University of Nebraska-Lincoln Percussion Professor Dave Hall returns for Part 2 to talk about his undergrad years at UNL (01:45), his master’s degree from Texas Christian (TCU) (16:45), his year teaching high school and heading into his doctorate from North Texas (UNT) (32:00), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions (57:30).

Finishing with a Rave on The Meters’ classic “No More Okey Doke” (01:22:30).

Links:

Dave Hall on Part 1

Dave Hall’s website

Jim Casella

Murray Gusseck

Santa Clara Vanguard

Phantom Regiment

Paul Rennick

“Fugue in G Minor” - J.S. Bach

Tony Falcone

LHS Summer Marimba Seminar

“Blues for Gilbert” - Mark Glentworth

“Libertango” - Piazzola/Sammut

“November Evening” - Christopher Norton

“Choro No. 3” - Marcellino/Stout

“Cold Pressed” - Dave Hollinden

“Ants Marching” - Dave Matthews Band

“Escape Velocity” - Dave Hall

Brian West

Kevin Bobo

James Campbell

“Diabolic Variations” - Raymond Helble

“Apocalytpic Etude” - Dave Hall

“Palace of Nine Perfections” - Eric Ewazen

“Doors” - Dave Hall

“Chaconne” - J.S. Bach

West Side Suite - John Serry

“Ionization” - Edgard Varese

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Prelude and Fugue in B-flat” - J.S. Bach

“Seven Days” - Kevin Bobo

“Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5” - Villa-Lobos

UNT Percussion Faculty

Ryan Kilgore

Chris McWilliams

John O’Neal

Jacob Remington

Maria Finkelmeier

“Skylight” - Dave Hall

"See Ya Thursday” - Steven Mackey

Lou Harrison

There Will Be Blood trailer

How to Change Your Mind - Michael Pollan

Federer-Nadal 2019

The Chagall Windows

Raves:

“No More Okey Doke” - The Meters

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Percussion Professor Dave Hall stops by to talk about his group’s recent performance at PASIC and his thoughts on the College Percussion Concerts (03:45), his job at Nebraska (35:20), and growing up in South Dakota and playing lots of drumset and early marimba literature (54:10).

Finishing with a Rave on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (01:12:00).

Links:

Dave Hall’s Nebraska page

Dave Hall’s homepage

Mark Ford

Michael Burritt

Martin Shkreli

The Percussion Collective

Stefon Harris

Snarky Puppy

Jonathan Scales

Brad Mehldau

Mark Guiliana

Eric Hollenbeck

Ji Hye Jung

Carolyn Barber

David Skidmore

Tony Falcone

Crossmen

Bluecoats

L.H. Stevens

Raves:

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

French Percussionist Adélaïde Ferrière stops by to talk about her PASIC 2019 performance and other elements of marimba performance (03:40), her career as a freelance percussionist in France (19:30), growing up in Dijon, France to musical parents and entering the Paris Conservatory at 16 (35:35), going to Paris Conservatory for her undergrad and master’s degrees and studying in England (53:15), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:27:00).

Finishing with a Rave on American Experience: Jubilee Singers (01:45:15). 

Links:

Adélaïde Ferrière’s website

Adélaïde’s Black Swamp page

Rhapsody in Blue - solo marimba version

Trio KDM

Trio Xenakis

Adélaïde’s version of “Asturias” published by Edition Svitzer

One World Observatory

Empire State Building

Metropolitan Museum of Art

American Museum of Natural History

“Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2” - Frederic Chopin

“Rebonds A/B” - Iannis Xenakis

Paris Conservatory

“She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket” - Kevin Volans

“After Syrinx II” - Richard Rodney Bennett

Interstellar trailer

The Hangover trailer

Aladdin (2019) trailer

The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne

Raves:

Jubilee Singers on PBS

Educator, Percussionist and Podcaster Elizabeth DeLamater returns for Part 2 to talk about her Master’s Degree from Florida State University and her freelancing career (01:30), her years as a doctoral student at Arizona student and her post-doctorate career in Ohio and Wisconsin (22:00), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (45:15).

Finishing with a Rave on Ken Burns’ Country Music (01:05:05).

Links:

Elizabeth DeLamater in Part 1

Gary Werdesheim

Rite of Spring timpani

JB Smith

Wolof people

Cliff Alexis

Al O’Connor

Makrokosmos III - George Crumb

“I Ching”

Rebecca Kite

“Three Moves” - Paul Lansky

“See Ya Thursday” - Steve Mackey

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

“Rain Tree” - Tore Takemitsu

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

“Conversation” - Akira Miyoshi

Glenn Schaft

Some Kind of Wonderful trailer

The Notebook trailer

The Notebook “honest” trailer

WTF with Marc Maron

My Brother, My Brother and Me podcast

Hear to Slay podcast

Matinee Manatees podcast

Space 4 U podcast

Robert Chappell

Birch Creek Summer Music Academy

Family Pictures - John Edmonds Photography

Bernard Woma

Mark Sunkett

Raves:

Ken Burns’ Country Music trailer

Percussionist, Educator and Podcast Host Elizabeth DeLamater stops by to talk about the Diversity Alliance Panel on Harrassment and #MeToo she was about to moderate at PASIC 2019 (04:00), her sabbatical teaching at the University of West Indies - Trinidad & Tobago and learning/teaching in non-Western European cultures (18:45), her Art Lives podcast (46:45), growing up in Wisconsin, learning about women in percussion, and the Wisconsin Youth Symphony (01:01:00), and her undergrad years at the University of Northern Illinois (01:19:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the documentary series College Behind Bars (01:31:00).

