Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 104 - David Grubb, 2018

September 5, 2018 Pete Zambito

David Grubb returns for a third podcast visit! The Episode 2 and 32 guest talks about his current career on the NBA beat with Crescent City Sports (03:10), covering LSU football and the perils of being a black sportswriter in the south (24:00), his experiences at the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Conventions (33:25), his upcoming activities in podcasting and TV (43:10), and FINALLY gets the chance to answer some Random Ass Questions (50:25).

Finishing with a rave on the HBO show Hard Knocks (01:19:30).

Links:

David Grubb's PPP appearances in 2016 and 2017

David Grubb's Crescent City Sports page

David Grubb's Twitter Feed

The Bird Calls podcast

National Association of Black Journalists

Spies Like Us trailer

Master of None: Season 2 trailer

"Don't Stop til You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson

"Human Nature" - Michael Jackson

"Thriller" - Michael Jackson

"Remember The Time" - Michael Jackson

"Do What You Do" - Jermaine Jackson

"Say Say Say" - Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson

"Somebody's Watching Me" - Rockwell

"Obscene Phone Caller" - Rockwell

Pose: Season 1 trailer

Raves:

Hard Knocks

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 103 - Mindy Abovitz Monk

August 29, 2018 Pete Zambito

Publisher and Founder of Tom Tom Magazine and Co-Creator of the “Hit Like a Girl” series Mindy Abovitz Monk talks about the beginnings of the magazine (01:40), how she schedules content and discusses her new podcast The Beat and The Pulse (13:30), “The Oral History of Female Drummers” Installations (19:00), breaking free from the traditional women’s place in percussion (30:40), the intersection of feminism and drumming (38:10), growing up in Florida and getting a late start to drumming (48:50), and managing through the Random Ass Questions (01:10:30).

Finishing with a Rave on BlackkKlansman (01:23:55).

Links:

Tom Tom Magazine

The Beat and the Pulse

The Oral History of Female Drummers

Cindy Blackman Santana

Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls

Bulletproof Stockings

Good to Great - Jim Collins

Dan Harris

Malcolm Gladwell

Modern Drummer

What Happened, Miss Simone? trailer

Marley trailer

The Breadcrumb Trail trailer

From Motown to Off The Wall trailer

20 Feet From Stardom trailer

Get Out trailer

Moonlight trailer

Boys Don't Cry trailer

The Passion of the Christ trailer

"Bodak Yellow" - Cardi B

Fifty Shades of Grey

The Hunger Games

"Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson

Note to Self podcast

Serial podcast

StartUp podcast

Raves:

BlackkKlansman trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 102 - Abby Rehard

August 22, 2018 Pete Zambito

Current FSU Ethnomusicology Ph.D student and Pete’s former co-worker Abby Rehard talks about her interests in Ethnomusicology, along with her years at Northern Illinois and her former Mizzou work duties (04:20), growing up in Macon (MO) and her time doing quiz bowl, high hurdles, and reading (31:45), her Mizzou undergrad years (58:55), her thoughts on women in percussion (01:07:40), and settles in for Random Ass Questions (01:23:20).

Finishing with an Appreciation of the late, great Aretha Franklin (01:44:20).

Links:

Abby Rehard local profile

"Women in Percussion" - Meghan Aube

"Man in the Mirror" - Michael Jackson

The Far Side

Drop Dead Gorgeous trailer

The Spy Next Door trailer

Spongebob Squarepants

Uakti

Raves:

Aretha Franklin and piano

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 101 - Andrés Espinoza

August 8, 2018 Pete Zambito

University of La Verne (CA) Music History and Percussion Professor Andrés Espinoza talks about his current teaching and performing activities (01:40), being considered Latinx upon arriving in the U.S.A. (11:45), his dissertation on Salsa Music (23:40), the 2016 PASIC Race Panel he participated in (30:20), his years as an adjunct teacher in New England (37:25), growing up in Chile and the arts and music scene there (48:00), doing his first undergrad degree in performance in Cuba (01:03:00), his second undergrad in Jazz Composition at Berklee (01:13:10), his Master’s in Jazz Studies in the United Kingdom (01:21:15), and takes the time for Random Ass Questions (01:28:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the book Attempting Normal (01:40:15).

