0:00 intro hello 0:40 Ben history - Three lesser known percussion concertos 6:03 We can't know every instrument  8:49 Why does big rep. get lost? 11:52 Ksenija - Percussion concertos and lack of programing  27:55 Percussion concertos in university concerto contests.  Connections, fairness, working hard. 42:45 AI and copyright  1:09:00 Your first inspiring percussion concerto?  Little life updates 

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović, Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, Caleb Pickering, Karli Viña, Megan Arns Producer: Ben Charles

Intro Music by Jack Yagerline – Loop #2 (https://jackyagerlinemusic.weebly.com)

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0:00 Intro and hello 2:00 Welcome back, Megan Arns! 3:35 Funny questions for Casey: biceps or triceps? Favorite episode of South Park? 4:15 The origins of the podcast 7:48 This day in history: December 22 14:37 White Knuckle Stroll and Casey’s visit to University of Missouri 23:55 Casey’s Mediations No. 1 and 2…and 3? 26:33 Favorite episodes and funniest moments of the podcast 39:25 Why is the podcast ending? 41:23 Advice for starting a podcast 47:59 Favorite new people we met through the podcast 55:03 What would Casey like to do in the next 10 years? 58:02 Casey as a composer and his influences 1:08:36 Dream podcast guest 1:13:29 Bartok Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Ben Charles Producer: Karli Viña https://www.karlynvina.com/ Guest: John R. Beck https://johnrbeckpercussion.com/

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Timestamps 0:00 Intro and Hello :40 Today in History: Sir Edward Elgar’s Birthday 5:09 Welcome to the show, John! 6:15 John’s career path 12:34 New Sousa Band 24:52 Uncertainty and doubt along a career path 37:20 Important skills for a successful career 47:13 Drum circle facilitation 57:26 What is a successful career?

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović, Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, Tracy Wiggins, Marco Schirripa Producer: Ksenija Komljenović Topic: University Job Pursuit – Interviews

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00:00 Intro 00:20 Music History - May 26 (Chris Cornell’s funeral and experiencing deaths of musical idols, Moondog’s birthday) 07:48 Phone/Skype/Zoom interview 10:05 Questions to expect at the semi-final interview 18:25 Problem with “tell us about a conflict/challenge” 29:36 Practice interviews 32:45 Red flags in interviews 38:28 On-campus interviews 44:32 Types of on-campus interviews: committee, dean, chair, students, president/vice-president 46:02 A sample of questions for applied instrument position 48:28 Book recommendation: On Staff by Donald L. Hamann 50:23 Book recommendation: The Professor Is In by Karen Kelsky 54:22 Physical presentation while on campus 58:10 On-campus recital repertoire 1:02:21 Admin interviews 1:11:34 Being asked about responsibilities you have not had before 1:15:17 Social media questions:  How important is it for the committee to keep everything consistent throughout the phone interview? (Justin Ball) 1:17:04 What happens when nobody gets the job? How often does this happen?  1:19:37 Talk about the importance/weight of the teaching demonstration vs. the performance  1:22:16 Discuss whether or not all search committees hire a third party organization/company to select the finalists for a position. If not, how do they avoid bias or discrimination?  1:23:51 When applying for a first job, what’s the value of a social media presence these days? (Ryan Boehme) 1:27:10 Is it worth applying for full time positions as an ABD student or is it safer to apply for part-time/adjunct roles until a doctorate is earned? 1:30:02 Community college jobs

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Hosts: Caleb Pickering and Casey Cangelosi Producer: Caleb Pickering Guest: Mark Reynolds

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1:30 History 7:00 Introduction  8:40 Career 24:24 Advice for people who want to work in the industry 34:50 Artist Endorsements 48:23 Developing a new cymbal 1:03:47 Sabian Education

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Hosts: Ben Charles and Brian Nozny Producer: Ben Charles Guests: Tim Feerst, Ed Smith, Carol Stumpf, and Brian Zator

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0:00 introduction and welcome 2:05 Carol Stumpf on Chris’s North Carolina days and the beginnings of his collection 7:35 Chris’s gifted triangle to Carol 11:21 Chris’s reaction to Progressive Triangle Core 14:00 Chris’s early days as a drummer and guitarist 16:44 Chris’s timpani solo, Prelude No. 1 20:28 Ed Smith on working with Chris as a colleague at UNT 25:45 Chris’s “Forty Five Lessons in Fifteen Minutes” 33:49 Chris’s opinions 36:21 Tim Feerst on Chris’s marimba solo, The Process of Invention 47:55 Brian Zator on performing Russell Peck’s The Glory and the Grandeur with Chris 59:18 Chris’s trio, The Topography of Dreaming 1:01:43 Chris’s percussion ensemble piece, Pyriphlegethon 1:04:09 Chris’s dedication to his students 1:06:07 Story from Graham Viegut

