Welcome to the Percussion Pedagogy Podcast! This is my interview with Jeff Luft of Luft Mallets and I’m so excited to share this with you! Jeff makes world-class timpani mallets and is always trying new things! If you are interested in instrument making, starting a business, or just listening to a cool guy talk about life, this is the episode for you! If you haven't checked out his mallets, tambourines, and drum pads you are missing out! Make sure to head over to his website https://www.luftm...
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Welcome to the Percussion Pedagogy Podcast! This is my interview with Jeff Luft of Luft Mallets and I’m so excited to share this with you! Jeff makes world-class timpani mallets and is always trying new things! If you are interested in instrument making, starting a business, or just listening to a cool guy talk about life, this is the episode for you! If you haven't checked out his mallets, tambourines, and drum pads you are missing out! Make sure to head over to his website https://www.luftm...
Welcome to the Percussion Pedagogy Podcast! This is my interview with Neil Grover of Grover Pro Percussion and I’m so excited to share this with you! Neil is no stranger in our field and his instruments are used all over the world by the most distinguished performers and educators. Anyone that has ever used one of his tambourines, triangles, or wood blocks knows that they are second to none. But what you might not know is how he got his start. This episode is all about how he created his firs...
Welcome to the Percussion Pedagogy Podcast! This is my interview with Jeff Luft of Luft Mallets and I’m so excited to share this with you! Jeff makes world-class timpani mallets and is always trying new things! If you are interested in instrument making, starting a business, or just listening to a cool guy talk about life, this is the episode for you! If you haven't checked out his mallets, tambourines, and drum pads you are missing out! Make sure to head over to his website https://www.luftm...
Welcome back to The Percussion Pedagogy Podcast! We are starting back from a four month break with one of my good friends, Dr. Lisa Kachouee! Lisa is the clarinet professor at Oklahoma City University and she is wonderful!! This episode is entitled "Internalized Capitalism and the Musician's Mind" and it's one of my favorites so far. If you like what you hear, please leave us a review. I would really appreciate it. :) Follow everything Lisa and her students are up to at www.clarinetstar...
Welcome to the Percussion Pedagogy Podcast! This is my interview with Josh Jones and I’m so excited to share this with you! Josh is currently the Principal Percussionist with The Kansas City Symphony and Adjunct Percussion Professor at UMKC. Josh is also extremely active online with dozens of free educational videos, instrument demonstrations, and truly uplifting content for everyone! Check him out on Instagram and Facebook! This episode dives into Josh's life, musician background...
Welcome to the Percussion Pedagogy Podcast! This is my interview with Patricia (Patsy) Dash and I’m so excited to share this with you! Patsy is a section percussionist with The Chicago Symphony (since 1986) and is the founder/director of The Chicago Symphony’s Percussion Scholarship Program (PSP). PSP is a wonderful organization that brings in young musicians from the Chicago area for private percussion lessons and concerts! The organization is COMPLETELY FREE and students that are acce...
We are so excited to share our interview with THE ONE AND ONLY, Jauvon Gilliam! Jauvon is a triple threat. He is the Principal Timpanist with The National Symphony, the Coordinator of Percussion Studies at The University of Maryland, and the owner of Capitol Percussion and Backline Rentals. Most importantly, Jauvon is a wonderful human and someone I truly enjoyed talking with. Checkout his new line of timpani mallets from Innovative Percussion if you want to step up your timpani game and...
Hello, Everyone! Here’s our last episode of this series on practicing and we hope you enjoy! This interview is with marimba soloist, composer/arranger, Artistic Director of Heartland Marimba, and overall fun human-being, Matthew Coley! To talk about his accomplishments would take a lifetime. So, instead please head over to his website www.hearmatthewcoley.com as well as search him on YouTube. You will be blown away! Here’s a few more links to his other organizations as well as lin...
We would like to welcome back Mr. Ryan Beach to the podcast for PART TWO of our interview with him! This second installment with Ryan is one of my favorites. While the series is about practicing, this episode focuses mainly on the inner battles we all face as musicians. Whether that’s in the practice room, during auditions, or with your current job. Ryan and I get really personal with this one. And if you are someone who went through music school, med school, or are in a leadership rol...
We would like to welcome Mr. Ryan Beach to the podcast! Ryan is currently the Principle Trumpet with the Alabama Symphony… that’s right! He’s not a percussionist or director! However, from getting to know him over the last few years and I know that the information he has is valid for anyone and, after you listen to his episodes, you will agree. If you like what you hear, head over to his podcast That’s Not Spit, It’s Condensation. as well as check out his website www.ryanbeachtrumpet.co...