Links:

Elizabeth DeLamater’s website

Elizabeth DeLamater’s Remo page

Elizabeth DeLamater’s Innovative Percussion Page

Sean Daniels

Jamie Esposito

Debby Herbenick

Julie Hill

Jeannine Remy

Megan Arns

WTF with Marc Maron

Casey Cangelosi

Modern Jazz Quartet

Vicki Jenks

“What is Hip?” - Tower of Power

Mickey Hart

Robert Chappell

Rich Holly

Al O’Connor

Cliff Alexis

“Córdoba” - Isaac Albéniz

“Tribeca Sunflower” - Julie Spencer

“Cenas Amerindias” - Ney Rosauro

“Psappha” - Iannis Xenakis

Raves:

College Behind Bars

Square Peg Round Hole band member and Four/Ten Media Co-Owner Evan Chapman stops by to talk about Square Peg and their PASIC performance (03:30), all things Four/Ten Media (21:15), growing up in Baltimore, Skateboarding Videos and Documentaries (43:45), getting his undergrad degree from Indiana and transitioning to his pop-oriented career (54:30), and gets into the Random Ass Questions (01:12:00).

Finishing with a Rave on Malcolm Gladwell’s Talking to Strangers (01:28:40).

Links:

Evan Chapman

Square Peg Round Hole

Four/Ten Media

Sigur Rós

Explosions in the Sky

Beyoncé

Bon Iver

Ableton Live

Logic Pro

Darren King

Variant 6

Gracie and Rachel

Megan Arns

Stefan Freund

“Unremixed” - Alarm Will Sound

John Tafoya

Minding The Gap trailer

Free Solo trailer

Michael Spiro

The Ramones

Kevin Bobo

Steve Houghton

“Monkey Chant” - Glenn Kotche

Neil Peart

Blade Runner 2049 trailer

Midsommar trailer

The Room trailer

The Disaster Artist trailer

Shaun White

Shania Twain

“Marimba Phase” - Steve Reich

Dan Flavin

Raves:

Talking to Strangers - Malcolm Gladwell

Widener University (PA) Director of Athletic Bands and Boston Crusaders Front Ensemble Arranger Iain Moyer stops by to talk about the PASIC Marching Panel he just moderated (02:40), his teaching position at Widener and his previous work at the University of North Alabama (12:20), his career in DCI groups (26:15), growing up in Vermont, his history playing guitar, and his undergrad years at UMass-Amherst (37:45), going to the University of Oklahoma for this master’s and doctorate (51:00), and takes time for the Random Ass Questions (01:19:10).

Finishing with a Rave on the podcast Slow Burn (01:35:20).

Links:

Iain Moyer’s Widener page

Iain Moyer’s Boston Crusaders page

Jim Ancona

Colin McNutt

Paul Rennick

Vandegrift High School Band

Santa Clara Vanguard

Omar Carmenates

Tracy Wiggins

Lloyd Jones

Thom Hannum

Richard Gipson

Lance Drege

Neil Larrivee

Pat Metheny

Grant Braddock

Max Richter’s Four Seasons

Raves:

Slow Burn Season Three

PASIC 2019 is even closer (than it was yesterday), so it’s time to get ready! Part 2 is here - including conversations with Elizabeth DeLamater and the PAS Diversity Alliance Panel (01:40), Dave Hall and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Percussion Ensemble for winning IPEC (18:00), and Adélaïde Ferrière and the Keyboard Percussion Showcase (48:15).

Links:

Elizabeth DeLamater

Dave Hall

Adélaïde Ferrière

PASIC 2019 is just around the corner, so let’s get ready! Here’s Part 1, featuring conversations with Evan Chapman regarding Square Peg Round Hole (01:20), Jennifer Torrence and her Music Day Performance (19:00), and Iain Moyer and the Marching Percussion Panel (32:00).

Links:

Square Peg Round Hole

Jennifer Torrence

Iain Moyer

Clemson University (SC) Percussion Professor Paul Buyer stops by to talk about the Clemson job and how it has evolved over the years (02:00), the Clemson football program and his Marching Bands and Drumlines book (23:45), growing up in Indiana, learning from Mike Balter, and his high school golf career (45:40), his undergrad career at Ball State (IN) and playing with Star of Indiana (54:40), getting his master’s and doctorate at the University of Arizona (01:03:20), teaching high school in Texas (01:21:30), and finishing with the “famous” Random Ass Questions (01:31:00).

Finishing with a Rave on David Crosby: Remember My Name (01:46:00).

Links:

Paul Buyer

Gary Cook

Josh Gottry

Cliff Alexis

Dabo Swinney

DeShaun Watson

Kelly Bryant

Marching Bands and Drumlines

Touching the Rock at Clemson

The Art of Vibraphone Playing

Every Week a Season - Brian Curtis

Paul Rennick

Mike Sammons

Teaching Percussion

Garwood Whaley

Mike Balter

Buddy Rich

Phil Mickelson

Jim Furyk

Hubert Green

Erwin Mueller

Joe Scagnoli

Star of Indiana

Kirk Gay

Dennis DeLucia

Michael Udow

“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow

“Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion” - Bela Bartok

“My Lady White” - David Maslanka

“Prelude No. 1” - Ney Rosauro

“Witchhowl” - Andrew Thomas

“Dance of the Octopus” - Red Norvo

2016 World Series Game 7

Coach Wooden’s Pyramid for Success

Why the Best Are the Best - Kevin Eastman

Die Hard trailer

The Shawshank Redemption trailer

Rocky trailer

The Grey trailer

Meet the Fockers trailer

Dolls trailer

Russian Easter Overture - Rimsky-Korsakov

There’s No Plan B for your A-Game - Bo Eason

Raves:

David Crosby: Remember My Name trailer