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Hosts: Ben Charles and Brady Spitz Producer: Ben Charles Guests: Jason Baker, I-Jen Fang, John Lane, Drew Lang, and Josh Smith

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0:00 introduction and welcome 2:15 Jason Baker on Chris’s marimba quartet, Vespertine Formations 13:38 John Lane on traveling to Japan with Chris for the Hokuto International Music Festival 25:27 Drew Lang on Chris’s creations as a tinkerer and Chris as a composer 35:12 Chris’s invention to help a disabled friend play marimba 37:05 Josh Smith on Chris’s vibraphone works 41:52 I-Jen Fang on Chris’s timpani solo, The Bones of Chuang Tzu 49:33 Chris’s humility 50:54 Drew Lang on working with Chris on the DFW freelance scene 59:03 Brady Spitz on studying with Chris

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Ben Charles, Ksenija Komljenović and Caleb Pickering Producer: Karli Viña https://www.karlynvina.com/ Guest: Reynaliz Herrera https://www.ideasnottheories.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Ideasnottheoriesbyreynaliz https://twitter.com/ideasnotheories?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/ideasnottheories/?hl=en Innovation Showcase - Reynaliz Herrera: https://vimeo.com/586366765

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Timestamps 0:00 Intro and Hello 1:09 Today in History: Happy Birthday, Keiko Abe! Do-vorak or Don’t-vorak 8:16 Welcome to the show, Reyna! 11:08 Ideas, Not Theories 16:54 Bicycle notation 22:34 Why bicycle drumming? 26:14 The development of Ideas, Not Theories 29:57 Balancing being a composer, performer, director, and producer 34:10 Finding your voice 41:57 BIKEncerto: a concerto for solo bicycle and orchestra 44:40 Ju Percussion Group plays Très de Très para Très 48:07 Upcoming projects 49:50 Meeting Pinchas Zukerman, Evelyn Glennie, Bob Becker, Steve Reich

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović, Caleb Pickering, Ben Charles, Tracy Wiggins, Marco Schirripa Producer: Ksenija Komljenović Topic: University Job Pursuit – Search Committee Point of View

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00:00 Intro 02:43 Music History 03:27 Search Committee for Music Jobs 04:34 Application materials and search committee work on posting a job 08:41 Decoding the job posting and writing your cover letter 10:58 Marco Schirripa joins the room 17:57 Not fulfilling all job posting requirements 19:52 Too good for the job? 22:45 Applying for leverage 23:37 Red flags when reading cover letters 24:18 What are common mistakes that pull candidates out early? (Matt Nichols, FB) 31:18 Applied teaching/classroom teaching videos 33:20 Errors in teaching/videos 34:55 Who did you study with? 36:30 Cover letter: should you mention contacts at the university you are applying? 40:52 What are some red flags or things to avoid when a university job is your end goal? What can be considered beneficial, meaningful work for the portfolio vs a waste of time in regards to the hiring process. (Jade Hails, FB) 42:11 Why do they seem to prefer academics (people with 5 DMAs) instead of performers (Marcelina Suchocka, FB) 44:53 DMA needed to get a job 47:01 Accreditation agencies and degrees needed to be hired 50:34 How certifications impact departments 51:06 DMA or equivalent experience 53:08 Playing demonstration. Would be curious to see what committees actually value in a playing demonstration.... what they've been impressed by in the past. It's so hard to demonstrate appropriate musicianship on timpani and drum set, which function much better in an ensemble than as a solo instrument, that the college job search game seems like a marimba and multi-percussion contest sometimes. (Brady Spitz, FB) 1:03:58 Recital rep

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0:50 History and guest

6:18 How did you get into entertainment drumlines and Blast?

9:34 The actor-percussionist

11:14 Advice for people who want to play in Blast!, entertainment lines, shows?

15:50 Tracy - “everyone has a different idea of WHAT your job is.”

19:47 Tracy and the TRASH PANDAS

22:12 DCI and WGI

25:52 Forging your own path

33:53 How to improve your acting?

38:00 Being a musical director

43:55 Current projects?

