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In the room are: Rebecca Kite, Marco Schirripa, Brian Nozny, Brian Blume, Caleb Pickering, Ben Charles, Casey Cangelosi 0:00 Continuing thoughts on publishing 7:55 Dealing with self-publishing and copyright. 14:52 "Fair use" 20:12 Percussionists-composers -"hits" 30:26 The instant satisfaction delema 43:53 Casey: This day in music - Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Leon Theremin, Sofia Shostakovich, Harry Partch, Pauline Oliveros. Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

In the room are: Rebecca Kite, Marco Schirripa, Brian Nozny, Brian Blume, Caleb Pickering, Ben Charles, Casey Cangelosi. 0:00 Intro and hello 0:50 GP Percussion / Taki Music 3:35 Publishing out of print books 7:20 Pricing your publications 21:00 Where is the money in publishing? (prints, PMO royalties 24:40 PMOs (Performing Rights Organizations). BMI vs ASCAP? 29:00 Online streaming services and royalties 37:40 Website file sharing, copyright claims takedown. More on PMOs and streaming 44:00 PDF downloads vs printing? 49:55 Inspired by video games? 55:55 Publisher vs self publish? Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

T.J. Troy, Erin Barnes, and Nick Terry are all percussionists in the Los Angeles-based contemporary music ensemble Partch. Partch is a Grammy Award winning ensemble that specializes in the music and instruments of the American Maverick composer Harry Partch. Partch’s work combined music and theatre with complex microtonal systems, often performed on custom-made instruments. The Partch ensemble has performed internationally from the Disney Hall in LA to a tour of Japan. 0:00 Intro and hello - the new record 3:20 Becoming so interested in Partch and joining this ensemble?  6:40 TJ's introduction to Partch through Michael Udow 9:44 Describing Harry Partch's music 16:25 Audience questions, interaction, and education  19:30 instruments   29:50 Diamond Marimba  34:35 The sheet music  45:15 Any unperformed Partch works that you have premiered?  47:20 Partch's rhythm?  55:21 Casey: Sound - # Carbonfeed  1:02:15 Casey: this day in music: Cage "Empty Words", Bruckner Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

http://www.john-lane.com/ John Lane is an artist whose creative work and collaborations extend through percussion to poetry/spoken word and theater. As a performer, he has appeared on stages throughout the Americas, Australia, and Japan. Commissioning new works and interdisciplinary collaborations are integral to John's work. Over the last few years, he has been connected with a number of composers including Peter Garland, Mark Applebaum, Yo Goto, Emiliano Pardo, Mara Helmuth, Christopher Deane, John Luther Adams, Kyle Gann, Michael Byron, Wen Hui Xie, Kazuaki Shiota and David Farrell. John has several on-going collaborations with writer Ann McCutchan, poets Nick Lantz and Todd Boss, percussionist Allen Otte, visual artist Pat Alexander, and has created original music for choreographer/dancer Hilary Bryan and granite sculptor Jesús Moroles. John is the creator and host of a podcast, Standing in the Stream: Conversations with Creatives. Through long-form conversations and audio collaborations, the podcast explores the lives and works of artists in a variety of fields from visual art, music, filmmaking, dance, writing/poetry, to everything in between. It is a podcast for and about artists seeking to live and sustain creative lives. Currently, John is the Director of Percussion Studies and Professor of Percussion at Sam Houston State University. He taught previously at the University of Wyoming and held fellowships at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the University of North Texas. John is a Yamaha Performing Artist and is an Artist with Innovative Percussion, Evans Drumheads, and Zildjian Cymbals. 0:00 Intro and hello 3:00 Your podcast, "Standing in the Stream"?  5:40 Composer, Peter Garland.  9:50 Working with composers12:00 Your methods of composition?  15:30 Ben: Percussion Group Cincinnati 24:50 Percussion Group Cincinnati and sponsorships30:40 The Innocents project43:33 Intersection of politics and art47:57 Working with Christopher Deane? 54:25 Thank you and farewell, Michael Colgrass1:02:00 Casey: This day in music history 1:06:45 Interpreting new works and finding meaning?  1:09:35 Upcoming works and projects? 1:13:10 Recommended books?  Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

