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

St. Louis-based drumset artist (and Pete’s former Music Major) Charles Smotherson talks about his work schedule today (2:10), growing up in STL and KC and within the church (13:50), close calls and tough lessons in middle school and high school (38:25), when he started to figure it out to become a better player (50:20), recollections of their mutual time together at Lincoln (59:50), being a drum major at Lincoln (01:03:20), a scary traffic accident (01:09:40), reminiscing about his senior recital (01:19:40), beginnings of his teaching career (01:27:00), teaching while getting his certification (01:35:10), job changes (01:44:40), and ending his public school teaching career to begin his drumset career (01:53:00).  Then, time for some Random-ass Questions (02:17:30).

Closing with a Rave of videos, books and movies about Martin Luther King, Jr. (02:34:05).

Links:

Charles Smotherson's lesson page

Charles Smotherson's YouTube page

Delta Sol Revival

John P. Kee

Calvin Rodgers

Rhonda Harper

R.J. Kelly

Colts DCI

Mark Harris

"Of Thoughts and Thinking" - Antonio C. Lymon

"Dream of the Cherry Blossoms" - Keiko Abe

"Estudio No. 1" - Murray Houliff

"Elephant Walk" - Jon Metzger

Walk Hard trailer

Drumline trailer

Drumline: A New Beat trailer

"Mustang Sally" - WIlson Pickett

"Freebird" - Lynyrd Skynryd

"Wake Me Up" - Dirty Loops (cover of Avicii)

Raves:

10 Other Things MLK Said

Selma trailer

Citizen King

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Children - David Halberstam

I May Not Get There With You - Michael Eric Dyson

St. Louis-based drumset artist (and Pete’s former Music Major) Charles Smotherson talks about his work schedule today (2:10), growing up in STL and KC and within the church (13:50), close calls and tough lessons in middle school and high school (38:25), when he started to figure it out to become a better player (50:20), recollections of their mutual time together at Lincoln (59:50), being a drum major at Lincoln (01:03:20), a scary traffic accident (01:09:40), reminiscing about his senior recital (01:19:40), beginnings of his teaching career (01:27:00), teaching while getting his certification (01:35:10), job changes (01:44:40), and ending his public school teaching career to begin his drumset career (01:53:00).  Then, time for some Random-ass Questions (02:17:30).

Closing with a Rave of videos, books and movies about Martin Luther King, Jr. (02:34:05).

Links:

Charles Smotherson's lesson page

Charles Smotherson's YouTube page

Delta Sol Revival

John P. Kee

Calvin Rodgers

Rhonda Harper

R.J. Kelly

Colts DCI

Mark Harris

"Of Thoughts and Thinking" - Antonio C. Lymon

"Dream of the Cherry Blossoms" - Keiko Abe

"Estudio No. 1" - Murray Houliff

"Elephant Walk" - Jon Metzger

Walk Hard trailer

Drumline trailer

Drumline: A New Beat trailer

"Mustang Sally" - WIlson Pickett

"Freebird" - Lynyrd Skynryd

"Wake Me Up" - Dirty Loops (cover of Avicii)

Raves:

10 Other Things MLK Said

Selma trailer

Citizen King

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Children - David Halberstam

I May Not Get There With You - Michael Eric Dyson

University of Minnesota-Moorhead percussion professor Dr. Kenyon Williams talks about getting that job and the odd percussion situation in the Tri-College percussion system (03:55), growing up in the “Nazi Texas Band Tradition” (13:00), working in his dad’s Sculpting studio (19:50), the typical martial arts portion of the podcast (31:40), going to Abilene Christian University for undergrad (34:40), moving to Hartford, CT for his Master’s with his theater-manager wife (49:45), living in New England (57:15), getting to the University of Kentucky for the DMA (01:13:40), going to Cuba during his doctorate (01:23:45), doing his dissertation on Trinidadian Steel Pan Arrangers (01:35:00), and living in Minnesota winters (01:40:00).

Finishes with a rave about “Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson (01:42:20).

