Outgoing University of Arizona Percussion Professor Norman Weinberg talks about his current job status (02:40), when he did NOT meet Pete in 1997 (05:35), getting and negotiating for the job at Arizona (07:50), the status of electronic percussion in the 1980s (12:45), Texas vs. Arizona weather (37:30), growing up in Kansas City, Kansas (40:00), going to Kansas University for undergrad (01:01:40), leaving undergrad to drum with Sanctuary (and reuniting in 2014) (01:13:30), thoughts on 1970s nostalgia and movements in pop music (01:34:00), making a career in music post-Sanctuary (01:41:10), teaching and performing in Jerusalem (01:45:55), and working at the Spoleto festivals (01:55:50).  He then delightfully succumbs to some Random-Ass Questions (02:02:05).

Finishing with a Rave on “Sing, Sing, Sing” (02:16:15).

Links:

Norm Weinberg's homepage

Norm Weinberg's Arizona homepage

Norm Weinberg's Remo page

Gary Cook

IBM PC Jr.

Macintosh 128K

Apple IIGS

Robert McCormick

"Two Mexican Dances" - Gordon Stout

"Chrysoprase IV" - Norman Weinberg

"Variations on Japanese Children's Songs" - Keiko Abe

"Fugue from Sonata in G Minor" - J.S. Bach

"Duettino Concertante" - Ingolf Dahl

Crosstalk

River Market

Ringolevio

Craps

TV Hep Cats Toy Drumset

Max Roach

"Sing Sing Sing" - Gene Krupa

Gene Krupa vs. Buddy Rich

Buddy Rich vs. Max Roach

Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan

"Tom Dooley" - The Kingston Trio

"If I Had A Hammer" - Peter, Paul and Mary

"El Cumbanchero" - Dick Schory's Percussion Pops

"You Really Got Me" - The Kinks

"It's My Life" - The Animals

Hullabaloo

Keith Moon's drum kit explodes

George Boberg

"Ostinato Pianissimo" - Henry Cowell (Paul Price's group)

Sanctuary

Eric Bikales

"Roundabout" - Yes

"Get Closer" - Seals and Crofts

"Only You Know and I Know" - Delaney and Bonnie

"Fire and Ice" - Edgar Winter

Nordiska Pianos

Clavinet

Sonor Drums

The Fabulous Flippers

Tree Frog

Nigel Olsson

Dallas Taylor

"Yummy Yummy Yummy" - 1910 Fruitgum Company

"I'll Never Find Another You" - The Seekers

Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

"Everything in Its Right Place" - Radiohead

"Paranoid Android" - Radiohead

"15 Step" - Radiohead

Kim Kei

Raves

"Sing Sing Sing" - Swing Kids

"Sing Sing Sing" - Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa, 1938

"Sing Sing Sing" - Gene Krupa and Lionel Hampton, 1971

Centre College Percussion Professor Brandon Arvay talks about his upcoming timpani pedaling book (03:00), his workload doing multiple percussion jobs (17:20), growing up in Columbia, SC, with an extended take on the TV Show “Live P.D.”(48:05), connections to the city of Pittsburgh and the Steelers (57:00), going to University of South Carolina and dealing with Hootie and the Blowfish and Steve Spurrier’s water (01:13:50), Colorado State’s football stadium (01:24:45), some thoughts on spending money on education (01:27:15), Jim Campbell’s podcast and book suggestions (01:37:00), and his experiences in the Colorado State percussion program (01:40:50).  He then gets subjected to some Random-Ass Questions (01:46:25).

Closing with a rave on the documentary “The Music of Strangers” (02:03:10).

Links:

Brandon Arvay's homepage

Brandon Arvay's Battalion Drum and Bugle Corps page

Brandon Arvay's article on Percussion Ensemble Improvisation

Tony Cirone's Portraits of Rhythm and Study Guide

Stanley Leonard's Pedal Technique for Timpani book

Kirk Gay's Pedal to the Kettle Timpani Book

"Maria" - West Side Story

Theme from Love Story

NBC Chimes Theme

"Yeah!" - Usher/Lil Jon

"Across the Stars" - Star Wars Love Theme

Mark Boseman

Patrick Schleker

Brad Meyer

Colin Hill

Jonathan Sharp

Brian Mason

James Campbell

Tates Creek Indoor

Creative Music Making - William Cahn

Keith Jarrett

Truth in Comedy: The Manual for Improvisation - Charna Halpern and Del Close

Mike Burritt

The Sopranos

Frasier

Cheers

LulaRoe

Brady Harrison

Wycliffe Gordon

Pink Martini

Live P.D.