I am so excited to have Dr. Andy Harnsberger on the show to talk about all things practicing! This new series and, this specific episode, is not going to be the basics on how to practice. Although he does cover some of that. This series is more about developing life routines that will better equip you for a future in music or in whatever field you reside in. I learn more every time I record these interviews. This one in particular left me humbled, emotional, and uplifted. Andy, it...
Just a little episode to let you know what's coming! Everyone Monday for the next month, a new episode will drop from a top professional about practicing. Check out the this episode for an Idea of what's coming and thank you for the support!
This is a special back to school episode for us! Our host, Dr. Tommy Dobbs, takes about ten minutes to discuss his experience teaching and living through the pandemic. This episode is all about positivity and the surprising growth that happened for him and his students during the Fall 2020 semester. This is another chance for people to get to know more about our host and a chance for him to share some positivity with the world. We hope you enjoy!
For the holiday’s, we thought it might be nice for everyone to get to know our host a little bit more. The idea was to share some childhood stories, experiences from college, and life events that help direct his path to becoming a university professor. Anyway, this was a scary adventure for him but we hope you enjoy! Stay safe, Friends!
This is a very special episode and features one of my best friends, Jamie Wind Whitmarsh! Jamie is a fabulous composer, percussionist, and human being. And, I am leading a Percussion Quartet Consortium with him as the composer. The work is entitled American Biomes and it is a full concert length work (40-50 minutes), written for percussion quartet (with limited instrumentation), and can be programed in its entirety or as individual movements. I have commissioned Jamie a lot ...
Series Two: Audio and Video Recording Technology - The Gear You Need Episode Three: Interview with Dr. Matt Filosa and Dr. Matt Jordan Dr. Matt Filosa is currently an elementary school music teacher in Texas. Along with this appointment, he has been the co-founder of the design company, Synced Up Designs, as well as the a percussion specialist, writer/arranger for some of the major WGI/DCI marching arts groups (Cadets and Music City Mystique), and an active performer throughout the United S...
Series Two: Audio and Video Recording Technology - The Gear You Need Episode Two: Interview with Evan Chapman - Percussionist, Composer, and Videographer Evan Chapman is a percussionist with Square Peg Round Hole, a composer, a freelance drumset player, and the founder of the production company Four/Ten Media. He has recorded the biggest names in our field and has reviews from the largest press/news companies in the world. But most importantly, he is a wonderful person and alway...
Series Two: Audio and Video Recording Technology: The Gear You Need Episode One: My Interview with Mr. Kyle Ratayczak, Sales Representative for Sweetwater Sound This series is all about getting you the information you need to start incorporating A/V technology into your everyday lives. So, we are starting right at the source with a sales representative for the largest retailer of pro audio gear, Kyle Ratayczak. Kyle’s outlook and approach to this topic is very clear and direct. He has ...
Series Two: Audio/Video Technology - The Gear You Need Teaser Episode 1: Introducing Our First Guest, Kyle Ratayczak from Sweetwater Sound Welcome to our new series and keep an eye out for Kyle's full episode coming on Monday! This teaser and the full episode on Monday are brought to you by The Sound Solution Project by Black Swamp Percussion. The Sound Solution Project is a two-week educational event put on by BSP, starting August 17th through August 31st. This Project provides ...
Series One: Teaching Through COVID-19 Finale Episode: My Interview With Junior High School Director, Christopher Ha. Chris Ha is in his fourth year as the Assistant Band Director at Kimmons Junior High here in Fort Smith and has a unique perspective on teaching through this pandemic Chris’s episode is heartfelt, personal, and exactly what you need to hear as we head back into the schools. Visit www.tommydobbspercussion.com for more information about what Chris is up to And ...
Series One: Teaching Through COVID-19 Episode Three: Interview with Performer and Educator, Jaime Esposito (They/Them) Warning: This Interview Contains Two Curse Words. Jaime is percussion specialist at L. D. Bell High School in Texas; a performer and cofounder of the Spectrum Ensemble, an ensemble dedicated to the promotion of LGBTQ composers and performers; and a powerful voice and advocate for marginalized members of the music community. Most importantly, Jaime is fun, uplifting, ...
Welcome to the Percussion Pedagogy Podcast! This is my interview with Jeff Luft of Luft Mallets and I’m so excited to share this with you! Jeff makes world-class timpani mallets and is always trying new things! If you are interested in instrument making, starting a business, or just listening to a cool guy talk about life, this is the episode for you! If you haven't checked out his mallets, tambourines, and drum pads you are missing out! Make sure to head over to his website https://www.luftm...