47:42 Representation

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Hosts: Karli Viña and Ben Charles Producer: Ben Charles Guest: Shannon Wood https://www.malletshop.com

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0:00 Introduction and welcome 1:17 Today in history: Birthday of Billie Holiday, Mongo Santamaria, Spencer Dryden; Beethoven’s Third Symphony premieres 3:59 Beethoven or Nay-toven game 8:25 Welcome Shannon Wood! 9:01 The start of malletshop.com 12:21 Why vintage instruments over new instruments? 15:25 The Gigster 25:24 Unusual instruments that have come through Mallet Shop 32:41 Pricing of vintage instruments 36:09 Richard Holmes’s legacy as the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra timpanist 40:03 Timpani concerti: Michael Daugherty’s Raise the Roof and William Kraft’s Timpani Concerto No. 2 49:45 Dealing with the Florida Philharmonic dissolving 58:40 Lessons learned via musical stepping stones

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Ben Charles, and Caleb Pickering Producer: Karli Viña https://www.karlynvina.com/

Guest: Brady Spitz https://www.bradyspitz.com/

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Timestamps 0:00 Intro and Hello 0:58 Today in History: J.S. Bach’s Birthday 6:47 Welcome to the show, Brady! 9:50 What is American Gamelan? 16:25 Where are the “Old Granddads?” 20:25 Building American Gamelan 30:33 Gamelan notation and Western understanding 35:13 Starting a Gamelan Ensemble 42:30 Brady’s doctoral dissertation on writing for “Old Granddad” and just intonation 48:01 Laurel by Shane Monds 51:45 Lou Harrison’s gamelan 58:18 Brady’s new book: Brain Drain - Reading and Technical Method for the Intermediate Mallet Player  https://www.bradyspitz.com/shop

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović, Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, Caleb Pickering Guest: Melissa Wang (and our listeners!) Producer: Ksenija Komljenović 

Intro Music by Jack Yagerline – Loop #2 (https://jackyagerlinemusic.weebly.com)

Topic: The Future of Percussion

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00:00 Marta Ptazynska 00:53 Intro 04:13 Music History – December 8 and how much money Mahler made 05:19 Topic Introduction – The Future of Percussion 06:07 Guest Introduction – Melissa Wang  08:35 Percussion Works by Women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ Composers 12:16 What drew you to Marta Ptazynska, Yaz Lancaster, and Gregory Jackson? 17:12 What do you want people to get out of your recording? What advice do you have for other people who want to do similar projects? 24:31 What is the most important thing to making pieces catch on? 35:10 Audience ideas 35:37 Bartek Miler – Playing music vs. playing percussion 38:53 Diego Rodrigo Algonso Jiménez – Accessibility to music/equipment in Latin America 46:29 Brady Spitz – Curriculum and professional skills 50:02 William Pooser – Equipment 56:30 Nathaniel Holman – Focus on high schoolers 1:05:06 Ryan Carlizle – Movement vs. technique and learning about anatomy 1:08:55 IG Comments

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović and Ben Charles Producer: Ksenija Komljenović https://www.youtube.com/user/Xendza 

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Guest: Third Coast Percussion https://www.thirdcoastpercussion.com/ @Third Coast Percussion 

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00:00 Intro 01:37 Genesis of TCP 04:20 Hopes for what the quartet would bring to the table that already had Amadinda, NEXUS, and the likes of percussion giants seated at it 10:20 Vespertine Formations by Christopher Deane 14:25 Choosing to kill off another possibility (say, quit a college teaching job), to pursue a full-time career in performance 24:17 The story of February 12, 2006, when TCP played at the Neo-Futurarium and first met Ethelbert Williams, who helped with marketing 27:23 Advice for baby-quartets figuring out the business/marketing side of their young careers 35:20 Performing at the GRAMMY’s (and winning a GRAMMY!) in 2017 47:35 How does winning a GRAMMY change one’s career 53:41 Managing to curate and deliver so much artistic activity (+ finding a balance between what you want and what the market wants) 1:05:45 Working with Danny Elfman 1:16:28 Commissioning Philip Glass and getting in touch with Danny Elfman 1:19:04 Single release “Derivative” by JLIN 1:25:53 Upcoming GRAMMYs and being nominated in three categories for your album Archetypes? 1:29:12 Attending the GRAMMYs in 2022 1:32:05 IG Question @Linuselias - How do you run your organization? Are all for of you leading the group and has this changed over the years? 1:33:35 IG Question @Acornmuseum - Why do you play? 1:35:15 IG Question @Beelfuillee - Who is the TCP Barber/costuming? You boys are always too fresh.

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1:12 history and guest introduction

12:30 Beginner Pedagogy

20:06 Common Issues 

27:14 Homogenous vs Heterogenous teaching

35:28 Ben had a bad time as a student teacher/advice for student teachers

39:03 John’s book “Firm Foundations”

50:06 The seventh grade year…

1:00:00 Beginner Selection

1:06:48 Upcoming projects

1:10:44 Wrap!

