Phoenix Symphony Principal Percussionist Shaun Tilburg stops by to talk about his symphonic playing career (03:00), his teaching and publishing activities (33:15), growing up in Houston and his hoops game (46:20), his unusual path to his undergrad degree at Rice University (58:50), his master’s degree at the University of Houston (01:10:00), his Artist Diploma from DePaul University (IL) and studying with Ted Atkatz (01:16:40), and devotes a bit of time to the Random Ass Questions (01:39:50).

Finishing with a Rave on the A&E Series “Cultureshock” (01:51:10).

Links:

Shaun Tilburg’s Phoenix Symphony page

Pocket Publications

The Dynamic Snare

Brian Del Signore

Ted Atkatz

Cynthia Yeh

Casey Cangelosi

Pius Cheung

Andy Akiho

The Regimen - Shaun Tilburg

Tributes - Ted Atkatz

Renee Keller

Adam West

Richard Brown

Concerto for Orchestra - Witold Lutoslawski

“Mirage” - Sueyoshi

“Mourning Dove Sonnet” - Christopher Deane

“Rebonds B” - Iannis Xenakis

“Madrigals” - George Crumb

Jacob Druckman

Alan Abel

Matthew Strauss

She-e Wu

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Haruki Murakami

Isaac Asimov

Iain Banks

Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace

Percussion Concerto - Andrew Norman

Raves:

A&E’s Cultureshock

CLIP SHOW! CLIP SHOW! This year’s “Best Of” includes discussions about Justin Johnson and his high school sports career (02:45), Aarik Danielsen and adoption and fatherhood (12:25), Rebecca Kite and her gigging cover band in undergrad (25:35), Andrea Venet studying for the Eastman Comps with Ron Swanson’s help (40:50), Andrés Espinoza being considered “Latino” upon living in the United States (50:10), David Grubb attending the National Association of Black Journalists conventions (01:03:15), John W. Parks IV on the 2016 PAS International Percussion Ensemble Competition (01:13:25), Adam Hopper on beating cancer (01:29:10), and Cara Wildman on work/life balance after studying in Ireland (01:37:30).

Finishing with one of Pete’s favorite Raves for the year: attending a live taping of the Slate Political Gabfest in St. Louis (01:53:00).

Full Episodes Excerpted From:

Justin Johnson

Aarik Danielsen

Rebecca Kite

Andrea Venet

Andrés Espinoza

David Grubb

John W. Parks IV

Adam Hopper

Cara Wildman

Vista Ridge HS (TX) Percussion Instructor and PASIC 2018 Presenter Hector Gil talks the (then) upcoming PASIC performance (02:50), growing up in Laredo, TX (20:10), going to Texas A&M – Commerce for undergrad (40:00), and time for the Random Ass Questions (01:03:15).

Finishing with a Rave on the recent released movie Roma (01:30:05).

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Links:

Hector Gil’s Vista Ridge page

Hector Gil’s Innovative Percussion Page

Nathan Daughtrey

Ivan Trevino

Michael Laurello

Michael Burritt

Rube Goldberg Variations

Bluecoats

Dave Hall

Josh Torres

Brian West

Mike Garcia

Norm Weinberg

Carlos Botello

Brian Zator

Bobby Francis

“Variations on Japanese Children’s Songs” - Keiko Abe

“Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Major” - J.S. Bach/L.H. Stevens

“13 Drums” - Maki Ishii

“Third Construction” - John Cage

Bill Bachman

Jim Yakas

Paul Rennick

Mexico - USA Soccer Rivalry

The Hangover trailer

Superbad trailer

Quentin Tarantino

“P.Y.T” and “Smooth Criminal” - Michael Jackson

“Elephant” - Tame Impala

“I Wanna Be Yours” - Arctic Monkeys

Hamilton Soundtrack

Raves:

Roma trailer

2018 PASIC Clinician and Presenter and Birmingham Conservatory (U.K) Master’s Student Gloria Yehilevsky talks about her (then) upcoming PASIC presentations (03:30), growing up in San Diego and Belgium (21:30), drum corps years and doing her undergrad at Morehead State (KY) (40:45), the World Percussion Group tour in 2017 (59:00), and goes all in on the Random Ass Questions (01:19:05).

