Tarleton State University Director of Athletic Bands (and fellow UNCG alum) Gary Westbrook talks about taking the Tarleton job and leaving his previous post at Louisiana Tech (02:05), growing up in Burlington, NC and the Cummings/Williams HS rivalry (29:15), being a Duke fan (40:20), percussion activities growing up (51:55), going to East Carolina University for undergrad (59:05), getting through a crazy senior recital performance (01:11:30), going to UNCG for grad work after teaching for a few years (01:16:45), teaching at Concord College (WV) during his doctorate (01:43:00), going to Cuz’s (01:44:30), and subjects himself to some Random-Ass Questions (01:51:00).

Closes with a rave on the documentary “Forever Pure” (02:03:40).

Links:

Gary Westbrook's Tartleton page

Gary Westbrook's Innovative Percussion page

Jim Sherbon

Ben Charles

Greg Ball

Cort McClaren

Portraits in Rhythm - Tony Cirone

Keiskleriana - Jacques Delecluse

Gus Burghdorf

Three Preludes - Ney Rosauro

"Sonata for Timpani" - John Beck

Jim Robken

Andrew Necessary

"South of the Border"

Danny Frye

"On Wisconsin"

Jack Givens' 1978 final game

Terry Holland

Magic Johnson's 1980 Game 6 NBA Finals

Ed Soph

Buddy Rich

"Copacabana" - Barry Manilow

"Hitchin a Ride" - Vanity Fare

"Green-Eyed Lady" - Sugarloaf

"Hooked on a Feeling" - Blue Swede

K-Tel

Karen Carpenter drum solo

"Your Mama Don't Dance" - Loggins and Messina

Jack Stamp

John Locke

Harold Jones

Herbert Carter

Mark Ford

Christopher Deane

Nick Holland

"Sonata for Marimba and Piano" - Peter Tanner

"Nara" - Bill Cahn

"Dream of the Cherry Blossoms" - Keiko Abe

"Canaries" and "March" - Elliot Carter

"Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair"

Patricia Sink

"Song of Middle Earth" - Daniel McCarthy

Laura Franklin

Tammy Fisher

Cuz's Uptown Barbeque

Let's Eat

Scott Harris

Casey Cangelosi

Laurel Black

Shawshank Redemption trailer

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover trailer

Amazon Women on the Moon trailer

Circus Maximus (Rome)

Raves:

Forever Pure trailer

Mizzou Master’s of Music in Percussion degree recipient Rebecca McDaniel discusses getting to the Missouri School of Music (01:55), comparing the Furman and Mizzou programs (10:50), her Master’s recital (19:15), growing up near Birmingham, AL (35:45), her interests in cycling and life in high school percussion (44:35); her time at Furman (SC) double majoring in music and environmental science (01:03:40), the undergrad senior recital (01:25:15), how she spent a gap year (01:27:50), and withstanding some Random-Ass Questions (01:37:35).

Closing with a rave on the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy (NCPP) (01:54:45).

Links:

Rebecca McDaniel's YouTube channel

Rebecca McDaniel's Twitter page

Megan Arns

Omar Carmenates

Mizzou New Music Ensemble

"Pierrot Lunaire" - Arnold Schoenberg

Concerned Student 1950

Mizzou Grad Student Health Insurance

Boston Crusaders

Spirit of Atlanta

Steven Schick

Warren Wolf

anna provo

"From My Little Island" - Robert Aldridge

New Works for Percussion Project

Elliot Cole

"Mixed Bag" - Dave Weckl

"Book of Grooves" - Alejandro Vinao

Little Rock Nine

Tour of Missouri

Tour of California

Tour de France

Giro d'Italia

Vuelta a Espana

"Pour Some Sugar on Me" - Def Leppard

Piano Sonata - Alberto Ginastera

The Virtuoso Pianist - Hanon

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

"Children's Songs" - Chick Corea

"Nagoya Marimbas" - Steve Reich

Swamp Rabbit Trail (Greenville, SC)

"El Nino" SNL sketch

Mammoth Cave (KY)

"Drum Dances" - John Psathas

"Interzones" - Bruce Hamilton

"Alter Ego" - Pat Jacobs

"Sextet" - Steve Reich

Nief-Norf

Julia Gaines

Julie Hill

Undercover Brother trailer

Napoleon Dynamite trailer

Anchorman trailer

"Haunt of Last Nightfall" - David Little

Raves:

NCPP

(Very) recent Mizzou master’s degree graduate in Percussion Performance anna provo talks about her time at Mizzou (02:50), working with PAS as a student delegate (13:30), being a grad student in 2017 (20:20), being part of Rare Form Trio and her degree recital (25:00); performing with the Columbia Handbell Ensemble (51:15), growing up in Central Massachusetts (57:25), opening herself up to new experiences and self-improvement (01:01:35), getting to Seton Hill University (PA) to double major in Music Ed and Music Therapy (01:20:25), teaching for one year after undergrad (01:37:40), and being “born ready” for specific and Random-Ass Questions (1:45:05).

Closing with a rave on a Reply All podcast (02:03:10).

Links:

anna provo's website

Megan Arns

Concerned Student 1950

Ending of Health Insurance at Mizzou

John H. Beck

John R. Beck

So Percussion

Third Coast Percussion

Rare Form Trio

Rebecca McDaniel

"Back in Black" - AC/DC

R.J. Heid

"Threads" - Paul Lansky

Nine French-American Rudimental Drum Solos - Joe Tompkins

"Khan Variations" - Alejandro Vinao

"Music for 18 Musicians" - Steve Reich

"The Anvil Chorus" - David Lang

"Echolalia" - Mark Applebaum

"fAnaTiC" - Casey Cangelosi

Columbia Handbell Ensemble

"Wayfaring Stranger" Shape Note Singing

Thom Hannum

"Nagoya Marimbas" - Steve Reich

Intonarumori

Pantheism

Sherry Rubins

"Beat It" - Michael Jackson

"Instructions" - Neil Gaiman

Raves:

Reply All - Episode 52: Raising the Bar

Missouri Western Percussion Professor Josh Knight talks about the job he took at Arkansas-Fort Smith while finishing his dissertation on Snare Drum Pedagogy (03:30), working at McMurry University (TX) (31:40), interviewing for and getting his current job at Missouri Western State University (52:45), growing up in Fort Smith, AR and playing a lot of ZZ Top as a kid (1:00:45), going to the University of Central Arkansas for his undergrad and master’s (01:06:00); University of Arkansas and University of Oklahoma fandom (01:15:35) and comparing programs at UCA and OU (01:22:15).  I then subject Josh to some Random Ass Questions (01:39:35).

Finishing with a rave on the 1999 movie “Life” (01:52:45).

Links:

Josh Knight's homepage

Josh Knight's Missouri Western page

Lance Drege

Josh Knight's Snare Drum Pedagogy Dissertation

Haskell Harr's Drum Method

Bob Becker's Rudimental Arithmetic

Podemski's Standard Snare Drum Method

The Moeller Book

Stone's Stick Control

Mark Wessels' Fresh Approach to Snare Drum

Brad Meyer

Keith Lloyd

Georg Wagenseil

"Prism" - Keiko Abe

"Improvisation" - Elliot Carter

"Scirocco" - Michael Burritt

"Awesome God"

Allen Teel

"Zenith" - Benjamin Finley

David Robinson

"Phantom Phrenzy" - Marty Hurley

Ilijas - Nebojsa Zivkovich

"Recitative" - Elliot Carter

"Sharp Dressed Man" - ZZ Top

Scotty Thurman beats Duke

Corliss Williamson

Blake Griffin

Adrian Peterson

Sam Bradford

Tom Burritt

American Beauty trailer

White Men Can't Jump trailer

Shutter Island trailer

"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" - Charlie Daniels

Jackson Pollock

Raves:

Life trailer

Composer, percussionist, and Spurs diehard fan Ivan Trevino talks to me about working at Baylor University and his podcast (03:50), remarks on his “Pretend Music School” blog post (07:15), issues regarding self-publishing and music rights (12:30), his Mexican origins and Spanish language abilities (29:25), US-Mexico soccer and San Antonio Spurs sport-ball talk (33:00), growing up in Victoria, TX (39:50), the beginnings of Break of Reality (52:00), silly cello questions (01:04:00), drumset and groove issues (01:08:00), getting to Eastman to learn under John H. Beck (undergrad) and Michael Burritt (masters) (01:11:00), and willingly takes on some Random-Ass Questions (01:30:25).

Finishing with a rave on the documentary The Last Laugh (01:42:50).