Links:

Andrés Espinoza's La Verne page

"Show Me Your Soul" - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Argentine Rock

"Cuando Pase El Temblor" - Soda Stereo

"Rock Box" - Run D.M.C.

"Fight the Power" - Public Enemy

Chilean Hip Hop

"El Juego Verdadero" - Tiro de Gracia

"Contact" - The Police

"Xiomara" - Irakere

"Margaritaville" - Jimmy Buffet

Fitzcarraldo trailer

Do the Right Thing trailer

J ohn Cage

Raves:

Attempting Normal - Marc Maron

Pete's Percussion Podcast: EPISODE 100! - Neeraj Mehta (Part 2)

August 1, 2018 Pete Zambito

Episode 100(!!) gives us Part 2 of Neeraj Mehta’s story, his growing up in Milwaukee with rock music, Hindi music, and swimming (01:35), going to Wisconsin-Madison for undergrad (28:00), his year at the Hartt School of Music (CT) before going to Michigan for his grad degrees (42:25), all of the benefits going to the University of Michigan has to offer (57:15), and setting things up for the Random Ass Questions (01:16:00).

Finishing with a Rave on The Catcher in the Rye (01:30:10).

Links:

Neeraj Mehta, Part 1

"Jump" - Van Halen

Bollywood

"Just Can't Get Enough" - Depeche Mode

"Love Song" - The Cure

"Blues for Stephanie" - Freddie Green and Count Basie

"Last Train Home" - Pat Metheny

Jesus on the Mainline

Bobby Sanabria

"Black Shogun" - Michael Udow

Circus Maximus - John Corigliano

"Mejunje de Fagobongo" - Alfonso Fuentes

"March Cadenza" - Gert Mortensen

"To The Earth" - Frederic Rzewski

"Tight Sweater" - Marc Melitts

Per Norgard

"Nemo Dynamo" - Per Norgard

Wall Drug

"Thriller" - Michael Jackson

Independence Day: Resurgence trailer

Thor: Ragnarok trailer

On Kawara

Raves:

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 99 - Neeraj Mehta (Part 1)

July 25, 2018 Pete Zambito

Part 1 with CCNY – Queensborough Community College Neeraj Mehta covers his current percussion activities and employment (02:00), his years teaching, performing and living in Wyoming, issues of diversity, and the 2016 PASIC Race Panel he participated in (17:50), and his year teaching at UNCG (42:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the Documentary Lindy Lou: Juror No. 2 (58:25).

Links:

Neeraj Mehta's homepage

Neeraj Mehta's Innovative Percussion page

"Continuum" - Gyorgy Ligeti

Sympatico Percussion Group

Cities of the Dead - Joseph Roach

Divine Utterances - Katherine Hagedorn

Cort McClaren

Kris Keeton

Eric Willie

Raves:

Lindy Lou, Juror No. 2

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 98 - Sarah Burke

July 18, 2018 Pete Zambito

Blinn College (TX) Director of Bands and Percussion Professor Sarah Burke talks about getting the Blinn job (02:20), getting the Director of Bands position (20:20), growing up in Lubbock, TX and getting around to volleyball, pool and reading (36:25), going to Texas Tech for undergrad (49:10), heading to Rutgers (NJ) for her master’s (01:01:02), jumping right into her doctorate at Rutgers and running into burnout (01:19:00), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:31:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary The Opera House (01:44:45).

Links:

Sarah Burke's Blinn College page

Sarah Burke's Blinn College TedX page

"Four Rotations" - Eric Sammut

"Rhythmic Caprice" - Leigh Howard Stevens

Concerto for Marimba and Orchestra - Eric Ewazen

"Chaconne" - J.S. Bach

"11th Commandment" - Chuck Mangione

"Bags Groove" - Milt Jackson

"Variations on Lost Love" - David Maslanka

"Eight Pieces for Four TImpani" - Elliott Carter

"EDGE (Corrugated Box)" - Bruce Hamilton

"Northern Lights" - Eric Ewazen

"Time for Marimba" - Minoru Miki

"Rain Tree" - Toru Takemitsu

"Rebonds B/A" - Iannis Xenakis

"Psappha" - Iannis Xenakis

"Merlin" - Andrew Thomas

"The King of Denmark" - Morton Feldman

"Zyklus" - Karl Stockhausen

"Veni, Veni Emanuel" - James MacMillan

Aaron Ragsdale

Christmas Vacation trailer

The English Patient trailer

"Human Nature" - Michael Jackson

First-Person Shooter games

O Magnum Mysterium - Morton Lauridsen

"Sure on the Shining Light" - Morton Lauridsen

Raves:

The Opera House trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 97 - Renee Keller

July 11, 2018 Pete Zambito

ProMusica Chamber Ensemble Principal Percusssionist/Timpanist and Music Professor at OSU-Lima Renee Keller stops by to talk about her current teaching responsibilities (01:40), her work with ProMusica and the Duomo Percussion Duo (26:55), growing up in Rochester, NY and her views on women in percussion (38:55), going to the University of Michigan for undergrad (51:10), going to Temple University (PA) and studying with Alan Abel for her master’s (58:20), taking auditions for a year before studying with She-e Wu for her doctorate (01:09:10), and going along with the Random Ass Questions (01:41:35).

Finishing with a Rave on the World Cup (01:49:55).

Links:

Renee Keller's Homepage

Renee Keller's ProMusica page

Les Misérables (Musical)

Les Misérables (Film)

Miss Saigon

Ragtime

The Phantom of the Opera

"Ilijas" - Nebojsa Zivkovic

"Moonchild/In Your Quiet Place" - Gary Burton

"Bongo-0" - Roberto Sierra

Sonata in A Minor - J.S. Bach

"She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket" - Kevin Volans

Tango Suite, No. 1 - Piazzolla/Kevin Super

"Mirror in the Shoe Store..." - Susan Powell

"Merlin" - Andrew Thomas

"Generally Spoken..." - Zivkovic

"Rebellion" - Stephen Rush

She-e Wu

Percussion Instruments and Their History - James Blades

"Reflections on the Nature of Water" - Jacob Druckman

"Rebonds A" - Iannis Xenakis

"Chaconne" - J.S. Bach

"Variations on Lost Love" - David Maslanka

"Le Livres des Claviers" - Philippe Manourey

"Omar" - Franco Donatoni

"And What Rough Beast...?" - Mark Satterwhite

"Three Moves" - Paul Lansky

"13 Drums" - Maki Ishii

"Ripple" - Akira Miyoshi

"Arabesco Infinito" - Alejandro Viñao

"Loops 2" - Philippe Hurel

"Psappha" - Iannis Xenakis

"Tambourin Paraphrase" - Keiko Abe

"Nagoya Marimbas" - Steve Reich

The Tooth Fairy trailer

V for Vendetta trailer

Forrest Gump trailer

"Knockin' On Your Screen Door" - John Prine

Matt Coley

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 96 - Patti Niemi

July 4, 2018 Pete Zambito

San Francisco Opera Orchestra Percussionist and Memorist Patti Niemi talks about her now 26-year position with the Orchestra and her other percussion interests (01:40), how her book “Sticking It Out” came to be (21:25), the issues of power in teacher/student relationships and the Anita Hill hearings (34:30), her career dealing with anxiety (46:10), growing up near Rochester, NY (01:01:00), her years at Juilliard (01:10:00), and managing her way through the Random Ass Questions (01:22:20).

Finishing with a “further” Rave on Patti’s book (01:34:20).

Links:

Patti Niemi's homepage

Patti Niemi's San Franscisco Opera homepage

"Sticking It Out"

Jake Heggie

"Lady Macbeth" - Shostakovich

"Porgy and Bess" Xylophone Excerpt

Messiaen and Percussion Writing

Howard Hersh

"Winter Season: A Dancer's Journey" - Toni Bentley

Williard Scott

Bryant Gumbel

Jane Pauley

Anita documentary trailer

On Writing - Stephen King

Judy Blume

Jon Burgardt

The Graduate trailer

Paranormal Activity trailer

"I Know What I Like" - Genesis

"Che Nell'alma Infondere Amor" from Don Carlo - Verdi

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 95 - Sarah Waters

June 27, 2018 Pete Zambito

Ohio Northern University (ONU) Percussion Professor Sarah Waters talks about her circuitous path to teaching at ONU (01:50), growing up in Ohio (30:10), going to ONU for undergrad (36:10), teaching band for a couple of years before heading to Western Michigan for her master’s (44:40), women in the percussion world (55:10), doing the doctorate at Ohio State and her Fulbright year in Botswana (01:04:35), and settling in for the Random Ass Questions (01:26:20).

