Stephen F. Austin State University (SFASU) in Texas Percussion Professor Brad Meyer returns to the podcast to talk about getting tenured and promoted and the requirements to do so at his school (02:30), the pandemic and its effects on his teaching (16:30), his stint as Chair of the PAS Health and Wellness Committee and the expansion of idea of wellness for the percussionist (30:00), and follows with the Random Ass Questions segment, with discussions on drumset, disc golf, travel, art museums, and bidets (51:25).

Finishing with a Rave on traveling to see your folks (01:31:30).

Links:

Brad Meyer’s 2016 appearance on the podcast

Brad Meyer’s 2020 appearance on the podcast

Brad Meyer’s homepage

Brad Meyer’s SFASU homepage

Ben Tomlinson

Start With Why - Simon Sinek

Working Toward Excellence - Paul Buyer

Paul Buyer’s 2019 appearance on the podcast

Mariah Taller’s presentation on Psapphas at NCPP

The Percussionist’s Art - Steven Schick

Instruction Course for Xylophone - G.H. Green

Andy Bliss

James Campbell

Tony Royster Jr.

Cadets 2005 vocal drum break

American Beauty trailer

Batman & Robin trailer

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise - Anders Ericcson

“What’s Up” - 4 Non Blondes

Paul McBeth article from The Ringer

James Conrad’s “Holy Shot”

The Water Lillies - Claude Monet

Raves:

No link - visit your folks!

EPISODE 250!!!  Matthew Coley returns to talk about his years teaching at Iowa State University, and the challenges and accomplishments during his time there (01:50), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions segment, with discussions on bringing marimba to the masses, being LGBTQIA+ in the percussion world, buying glasses, student impressions of their teachers, movies made from books he’s read, his enjoyment of great food, and the inspiration of abstract art (30:40).

Finishing with a Rave on Ted Lasso (01:18:45).

Links:

Part 1 with Matthew Coley

Matthew Coley’s website

The Heartland Marimba website

Barry Larkin

David Colson

Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert trailer

RuPaul’s Drag Race trailer

Strictly Ballroom trailer

Baz Luhrmann

Atlas Shrugged, Part One trailer

Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand

Dan Brown

The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Patricia Highsmith

The Talented Mr. Ripley trailer

“Love Shack” - B-52s

Edition Svitzer

Jenny Klukken

Raves:

Ted Lasso trailer

Heartland Marimba Founder, Entrepreneur, and Arts Administrator Matthew Coley stops by to talk about the history of Heartland Marima, freelancing, and his background in arts administration (02:25), the many ways the Covid pandemic has affected his life (28:15), growing up in southwest Virginia and the beginnings of his percussion career (37:30), studying with Mark Ford at East Carolina University and North Texas, along with discussion of North Carolina percussion back in the day (48:15), and his Northwestern grad school years under Michael Burritt and She-e Wu (01:17:10).

Finishing with a Rave on Brené Brown’s Daring Greatly (01:32:25).

Links:

Matthew Coley’s Website

Matthew Coley’s Marimba One page

Heartland Marimba

Heartland Marimba Quartet

Ujjal Bhattacharyya

Joe Millea

Hannah Weaver

Clocks in Motion

“Root Beer Rag” - Billy Joel (percussion version)

Mark Ford

Christopher Deane

Harold Jones

John Floyd

Annie Stevens

Erik Johnson

Cort McClaren

Martinsville Speedway

Rob Falvo

“Two Mexican dances” - Gordon Stout

Ed Smith

Poovalur Sriji

Sandi Rennick

Patricia Islas

Girls March

Nick Werth

Dave Hall’s appearance on the podcast

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

“Concealed Chambers” - Matthew Coley

“Drums” - Sven-David Sandstrom

Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion - Bela Bartok

“Ambient Resonances” - Peter Klatzow

Concierto Madrigal - J. Rodrigo

“Cryin’ Time” - Bob Becker

“Three Transformations” - Andrew Thomas

“And Legions Will Rise” - Kevin Puts

Michael Burritt

She-e Wu

Anthony Calabrese

Owen Clayton Condon

James Ross

Velocities - Joseph Schwantner

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

Raves:

Daring Greatly - Brené Brown

C. Alan Publications owner, composer, and percussionist Nathan Daughtrey returns to the podcast to talk about taking over C. Alan Publication, then having to deal with the pandemic (02:15), developing composers, making a pathway into the concert band literature world, and company changes during the pandemic (19:30), the joys of fatherhood and creating a work/life balance (34:15), and settles into the Random Ass Questions, including discussions on self-publishing, movie trivia, favorite books, UVA basketball, and Chris Thile (43:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the musical film In The Heights (01:31:30).