To close out LGBT Pride Month, we will be speaking with Jaime Esposito and Stephen Hall, founders of the Spectrum Ensemble! Spectrum is a Denton, TX-based ensemble that highlights talented musicians in the LGBTQA+ community. The Spectrum Ensemble had their debut concert in May 2019, featuring works by LGBTQ composers including four world premieres. Jaime and Stephen are both former students of previous @ percussion guest and international superstar She-e Wu. 0:00 intro and hello 3:45 "A New Light" concert project -celebrating LGBTQA composers 11:00 Commissioning? 20:20 Ben: Lou Harrison 32:55 Casey: Today in music history 40:10 The Spectrum Duo and living apart? 53:20 When you started Spectrum was it hard to find LGBTQA composers? 54:45 Studying with She-e Wu? Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

Mark is a nationally respected clinician, adjudicator and author. He has written numerous method books, including “A Fresh Approach to Snare Drum” and “A Fresh Approach to Mallet Percussion”, two of the world’s best selling beginning percussion methods. Mark’s teaching experience includes 18 years in the Texas public schools as a percussion instructor and band director at middle and high school levels (Lake Highlands/Richardson ISD, DeSoto/Desoto ISD, Shepton HS/Plano ISD) and as the percussion caption head for the Sky Ryders Drum and Bugle Corps (1985-91). Currently, Mark is the Director of Internet Activities for Vic Firth where he produces all web related content for vicfirth.com. 0:00 intro and hello 5:10 Self publishing, Finale, software 16:13 What inspired you to write your method books? 19:15 Getting your stuff out there 29:40 Publishing is interesting and satisfying. 34:33 More or less pencil? 39:10 Beginner books -the text. 41:58 What books do you think are essential for middle-school percussionist? 45:00 A better way of teaching 52:20 This day in music: Napster, Metallica, snare drum sounds. 1:04:06 Common roadblocks students encounter? Rigor vs fun. Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

Brooklyn-based percussionist Ashley Baier has performed with a variety of orchestras, chamber groups, and artists including PitchBlak Brass Band, Pharoahe Monch, John Hodgman, The Bengsons, VÉRITÉ, and Kermit the Frog. She has played numerous New York City musical theater productions and has toured nationally with How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Hundred Days. She has performed at renowned venues including Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Blue Note, Brooklyn Bowl, (Le) Poisson Rouge, and Joe's Pub. www.ashleybaier.com 0:00 intro and hello 7:15 Both classical percussion and drumset.  Why you should be a diverse percussionist.  14:20 NYC? 20:10 Touring 26:00 Broadway subbing?  32:47 All students should listen to this podcast! 34:37 Karli: Teacher Appreciation Week, what makes a great music teacher. 43:35 Casey: Sound - the 1 sample drumset, sampling, Pierre Schaeffer 55:40 Making a living in NY and living logistics? 58:04 Being a female percussionist?  Some thoughts on equality. Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

Cynthia Yeh joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as principal percussionist in June 2007. She previously served as principal percussionist for the San Diego Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2007. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Ms. Yeh received a Bachelor of Music performance degree from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Music performance degree from Temple University in Philadelphia, where she studied with Alan Abel. As an active soloist, Ms Yeh performed with the Chicago Symphony, the National Symphony of Taiwan, the National Orchestra of Mexico, the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Illinois Philharmonic. Ms Yeh has been featured Chicago’s WFMT program Live from Levin Studio. She performs regularly with the CSO’s MusicNOW ensemble as well as various chamber ensembles throughout Chicago. Ms Yeh is currently on faculty at DePaul University and the Aspen Music Festival. She has served on the faculty of the National Youth Orchestra-USA, Pacific Music Festival as well as the Chosen Vale Percussion Seminar. 0:00 Intro and hello 2:00 The strike is over! 7:53 What can students do to prepare for the politics they may find in orchestras? 15:30 Inspiring listening, approaching a piece that doesn't already speak to you. Growth as a musician 19:40 Any style or composer that you weren't interested in right away? What don't we like... 22:20 How do you internalize your own sense of meaning in an orchestral work collaborating with the conductor and ensemble, vs a soloist? 24:55 The CSO percussion section? Being Principal Perc.. 29:40 Advice with and challenges with sexism? 36:10 Being on tour? 39:45 Most challenging pieces you've had to play in the orchestra? 47:45 Working with Pierre Boulez? 52:26 Bartok Sonata, HH muting contraption. 54:27 (Casey: Ampex tape recorder, Varese, Poeme Electronique, Bing Crosby) 58:15 Review question Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

0:00 Intro and Hello 0:30 Brian's new job! Tracy awarded tenure! 3:30 Tenure 10:00 The tenure process? 35:50 GOT... 45:30 Brandon's social media work 1:14:18 Caleb's WPG tour and composition 1:20:40 Bill's Two Rivers Timpani Summit 1:27:45 Brian's recent job interview 1:31:48 Worst interview questions? 1:46:58 Games... Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