Links:

Ivan Trevino's homepage

Todd Meehan

Ivan Trevino's podcast

My Pretend Music School

Liquidrum

"Porgy and Bess" Xylophone lick

John H. Beck

Michael Burritt

Bob Van Sice

Elliot Cole

Alejandro Vinao

Steve Weiss Music

Lone Star Percussion

"Memento" - Ivan Trevino

Long Island Music Engraving Services

Nathan Daughtrey

Doug Perkins

Giovani Dos Santos

Kawhi Leonard

Graduation Speech from "Say Anything"

"Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" - Selena

"Middlename" - MXPX

"So Long, Astoria" - The Ataris

"Linoleum" - NOFX

"Game of Thrones Opening" - Break of Reality

"Back in Black" - AC/DC

"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" - AC/DC

Phil Jackson

Christopher Lamb

Gordon Stout

Steve Gadd

Megan Arns

Julia Gaines

Dmaathen - Iannis Xenakis

"Scirocco" - Michael Burritt

"?Corporal" - Vinko Globokar

"Rounders" - Michael Burritt

"Tumblers" - Alejandro Vinao

Amy Garapic

Maria Finkelmeier

Chris Jones

Matthew Coley

Escape Ten

Sean Connors

Game 6 2013 Finals end

Ginobili dunk 2014 Finals Game 5

30 for 30

"Twist and Shout" from Ferris Bueller's Day Off

"Hands Up" - Ivan Trevino

A Moon Shaped Pool - Radiohead

Lemonade - Beyonce

Raves:

The Last Laugh trailer

University of North Alabama Adjunct Percussion Professor and Troopers Drumline Instructor Lauren Teel talks about her hectic work schedule (03:20), drum corps time commitments (20:45), dealing with being a young woman teacher in drum corps (31:35), The Wrecking Crew (GA) and The Hunger Games (36:20), growing up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area (44:55), starting summer Drum Line stuff in High School (01:03:00), going to UNT for undergrad (01:08:00), performing in India with A.R. Rahman (01:17:00), teaching high school and performing in GA (01:36:00), moving to Indiana for her masters and dealing with the cold weather (01:43:00), and handling some Random-Ass Questions (01:53:50).

Finishing with a rave on the documentary “Tower” (02:01:15).

Links:

Lauren Teel's homepage

Tracy Wiggins

Gene Fambrough

Megan Arns

Robert W. Smith

Tim Heath

Double Stop Percussion

Center Grove Bands

Josh Torres

Serial Podcast

Troopers Drum Corps

Allatoona Bands

Paul Rennick

Sandi Rennick

Mike McIntosh

Music For All

Todd Meehan

"Merlin" - Andrew Thomas

The Hunger Games Tribute Parade (with timpani)

Common Creation

Spirit of Atlanta

Nate Werth

Wyland

Scott Mason

Amy Garapic

A.R. Rahman

Ed Smith

"Indifference" - Joseph Colombo/arr. Sammut

"Arabesque" - Claude Debussy/arr. Teel

"Carpe Diem" - Susan Powell

"Three Moves" - Paul Lansky

John Lawless

Scott Brown

"Reflections on the Nature of Water" - Jacob Druckman

"Chain" - Kazunori Miyake

Twister trailer

Tron: Legacy trailer

"Life Around Here" - James Blake

Raves:

Tower trailer

North Carolina A&T State University Assistant Band Director and Drumline Coordinator Lamon Lawhorn talks about getting the A&T job through his work at NC Central University (04:45), working on his doctorate at UNCG while working full-time (06:45); the logistics of band and drumline at A&T (18:15), the good and the bad about getting into the Honda Battle of the Bands (40:30); NC A&T’s 2016 PASIC clinic (43:50); MEAC vs. SWAC drumming styles (54:50); growing up in Ft. Worth, TX and growing up in Gospel Drumming (57:40), his Cowboys fandom (01:10:35), going to Prairie View A&M for undergrad (01:13:30), going to Ole Miss for his masters (01:24:00), “Crunchybdrumming” (01:30:55), and has time for some Random Ass Questions (01:33:30).

Concluding with raves on “On Broadway” and a recent episode of WTF with Marc Maron (01:40:35).