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Ksenija Komljenović, Caleb Pickering, and Ben Charles Producer: Ben Charles Guest: Jason Treuting https://jasontreuting.com https://sopercussion.com

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0:00 Introduction and welcome 1:51 Today in history: Simon and Garfunkel record The Sounds of Silence, Bad Bunny’s birthday, David Friedman’s birthday 10:25 Welcome Jason Treuting! 11:06 The founding of Sō Percussion, David Lang’s The So Called Laws of Nature 15:17 Sō Percussion’s thoughts on carrying the torch from Percussion Group Cincinnati, Nexus, and Amadinda; the evolution of Sō Percussion 18:18 The moment when Sō Percussion “made it” 22:26 How Sō Percussion’s artistic vision has changed over the years 25:13 Jason’s journey as a composer and his piece, Extremes 34:58 Improvisation vs. composition 35:34 Jason’s influences, studies with Keiko Abe and Steve Gadd 46:52 Nexus and introducing ragtime to their concerts 48:00 Sensibility to composers’ work 48:37 Early Japanese marimba works—Tanaka Two Movements and Miyoshi Conversation Suite 50:22 Sō Percussion collaborations 55:26 Raising the bar rather than doing the minimum requirements 1:01:14 Sō Percussion Summer Institute

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PodBean: https://atpercussion.podbean.com/Hosts: Karli Viña, Ben Charles, and Caleb Pickering Producer: Karli Viña Guests: Jauvon Gilliam, Eric Shin, and Scott Christian of the National Symphony Orchestra https://www.kennedy-center.org/nso/ho...

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0:00 Intro and Hello 1:24 Today in History: Adoption of the Star-Spangled Banner as National Anthem of the U.S. 6:02 Welcome to the show, Jauvon, Eric, and Scott! 8:23 Playing well together 12:13 Cueing within the section 18:49 Timing within the orchestra 27:13 How does chemistry play a role in your playing? 30:40 Finding the right “fit” 34:05 What is the personality of the NSO percussion section? 35:55 What surprised you about playing with the NSO? 40:19 How does playing with an orchestra differ from audition preparation? 45:04 What are some important non-musical skills for an orchestral percussionist or timpanist to have? 52:58 Favorite memories together?

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Hosts: Ben Charles, Karli Viña, Caleb Pickering, and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Ksenija Komljenović Guest: Pathos Trio https://www.pathostrio.com/

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00:00 Intro 03:29 Music History for February 24: Dance Marathons 10:00 Guest Introduction: Pathos Trio  11:20 Trio and the idea behind this album 13:43 The goal of releasing an album today 16:41 Album cost and financial support 19:02 Learning about securing funding 25:55 Translating the visual element to stage in live performance 29:08 Album launch concert 30:58 Album marketing 40:10 Expectations from the album 42:50 Role a label has in an album release 47:23 How does one get a label? 49:21 The most challenging part of this journey 52:28 Something you wished you knew before you started this journey 54:47 IG Question from Jade Hails: Can you talk about blending piano and percussion?  58:24 Alan’s composing for Amazon, commercials 59:52 William Craft and George Crumb passed away 1:03:50 Where to buy the album & get tickets for the album release

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Ben Charles, Ksenija Komljenović, and Caleb Pickering Producer: Caleb Pickering Guest: https://finearts.tcu.edu/faculty_staff/brian-a-west/ 

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1:45 History//David Maslanka 8:50 Guest introduction 11:30 what is "percussion orchestra?"  16:20 Standard instrumentation of the percussion orchestra 20:12 OU Percussion Press 24:00 TCU Percussion Orchestra 28:12 the importance of conducting 33:25 Commissioning new works 41:00 the future of percussion orchestras 49:12 student compositions and COVID 53:06 the TCU Percussion Festival

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Ksenija Komljenović, and Ben Charles Producer: Ben Charles Guest: David Harvey

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0:00 Introduction and welcome 2:24 Today in history, December 2: birthdate of composer Katherine Hoover, premiere of Carmen Jones on Broadway8:20 Welcome David Harvey! 8:57 the value of studying percussion history 13:18 resources for percussion history 22:33 David’s personal history with mallet percussion and the introduction of the 5 octave marimba 26:36 David’s Facebook group 28:52 David’s interviews with historical percussionists beginning in the 1970s 43:33 lesser known ragtime xylophonists 47:22 mid-century female marimba artists 50:30 the xylophone in Japan 57:11 David’s Marimba and Xylophone History course 59:02 David’s personal collection

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Ben Charles, Ksenija Komljenović, and Caleb Pickering Producer: Karli Viña Guest: Nicholas Tolle https://www.nicholastolle.com/

