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Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito
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A place for long form talk with percussionists and other compelling people.
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Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 476 - Drew Tucker
Jan 1Tap to summarizeBandleader, Percussionist, Arts Administrator, Clinician and Speaker Drew Tucker stops by to talk about the PASIC50 Panel he participated on about Percussion and Dance (05:00), his position as Director of Jazz Road at South Arts, supporting jazz artists, freelancing and getting involved, and the grant process (21:40), growing up in Boca Raton (FL), getting into music and DCI, and more about his music education (50:20), his college years and how his early career moved forward (01:11:30), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on developing musicianship in percussionists early on, adventures in cooking, superhero movies, and memorable performances (01:29:35).Finishing with a Rave on the 2023 documentary Shari & Lamb Chop (02:01:30).Drew Tucker links:Drew Tucker’s websiteSouth ArtsJazz RoadPrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Alexandros Fragiskatos in 2021Joshua Simonds in 2022Eriko Daimo in 2025Other Links:Sarah ReichCory WongRay Donato311 Tiny Desk ConcertBlue Devils 1994 showMagic of Orlando 1995“Señor Mouse” - Chick Corea and Gary BurtonNancy Zeltsman“When Doves Cry” - Prince“Toxic” - Britney Spears“Head Over Heels” - Tears for Fears“Sword of Whispers” - Joe Locke“Dat Dere” - Stefon HarrisAndromeda TurreThe Incredibles trailerGodzilla Minus One trailerThe Art of Possibility - Ben ZanderSurrounded by Idiots - Thomas Erikson“Someday My Prince Will Come” - Jake ChapmanPlexusPlay and Matt DiBiaseRaves:Shari & Lamb Chop website
Transcribe →Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 432 - Marcia McCants
Feb 13, 2025Tap to summarizePercussionist, Educator, Freelancer, and Psychologist Marcia McCants stops by to talk about her Adjunct Percussion Instructor position at Virginia State University and going to England to get her Master of Psychology degree (02:30), living and studying in England (19:50) growing up in California and Virginia, having a musical family, and getting into percussion (33:20), dealing with adverse situations and progressing forward in her studies in high school and college (47:30), going to James Madison University (VA) for her undergrad, George Mason University (VA) for her master’s, and performing music by composers of African-American descent (01:05:30), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on accessibility and percussion, great movies, Agatha Christie, Anime, terrible jobs, and Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter (01:35:00).Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film Nickel Boys (02:13:10).Marcia McCants Links:Marcia’s VSU pageMarcia’s Lessons pagePrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Lamon Lawhorn in 2020Casey Cangelosi in 2017Sean Daniels in 2024Laurel Black in 2017Other Links:Black Swamp Educator NetworkSonaris PercussionMerce CunninghamJohn CageSandbox Percussion SeminarStaunton Music FestivalJohn KilkennyThe Princess Bride trailerMulan trailerMulan II trailerAnd Then There Were None trailerAnd Then There Were None - Agatha ChristieAssassination ClassroomNightwingBeing Black - Joe W. Moore IIICowboy Carter - BeyoncéRaves:Nickel Boys trailer
Transcribe →Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 431 - Ian Rosenbaum
Feb 6, 2025Tap to summarizeSandbox Percussion co-founder, Percussionist, Freelancer and Educator Ian Rosenbaum stops by to talk about the origins of the group, early performances, group management, and dealing with inventory (02:40), how Sandbox develops relationships with composers and their connections to Só Percussion and Third Coast Percussion (22:20), the rehearsal and performance logistics for Sandbox (32:20), Ian and the groups’ various college residencies and the importance of their Creator Mentorship program (45:00), growing up in Westchester (NY), beginnings of playing drumset and piano, and attending many types of concerts in his youth (01:09:40), eventually attending Peabody and working with Bob Van Sice (01:18:10), his master’s degree time at Yale and