Robert McCormick is currently Professor of Music and director of the percussion program at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He served as principal percussionist/assistant timpanist with the Florida Orchestra for 20 seasons. He is a former member of the Harry Partch Ensemble and often performs with high profile artists of all genres. In 2010, he conducted the premiere performance of Chan Hae Lee’s Korean folk opera Simcheongga at the National Center of Performing Arts in Seoul. In March 2014 Robert performed the world premiere of Baljinder Sekhon’s Double Percussion Concerto at Carnegie Hall with percussionist Lee Hinkle. His myriad recordings with the McCormick Percussion Group, McCormick Duo and others continually receive the highest critical acclaim from composers and scholars. Robert is the host of the annual McCormick Marimba Festival which attracts major university marimba ensembles and performers from around the world. Robert was the 2006 recipient of the Florida Music Educator of the Year Award; the 2007 Grand Prize in the Keystone Percussion Composition Award, the 2010 University Distinguished Teacher Award and the 2015 Percussive Arts Society Lifetime Achievement in Education Award. He has also received several Global Music Awards for his CD recordings, many published on the Ravello label and distributed by Naxos. Bob is most proud of the many highly successful students he has had the opportunity to work with over the years. 0:00 Intro and Hello 3:30 Summer practice, projects, and time management 7:40 With your free time? 11:10 Influential composers? What makes a new piece valuable to you as an artist? 14:22 Harry Partch? 19:40 McCormick Percussion Group? 25:30 Casey: Varese, Poème électronique, Ampex tape machines 39:35 Keeping cool in rehearsal? 42:25 Pieces for flute and percussion? 43:50 McCormick Marimba Festival? 49:10 Working with Anthony Cirone in the 70's? 52:00 Zack Browning's "Profit Beater"? 53:30 Snare drum technique and Forrest Clark? 54:47 Advocating new works? 56:12 The university teacher's role in guiding a student's repertoire choice? 58:40 Future shifts in music? Jobs and competition.   Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

John Tafoya serves as Chairman of the percussion department and is Professor of Percussion at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. From 1999-2007 he served as principal timpanist for the National Symphony Orchestra and has held previous principal timpani positions with the American Wind Symphony, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Owensboro Symphony (KY), the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra (IN) and the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra. John Tafoya earned BM and MM degrees in percussion performance from Indiana University. While at I.U., Tafoya was the recipient of the prestigious performer's certificate, first prize winner of the 1985 National Society of Arts and Letters competition, and performed as solo timpanist with the Indiana University Orchestra. Mr. Tafoya's percussion teachers at Indiana University were George Gaber and Gerald Carlyss. An active educator and sought after clinician, Mr. Tafoya has presented numerous master classes and clinics at universities across the United States. He has also been a featured clinician at the Virginia/D.C. Percussive Arts Society's Day of Percussion and at PASIC (Percussive Arts Society International Convention) 2002, 2006, 2011, and 2018. Mr. Tafoya has served on the music department faculties at the University of Evansville, Kentucky Wesleyan College, Florida International University, and the University of Maryland. In May 2004, Carl Fischer publications released Mr. Tafoya's first book entitled; "The Working Timpanist's Survival Guide"; offering practical advice on how to prepare and perform orchestral timpani excerpts. The book also includes illustrations displaying various timpani technique and a CD-ROM containing complete timpani parts that can be printed out for further study. His second book, "Beyond The Audition Screen", was released in 2011 and is available through Hal Leonard. www.johntafoya.com 0:00 Intro and Hello 5:20 Favorite pieces? Timpani concertos 18:10 Bartok Sonata 29:30 Students and creative problem solving? 42:00 Dave Samuels. 52:20 As a student were there particular timpanists you tried to emulate? 1:02:24 Food. 1:04:45 Your colleagues? 1:06:40 Your violin background? 1:11:35 Shifting career paths? Range of skill sets, teaching and playing. 1:20:25 Work balance. 1:25:10 How has the role of the timpanist changed in the last century? 1:27:55 Quick quiz... Stephen Covey's 4 quadrants of time management.   Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element