Watch here  Listen below  0:00 Intro and Hello 1:19 Today in History: Gloria Estefan receives her star on the Walk of Fame 5:56 Welcome, Nick! 6:49 How did you get started playing cimbalom? 10:30 How did you acquire your cimbaloms? What kind of prices do they go for? 13:23 Hammered dulcimer vs. cimbalom, string layout on cimbalom: https://www.nicholastolle.com/compose... 16:28 Hary Janos 19:38 What are some strengths and limitations of the cimbalom? 20:55 Cimbalom mallets 22:34 Reading music on cimbalom, other musical skills 29:07 Cimbalom career highlights 33:16 Moving the cimbalom and other common audience questions 35:47 Percussion repertoire without percussion instruments (including this: https://youtu.be/n1NOAiy2sZ8) 39:45 Nick’s path as a musician 44:29 Lost and Found by Frederic Rzewski (http://icking-music-archive.org/score...) 47:02 Nick’s performing schedule 50:09 Ludovico Ensemble (https://www.ludovicoensemble.org/) 54:16 Nick’s freelancing advice 57:24 Nick’s next projects

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Hosts: Karli Vina, Ben Charles, and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Caleb Pickering Guest: Jamie Whitemarsh https://www.jamiewhitmarsh.com/ 

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1:30 History and Tinnitus

5:37 Welcome Jamie!

7:40 Jamie's background

17:09 Making time for yourself

25:55 The benefits of a composition degree

34:36 Chaos ensues on the Podcast

35:17 Jamie's composition seminar

41:25 Composing for Video Games

47:06 American Biomes Quartet

52:54 Timpani and the OKC Philharmonic

58:58 Jamie's upcoming events

1:00:52 What we consumed this week (La Casa Lobo and PASIC Online)

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Hosts: Ben Charles, Tracy Wiggins, Casey Cangelosi  Producer: Casey Cangelosi  Guest:   Paige Durr http://paigedurrpercussion.weebly.com/ 

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0:00 intro and hello 1:38 Today in history: Alexander Tcherepnin and early percussion pieces  6:45 Welcome Paige Durr!  8:00 What is a typical week like on the cruise ship? 10:30 Any unexpected things on the boat?  12:00 Obligations beyond the Six shows?   13:00 How'd you get the gig?  Learning the show. 17:50 Your character, Maria?   21:00 Gear? 24:45 The gig and need for a music degree?  29:04 Having a digital presence?  35:10 Welcome, Mariana Ramirez!  SIX on Broadway. 38:55 Advice and roads to Broadway?  44:15 The new percussion book on SIX?  47:50 From social media: is the risk of being away on the ship worth what you might miss ? 

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Casey Cangelosi, Caleb Pickering Guests: Donnie Johns, Brad Meyer, Tracy Wiggins Producer: Karli Viña 

Intro music by Jack Yagerline https://jackyagerlinemusic.weebly.com/ 

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Timestamps 0:00 Intro and Hello 5:33 A Focus on Gratitude 9:00 Time Management Tips 14:11 The Eisenhower Matrix 18:39 When do you know when you’re doing too much? 23:40 More Time Management Tips 34:31 Email overload 42:03 Work-life balance for students vs. professionals 59:31 Essentialism by Greg McKeown 63:11 Top Healthy Habits

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Hosts: Caleb Pickering, Karli Viña, and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Ksenija Komljenović Guest: Wave Quartet (Bogdan Bacanu, Christoph Sietzen, Emiko Uchiyama, and Nico Gerstmayer)  http://wavequartet.com/home-en/

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Part 2:

01:08 Jesse Guo: How many gigs do you guys play per year? 01:57 Thomas Waller: What is the process individually and collectively to prepare for a performance? 02:50 Dmitry Konovalchuk: I am a huge fan of yours! How often do you rehearse? Do you have a leader in rehearsals? 06:30  Cosmin Dumitriu (Bucharest): What is your work ethic, how do you schedule your rehearsals? 08:15 Dmitry Konovalchuk: Do you sometimes get bored of performing one piece again and again? 09:41 Alexandra Pliundra: Do you have any habits/rituals before a concert and how many hours do you practice every day? 19:47 Linus Elias Gustavsson (Sweden): Will you and when will you be releasing the arrangement of Carmen?

22:41 Future projects

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Hosts: Caleb Pickering, Karli Viña, and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Ksenija Komljenović Guest: Wave Quartet (Bogdan Bacanu, Christoph Sietzen, Emiko Uchiyama, and Nico Gerstmayer)  http://wavequartet.com/home-en/

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00:11 Intro

01:42 Guest Introduction: Wave Quartet

02:42 Tell us a bit about how you formed the Wave Quartet, Bogdan.    05:22 How has the ensemble evolved throughout the years, Christoph? 

10:38 How has the personality of the quartet changed throughout the years? Did the repertoire and kind of audience you have in mind change?   13:26. Nico, what has it been like to enter an established ensemble?    15:57 Tell us about your first concert experience with the Wave Quartet, Emiko. Did you feel you were at the beginning of something historical being created?

