Hard in the Paint sports radio show host David Grubb stops by for the 4th time! to talk about the coronavirus’ impact on him and the sports world (03:45), his new radio show (21:40), and Kobe Bryant’s legacy and the NBA game today (33:50).

Finishing with a Rave on supporting your communities (58:15).

Links:

David Grubb’s appearances on the podcast in 2016, 2017, and 2018

Hard in the Paint with David Grubb

Hard in the Paint podcasts

Drew Brees

Zion Williamson

NBA Postpones Season

NCAA Cancels March Madness

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson

Rudy Gobert

Kobe Bryant plane crash

Northern Arizona University Percussion Professor Steve Hemphill talks about getting the job, finishing his doctorate, and dealing with old technology (03:00), the school and the city of Flagstaff (34:20), growing up in Rome, NY and Belleville, IL, and thoughts on the college teaching profession (48:00), going to Eastman for undergrad (01:03:10), going to Eastman for the Master’s, living in Atlanta and teaching in Wyoming (01:07:10) and an unusual Random Ass Questions segment involving long-term health, former students, and the opera Tosca (01:33:40).

Finishing with a Rave on hygiene (01:57:00).

Links:

Steve Hemphill’s Homepage

Steve Hemphill’s Northern Arizona page

Gary Werdesheim

JB Smith

John W. Parks IV

Robert Glidden

Saul Goodman

Cloyd Duff

Jim Peterczak

Brevard Music Center

Massie Johnson

Cort McClaren

Duncan Patton

Christopher Lamb

Charles Owen

John H. Beck

Josh Gottry

Drew Worden

James Doyle

Tosca - Giaccomo Puccini

Raves:

Coronavirus lockdown

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Percussion Professor Justin Alexander stops by to talk about his job and how it’s changed over the years, VCU’s place in Virginia, and his recent interest in Indian classical music (02:30), growing up in Little Rock, Ark., and his high school rock band Green Olive Tree (25:30), going to the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) for undergrad and studying under Blake Tyson and Tom Burritt (36:15), the year he took off from school and returning to UCA for his master’s (47:15), his years at FSU for his doctorate and working at Troy University (AL) (54:15) and takes the time for some Random Ass Questions (01:14:30).

Finishing with a Rave on the True/False Documentary Film Festival (01:34:00).

Links:

Justin Alexander’s Homepage

Justin Alexander’s VCU page

Steve Gisby

Luis Rivera

Andrew McGraw

Peter Martin

Kris Keeton

Michael Burritt

Shawn Mativetsky

Héctor Barez

Blake Tyson

John W. Parks IV

Syntax Records

Green Olive Tree

Dave Lombardo

Tom Burritt

Chester Thompson

Chris Norton

Gordon Stout

Ben Finley

Rumors of War - Kehinde Wiley

Raves:

True/False Film Festival

Nazareth College (NY) Percussion Professor and Director of the Music Business Program Kristen Shiner McGuire stops by to talk about Nazareth College and her performing career (07:35), her work with the Rita Collective (39:30), growing up in NYC and Potsdam, NY and the influence of her woodwind-performing father (46:00), getting her undergrad degree from the University of Illinois (01:05:00), studying with Keiko Abe in Japan after undergrad (01:14:00), her Eastman grad school years (01:23:50), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (01:36:10).

Finishing with a Rave and a Recording from the Rita Collective’s 2016 album Forty-One Seconds (01:52:45).

Links:

Kristen Shiner McGuire’s website

Kristen Shiner McGuire’s Nazareth website

Rita Collective

John H. Beck

Stella Hill

Stephen King

Criminal Minds

Tom Siwe

Keiko Abe

Paul Smadbeck

Leigh Howard Stevens

Mallet Percussion Workbook - Kristen Shiner McGuire

Anouar Brahem

“Declaration, Song and Dance” - Kristen Shiner McGuire

Herbert Smith

Joe Parker

Jim Petercsak

Dalcroze eurhythmics

Cinque Terre

Paul Price

Michael Udow

Joel Spencer

Charlotte Mabrey

Chris Shultis

Michael Colgrass

“Encounters III” - William Kraft

“4 Verses for Timpani” - Murray Houliff

Kay Stonefelt

Patty Niemi

Ruth Cahn

“River” - Ben Platt

“Hallelujah” - Jai-Jagdeesh

Raves:

Forty-One Seconds - The Rita Collective

Arizona-based Composer, Percussionist and Educator Josh Gottry talks about his teaching career now and getting his Master’s degree in composition (02:40), growing up in Minnesota, Texas and near Phoenix, and his music-teacher grandfather (22:30), going to Northern Arizona to study with Steve Hemphill for undergrad (32:50), his post-graduate time in Texas and how he returned to Arizona (47:00) and deals with the Random Ass Questions (58:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the Best American Nonrequired Reading Series (01:23:20).

Links:

Josh Gottry’s website

Paul Buyer

Steve Hemphill

“Irrelevant” - Josh Gottry

Cort McClaren

Nancy Zeltsman

Nathan Daughtrey

Drew Worden

Glenn Hackbarth

N.A.R.D.