Kelli Rae Tubbs is a drummer, singer, percussionist, author, teacher, and hosts a fantastic drumming and percussion history series on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNJYrmG99W5wNlN5gNQAJ8A She documents many percussion sound effects from the silent movie era, and also drumset evolution and historical use. She has been interviewed and published in magazines: DRUM! and Vintage Drums Legendary Sounds.  Put simply, singing drummers aren't made every day.  I love making music people love to move to.  I'm inspired by artists like The Beatles, The Police and Prince, and hope some of the magic in the hands of some of my favorite drummers--people like Ringo Starr, Stewart Copeland, Chris Layton, Billy Cobham, and Daniel Glass--will rub off on me. In addition to performing, I spend my time arranging for young percussion ensembles, researching historical drum methods and styles, refurbishing antique instruments, and sharing my insights to the world of percussion through the written word and in clinic settings as a member of the Sabian Education Network and the D'Addario Education Collective. Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and Hello. 1:25 Fire at Notre Dame 8:33 Welcome, Kelli Rae Tubbs.  Grant writing season. 13:30 Kelli's Youtube channel on historical percussion. 20:09 Research -going straight to the source.  Grants and planning. 24:18 Connecting with the PAS Museum?  Percussionists in silent film theaters.  29:19 Your performing career? 34:48 Setting up a private teaching studio? 37:30 Next projects?  Your background?  An approach: "If you don't ask, the answer is definitely 'no'" 49:58 Co-authoring a new book with Daniel Glass.

Dr. Hinkle is a percussionist and classically trained baritone vocalist whose percussion playing has been called “rock-steady” by the Washington Post and having “a notable sense of flare [sic]” by Potomac Stages. He is currently serving as the principal percussionist for the 21st Century Consort: the resident new music ensemble at the Smithsonian American Art Gallery, a position he has held since 2012. He made his Carnegie Hall solo debut in 2014 with the world premiere performance of Baljinder Sekhon’s Double Percussion Concerto for two percussion soloists and wind ensemble. He holds masters and D.M.A. degrees from the University of Maryland and a B.M. degree from the University of South Florida, summa cum laude. Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and Hello. 3:00 21st Century Consort 7:00 Stuart Saunders Smith, programming, theatrical percussion, theatrical percussion in Europe. 24:04 What brought you into theatrical percussion? 29:35 What repertoire would you recommend for someone starting theatrical percussion? 35:30 The resistance to avant-garde music, the value? 42:20 How has theatrical percussion informed your traditional percussion playing? 47:37 Casey: sound: Sonification and Wanda Díaz-Merced 55:27 How you practice the some of the challenges in these theatrical pieces?

James Benoit, a native of Niskayuna, New York, is the newly appointed Principal Timpanist of the Seattle Symphony. Previously, Benoit was the Associate Principal Percussionist and Assistant Principal Timpanist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and spent three seasons as a section percussionist with the Sarasota Opera. As an educator, Benoit was on faculty at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Luzerne Music Center. An avid supporter of music in the classroom, he also has worked as a teaching and performing artist with Associate Solo Artists, a non-profit organization that provides artistic interdisciplinary programs to children, teachers, businesses and social establishments by giving concerts, masterclasses and workshops in schools throughout New York. Benoit received his Artist Diploma from Duquesne University, his Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School and his Bachelor of Music degree from the Berklee College of Music. Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and Hello. 1:25 Your first year with the Seattle Symphony? The tenure process. 6:40 Innovations at the Seattle Symphony. 20:03 Studying with Sal Rabbio? 22:00 Your jazz experience? 29:25 Carter timp solos? Important books and rep.? 43:10 Casey: Deagan Tower Chimes 49:16 Important skills outside of your musicianship?

Included among the Village Voice's "Best of New York," percussionist Jonathan Singer has been praised for his "superb four-mallet technique" (New York Times) and described as an "artistic assault on the sensory order of nitrous oxide." His solo appearances include performances with the Detroit Symphony and Grammy-winning Nighthawks. As the leader of the Brooklyn-based novelty band, Xylopholks, Singer has performed across the United States, India, Japan, Brazil, and Canada and on the stages of Alice Tully Hall, City Center, 92nd Y, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has been heard on WNYC, Air America, and made on-screen appearances in Boardwalk Empire, Royal Pains, and David Grubin's Downtown Express. Singer is the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship and Queens College grant to study in India. Presently an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the College of Staten Island and Queensborough Community College, Singer has had previous appointments at Brooklyn College and Queens College. Since 2013, Singer has taught xylophone performance and improvisation at the University of Delaware Xylophone Institute. Singer is a graduate of the Interlochen Arts Academy, Berklee College of Music, Queens College and CUNY Graduate Center, where he earned a doctorate with a dissertation focusing on improvised xylophone music. An endorser of the Malletech company, he helped design the Jon Singer signature xylophone mallet. Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and Hello. Recent college bribe scandal 11:08 Welcome, Jon Singer 13:40 Xylophone Camp 15:30 Jon's 3rd Floor Percussion Bazaar 25:30 Matthew Henry: How to get students on their desired paths sooner? 36:10 Jacob Garcia: How to approach ragtime and when should students begin? Xylopholks 42:55 Solo Nagoya Marimbas?! 48:46 Casey: What's the sound? Booming sands 54:24 Your Fulbright to India? 1:03:40 Podcast trivia