Finishing with a rave on the documentary RBG (01:38:45).

Links:

Sarah Waters' ONU page

"Yellow After the Rain" - Mitchell Peters

"Sonata For Xylophone" - Thomas Pitfield

"Sonata for Timpani" - John H. Beck

"Encore in Jazz" - Vic Firth

"William Byrd Suite" - Gordon Jacob

"An Outdoor Overture" - Aaron Copland

"Encounters III" - William Kraft

"Conversation" - Akira Miyoshi

Timpani Concerto - Werner Tharichen

"Two Movements for Marimba" - Toshimitsu Tanaka

The Turn of the Screw - Benjamin Britten

Fulbright Student Program

Ruth Stuber Jeanne

Concertino for Marimba - Paul Creston

Bonnie and Clyde trailer

The Bourne Identity trailer

Skyfall trailer

"Here There and Everywhere" - The Beatles

"Say Something" - Stellenbosch Choir

Raves:

RBG trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 94 - Matt Bronson

June 20, 2018 Pete Zambito

Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) Adjunct Percussion Instructor Matt Bronson talks about his current percussion responsibilities [along with Jeff Calissi talk] (02:00), growing up in CT [along with more Jeff] (25:25), going to Western Connecticut State for undergrad [Jeff show’s up again] (47:00), getting his master’s at Minnesota-Duluth (59:00), starting the DMA at Hartt before ending up at ECSU [with Jeff] (01:12:15), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions [and some concluding Jeff time] (01:24:40).

Finishing with a rave on the Missouri Bandmasters Association Annual Conference (01:42:40).

Links:

Matt Bronson's webpage

Matt Bronson's Innovative Percussion Page

Jeff Calissi

Das Tabla Camp

Confluence Percussion Duo

"This is the World" - David Maslanka

Once Upon a Time in the West trailer

7th Regiment

"Going Down Slowly" - Galactic

"Last Train Home" - Pat Metheny

"Bitches Brew" - Miles Davis

"Down with Disease" - Phish

"Shakedown Street" - Grateful Dead

Sean Avery

"Glide" - JD and The Straight Shot

"At War with the Moon" - Rane

"Kim" - Áskell Másson

"Raga #1" - Bill Cahn

"Variations on Lost Love" - David Maslanka

"Plato's Cave" - Casey Cangelosi

"Inuksuit" - John Luther Adams

"Frum" - Áskell Másson

"Variations (After Vinao)" - Gene Koshinski

"Envelop" - David Macbride"

"Time for Marimba" - Minoru Miki

"Alborada Del Gracioso" - Ravel/Safri

"I Ching - Gentle, the Penetrating" - Per Norgaard

"Hard Boiled Capitalism..." - Ben Wahlund

"Inner Smile" - Glen Velez

"Velocities" - Joseph Schwantner

"Smooth Criminal" - Alien Ant Farm

"Beat It" - Michael Jackson

"Eat It" - Weird Al Yankovic

"Silent in the Morning" - Phish

Raves:

Missouri Bandmasters Association

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 93 - Jeff Barudin

June 13, 2018 Pete Zambito

Lindenwood University (MO) Percussion Professor Jeff Barudin stops by to talk about getting the Lindenwood job (01:45), Lindenwood’s athletic prowess and the St. Charles/St. Louis divide (20:55), growing up in NJ and the nature of sports fandom in the Northeast (30:40), going to Penn State for undergrad (56:45), getting the master’s at Michigan (01:09:50), returning there for his doctorate while working with Michael Udow and Pius Cheung (01:30:00), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (along with some more sportball talk) (01:43:45).

Finishing with a rave on a Radiohead cover band (02:09:30).