Modern School for Xylophone, Marimba and Vibraphone - Morris Goldenberg

Portraits in Rhythm - Tony Cirone

Instruction Course for Xylophone - G.H. Green

“Nyack” - David Friedman

“Marimba Spiritual” - Minoru Miki

“Genesis” - Josh Gottry

“Diversions for Flute and Marimba” - Peter Tanner

“Sunflower” - Harvey Sollberger

Phoenix Suns 2005 highlights

Phoenix Suns 1993 highlights

Dead Poets Society trailer

Bobby Freeman, Arizona Diamondbacks organist

National Gallery of Art

J. Paul Getty Museum

Raves:

Best American Nonrequired Reading

Austin (TX) based Steelband artist, educator and composer CJ Menge stops by to talk about Inside Out Steelband and his work with area high schools (01:50), making Inside Out a non-profit and starting Boxfish Music Publishing (27:40), growing up all over the U.S. before settling in Houston (36:40), spending a couple of years at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (OH) before moving to Austin and finishing up his degree at St. Edwards University (TX) (55:00), his travels in Trinidad and Tobago (01:19:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions (01:25:00).

 Finishing with a Rave on the 2020 Oscars (01:47:15). 

Links:

CJ Menge’s homepage

Boxfish Music Publishing

Inside Out Steelband

Austin, TX Cultural Funding

Darren Dyke

Ellie Mannette

Ben Toth

Liam Teague

Dave Longfellow

Mia Gormandy

Carolyn Trowbridge

Emily Lemmerman

Louis Raymond-Kolker

Dave Hall

Matt Ehlers

Heath Bar History

Percussion Group Cincinnati

Cliff Alexis

Feldenkrais Method

Tony Edwards

Andy Narell

Ray Holman

College World Series

Joe vs. The Volcano trailer

Ishtar trailer

Schitt’s Creek

The Rothko Chapel

Raves:

2020 Oscars

Calgary Philharmonic Principal Percussionist Josh Jones Returns in Part 2 to talk about growing up in Chicago and what it’s like to perform now (02:25), his undergrad years at DePaul (IL) (23:30), his orchestral fellowship in Detroit and his year of audition prep back in Chicago (41:25), and has a good time with the Random Ass Questions (51:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the novel The Grapes of Wrath (01:18:40).

Links:

Josh Jones, Part 1

Spatial Studies for Hitting Things

Chicago Lyric Opera Percussionists

Patricia Dash

Keith Aleo

Michael Kozakis

Al Payson

Michael Green

Etudes for Snare Drum - Richard Weiner

Jeremy Epp

Paul Yancich

Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

“White Knuckle Stroll” - Casey Cangelosi

An American Tail trailer

The Great Mouse Detective trailer

The Lion King trailer

Eminem on Logic’s “Homicide”

Raves:

The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

Calgary Philharmonic Principal Percussionist Josh Jones stops by in Part 1 to talk about his current gig and some of his previous orchestral stops (01:40), his new text Spatial Studies for Hitting Things (14:45), the PASIC 2019 panel on Entrepreneurship (26:30), and his continued recovery from cancer and living in Calgary (38:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the life of Kobe Bryant (01:00:45).

Links:

Josh Jones’ website

Josh Jones’ Calgary Philharmonic page

Spatial Studies for Hitting Things

Buddy Rich

Jojo Mayer

Bruce Lee

Feldenkrais Method

Alexander Technique

Stanislavski’s System

Les Twins

Todd Meehan

Maria Finkelmeier

Andrea Tafelski

Mark Perrett

Bowling Green State University (OH) Percussion Professor Dan Piccolo stops by to talk about his current teaching and performing opportunities along with PAS and junior percussion faculty mentoring (02:45), growing up in Rochester, NY and his enjoyment of 1980s rock saxophone (35:45), his years of higher education at the University of Michigan (59:15), his overseas time in India (01:21:45), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (01:37:40).

Finishing with a Rave on the current NFL Playoffs (02:02:45).

Links:

Dan Piccolo’s webpage

Dan Piccolo’s BGSU page

Shane Jones

Julie Hill

Ji Hye Jung

Anthony Di Sanza

Payton MacDonald

Neeraj Mehta

Shawn Mativetsky

Jonathan Ovalle

mirabai

Big Fun - Miles Davis

Bitches Brew - Miles Davis

So Percussion

National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy

Lisa Rogers

William Mathis

Steven Mackey

Aaron Kernis

Third Coast Percussion

Roger Braun

Mark Berry

Khemia Ensemble

Mike Burritt

Steve Gadd

Steve Curry

John H. Beck

Charles Wilcoxin

Michael Udow

Sal Rabbio

Michael Gould

Clarence Clemons

Bill Cahn

Ruth Cahn

Bob Becker

Jack DeJohnette

Tony Williams

Michael Haithcock

Jamey Haddad

Susie Ibarra

John Riley

Dave Hollinden

Paul Winter

Jim Harbaugh

Jackson Pollock

Spectrum Ensemble founder and Dallas-based Percussion Educator Jaime Esposito talks about their current teaching schedule (02:45), all things Spectrum Ensemble (10:15), appearing on the recent PASIC Diversity Alliance Panel (33:00), growing up just outside of Chicago, playing through lots of etude books and playing lots of sports (44:45), the Northwestern Undergrad years (01:00:45), the University of North Texas masters years (01:13:00), and spends time on the Random Ass Questions (01:21:25).

Finishing with a Rave on the recent movie Gully Boy (01:31:35).

Links:

Jaime Esposito’s website

Spectrum Ensemble

Stephen Hall

Jaime’s appearance on @percussion

L.D. Bell Band Staff

Oh My Ears Music Festival

Matthew Coley

Derek Tywoniuk

Luke Ellard

LJ White

She-e Wu

Third Coast Percussion

Elizabeth DeLamater

Sean Daniels

Renee Keller’s #metoo article

Mallory Thompson

Christopher Deane

Ed Smith

Stockton Helbing

Caleb Pickering

A League of Their Own trailer

The Grinch

Harry Potter

Sarah Waters

RuPaul’s Drag Race

Raves:

Gully Boy