This week both Michael and Zack were visiting Ben at FAU as special guests for his percussion ensemble concert. This episode is all about interviewing those guys: if you're like us, you'll think Michael is cool and that Zack Browning is a composer you should have known about a looooooong time ago. Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and hello 1:28 Ben’s percussion ensemble concert and guests 4:11 Zach’s piece with a robot 5:18 Mike’s winning of a drumset competition when he was 12 9:38 Mike’s “Click Theory” video 15:31 Ted Jackson: Could you both explain the most important mentors in your life and what you’ve learned from them? 23:03 Mike’s “Advice for a college music student” 28:40 Zach’s travels to Ireland and Taiwan 30:56 Zach’s pop influences, the challenge of incorporating world music 47:17 Megan: Rhythm! Scene April - WGI World Championships and Rhythm X, Panorama, Laurel’s article, Elements of Composition, TMEA, You-Tube Stars, R!Solo, etc. 54:13 Current projects 59:50 Wrap