17:19 Ben’s story of meeting Emiko at UNT and question: How has studying with Keiko shaped your thoughts on playing the marimba?

21:55 Teaching at Anton Bruckner Private University and recruiting excellent students.

25:55 One year “confirmation period” at Anton Bruckner Private University.

28:46 What is the greatest challenge the ensemble has faced in its career?

36:50 Every great team consists of people who have different strengths to contribute, yet a strongly shared vision. How would you describe each member's strength?

42:17 When did you know Wave Quartet was going to take off?

51:20 Where does your love of chamber music come from?

46:50 Breaking out of the “percussion niche”

55:15 It takes a village to run a good ensemble. Who are some of the invisible members (non-performers) who are crucial to your quartet's operation?

01:01:23 How has your recording process changed between your first and last album? 

01:04:53 Recording Carmen

01:07:00 Rehearsing in a castle

Part 2 release date: December 30, 2021

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Hosts: Caleb Pickering, Karli Viña, and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Caleb Pickering Guest: Frank Kumor 

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0:00 Intro 1:55 History (Beethoven) 7:00 Frank Kumor 8:40 How did you arrive at Kutztown? 10:45 Ben really likes vintage keyboard instruments 11:50 Kutztown Center for Mallet Percussion Research 21:08 Dealing with vintage instruments 27:40 Grainger percussion ensemble 32:45 Gordon Peters Library 37:15 Transporting instruments 42:45 so...how many instruments does the center have? 45:54 King George and the Century of Progress 53:05 Unique instruments 1:03:38 New Building

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Hosts: Caleb Pickering, Ben Charles, and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Ksenija Komljenović Guest: Alex Georgiev (Infinity Percussion) https://www.percussioninfinity.com/

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00:00 Intro 01:36 Music History for December 9: Death of Charles Rosen 03:51 Guest Introduction: Alex Georgiev 05:00 How Infinity Percussion came about 10:00 When did you realize the mallets were professional-quality, and not just a tiny project? 12:05 What are the most necessary skills (both musical and business-related) a person needs to have in order to run a boutique mallet-making company? 15:00 What is good networking? 19:41 What has been the most surprising/challenging facet of doing this line of work? 21:48 Describe the process of designing a mallet. How often do you communicate and check in with the artist/customer? 26:39 Have you ever had any projects go way off-track from the initial idea? 30:12. How do you find a balance between what the artist wants and what the general customers will purchase? How do you learn how to say ‘no’? 32:45 How long does it take to take a project from start to finish? 36:04 For those interested in creating their own instruments or implements - building marimbas or making mallets, for example - what kind of financial expense should they consider it will take to embark on this kind of journey? 45:24 How many people are behind Infinity Percussion? 46:56  You also teach and perform extensively - which already amounts to a busy schedule. How much time does it take to run Infinity Percussion? 50:10 Describing sound qualities is a challenge, even for musicians - we mostly borrow terminology from other senses. How do you ensure that you have an understanding with the customer (artist or buyer) about the qualities they are looking for? 54:14 How do you record sound files to showcase mallets when a microphone by default distorts all sounds? 57:34 Bartok Sonata with Martin Grubinger, Yuja Wang, and the Percussive Planet 1:02:12 Near future plans

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Hosts: Caleb Pickering, Karli Viña, Ksenija Komljenović, and Ben Charles Producer: Ben Charles Guest: Manuel Leuenberger https://www.patreon.com/marimba_artist

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0:00 Introduction and welcome 2:24 Today in history, December 2: birthdate of composer Katherine Hoover, premiere of Carmen Jones on Broadway 6:05 Welcome Manuel Leuenberger! 8:45 “The business side” of being a career musician 17:04 Diversifying one’s portfolio 24:04 Investing in one’s self 25:36 Marimba and magic: Leigh Howard Stevens’s piece, Houdini’s Last Trick 26:45 Thoughts on interdisciplinary collaboration 29:58 Maintaining a Patreon page and projects 34:24 Gaining experience with recording projects 38:18 Manuel’s composition Anna and future composition plans 44:48 Manu’s plans to visit the US in March 2022 49:00 Combining marimba and organ 53:03 Instagram question from Jesse Guo: How do you decide what concerti to learn?