Links:

Lamon Lawhorn homepage

Lamon Lawhorn at NC A&T

Lamon Lawhorn's Pearl Drums page

"More Than Meets the Eye" - Lamon Lawhorn

Tony Artimisi

Kris Keeton

Neeraj Mehta

Eric Willie

Ricky Burkhead

"Velocities" - Joseph Schwantner

"Dances of Earth and Fire" - Peter Klatzow

Tim Heath

Harvey Thompson

NC A&T staff page

Pedro Orey

Ralph Nader

Flam Five from PASIC 2015

Calvin Rodgers

Marvin McQuitty

"Every Praise" - Hezekiah Walker

Gerald Heyward

Robert Searight

Dave Weckl

Tony Royster Jr.

Dennis Chambers

Steve Gadd

Duke - UConn 1999 Championship

Jimmy Johnson

Larry Jones

Johnny Lee Lane

"Monograph IV" - Richard Gipson

"Tornado" - Mitch Markovich

Whole Tone Etude, Op. 6, No. 8 - Clair Musser

"Saeta" - Elliot Carter

Percussion Concerto - Darius Milhaud

Suite for Marimba - Alfred Fissinger

Concertino for Marimba - Paul Creston

Crunchy Black from Three 6 Mafia

State Fair Classic

Inner City All Stars

"Ben" - Michael Jackson

"Butterflies" - Michael Jackson

Elevation Church Podcast

Raves:

"On Broadway" - George Benson

WTF Episode 800 - Jeff Ross

Author of “Schadenfreude: A Love Story” and columnist for Slate.com, TheAwl.com, and Chronicle.com, Rebecca Schuman talks about how this interview came to be as well as her most recent college employment history (04:50), her post-academic employment (18:50), the story behind her new book and writing for Slate.com (27:15), growing up in Oregon (36:50), traveling in Germany (41:55), working in NY publishing (44:40), getting the Ph. D. in German Studies and the job market for that field (46:40), her mom’s musical connections (01:09:45), and some Random-Ass Questions (01:11:45).

Closes with a rave on the 1964 movie “One Potato, Two Potato” (01:19:10).

Links:

Rebecca Schuman's homepage

Schadenfreude, A Love Story

Rebecca Schuman for Slate.com

Rebecca Schuman for The Awl

"Thesis Hatement"

American Council of Learned Societies

The Dissertation Coach

Adjunct Teaching Pools

Kafka and Wittgenstein

Modern Language Association

Dan Kois

"Gimme Shelter" - Rolling Stones

Trainspotting Trailer

How to Murder Your Life

Raves:

One Potato, Two Potato  (1964)

University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) Percussion Professor and SpecDrum founder Matt Henry talks about the 2016 PASIC panel on race relations he moderated (01:45), the SpecDrum project (11:50), getting the job at UMSL (26:40), growing up in Carbondale (IL) and (recently) working on his father’s mayoral race (39:10), going to Houston to study with Marvin Sparks (59:30), moving to STL to continue studying with Mr. Sparks at UMSL (01:03:30), teaching in the Clayton (MO) School District after his bachelor’s (01:13:10), and creatively putting together a Master’s Degree at Webster’s University (MO) (01:19:30).  Matt then gets subjected to some Random-Ass Questions (01:27:10).

Concluding with a rave about and a reading from the book An Unquiet Mind (01:38:55).

Links:

Matt Henry's UMSL page

SpecDrum

Marvin Sparks

Andres Espinoza

Michael Taylor

Neeraj Mehta

Ruben Alvarez

Heather Sloan

Allen Teel

Thomas Zirkle

Mayor Mike Henry

Terreon Gully

Ron Sikes

"Marimba Dances" - Ross Edwards

"Raga No. 1" - Bill Cahn

Chris Treloar

Tom Stubbs

Pulp Fiction trailer

The English Patient trailer

"Tiriba" - Mamady Keita

"Wanna Be Startin' Something" - Michael Jackson

13th trailer

"A Thousand Kisses Deep" - Leonard Cohen

Raves:

An Unquiet Mind - Kay Redfield Jamison

Fellow Wake Forest University alum, Baton Rouge sportswriter and Episode 2 guest David Grubb returns to the podcast to discuss his career developments over the past year (01:10), after which Pete raves about the NCAA Tournament (18:50).  

Links:

Episode 2 of Pete's Percussion Podcast

David Grubb's SportsNOLA page

Raves:

One Shining Moment - NCAA tourney