborty
New York Rangers 1994 Stanley Cup
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