Links:

Jeff Barudin's homepage

Jeff Barudin's Lindenwood homepage

Jeff Barudin's Innovative Percussion page

Lindenwood's Skeet Shooting Teams

Trinity College Squash

"Variations on Japanese Children's Songs" - Keiko Abe

"Waltz King" - Bill Molenhof

"Chaconne" - J. S. Bach

"Call of Boromir" - Dan McCarthy

"Northern Lights" - Eric Ewazen

"The Anvil Chorus" - David Lang

"Rain Tree" - Toru Takemitsu

"One Study One Summary" - John Psathas

"Spider Walk" - Marta Ptaszynska

"Songs from the Wood" - Robert Maggio

"Nairobi, La Nuit" - Alexandre Ouzounoff

"Vermont Counterpoint" - Steve Reich

"Steal the Thunder" - Jean Piche

"Etude in E-flat Minor" - Pius Cheung

"Etude in E Major" - Pius Cheung

"Coyote Dreams" - Michael Udow

The Fifth Element trailer

Deadpool 2 trailer

"Billie Jean" - Michael Jackson

"Scream" - Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson

David Tyree's Helmet Catch

Scott Norwood's Wide Right

Lee Gutterman

Andy Hawkins' no-hitter

"Blue Shades" - Frank Ticheli

"The Whole Toy Laid Down" - Dave Hollinden

The Dark Tower Series - Stephen King

"The Way She Walks" - The Dirty Loops

"Overtime" - Knower

"DNA" - Kendrick Lamar

Raves:

Meeting People is Easy

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 92 - Dave Gerhart

June 6, 2018 Pete Zambito

Yamaha Corporation of America Percussion Product Manager Dave Gerhart stops by to talk about his current workload (01:40), his daily duties at Yamaha and conference travel responsibility (20:10), growing up in northern California (40:25), going to CSU – Long Beach (where he is currently a Lecturer in Percussion) for his undergrad and master’s and his steel band experience (01:01:55), and spending time with the Random-Ass Questions (01:18:50).

Finishing with a rave on The Jazz Ambassadors (01:41:35).

Links:

Dave Gerhart's homepage

Dave Gerhart's CSU - Long Beach page

Music for All Summer Camp

Kobe Bryant's 60-point final game

Huey Lewis and the News

Chris Wabich

Steely Pan

"Aja" - Steely Dan

"French Suite" - William Kraft

"Concertino" - Paul Creston

"Music of the Day" - Bill Molenhof

"Children's Songs" - Chick Corea

Marimba Concerto No. 1 - Ney Rosauro

"Coffee Street" - Andy Narell

"Northern Lights" - Eric Ewazen

IMSLP

Steven Schick

"Zyklus" - Karlheinz Stockhausen

"Smooth Criminal" - Michael Jackson

"Another Part of Me" - Michael Jackson

Why is This Happening?

Seth Godin's Startup School

ReWork

How I Built This

Shantaram - David Gregory Roberts

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

11/22/63 - Stephen King

Bruce Carver

Raves:

The Jazz Ambassadors trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 91 - Alex Smith

May 30, 2018 Pete Zambito

University of Central Missouri Percussion Professor Alex Smith talks about getting the UCM job (01:25), his upcoming work in Ghana and his career in instrument making (17:10), getting the seed money for instrument making (35:10), growing up in central NC and his love of Southern Rock and 90s Hip Hop (38:45), going to East Carolina University for undergrad (54:50), his post-grad career working in restaurants before eventually heading to Michigan State for his master’s and doctorate (01:04:00), and handling the Random-Ass Questions (01:27:40).

Finishing with a rave on the documentary Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond (01:45:00).

Links:

Alex Smth's Homepage

Alex Smith's UCM page

Alex Smith's YouTube page

"Hop(3)" - Paul Lansky

"More Than a Marimba Bar" - Alex Smith, UCLA Echo Blog

"Straight Up" - Paula Abdul

"If I Ever Lose My Faith" - Sting

"Roll to Me" - Del Amitri

The Allman Brothers Band

ZZ Top

"Shakedown Street" - Grateful Dead

"Bouncing Around the Room" - Phish

Buena Vista Social Club trailer

"We The People" - A Tribe Called Quest

"Time for Marimba" - Minoru Miki

Etudes, Book 1 - Gordon Stout

"Dr. Gradus ad Parnassum" - Claude Debussy

"Side by Side" - Michio Kitazume

Ableton Live

"Reflections on the Nature of Water" - Jacob Druckman

Partita in B Minor - Bach

"Speech of Day" - Nicole Piunno

Bill Waterman

Cello Suite in E-flat - Bach

"Oscillation" - Joe Basile

"Rebonds A/B" - Iannis Xenakis

"Cotton Gindustrial" - Alex Smith

"Torse III" - Akira Miyoshi

"One Minute Speeches" - Alex Smith

"Six Marimbas" - Steve Reich

Alice Pan

Synecdoche, New York trailer

Barry Lyndon trailer

Dunkirk trailer

Raves:

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond trailer

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 90 - Ryan Patterson

May 23, 2018 Pete Zambito

2018 Mizzou Master of Music Percussion Graduate Ryan Patterson stops by to talk about his master’s recital (01:10), his upcoming trip to Ghana, Bernard Woma, and running the Mizzou drumline (09:45), his work with the Rare Form Trio and why he’s off to UT-Austin for grad school (23:10), being a current grad student in percussion (31:25), growing up in SC near Clemson and Greenville (35:35), studying with recent guest Omar Carmenates at Furman (SC) and the idea of “coffee lessons” (52:00), the roundabout way he got to Mizzou (01:15:35), and the Random-Ass Questions (01:26:45).

Finishing with a Rave on NCPP 2018 (01:36:55).

Links:

"Economy of Means" - Robert Honstein

"Toccata" - Anna Ignatowicz

Ji Hye Jung

"Rebonds A/B" - Iannis Xenakis

"Phylogenesis" - Russell Wharton

"Karakurenai" - Andy Akiho

"Spiderweb Lead" - Adam Silverman

Furman Band Directors

"Moto Perpetuo" - Elliot Carter

Concerto for Marimba - Emmanuel Séjourné

Haunt of Last Nightfall - David Little

Raves:

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 89 - Omar Carmenates

May 16, 2018 Pete Zambito

Furman University (SC) Percussion Professor Omar Carmenates stops by to talk about getting the Furman job and “carrying snacks” (01:30), his DMA research thesis and lecture recital (14:45), the greatness of the city of Greenville, SC (25:50), the Gaia Theory CD he released in 2013 (30:40), his DCI employment (35:30), growing up in NYC and Orlando, FL, his mixed-race background and transcribing Dream Theater (44:10), going to the University of Central Florida for undergrad (01:04:30), North Texas for the master’s (01:12:05), and going to FSU for the doctorate after not making the West Point Hellcats (01:20:35). Finally, Omar withstands the Random-Ass Questions (01:33:25).

Finishing with another rave on the Hit Parade podcast (01:48:00).

Links:

Omar Carmenates' Furman page

Omar Carmenates' Cadets page

Omar Carmenates' Pearl Drums page

John W. Parks IV

John Beckford

Rebecca McDaniel

"Thief" - Brian Nozny

"Scavenger Music" - Christopher Deane

"Inuksuit" - John Luther Adams

Symphony No. 6 - Beethoven

Boston Crusaders

The Magic Drum and Bugle Corps

McDowells from Coming to America

Immigrant Parents from Master of None

Village Beatnicks

Grunge

Mike Fillion

"Marimba Spiritual" - Minoru Miki

"A Change of Seasons" - Dream Theater

Jeff Moore

Oliver Molina

"Fabian Theory" - Nigel Westlake

"Gate to Heaven" - David Gillingham

North Texas Percussion Faculty

"Three Movements for Solo Dancer" - Eckhard Kopetzki

"History of the Tango" - Astor Piazzola

Caribbean Jazz Project

Men At Work trailer

Prayer of the Rollerboys trailer

LEGO Ninjago trailer

"Don't Stop Til You Get Enough" - Michael Jackson

Impression, Sunrise - Claude Monet

Raves:

Hit Parade: The Veronica Electronica Edition

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 88 - Thomas Claesen

May 9, 2018 Pete Zambito

Blue Knights Drum Corps instructor Thomas Claesen talks about his current working and living situation in the U.S. (01:25), growing up in Belgium and all things Team Handball (15:45), Belgium’s history, geography and culture (24:00), Music Education and Drum Corps activities in Belgium (41:10), how he got to Arizona State (56:25), the challenges of trying to make some type of career out of DCI and WGI and foreign language usage (01:13:30), and dealing with “tough” Random Ass Questions (01:34:20).

Finishing with a rave on a live taping of Slate’s Political Gabfest (01:54:35).