Finishing with a Rave on the classic movie Good Will Hunting (01:52:15).

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Links:

Gloria Yehilevsky’s New Music USA page

Daniel Berg

Nief-Norf

Brian Archinal

Second City

Whose Line is it Anyway?

Santa Clara Vanguard

Brian Mason

Shaun Gallant

“King of Denmark” - Morton Feldman

“Mourning Dove Sonnet” - Christopher Deane

“Asanga” - Kevin Volans

"Rebonds A” - Iannis Xenakis

“Choro No. 3” - Arranged Gordon Stout

“Loops II” - Philippe Hurel

“Mirage” - Yasuo Sueyoshi

World Percussion Group

Colin Currie

City of Birmingham Symphony Percussion

Black Sabbath

Gilmore Girls

Memento trailer

Charlie’s Angels trailer

Laurie Anderson

Raves:

Good Will Hunting trailer

LV Berkner High School (TX) Percussion Director Mike Garcia talks about his (then) upcoming PASIC 2018 performance (02:00), growing up in Laredo, TX, his [REDACTED] music career and his time on debate team (17:55), going to TCU for undergrad (31:10), post-undergrad years (along with a TX hiring freeze) (45:55), and takes time for the Random-Ass Questions (48:45).

Finishing with a Rave on Pete’s recent NCAA Volleyball Tournament trip (01:12:50).

Links:

Mike Garcia’s Innovative Percussion page

“José/beFore John 5” - Aurel Hollo

“Collide” - Jacob Remington

Clif Walker

Dave Hall

Ivan Trevino

Jim Casella

Hector Gil

Paul Rennick

Sounds of Summer

“Slopes” - Paul Rennick

Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven

“Blue Motion” - Stephen Whibley

“Beat It” - Michael Jackson

Inception trailer

Insidious trailer

Halloween trailer

The Dark Knight trailer

Hot Tub Time Machine trailer

Get Out trailer

A Quiet Place trailer

Kawhi Leonard

Tim Duncan

How Successful People Think - John Maxwell

The Tim Ferriss Podcast

Raves:

The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament

Prosper (TX) Elementary School Band Director and PASIC 2018 Clinic Presenter Cara Wildman talks about her Bodhran Presentation and her Master of Arts in Irish Traditional Music from Limerick, Ireland (03:10), growing up north of Dallas, her percussion background and her time doing science fair robotics competitions (20:35), going to TCU for undergrad (33:45), her post-undergrad career, getting a Master’s, and figuring out her work-life balance (42:40), and time for the Random Ass Questions (59:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2018 movie Eighth Grade and a selection from Cara Wildman’s recently released EP (01:11:05).

Links:

Cara Wildman’s Homepage

Cara Wildman’s Debut EP

Cara Wildman’s Rucker Elementary page

Steve Gadd

“It’s All Your Fault” - Asleep at the Wheel

“It We Make It Through December” - Merle Haggard

“Back in the Saddle Again” - Gene Autry

“T-R-O-U-B-L-E” - Travis Tritt

“Bro-Country”

Brian West

Paul Rennick

Joey Carter

Hector Gil

“Marimba Spiritual” - Minoru Miki

“Beneath the Canopy” - Philip Parker

“Toccata and Divertimento” - Ney Rosauro

“Sleigh Ride” - Leroy Anderson

Sharknado trailer

Tombstone trailer

Frogs trailer

Goat Rodeo Sessions NPR Tiny Desk

Raves:

Eighth Grade trailer

Creator and Owner of BeatBachs.com Online Percussion Literature Store and Director of Percussion at Southwestern High School in Kentucky Adam Hopper talks about his current percussion teaching, performing and writing responsibilities (05:20), The BeatBachs Model (27:10), growing up in Kentucky and beating cancer as a child (42:15), going to Campbellsville University (KY) for undergrad (59:05), getting started in teaching and his master’s degree (01:11:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions (01:30:25).