getting in the freelance scene in NYC (01:26:20), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments about performance setup and etiquette, great food, movies and books, and Christian Marclay’s The Clock (01:37:35).Finishing with a Rave on the 2025 Grammy Awards ceremony (02:00:00).Ian Rosenbaum links:Sandbox Percussion websiteIan Rosenbaum’s websiteSandbox’s Creator Mentorship ProgramSeven Pillars - Andy AkihoIan Rosenbaum’s Peabody page“Khan Variationa” - Alejandro ViñaoPrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Victor Caccese in 2019Garrett Arney in 2019Todd Meehan in 2017Cort McClaren in 2022Other Links:Andy AkihoPaola PrestiniChristopher CerroneAdam RosenblattRobert Van Sice“Mallet Quartet” - Steve Reich“Drumming (Part 1)” - Steve Reich“Extremes from Imaginary City” - Jason TreutingSo PercussionThird Coast Percussion“Pattern Transformation” - Lukas Ligeti“NO one to kNOW one” - Andy AkihoViet CuongGreen Umbrella Series“Wilderness” - Jerome BeginDavid YoonGlen VelezJi Su JungPercussion Group CincinnatiBryce DessnerGoldberg Variations - J.S. Bach (Glenn Gould)Colin CurrieJACK QuartetAmandinda Percussion QuartetSimon Boyar“Late in the Evening” - Paul Simon“I Go to Extremes” - Billy JoelBela Fleck and Edgar Meyer Tiny Desk concert311 Tiny Desk Concert“Pretty Fly” - The Offspring“All the Small Things” - Blink-182Ton Freer“Threads” - Paul LanskyCloyd DuffEtuden for Timpani - Richard HochrainerThomas DuffyNew Haven (CT) PizzaThe Princess Bride trailerFast and Furious trailerSilo trailerFormula 1: Drive to Survive trailerJacob Collier - Tiny Desk concert“1612” - VULFPECKVictor Wooten Trio at PASIC 2018“So Much to Say” - Dave Matthews Band (Carter Beauford view)Christian Marclay’s The ClockRaves:The 2025 Grammy Awards
Transcribe →Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 430 - Eriko Daimo
Jan 30, 2025Tap to summarizeSolo Percussionist and Educator Eriko Daimo stops by to discuss her career as a percussion soloist, her teaching at Juilliard and NYU, and the nature of arranging for marimba (02:45), growing up in Japan, traveling around the world, her piano background and experiences in wind ensemble (38:05), her undergrad years at the Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music in Japan and her experiences creating musical arrangements (58:40), her decision to study for her master’s at the Boston Conservatory (MA) (01:12:15) and a brief moment of storytelling through the Random Ass Questions (01:27:45).Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film A Complete Unknown (01:34:50).Eriko Daimo links:Eriko Daimo’s websiteEriko’s arrangementsPrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Casey Cangelosi in 2017Adelaide Ferriere in 2019Other Links:Pius CheungJonathan HaasSean StatserKeiko AbeStewart Copeland“In My Life” - The Beatles“Blackbird” - The BeatlesNancy ZeltsmanEd SaindonDave SamuelsRhapsody in Blue - George Gershwin/Adelaide FerriereMomoko KamiyaStudio GhibliKazutaka MoritaJames BenoitJonathan SingerRaves:A Complete Unknown trailer
Transcribe →Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 429 - Ben Wahlund
Jan 23, 2025Tap to summarizeNorthern Illinois University (NIU) Instructor of Percussion and Director of Percussion Studies at the College of DuPage (IL) Ben Wahlund stops by to talk about his teaching at both universities, the role of instructor/lecturer vs. professor, and PAS experiences (03:15), his compositional career and the Mile Marker Zero project (29:30), growing up all over the world with a military band director father, his early musical experiences, and settling in North Dakota (46:40), his undergrad degree at the University of Mary (ND), teaching middle school in Iowa, getting to the Chicago area and doing his master’s at NIU (01:03:50), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions (potty mouth!), including discussions of accessibility, Chicago sports, great books, and important travel experiences (01:18:45).Finishing with a Re-Rave on the 2018 documentary film King in the Wilderness (01:49:00).California Wildfire Contribution Links:Habitat for HumanityAmerican Red CrossWorld Central KitchenLos Angeles Regional Food BankPasadena Humane SocietyCalifornia Fire FoundationBen Wahlund links:Ben Wahlund’s NIU pageBen Wahlund’s homepageBen Wahlund’s College of DuPage webpagePrevious Podcasts Guests