Links:

Nathan’s 2016 appearance on the podcast

Nathan Daughtrey’s homepage

Nathan Daughtrey’s C.Alan page

Cort McClaren

NAMM

TMEA

Midwest Band Clinic

“Limerick Daydreams” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Immortal Dream” - Nathan Daughtrey

Stempien and Turner

Bruce Broughton

“Heroes” - Bruce Broughton

Jim Casella

“Burn” - Nathan Daughtrey

“Spitfire” - Nathan Daughtrey

John Baldwin

Casey Cangelosi’s 2017 appearance on the podcast

Ivan Trevino’s 2017 appearance on the podcast

Beyond Talent - Angela Myles Beeching

Spiral Passages - Nathan Daughtrey

Yuletide Marimba - Nathan Daughtrey

Almost Famous trailer

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Gone with the Wind trailer

Schitt’s Creek: Season 1 trailer

UMBC vs. Virginia 2018 NCAA tourney

UVA vs. Texas Tech 2019 NCAA final

Beach Music - Pat Conroy

Bag of Bones - Stephen King

House of Leaves - Mark Danielewski

Ready Player One - Ernest Cline

Laura Franklin’s 2016 appearance on the podcast

“Warhammer” - Daniel McCarthy

Marimba Concerto, Third Movement - David Long

Chris Thile

Raves:

In The Heights trailer

Episode 15 guest Jeff Hewitt returns to talk about what’s been going on in his career in the past 5 years (03:45), teaching in the Park Hill School District in Kansas City, Missouri, during a pandemic and getting creative in delivering content (16:!5), unexpectedly teaching high school full time and focusing on your quality of life (34:45), and the Random Ass Questions segment, with items on Michael Bolton, the KC Chiefs, tornadoes, and Thomas Hart Benton (41:35).

Finishing with a Rave on a very packed June sports calendar (01:26:45).

Links:

Jeff Hewitt on the podcast in 2016

Jeff Hewitt’s KSU update

World Percussion Group

Kansas City Percussion Group

The Van Cliburn Piano Competition

“Your Love” - The Outfield

Elvis Grbac

“To Love Somebody” - Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton on Celebrity Dating Game

Frank Darabont

Shawshank Redemption trailer

Tenet trailer

Tusk trailer

Shoeless Joe - W.P. Kinsella

Field of Dreams trailer

Super Bowl LIV

Kansas City Power & Light District

“Dysfunctional” - Tech N9ne

Dee Ford

“Baby’s Coming” - Jellyfish

“I’ll Catch Up” - The Get Up Kids

“Jesse” - Paw

2013 Moore Tornado

Thomas Hart Benton

Ken Burns’ Thomas Hart Benton Documentary

Raves:

USA-Mexico 2021 National League Final Highlights

Bucks-Nets Game 7 Highlights

Hawks-Sixers Game 7 Highlights

Fisk University’s Thomas Spann, Jr. returns to talk about his Benedict College (SC) undergraduate years (01:40), his master’s degree time at Tennessee State and getting into the church performance scene in Nashville (14:30), touring the world for the U.S. State Department with Blended 328, and interacting with many different cultures (33:20), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (50:15), with segments on hybrid drumline writing, going from student to teacher, and bandwagon sports fandoms.

Finishing with a Rave on the autobiographical travel book Blue Highways (01:31:45).

Links:

Part 1 with Thomas Spann, Jr.

Thomas Spann, Jr.’s homepage

Sean Daniels

Jovon Milford on the Podcast

“You’re All I Need” - Hezekiah Walker

“The Blessing of Abraham” - Donald Lawrence

Bobby Jones Gospel

“Rivers Flow” - Jonathan Dunn

Judah Temple of Praise

Stateland Missionary Baptist Church

Brother Gabe’s House (Formerly Blended 328)

Shona

“Paid in Full” - Eric B. & Rakim

“Hypnotize” - Notorious B.I.G.

“You Got Me” - The Roots

“Changes” - 2Pac

The Gullah Geechee

Phantom Regiment

“Super Bass” - Nicki Minaj

“Here I Am” - Rick Ross

“Middle Child” - J. Cole

Avengers: Endgame Trailer

Joker trailer

Batman Returns trailer

Cavs beat Warriors in 2016 Finals

“A Long Walk” - Jill Scott

BIlly Cobham drum solo

Steve Gadd - “50 Ways” groove

Chris Dade

Tiny Desk - Kirk Franklin

Raves:

Blue Highways - William Least Heat-Moon

Fisk University (TN) Director of Bands and Percussion Professor/Performer Thomas Spann, Jr. stops by to talk about all of his music activities in and around Nashville (02:30), the Creative Soul Music School (17:15), getting the marching band up and running at Fisk after a 20 year absence (29:05), the legacy of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, along with growing up in South Carolina and the influence of his family and his high school band director on his music career (49:45).

Finishing with a Rave on In the Pit with Piper and the WWE Biography on “Rowdy Roddy Piper” (01:16:50).

Links:

Thomas Spann, Jr.’s homepage

Thomas Spann, Jr.’s Pearl Drum webpage

Creative Soul Music Academy

Fisk University’s Marching Band

“S.O.S” - S.O.S. Band

“Lotus Flower Bomb” - Wale

“London Bridge” - Fergie

Lalo Davila

Harvey Thompson and Ralph Nader

“You’re All I Need” - Hezekiah Walker

“The Blessing of Abraham” - Donald Lawrence

“For The Night” - Pop Smoke

“Alabaster Box” - CeCe Winans

“T.R.O.Y.” - Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth

“Golden” - Jill Scott

“Lovely Day” - Bill Withers

Fork’s Drum Closet

Vann Newkirk Sr.