Links:

Kenyon Williams' Minnesota-Moorhead homepage

Kenyon WIlliams' Innovative Percussion Page

Allen Teel

Kenyon Williams' article on Trinidadian Steel Bands

"She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket" - Kevin Volans

Kanjira

David Eyler

Kajukenbo

Lamar Burkhalter

"Michi" - Keiko Abe

"Cricket City" - Dan Moore

"My Lady White" - David Maslanka

"Grand Fantasy" - Raymond Helble

"Cold Pressed" - David Hollinden

Interlochen Music Camp

Ben Toth

Bang On A Can

Glen Velez

Alexander Lepak

Johnny Almendra

20/20 Ensemble

Shane Shanahan

Craig Bitterman

Jim Campbell

Eric Willie

PPP - Brad Meyer

Michael Spiro

Robert Vizcaino

Elian Gonzalez

Arturo Sandoval

Rob Parks

Keeneland Sales (horse auctions)

Kenyon Williams' arrangements at Coyle Drums

Raves:

"Brown Girl Dreaming" - Jacqueline Woodson

1000 Black Girl Books

University of Minnesota-Moorhead percussion professor Dr. Kenyon Williams talks about getting that job and the odd percussion situation in the Tri-College percussion system (03:55), growing up in the “Nazi Texas Band Tradition” (13:00), working in his dad’s Sculpting studio (19:50), the typical martial arts portion of the podcast (31:40), going to Abilene Christian University for undergrad (34:40), moving to Hartford, CT for his Master’s with his theater-manager wife (49:45), living in New England (57:15), getting to the University of Kentucky for the DMA (01:13:40), going to Cuba during his doctorate (01:23:45), doing his dissertation on Trinidadian Steel Pan Arrangers (01:35:00), and living in Minnesota winters (01:40:00).

Finishes with a rave about “Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson (01:42:20).

Links:

Kenyon Williams' Minnesota-Moorhead homepage

Kenyon WIlliams' Innovative Percussion Page

Allen Teel

Kenyon Williams' article on Trinidadian Steel Bands

"She Who Sleeps with a Small Blanket" - Kevin Volans

Kanjira

David Eyler

Kajukenbo

Lamar Burkhalter

"Michi" - Keiko Abe

"Cricket City" - Dan Moore

"My Lady White" - David Maslanka

"Grand Fantasy" - Raymond Helble

"Cold Pressed" - David Hollinden

Interlochen Music Camp

Ben Toth

Bang On A Can

Glen Velez

Alexander Lepak

Johnny Almendra

20/20 Ensemble

Shane Shanahan

Craig Bitterman

Jim Campbell

Eric Willie

PPP - Brad Meyer

Michael Spiro

Robert Vizcaino

Elian Gonzalez

Arturo Sandoval

Rob Parks

Keeneland Sales (horse auctions)

Kenyon Williams' arrangements at Coyle Drums

Raves:

"Brown Girl Dreaming" - Jacqueline Woodson

1000 Black Girl Books

Clip show!  Clip show!  Featuring help from David Grubb (:50), Jason Kihle (08:15), Laura Franklin (15:35), Edward White (19:45), Julia Gaines (24:15), Jeff Calissi (27:20), Josh Armstrong (29:15), Sherry Rubins (32:35), Nathan Daughtrey (35:50), Drew Worden (38:50), Jeff Hewitt (42:25), Bobby Lopez (44:40), and Victoria Sparks (48:20).

Links to full Pete's Percussion Podcast episodes included:

David Grubb

Jason Kihle

Laura Franklin

Edward White

Julia Gaines

Jeff Calissi

Josh Armstrong

Sherry Rubins

Nathan Daughtrey

Drew Worden

Jeff Hewitt

Bobby Lopez

Victoria Sparks

Clip show!  Clip show!  Featuring help from David Grubb (:50), Jason Kihle (08:15), Laura Franklin (15:35), Edward White (19:45), Julia Gaines (24:15), Jeff Calissi (27:20), Josh Armstrong (29:15), Sherry Rubins (32:35), Nathan Daughtrey (35:50), Drew Worden (38:50), Jeff Hewitt (42:25), Bobby Lopez (44:40), and Victoria Sparks (48:20).

Links to full Pete's Percussion Podcast episodes included:

David Grubb

Jason Kihle

Laura Franklin

Edward White

Julia Gaines

Jeff Calissi

Josh Armstrong

Sherry Rubins

Nathan Daughtrey

Drew Worden

Jeff Hewitt

Bobby Lopez

Victoria Sparks

A New York themed episode this week, featuring University of Alabama Ethnomusicologist (and fellow native Long Islander) Jennifer Caputo.  We discuss New York traffic (01:30), her story of arriving at Alabama (03:05), growing up in West Islip, NY (18:25), transitioning from violin to percussion (23:55), her high school years doing show choir, dance, and playing drumset for pit band (37:15), going to Queens College (CUNY) for undergrad (54:15), dealing with a comment from the crowd for her junior recital (01:09:30), working for Ethos Percussion Group before heading to Tufts University for her Master's (01:11:05), her master's thesis on Italian American Religious Festivals in Boston's North End (01:19:10), working on her Ph.d. at Wesleyan (CT) (01:29:40), researching in Southern Italy (01:35:00), and moving from the Northeast to the Deep South (01:42:20).