Mentioned:Rich Holly in 2020Andy Bliss in 2023Erin Walker Bliss in 2024Raychel Taylor in 2020Alexis C. Lamb in 2021Melissa Wang in 2024Julie Spencer in 2021Megan Arns in 2017Nathan Daughtrey in 2021Rebecca Kite in 2018Ben Charles in 2017Raynor Carroll in 2023David Eyler in 2020Marvin Sparks, Jr. in 2017Other Links:Gregory BeyerRobert ChappellLiam TeagueOrlando CottoVicky JenksMike MixtackiNeil deGrasse TysonBobby BroomGeof BradfieldAlejandro ViñaoPius CheungJohn Wittman“Funky Beat” - Whodini“It’s Tricky” - RUN DMCBeat Street trailerMichael BlakeArthur LipnerCliff AlexisRon CarterThe Silver Linings Playbook - Matthew QuickThe Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor DostoevskyHaruki MurakamiWislawa SzymborskaRaves:King in the Wilderness trailer
Transcribe →Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 428 - Daniel Glass
Jan 16, 2025Tap to summarizeNew York City-based Percussionist, Educator and Author Daniel Glass stops by to talk about his musical activities (03:40), the beginnings of his career in NYC and dealing with issues of gear for gigs (10:45), growing up in Honolulu (HI), his eclectic musical background, moving to Boston (MA) and eventually making his way to Los Angeles (CA) (29:30), his motion-based teaching philosophy and its origins (51:00), his writing and book career (01:08:00), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on performing on drumset in and out of context, great authors and great drummers, Elvis Presley, and David Bowie’s Blackstar(01:22:00).Finishing with a Rave on the Inside Out films (01:45:55).How to Help those affected by the Los Angeles wildfiresDaniel Glass links:Daniel Glass’s websiteDaniel’s drum solo from The Century ProjectCast Party NYCPrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Kelli Rae Tubbs in 2024Erin Walker Bliss in 2024Other Links:John RileyAdam NussbaumSteve HoughtonChuck SilvermanEmil RichardsLouie BellsonHal BlaineEd ShaughnessyDavid MerinoMarilyn MayeCountess LuannKenny WashingtonJeff “Tain” WattsMark GuilianaThe Music Building NYCSara BareillesJason Robert BrownThe Greatest Showman soundtrackMartha GrahamUmmagumma - Pink FloydMy Life in the Bush of Ghosts - David Byrne and Brian Eno“I Put a Spell on You” - Nina SimoneBook of Days - Meredith MonkDrumming - Steve ReichMetamorphosis - Philip GlassSteve SmithJoey BaronAlan DawsonThe Dick Grove SchoolFreddie GruberElvin JonesPapa Jo JonesBuddy RichIan WallaceBuddy HarmanW.S. HollandZoroDave BlackFrancis Clay“Drum Boogie” - Gene KrupaDrum History PodcastJon CryerDavid RitzNeil StraussPeter GuralnickD.J. FontanaRon TuttBlackstar - David BowieRaves:Inside Out trailerInside Out 2 trailer
Transcribe →Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 427 - Andrew Lynge
Jan 9, 2025Tap to summarizeUniversity of Alabama Percussion Professor and Epoch Percussion Quartet member Andrew Lynge stops by to talk about his job at Alabama and working through the pandemic (02:15), his percussion ensemble performing at PASIC twice in the last few years (18:45), Epoch Percussion (25:10), growing up near Dallas (32:00), going the Texas A&M-Commerce for undergrad and doing DCI (41:10) his master’s degree time at Colorado State (52:40), his doctoral years at the University of Texas at Austin, teaching at Commerce as an adjunct and his first job at Jacksonville State University (AL) (01:03:50), and settles into the Random Ass Questions, including segments on being a complete percussionist, bad jobs, his varying taste in movies, Cormac McCarthy, and The Bear (01:26:00).Finishing with a Rave on the 2021 Documentary Series The Beatles: Get Back (01:47:55).Andrew Lynge links:Andrew Lynge’s websiteAndrew Lynge’s University of AlabamaEpoch PercussionPrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Jennifer Caputo in 2016John Wooton in 2022Lauren Teel in 2017Dave Hall in 2020Shilo Stroman in 2020Tom Burritt in 2021Brian Zator in 2017Other Links:Mark LanterMark HunterJames CampbellBlast!Mandarins Drum CorpsKen OzzelloKevin WelbornBluecoats Drum CorpsCavaliers Drum CorpsTroopers Drum CorpsClint GillespieTim FeeneyMichael Strange“Spine” - Michael Laurello“Mallet Quartet” - Steve ReichOni LaraCory FicaNigel FernandezJerry JunkinOrbital - John PsathasDallas WindsRe(new)al - Viet CuongDeja Vu - Michael ColgrassSandbox PercussionThird Coast PercussionExcelsis PercussionDan MooreGary GreenSandi RennickPaul RennickTyler SammonsMatt PenlandEric Hollenbeck“Fantasy Variations” - Michael ColgrassCloyd Duff“Dances of Earth and Fire” - Peter Klatzow“Itsuki Fantasy for Six Mallets” - Keiko AbeTony McCutchenSean Womack“Khan Variations” - Alejandro ViñaoCarter BeaufordNo Country For Old Men trailerLord of the Rings trailerNosferatu trailerRobert EggersAnchorman trailerRocky trailerThe Wedding Planner trailerThe Road - Cormac McCarthyHurtado BBQThe Bear TV ShowRaves:The Beatles: Get Back