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Ben Charles, and Caleb Pickering Producer: Karli Viña Guest: Dale Trumbore https://www.daletrumbore.com/

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Timestamps 0:00 Intro and Hello 1:30 Today in History: Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer hits the charts, Birthday of Andrew Carnegie 8:09 Welcome, Dale! 9:30 The inspiration for Dale’s book, Staying Composed 20:21 How to procrastinate better 26:38 Perfectionism 30:17 Coping with the pandemic/when work slows down 36:33 Self-identity 41:56 Promoting diversity 50:11 Career development 56:39 Upcoming projects 59:47 How to talk about money

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Hosts: Casey Cangelosi and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Ksenija Komljenović Guest: Joe Porter https://joeporteronline.com/

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00:00 Intro 00:51 Music History: November 18 – what would you buy with $37,000? 04:00 Guest intro: Joe Porter 05:45 Joe’s back story 14:55 How did YouTube come about? 19:22 Creation of the super-popular sound effects videos (12 million to 90 million views each) 21:11 YouTube popularity and content made for kids 24:07 When did you start monetizing your work? 26:34 Cover songs revenue 28:30 Signing up for YouTube partnership 30:00 Viral videos, targeting 35:38 Actionable advice for developing a YouTube channel 39:03 Click-on rate and thumbnails 41:45 YouTube algorithms 46:52 How does online success impact the offline world? 49:02 How should someone approach using YouTube as a tool not to go viral, but to seek employment? 54:10 You would be surprised how many people do/do not have adequate performances up online 54:58 No matter what career you choose, it is going to be hard work 57:00 Ryan Carlisle from IG: Is it better to upload regularly or your best content? 58:05 Josh Jones from IG: How do you get so good at so many percussion instruments? 1:00:03 thomas.perc from IG: Where is a good place to start equipment-wise to record high quality audio/video performances? 1:02:44 Jesse Guo from IG: Is it possible to grow a significant audience without making content for the masses?

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Casey Cangelosi, and Ben Charles Producer: Karli Viña Guest: Boyce Jeffries https://boycejeffriespercussion.com/

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Timestamps 0:00 Intro and Hello 2:06 Today in History: Britney Spear, World Premiere of Strauss’ Don Juan 6:38 Welcome, Boyce! 7:26 The YouTube Effect: What inspired it? 12:31 How did the pandemic alter your research? 16:27 YouTube as a career catalyst 19:25 Effects of YouTube on our consumption of media 22:56 YouTube’s effects on mental health 25:09 How video quality/presentation affects our perception 33:49 Have we arrived in a post-performance world? 38:40 Pros/Cons of recording vs. live performance 45:06 The “perfect abs” effect 51:32 Do you watch YouTube videos before learning a piece? 54:49 Boyce’s upcoming PN article on Christopher Deane’s Mourning Dove Sonnet 59:50 Jade Hails: What are the trends on YouTube that percussionists should invest time in? 1:08:59 Bryan Jeffs: During the course of your research, exactly how many versions of Third Construction did you watch?

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Hosts: Casey Cangelosi, Karli Viña, Ben Charles, and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Ben Charles

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0:41 Today in history, November 4 - Premieres of Brahms First Symphony, Smetana Má vlast, Chabrier España, Borodin Prince Igor, Sibelius Finlandia, and Revueltas Ventanas 4:01 Welcome Ben Wahlund! 4:43 Mile Marker Zero Project at PASIC, Room 105, Thursday, November 11, 3:00 5:07 Ben’s Key West residency and the resulting Mile Marker Zero Project 7:15 Challenges of writing for 4.3 octave marimba 13:33 Unique challenges in Ben’s new work Service Industry and other pieces from the new collection, early influences 22:26 Inspiration from Julie Spencer 30:40 The idea of “releasing compositions into the wild” and learning from performers’ interpretations 34:34 Ben’s snare drum writing 37:57 Ben’s piece for snare drum and percussion ensemble, Pegasus 42:12 Should all percussionists compose? Where should they start? 1:00:12 Question from from Dmitry Konovalchuk: What is the main idea of Hard Boiled Capitalism? Who are your influences?

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Hosts: Casey Cangelosi, Karli Viña, Ben Charles, and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Casey Cangelosi Guests: Emmanuel Séjourné  http://www.emmanuelsejourne.com/  Anne-Julie Caron https://www.youtube.com/user/AnneJulieCaronOnline  

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0:00 Intro and History - Afro American Symphony  2:40 Welcome Emmanuel Sejourne and Anne-Julie Caron  3:35 Background and career 6:10 Piano background  13:18 traditional tough teachers... 16:35 Percussion's current state.  Limits and balance in repitoire 23:30 "Do You Have a Light?" 27:00 Practical career paths today?  33:37 Is there an aspect to a student's training that you feel is most important to their success? 35:17 When you adjudicate competitions, what do you see that makes a good performer? 37:33 Value of competitions?  41:35 Where does our repitoire need to go?  45:00 Social media questions:  Your favorite percussionist to collaborate with?   48:00 Do you compose behind the instrument?  49:22 Writing the marimba concerto and adding a 3rd movement?  50:33 Composing for vibraphone?   53:40 Who inspires you?  54:45 Composing routine?   56:36 Advice when starting to learn a new piece?  59:00 About "Martians Tribes"