Closes with a rave on a special version of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (01:52:40).

Links:

Jennifer Caputo's Alabama page

1010 WINS

Triborough Bridge (Now RFK Bridge)

Andrew Dewar

Long Island Rail Road

Nassau County, NY

Suffolk County, NY

Long Island Expressway Exits

Phil Cimino

Chet Doboe Drum School

"Research 1" University

Random Show Choir Cole Porter Performance

NYC's Columbus Day Parade

NYSSMA

Michael Lipsey

Heath Brothers

Carl Schacter

Schenkerian Analysis

Journey Through a Japanese Landscape - Thea Musgrave

Marimolin

Nagoya Marimbas - Steve Reich

Psappha - Iannis Xenakis

Ethos Percussion Group

Robert Levin

David Locke

Boston's North End Feasts

Tomie Hahn

Alessandra Belloni

Glen Velez

Raves:

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" - The Partridge Family

A New York themed episode this week, featuring University of Alabama Ethnomusicologist (and fellow native Long Islander) Jennifer Caputo.  We discuss New York traffic (01:30), her story of arriving at Alabama (03:05), growing up in West Islip, NY (18:25), transitioning from violin to percussion (23:55), her high school years doing show choir, dance, and playing drumset for pit band (37:15), going to Queens College (CUNY) for undergrad (54:15), dealing with a comment from the crowd for her junior recital (01:09:30), working for Ethos Percussion Group before heading to Tufts University for her Master's (01:11:05), her master's thesis on Italian American Religious Festivals in Boston's North End (01:19:10), working on her Ph.d. at Wesleyan (CT) (01:29:40), researching in Southern Italy (01:35:00), and moving from the Northeast to the Deep South (01:42:20).

Closes with a rave on a special version of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" (01:52:40).

Links:

Jennifer Caputo's Alabama page

1010 WINS

Triborough Bridge (Now RFK Bridge)

Andrew Dewar

Long Island Rail Road

Nassau County, NY

Suffolk County, NY

Long Island Expressway Exits

Phil Cimino

Chet Doboe Drum School

"Research 1" University

Random Show Choir Cole Porter Performance

NYC's Columbus Day Parade

NYSSMA

Michael Lipsey

Heath Brothers

Carl Schacter

Schenkerian Analysis

Journey Through a Japanese Landscape - Thea Musgrave

Marimolin

Nagoya Marimbas - Steve Reich

Psappha - Iannis Xenakis

Ethos Percussion Group

Robert Levin

David Locke

Boston's North End Feasts

Tomie Hahn

Alessandra Belloni

Glen Velez

Raves:

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" - The Partridge Family

University of Manitoba and Brandon University (MB) Percussion Professor Victoria Sparks talks about some end-of-the-semester oddities (02:40), Canada's cold weather and live hockey games (04:00); her current job situation and scheduling at 3 separate schools in Manitoba (07:15); getting filmed for a documentary (30:25); Canadian benefits? (34:45); growing up outside of Winnipeg (41:15); beginning piano and transitioning to percussion (56:50); doing undergrad at the University of Manitoba (01:08:15); her semester in Iceland (01:10:40); getting the master’s at Butler University while also working in the Orchestra Box Office (01:20:00); working with a community drumline in Indianapolis (01:36:45); watching the Butler men’s basketball team’s run to the NCAA Championship Game in 2010 (01:42:25); and the good and bad about being a woman in the percussion world (01:48:30).

Closes with a rave on a special version of "O Holy Night" (02:03:20).

Links:

Victoria Sparks' Brandon University page

University of Manitoba Percussion Page

Victoria Sparks' Prairie Percussion page

Ben Reimer

Jauvon Gilliam

Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra

Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

Amphibex Dredging

Red River Flood of 1997

Rick Mercer Report

Delecluse Snare Book

"Back in Black" - AC/DC

"Cold Sweat" - James Brown

"Take the Long Way Home" - Supertramp

"The King of Denmark" - Morton Feldman

Steef van Oosterhout

Thorrablot

John Crabiel

Jeff Queen

Gordon Hayward's half-court shot near-make vs. Duke, 2010

Beverly Johnston

Evelyn Glennie

Rave:

"O Holy Night" - Mariah Carey