Finishing with a Rave on Pete’s Percussion Podcast Guests and Fans (01:51:55).

Links:

BeatBachs.com

Adam Hopper’s website

Adam Hopper’s C. Alan page

Somerset Big Band

Tapspace

Row-loff Productions

“Spur” - Ivan Trevino

“Buttonwood” - Evan Chapman

Eric Willie

Joshua Smith

Brandon Arvay

Travis Parker

Chad Floyd

Nicholas Fields

Matt Moore

“Blade” - Benjamin Finley

“Footpath” - Dave Samuels

“Sweet Little Jesus Boy” - arr. Adam Hopper

“Monkey Chant” - Glenn Kotche

“Meditation No. 2” - Casey Cangelosi

Hired Gun trailer

Lalo Davila

Jason Koontz

“Living on a Prayer” - Bon Jovi

Oceans Eleven trailer

Ocean’s 8 trailer

Dreamcatcher trailer

Snowpiercer trailer

Predator trailer

“They Don’t Really Care About Us” - Michael Jackson

Christian Laettner’s Shot against Kentucky, 1992

“Serenity Now!!”

1996 University of Kentucky Basketball

“Jersey” - Mark Guiliana

Janek Gwizdala

Part 2 of the 3rd Annual Pete’s Percussion Podcast PASIC Preview! This time out, we have short interviews with 2018 PASIC presenters Hector Gil (01:25), Megan Arns (23:10), and Andrés Forero (41:05).

Links:

Hector Gil’s Vista Ridge homepage

Megan Arns’ website

Megan Arns’ 2016 and 2017 Pete’s Percussion Podcast appearances

Andrés Forero’s website

The 3rd Annual Pete’s Percussion Podcast PASIC Preview!! PASIC 2018 is this week, and on Part 1, we have short interviews with presenters Gloria Yehilevsky (01:35), Cara Wildman (20:00), Mike Garcia (38:15) and Joe W. Moore III (54:45).

Links:

Gloria Yehilevsky’s website

Cara Wildman’s website

Mike Garcia’s LV Berkner page

Joe W. Moore III’s previous PPP appearance

Joe W. Moore III’s website

Part 2 with FSU Percussion Professor John W. Parks IV as he talks about growing up in Gastonia, NC, info about Wake Forest, UNCG and the Eastern Music Festival, and getting the percussion bug (01:10), going to Furman University (SC) for undergrad and his student teaching experiences (19:40), going to Northwestern for his Master’s and FSU’s Ethnomusicology program (33:15), getting his doctorate at Eastman, taking Comps there, and his first job at Samford University (AL) (52:40), his 3 years working at Kansas University (01:11:40), and he handles the Random Ass Questions (01:18:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater (01:34:10).

Links:

Part 1 with John

Beethoven: The Ninth Symphony (Revised) - David Levy

John Shaw

Eric Schweikert

Eastern Music Festival

James Worthy

Leonard Hamilton

“Separate Ways” - Journey

“Tom Sawyer” - Rush

Carmina Burana - Carl Orff

Grant Dalton

Angie Zator Nelson

Brian Resnick

Matt Gold

“Merlin” - Andrew Thomas

Krebs Cycle

Clif Walker

Dan McGuire

John Paynter

Patsy Dash

Ed Harrison

Michael Burritt

Michael Udow

John H. Beck

“Colas Breugnon” Xylophone Excerpt

Blake Tyson

Payton McDonald

Steven Owen

Megan Arns

Abby Rehard

Michael Bakan

Dale Olsen

Donald Hunsberger

Gwen Dease

Nate Bartlett

Lee Vincent

McCoy Tyner

Girolamo Frescobaldi

Tracy Wiggins

Kevin Bobo

“Billie Jean” - Michael Jackson/Tony Succar

Hellraiser trailer

Alien trailer

Jaws trailer

Manos: The Hands of Fate trailer

The Disaster Artist trailer

“It’s Halloween” - The Shaggs

Concerto for Marimba - Tomas Svoboda

Piano Concerto in G Major, 2nd movement - Maurice Ravel

Raves:

Alvin Ailey Dance Theater