“Optimistic” - Sounds of Blackness

Sean Daniels

Fisk Jubilee Singers

Fisk Jubilee Singers win Grammy

Ryman Auditorium

National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM)

“Set It Off” - Juvenile

“Doo Wop (That Thing)” - Lauryn Hill

“You Make Me Wanna…” - Usher

The Cadets DCI

Blue Devils DCI

Madison Scouts DCI

“Them Basses” - Getty Huffine

Standard of Excellence Comprehensive Band Method

Benedict College (SC)

Raves:

In the Pit With Piper - Roddy Piper and Robert Picarello

Biography: WWE Legends - “Rowdy” Roddy Piper

Percussion Performer and Educator Paige Durr stops by to talk about playing for Six The Musical on a cruise that shut down due to Covid (01:40), teaching in Texas (13:40), getting ready for Girls March 2021 and that time she went to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with James Madison University’s band (22:15) growing up in Maryland and her experiences in National Honor Society (34:40), her college years at JMU (VA) learning from Bill Rice and Casey Cangelosi (46:30), her experiences at T.A.P.S. (01:08:00), and completes the podcast with the Random Ass Question segment, including a discussion of her experiences as a Black woman in percussion (01:12:20).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary Tina (01:36:55).

Links:

Paige Durr’s website

Six the Musical

Jersey Boys

“Late in the Evening” - Paul Simon

“Cut the Cake” - Average White Band

Steve Gadd

Girls March staff

Raychel Taylor on the podcast

Annie Chernow on the podcast

Hit Like A Girl Contest

Casey Cangelosi on the podcast

Robert Marino

Howard County Youth Orchestras

Ku-Ka-Ilimoku - Christopher Rouse

Jesus Christ Superstar

“Moby Dick” - Song Remains the Same

Marlon Foster

Portraits of Rhythm - Anthony Cirone

Twelve Studies for Snare Drum - Jacques Delécluse

Paige Durr’s performance videos

“Eight on 3 and Nine on 2” - Robert Marino

“Ella-Babella-McMella-Barbarella” - Kevin Bobo

Kevin Bobo on the podcast

Dave Hall on the podcast

Laurel Black on the podcast

“Get It!” - Gene Koshinski

Alexander Technique

Ted Atkatz Percussion Seminar

“Time for Marimba” - Minoru Miki

Eric Guinivan

Jamieson Carr

Shaun Tilburg on the podcast

George Nickson

Ralph Nader

Drumline trailer

Overcooked 2 trailer

White Chicks trailer

Chris Rock at the 2005 Oscars

Elf trailer

Step Brothers trailer

The Color Purple - Alice Walker

The Color Purple musical

Cynthia Erivo on the Daily Show

Nate Smith

Tina trailer

Beehive the Musical

Raves:

Tina trailer

Coppell ISD’s Annie Chernow returns to talk about her grad school years at Minnesota-Duluth (03:45), getting to Texas to take Percussion Specialist Positions (14:25), keeping up with self-care, and the high level of burnout that’s has been happening in Texas Percussion (19:15), her experiences as a Woman in the Percussion Field (28:15), and the rest of the Random Ass Questions (44:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 film Another Round (01:03:05).

Links:

Part 1 with Annie Chernow

Annie Chernow’s Coppell ISD homepage

Gene Koshinski

Tim Broscious

Ben Toth

Thom Hannum

Girls March

Airplane trailer

New Girl

Schitt’s Creek

The Stand - Stephen King

Where the Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens

Looks Like You Need Iceland

The Sound at Cypress Waters

Amanda Gorman at the 2021 Inauguration

Coming Together - Frederic Rzewski

Raves:

Another Round trailer

Coppell ISD (TX) Director of Percussion Activities Annie Chernow stops by to talk about leading Coppell’s massive percussion program, JV and Varsity Marching Band, and the challenges of Covid-19 (03:00), Coppell hosting the 2021 Girls March (34:30), growing up in New Jersey, her father’s San Juan Music licensing company, and playing in the pit for HS musicals (42:10), and her undergrad experience at the University of Delaware and her years marching DCI (57:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the nonfiction essay collection Trick Mirror: Lessons in Self Delusion (01:14:05).

Links:

Annie Chernow’s Innovative Percussion Page

Annie Chernow’s Coppell ISD page

Simple Steps to Successful Beginning Percussion - Kennan Wylie

Kathleen Kastner on the Podcast

“Velocities” - Joseph Schwantner

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

Momentum - Patricia Islas

2021 Girls March

Raychel Taylor on the Podcast

Lauren Teel on the Podcast’

Quey Percussion Duo

San Juan Music

A Chorus Line opening sequence

Thom Hannum

Jim Ancona

Iain Moyer on the Podcast

Colin McNutt

Raves:

Trick Mirror - Jia Tolentino