Transcribe →Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 426 - Olivia Cirisan
Jan 2, 2025Tap to summarizePercussionist, Performer, and Educator Olivia Cirisan stops by to chat about performing Ancel Fitzgerald Neeley’s “37 across 39 down” at PASIC 2024 (03:15), her master’s program at the University of Michigan and her responsibilities and work with chamber duos and gamelan (16:40), growing up (mostly) in Frankenmuth, Michigan, her piano and percussion background, and living with ADHD (37:15), attending the University of Michigan for undergrad, staying there for the master’s, and her time auditioning at Mizzou (01:02:10), and finishing with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on self-seriousness in art, her experiences as a woman in percussion spaces, the Twilight movies, Albert Camus, and the Midnight Gospel series (01:20:30).Finishing with a Rave on the 1975 film Dog Day Afternoon (02:02:15).Olivia Cirisan links:Olivia Cirisan’s websiteFLYDLPHINVIRIDPrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Cameron Leach in 2023Megan Arns in 2016Other links:Ancel Fitzgerald Neeley“Everything Now Right Now” - Robert HonsteinLogic ProVariSpeedDavid MinnixJoseph GramleyJonathan OvalleDoug PerkinsIan RosenbaumPaige MaddenLate Night with the Devil trailerTwilight: Eclipse shirt take offThe Office/Twilight Mash UpThe Shining as a Romantic ComedyRemarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van PeltFrankenmuth, MichiganThe Myth of Sisyphus - Albert CamusThe Midnight Gospel trailerRaves:Dog Day Afternoon trailer
Transcribe →Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 425 - Elizabeth DeLamater (2024)
Dec 26, 2024Tap to summarizePercussive Arts Society Diversity Alliance Chair and Percussionist and Educator Elizabeth DeLamater returns to discuss all things Diversity Alliance that occurred at PASIC 2024 (03:15), the state of diversity items and initiatives in 2024 (18:15), and an update on items in her personal and professional world, including working at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and playing for Holiday gigs (29:10).Finishing with a Rave on Colson Whitehead’s 1999 novel The Intuitionist (37:15).Previous Episodes with Elizabeth DeLamater:Episode 167Episode 168Episode 276Previous Podcast Guests mentioned in the show:Julie Hill in 2019Heather Sloan in 2021Joshua Simonds in 2017Matthew Lau in 2021Aiyun Huang in 2023Other Links:Terri Lyne CarringtonAdam TanTaku HiranoBeibei WangRaves:The Intuitionist - Colson Whitehead
Transcribe →Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 424 - Melissa Wang
Dec 19, 2024Tap to summarizePercussionist, Composer, Freelancer, and Educator Melissa Wang stops by to talk about her PASIC 2024 performance of Kate Neal’s “Self-Accusation” (03:10), her percussion activities and responsibilities throughout the Chicago Metro area (21:50), growing up in Chicago, her early musical experiences, and her extracurricular activities, including her prowess at the Spelling Bee (31:35), getting her undergrad degree from Northern Illinois University (41:30), her percussion and composition degree work for her master’s at the University of Washington (51:05), and settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of mental health, being a woman in the percussion and composition fields, Shrek, viral videos, and the greatness of Evelyn Glennie (01:07:20).Finishing with a Rave on the 2024 film A Real Pain (01:39:40).Melissa Wang Links:Melissa Wang’s webpageMelissa Wang’s PASIC pagePrevious Podcast Guests mentioned:Bonnie Whiting from 2020Raychel Taylor from 2020Other Links:Kate NealPeter HandkePioneer Drum and Bugle CorpsGregory BeyerBen WahlundLiam TeagueLeft Edge PercussionShrek trailerNeo Yokio trailerShadow Behind the Iron Sun - Evelyn GlennieRaves:A Real Pain trailer
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