Links:

Thomas Claesen's website

Thomas Claesen's Innovative Percussion page

Thomas Claesen's Blue Knights page

"In Flanders Fields" - John McCrae

V for Vendetta trailer

Wes Anderson

Inglourious Basterds trailer

USA - Belgium World Cup 2014

2011 Cavaliers Upside Down Quad Break

The Happening trailer

Rene Magritte paintings

Raves:

Slate's Political Gabfest

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 87 - Andrea Venet

May 2, 2018 Pete Zambito

University of North Florida Percussion Professor and half of the percussion duo Escape Ten Andrea Venet chats about getting the UNF job and Scampi, the Jumbo Shrimp (01:55), making audiobook versions of the Grout text to handle the oral exams at Eastman (17:10), the story of Escape Ten (25:55), growing up in Tucson and Phoenix (32:25), going to Arizona State for undergrad (48:20), Rutgers (NJ) for the master’s (56:15), working in Dallas and later Virginia (01:05:35), going to Eastman for the DMA (01:14:25), being a woman in the percussion world (01:19:35), and the rest of the Random-Ass Questions (01:25:35).

Finishing with a rave on the TV show Atlanta (01:46:55).

Links:

Andrea Venet's website

Andrea Venet's UNF page

Scampi, the Jumbo Shrimp Mascot

Charlotte Mabrey

Megan Arns

A History of Western Music - Donald Grout

Ron Swanson's Pyramid of Greatness

American Pharoah wins Triple Crown, 2015

J. B. Smith

"Dances of Earth and Fire" - Peter Klatzow

"Chaconne" - J. S. Bach

"Canaries" - Elliot Carter

"Marimbology" - Gunther Schuller

She-e Wu

Aaron Ragsdale

"Velocities" - Joseph Schwantner

"Merlin" - Andrew Thomas

"Rebellion" - Stephen Rush

Kenan Wylie

Michael Burritt

Star Trek into Darkness trailer

Anchorman trailer

"Thriller" - Michael Jackson

Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn

Raves:

Atlanta

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 86 - Alina Grimm

April 25, 2018 Pete Zambito

Drake University (IA) Assistant Dean of Student Services and Percussion Educator Alina Grimm talks about her current job (02:30), the history of Drake University and its place in Iowa (13:20), what State Fair Week is like in Des Moines (31:40), growing up near Denver (37:40), going to Drake for undergrad (58:25), the culture shock of going to UTEP for her master’s (01;08:15), her DMA time at Michigan State (01:22:40), and the Random-Ass Questions (01:37:30).

Finishing with a remembrance for a recently deceased friend (02:01:20).

Links:

Alina Grimm's Drake University page

Todd Meehan

Robert Meunier

Iowa - Iowa State rivalry

Elliot Carter's Timpani Etudes

"Dream of the Cherry Blossoms" - Keiko Abe

"Land" - Takatsugu Muramatsu

Larry Smith

Andy Smith

Amy Smith

"Caméléon" - Eric Sammut

Concerto for Marimba - Emmanuel Séjourné

"See Ya Thursday" - Steve Mackey

"The King of Denmark" - Morton Feldman

"The Lonelyness of Santa Clause" - Fredrik Andersson

"Mojave" - Michael Torke

Zeltsman Marimba Festival

Biodome trailer

The Emoji Movie trailer

Lawrence of Arabia trailer

Seven Pillars of Wisdom - T. E. Lawrence

One Thousand and One Nights

The Innocents Abroad - Mark Twain

"Trio Per Uno", movement 3 - Zivkovic

To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar

Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 85 - Rebecca Kite (Part 2)

April 18, 2018 Pete Zambito

Part 2 of my conversation with Rebecca Kite resumes with her time at the UMKC Conservatory (02:00), her years playing drumset in a jazz, pop and funk coverband in the 1970s (07:15), recalling some memorable Keiko Abe performances (23:45) her time studying with Cloyd Duff in Cleveland and George Gaber at Indiana University (27:05), symphony freelancing (40:50), timpani manufacturing and patents (44:00), guitar literature transcribed for marimba (01:02:00), being a woman in the percussion world (01:10:00), and then the Random Ass Questions (01:23:00).

Finishing with a rave on the Hit Parade podcast (01:36:15).

Links:

Part 1 of the Rebecca Kite Interview

Rebecca Kite's Homepage

Cloyd Duff

"Jazzman" - Carole King

"Did You Go Downtown" - Joy of Cooking

Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

"Lullaby of Broadway" - Bette Midler

"Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple

"Pick Up the Pieces" - Average White Band

"Girl from Ipanema" - Astrud Gilberto