The ever-evolving Aiyun Huang enjoys a musical life as soloist, chamber musician, researcher, teacher and producer. She was the First Prize and the Audience Award winner at the Geneva International Music Competition in 2002. As a soloist, her recent highlights include engagements with San Diego Symphony Orchestra, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, St. Lawrence String Quartet, and Aventa Ensemble. The Globe and Mail critic Robert Everett-Green describes Huang’s playing as “engrossing to hear and to watch” and her choice of repertoire as capable of “renovating our habits of listening.” An expert in percussion theatre, her work on the subject has been published in Cambridge Companion to Percussion (2016) and Save Percussion Theater (Mode 242). Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and Hello 1:00 Spotify reports: Metal has the loyalist fans 5:20 Welcome, Aiyun Huang 6:35 Windward by David Bithell 12:25 Finding great repertoire? 17:47 Keeping up with so many projects? 21:35 Transplanted Roots Percussion Symposium. 27:18 Experience with Aphasia and Mark Applebaum? 30:27 Approaches to memorization?  41:27 Taxes for musicians, and some practical things we wished we had learned.  1:10:00 The Taco Bell/Starbucks plan. 1:12:10 Bridging classical percussion teaching with other styles and genres? 1:16:00 Casey: what's the sound?  Arts in the Summer Olympics.

  Matt is a percussionist in the Houston Symphony and serves on the faculty of Rice University and theUniversity of Miami. He has recently developed a line of signature sticks with Promark. He is a formerstudent of Alan Abel, and has performed under the baton of Pierre Boulez and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and Hello 1:53 The Led Zeppelin symphony concert? 4:20 Teaching at Rice University and Miami? 6:15 The balance and your path to collegiate teaching? 12:20 Balancing your personal life with your career? 16:30 Daily warm-up routine? How to maintain a high performance level while being so busy? 20:36 Ben: Some timpani history 31:06 Auditions? Excerpts that you dread? Enjoy the long road. 41:22 Megan: Sleeping Giant Composer Collective. 46:46 Matt's new sticks? 51:30 One the job skills vs the skills to win the audition? 56:19 Most difficult piece you've had to perform? 58:05 What major breakthrough did you have in preparing excerpts.

Tony is an Associate Professor of Music at Winston Salem State University. He teaches recording and music business, and is the Chair of the Liberal Studies Department.  He is a busy working drummer, and the author of "Rhythm Makers: The Drumming Legends of Nashville in Their Own Words".   Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and Hello  0:40 Tips on keeping your New Year's resolutions/goals  6:35 Casey: What's the sound  8:50 Some recording tech thoughts?  21:28 Moving from Nashville and touring to your job at Winston Salem State U.?  32:15 Emmy nomination?  39:04 Karli: some thoughts on music industry curriculum.  52:10 Thoughts on drumset pedagogy? Some info on Jeff Porcaro

Neil Grover is a renowned percussionist (Boston Symphony and Boston Pops), accomplished music educator, imaginative product innovator, and successful entrepreneur. He is the founder and president of Grover Pro Percussion Inc., a market leader in the design, manufacture, and distribution of world-class percussion instruments.   Watch here. Listen below. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element 0:00 Intro and hello 2:22 Music charities  5:00 Some historic musicians you've worked with?   8:35 Founding GroverPro Percussion? 15:30 How...do you make a triangle ? 18:40 Other Boston percussionists who've started manufacturing mallets/instruments?   22:20 Developing instruments or mallets from composers' demands?   26:00 Balancing everything?   29:50 Karli: commonly funny percussion accessory scenarios in schools.  42:29 Advice for students on having an accessories routine? 46:15 Recommended starter equipment?   52:00 What motivates you, and how do you motivate your students?    58:35 Casey: What's the sound? Glenn Snoddy, the Fuzz Tone, and distortion.   1:11:50 Podcast speed trivia