Curtis Wilson

Sheriff Leon Lott

Dan Abrams

Cowboys-Steelers Super Bowl 30 Highlights

Kordell Stewart

Rod Woodson

Donnie Shell

Shakespeare Fishing Equipment

Beta Club

Key Club

"Hold My Hand" - Hootie and the Blowfish

South Carolina takes down Confederate Flag

Steve Spurrier

Lou Holtz

Eleven Rings - Phil Jackson

Players First - John Calipari

Freakonomics Online

The James Altucher Show

Sara Blakely

Tell Me Something I Don't Know podcast

Eric Hollenbeck

Rebecca Phillips

Steven Moore

Hook trailer

Tae Bo

Raves:

The Music of Strangers trailer

SIU-Edwardsville Percussion Professor and World of Percussion Webisode host Daniel Smithiger talks about the World of Percussion Web Series (02:20), his job at SIUE (12:15), growing up in Arizona (22:35), going to Northern Arizona University for undergrad (30:55), his years as a High School Band Director in Arizona (39:40), his grad student years at the University of Arizona (46:50), starting his college teaching career at Angelo State (01:02:50), and some words about Texas geography (01:07:10).  He then gets subjected to some Random-Ass Questions (01:14:00).

Closing with a Rave on the movie “I Am Not Your Negro” (01:24:20).

Links:

Daniel Smithiger's SIUE page

World of Percussion on YouTube

Daniel Smithiger's Black Swamp page

Daniel Smithiger's article on Ionisation

Paul Rennick

Santa Clara Vanguard

Scott Cameron

"Go Your Own Way" - Fleetwood Mac

"Tom Sawyer" - Rush

"Money for Nothing" - Dire Straits

"Prelude/Angry Young Man" - Billy Joel

Steven Hemphill

Gary Cook

J.B. Smith

"4 Movements for Marimba" - Michael Burritt

"Variations on Lost Love" - David Maslanka

"Inspirations Diabolique" - Rick Tagawa

"4 Pieces for Timpani" - John Bergamo

"Girl with the Flaxen Hair" - Debussy

Concertino for Marimba - Paul Creston

Josh Armstrong

Michael Verceilli

Erick Saoud

Doug Smith

Mike Sammons

Darin Wadley

Jeannine Remy

Paul Buyer

"Something" - George Harrison

"Wings" TV Show

Tom Hanks' IMDB page

Dumb and Dumber scenes

Beavis and Butthead Do America trailer

Caribbean Jazz Project

"Child of Tree" - John Cage

"Bonham" - Christopher Rouse

Raves:

"I Am Not Your Negro" trailer

Baylor University Percussion Professor, Liquidrum founder and Curb Your Enthusiasm Superfan Todd Meehan discusses his instrumental chair duties at Baylor (02:50), the beginnings of Liquidrum and his hilarious online videos (07:20), his upcoming Accessories book (13:10), getting to Baylor and replacing a legend (27:30), the impact of the Athletic Dept. transgressions on the music department (43:45), growing up in Houston (51:40), traveling to Long Island for family trips (53:30), going to DePaul and UT-Austin for undergrad (01:03:00), going to Yale for grad school (01:17:30), finishing his doctorate at UT-Austin while working full-time at Baylor (01:32:50), the USC-Texas 2006 Rose Bowl (01:36:00), and has time for some Random-Ass Questions (01:39:10).

Finishes with a rave on the Heart 80s hit song “Alone” (01:49:15).

Links:

Todd Meehan's Baylor University page

Liquidrum

Michelle Colton

Curb Your Enthusiasm

This is Sportscenter

Larry Vanlandingham

Bob Van Sice

So Percussion

Yale Symphony Orchestra

Stephen Heyde

"Canaries" - Elliot Carter

"Dances of Earth and Fire" - Peter Klatzow

"Domino V" - Phillippe Boivin

Brian Zator

J.B. Smith

Sherry Rubins

Tom Burritt

Tony Edwards

Baylor University Sexual Assault Scandal

Baylor University Men's Basketball Murder Scandal

Robert Griffin III

Ivan Trevino

James Ross

Michael Green

Greg Akagi

George Frock

"Rebonds B" - Iannis Xenakis

Dan Druckman

2006 Rose Bowl - USC/Texas

Tom Freer

Dead Poets Society trailer

The Tree of Life trailer

Raves:

"Alone" - Heart

University of North Alabama Percussion Professor Tracy Wiggins talks about the insanity around his getting the University of North Alabama job (01:30), the use of flub drums in his marching line (13:40), interviewing for his current job a second time (15:45), the effect of moving on his family (23:50), working at UNC Pembroke (26:50), growing up in Oklahoma and his years playing baseball and soccer (42:10), going to Oklahoma State in undergrad and marching Drum Corps (55:10), going to University of New Mexico for his Master’s (01:00:55), starting his Doctorate at Ohio State but finishing it at the Hartt School of Music (01:14:50), memories of 9/11 (01:23:55), and sports memories at Oklahoma State and the Bedlam Rivalry with Oklahoma (01:27:40).  I then subject Tracy to some Random-Ass Questions (01:35:30).

Closing with a rave about a recent live Tower of Power show (01:46:10).

Links:

Tracy Wiggins' homepage

Tracy Wiggins' North Alabama page

Tracy Wiggins' Sabian page

Iain Moyer

NightBEAT

Guardians of the Galaxy trailer

Lalo Davila

The Hunger Games trailer

Hawkeye

Lauren Teel

John Parks

Blast!

"Finale" from Shostakovich Symphony No. 5

Night on Bald Mountain - Mussorgsky

Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber

"9 to 5" - Dolly Parton

"The Gambler" - Kenny Rogers

"When I Call Your Name" - Vince Gill

"Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley

Black Angels - George Crumb

Wayne Bovenschen

Freelancers Drum and Bugle Corps

Ralph Hardimon

Jon Weber

Glen Crosby

Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps

Tricia Bovenschen

Nancy Zeltsman

Mike Burritt

Chris Shultis

Musik Im Bauch - Stockhausen

Pika-Don - James Tenney

Scott Ney

Jim Snell

Wozzeck - Berg

"Banned in DC" - Bad Brains

Steve Schick

Michael Bump

Susan Powell

Performance 20/20

Ben Toth

Kenyon Williams

Gene Koshinski

Joe Galeota

Alexander Lepak

Glen Velez

Evelyn Glennie

Oklahoma State 1995 Final Four run

Oklahoma State Wrestling

Alabama Football

Westworld for HBO

"Fantasy" - Earth, Wind and Fire

Megan Arns

The Music of Strangers trailer

Raves:

"Squib Cakes" - Tower of Power

Tartleton State University Percussion Professor and @ percussion podcast co-host Ben Charles talks about the beginnings of @ percussion (03:25), his career beginnings at Florida Atlantic University (10:45) and Tartleton State (18:20), growing up in Richmond, VA (32:00), his experiences in high school vs. the Northern Virginia players (35:45), his fascination with Steve Jobs and Pixar movies and its relation to his job-hunting experiences (40:45), attending North Texas for undergrad (46:50), going to Illinois for his master’s after some harrowing student teaching experiences (01:00:45), working for Sears for one summer in Champaign-Urbana (01:06:50), getting to Miami for his doctorate and traveling around the area (01:22:30), and some Random-Ass Questions (01:32:50).

Finishing with a rave on Rembert Browne and Grammy History (01:41:15).

Links:

Ben Charles' homepage

Ben Charles' Tartleton State page

Ben Charles' Innovative Percussion page

@ Percussion Homepage and YouTube page

Gary Westbrook

Casey Cangelosi

Megan Arns

Laurel Black

Bill Moersch

Brad Meyer

Keith Aleo

Ted Atkatz

Emil Richards

Evelyn Glennie

Anders Astrand

"Third Construction" - John Cage

"Merlin" - Andrew Thomas

"Reflections on the Nature of Water" - Jacob Druckman

Svet Stoyanov

Tony Lavender

Mark Ford

Ed Soph

Ben Charles' Blog Post: "Making It" in a Creative Field

"Variations on Japanese Children's Songs - Keiko Abe

Donald Bick

Terry Austin

"Two Mexican Dances" - Gordon Stout

"Two Movements for Marimba" - Toshimitsu Tanaka

"Frogs" - Keiko Abe

Creativity Inc. - Ed Catmull

Up

Becoming Steve Jobs - Brent Schlender

Gary Green

Nancy Zeltsman

Mike Yip

Paul Rennick

Christopher Deane

Robert Schietroma

Ed Smith

Janis Potter

Jason Nicholson

Colin Hill

Ricardo Flores

"Rebonds A/B" - Iannis Xenakis

"Khan Variations" - Alejandro Vinao

"Eight Pieces for Four Timpani" - Elliot Carter

"Rhapsody" - Takayoshi Yoshioka

"Mourning Dove Sonnet" - Christopher Deane

"Harangues" - Michael Cortes

"Xylophonia" - George Hamilton Green

"Threads" - Paul Lansky

Game of Thrones

"And Legions Will Rise" - Kevin Puts

Jacob Collier

Raves:

Rembert Browne on The Grammys
 

@ Percussion podcast co-host and James Madison University Adjunct Percussion Professor Laurel Black talks about her duties at JMU (02:20), the beginnings of the @percussion podcast (08:30), joining the faculty at Concord University (WV) (14:55), teaching and developing her Movement for Musicians class (19:40); growing up in Knoxville, TN (27:35), getting into percussion, piano, singing, and theater (33:45), going to UT-Knoxville for undergrad (51:20), staying a 5th year to get a theater minor (01:00:30), her senior recital (including singing and playing on vibes) (01:03:20), thoughts on University of Tennessee athletics (01:13:35), going to Boston Conservatory for her master’s (01:17:10), when she finds time to read (01:24:40), and gets subjected to some random questions (01:31:05).    

Finishing with a Rave about Tim Harford’s Messy (01:38:00).

Links:

Laurel Black's JMU page

Laurel Black's professional homepage

@ Percussion homepage and Youtube page

Glazunov's Saxophone Concerto

"Marimba Spiritual" - MInoru Miki

"Drums of Winter" - John Luther Adams

Casey Cangelosi

Michael Overman

Skeptics Guide to the Universe Podcast

Zeltsman Marimba Festival

"Land" - Takatsugu Muramatsu

The Sound of Brushes - Ed Thigpen

Jan Swafford

The Vertical of the Role - Jurij Alschitz

An Actor Prepares - Constantin Stanislavski

Cort McClaren

Inside the Actors Studio

Keith Brown

F. Michael Combs

"Three Moves for Marimba" - Paul Lansky

"To A Wild Rose" - Edward Macdowell

"Nothing Really Ever Happened" - from Is There Life After High School?

Phillip Fulmer

Bruce Pearl

Pat Summitt

Sam Solomon

Karl Paulnack

Malcolm Gladwell

Edgar Allan Poe

Arthur Conan Doyle

Eat, Pray, Love - Elizabeth Gilbert

The Social Psychology of Music

Raves:

Messy - Tim Harford

Lone Star College – Kingwood Percussion Professor Marvin Sparks Jr. gives a brief overview of his class schedule (01:55) before talking about the PASIC panel on diversity and race relations and issues of diversity and economics in music (05:20), growing up in Chicago in the 1960s (23:50), a brief Chicago baseball discussion (39:45), going to Illinois-Champaign-Urbana for undergrad (42:40), being a professional musician back in Chicago (55:35), attending Eastern Illinois for grad school (01:04:00), his path after grad school (01:08:30), living in St. Louis (01:15:00), dealing with Houston traffic (01:16:05), and teaching at an HBCU vs. other institutions (01:19:50).  I then ask Marvin some Random Questions (01:24:55).

Finishing with a rave on The Warmth of Other Suns (01:34:15). 

Links:

Marvin Sparks, Jr.'s Evans page

Marvin Sparks, Jr.'s Humes & Berg page

Matt Henry

Michael Taylor

Andres Espinoza

Third Rail/Maxx Traxx

Ruben Alvarez

Pedro Orey

John Santos

Tom Siwe

Johnny Lee Lane

Robin Engleman

Beverly Hills (Chicago)

Morgan Park (Chicago)

James Dutton

Blackstone Rangers

Gangster Disciples

Terreon Gully

The Bartman play

The Black Chorus (University of Illinois)

Shirley Caesar

Nikki Giovanni

Max Roach

Elvin Jones

"Skin Tight" - Ohio Players

Tom Tom 84

Charles Stepney

Louis Satterfield

Ralph Hardimon

Andre Hayward

Darryl Singleton

Jazz Education Network

Kirk Whalum

John Biggers

Deneice Williams

Nancy Duarte's Five Rules for Presentations

Slideology - Nancy Duarte

Raves:

The Warmth of Other Suns - Isabel Wilkerson

Lone Star College – Kingwood Percussion Professor Marvin Sparks Jr. gives a brief overview of his class schedule (01:55) before talking about the PASIC panel on diversity and race relations and issues of diversity and economics in music (05:20), growing up in Chicago in the 1960s (23:50), a brief Chicago baseball discussion (39:45), going to Illinois-Champaign-Urbana for undergrad (42:40), being a professional musician back in Chicago (55:35), attending Eastern Illinois for grad school (01:04:00), his path after grad school (01:08:30), living in St. Louis (01:15:00), dealing with Houston traffic (01:16:05), and teaching at an HBCU vs. other institutions (01:19:50).  I then ask Marvin some Random Questions (01:24:55).

Finishing with a rave on The Warmth of Other Suns (01:34:15). 

Links:

Marvin Sparks, Jr.'s Evans page

Marvin Sparks, Jr.'s Humes & Berg page

Matt Henry

Michael Taylor

Andres Espinoza

Third Rail/Maxx Traxx

Ruben Alvarez

Pedro Orey

John Santos

Tom Siwe

Johnny Lee Lane

Robin Engleman

Beverly Hills (Chicago)

Morgan Park (Chicago)

James Dutton

Blackstone Rangers

Gangster Disciples

Terreon Gully

The Bartman play

The Black Chorus (University of Illinois)

Shirley Caesar

Nikki Giovanni

Max Roach

Elvin Jones

"Skin Tight" - Ohio Players

Tom Tom 84

Charles Stepney

Louis Satterfield

Ralph Hardimon

Andre Hayward

Darryl Singleton

Jazz Education Network

Kirk Whalum

John Biggers

Deneice Williams

Nancy Duarte's Five Rules for Presentations

Slideology - Nancy Duarte

Raves:

The Warmth of Other Suns - Isabel Wilkerson

James Madison University Percussion Professor and @Percussion Podcast creator and co-host Casey Cangelosi and I talk about our experiences podcasting (02:15), and follow with Casey talking about getting the job and teaching at Concord University (WV) (06:25), transitioning from adjunct to full-time teaching (16:00), being on the job market and then getting the job and settling in at James Madison University (24:00), writing pieces as himself and under pseudonyms (29:00), growing up in Logan, Utah (40:00), musings about his @Percussion Podcast (50:40), Casey’s Dad’s basketball career at LSU (01:08:00), high school and college years in and out of Utah State (01:11:00), taking a year off to get fired at Old Navy (01:34:00), doing one master’s at Boston Conservatory (01:35:00), and a second at Rice University (01:50:00), and self-publishing (01:55:45).  I then subject Casey to some Random Questions (02:05:35).

Finishing with a rave on Trombone Shorty (02:13:25).

Links:

Casey Cangelosi's Homepage

Casey Cangelosi's JMU page

Casey Cangelosi's Innovative Percussion Page

@ Percussion and on YouTube

Megan Arns

Laurel Black

Ben Charles

Tracy Wiggins

Drumline Chops Podcast

Laura (Zamzow) Lynch

Tim Mainland

David Ball

Jack Sheffler

Holst First Suite for Band

"3 Etudes for Snare Drum" - Rupert Kettle

"TEMAZCAL" - Javier Alvarez

Peter Steele

"Figment V" - Elliot Carter

Mike Overman

"Personal Jesus" - Depeche Mode

"Chains of Love" - Erasure

"West End Girls" - Pet Shop Boys

Charlotte Mabrey

Dennis Griffin

James Cangelosi

"Whiplash" - Metallica

"One" - Metallica

"Peace Sells" - Megadeth

"Symphony of Destruction" - Megadeth

South Park

Sam Merciers - SoundNotion.tv

Julia Gaines

Keith Aleo

Svet Stoyanov

"Sorrow" - Bad Religion

"Rebonds" - Iannis Xenakis

Charles Dowd

Pius Cheung

Eriko Daimo

"Love Lies Bleeding" - Elton John

"Scherzo" from Symphony No. 8 - Dmitri Shostakovich

Thomas Rohrer

Nancy Zeltsman

Samuel Solomon

Richard Brown

"Concerto No. 2" - Cangelosi

Andreas Pichardo-Rosenthal

Halo

Sharknado 3 trailer

Raves:

"Hurricane Season" - Trombone Shorty