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Hosts: Ben Charles, Ksenija Komljenović, Karli Vina Producer: Ben Charles Guest: Jalissa Gascho Intro Music by Jack Yagerline – Loop #2 (https://jackyagerlinemusic.weebly.com)

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0:00 Intro and hello 1:05 October 27 in history: premieres of Paul Creston’s Symphony No. 3 and Julius Eastman’s Stay On It 7:31 Welcome Jalissa Gascho! 8:40 Why Jalissa was interested in working for Yamaha 10:35 The music industry career path 16:50 How to talk to parents about music industry careers 19:04 Pivoting to a music industry career 21:38 Seth Godin’s book, Purple Cow as a source of inspiration 22:30 Other podcast and book inspirations 24:20 Skills not taught in school 29:21 Handling social media 36:06 The value of taking private lessons as a music business student 40:29 A “typical” or “atypical” workday in artist relations 47:07 The importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion 51:53 Working with John Wittmann

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Hosts: Casey Cangelosi, Karli Viña, Ben Charles, and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Casey Cangelosi 

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0:00 intro and hello 0:53 Thank you, Christopher Deane  5:35 Music history today - Karli - Guggenheim Museum opens 11:00 Music history today - Casey - Shostakovich 5th Symphony, Joplin "Tree Monisha" 14:50 Getting your foot in the door in a new setting 32:15 Finding performance spaces  38:03 Scheduling - studio and drumline  41:54 Respecting others' time and scheduling.  Commitment and over commitment 49:25 Teaching and student expectations

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Hosts: Casey Cangelosi and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Ksenija Komljenović Guest: Evan Chapman and Kevin Eikenberg from Four/Ten Media http://fourtenmedia.net/

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00:00 Intro 02:24 Music History – October 14: Stravinsky composed his first piano miniature, Kaija Saariaho’s birthday, Bernstein’s passing 4:30 Guest intro: Four/Ten Media (Evan Chapman and Kevin Eikenberg) 5:16 How did you start your collaboration? 10:10 You learned a piece? Recording so you have something to keep! 14:40 Do you have a mentor? Who do you go to for ideas/advice/pep talk? 18:50 What is your advice for folks with diverse interests who might be thinking/be told they should spend all time doing one or the other only? 21:58 The concept of “what do your people think about your unconventional choice” 25:37 Pie-chart yourself – how much are you a musician vs. filmmaker? 27:39 When and how did you get your first high-profile gig? 32:11 Prep work for video shoot 34:13 Unrealistic expectations from clients 37:11 Pros and cons of doing beautifully produced slow-paced videos in the era of fast social media/vertical video domination 41:35 One-shot films/music videos 44:04 Video trend that people should abandon in 2021 48:54 Percussionists starting production companies 50:45 Approach to filming in 3 scenarios: with no budget, with a small budget, with a big budget. 56:25 Smallest vs. biggest budget you had to work with 58:38 Recent videos that have blown your mind 1:02:42 Any plans to shoot a feature-film/documentary 1:06:11 How has filmmaking informed your music?

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Casey Cangelosi, and Brian Nozny Producer: Karli Viña Guest: Chihiro Shibayama https://www.chihiroshibayama.com/

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Timestamps 0:00 Intro and Hello 1:19 Today in History: World Premieres from Henry Cowell, Arvo Pärt, James MacMillan 6:21 Welcome, Chihiro! 9:17 Chihiro’s path to Broadway 18:28 How to prepare to sub for a production 27:56 How does doubling work? 29:30 Where does the gear come from? 32:33 Mental/Physical fatigue? 37:01 Playing in a room outside of the pit 40:29 What do most people not know about playing on Broadway? 43:11 How long does it take to start playing on Broadway? 46:26 What’s one show you’d like to play but haven’t yet? 50:25 Mental health through the pandemic 60:40 What’s coming up for you? 64:44 Differences between studying in Japan and the U.S.

Special thanks to Aubrie Welden for the question! We didn’t see your question until after recording, but Chihiro did discuss her path to Broadway, and you can read more here: https://themillermachine.com/blogs/articles/my-way-to-broadway-by-chihiro-shibayama

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović, Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, and Karli Viña Producer: Casey Cangelosi  Guest: Naoko Takada https://www.naokotakada.com/ 

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0:00 Intro and hello 1:00 History today: Happy birthday Buddy Rich, Porgy and Bess.  6:55 Welcome Naoko Takada 8:00 What is so enthralling about marimba?  Why are so many percussionists enticed by marimba? 14:45 Advice for young marimba student 15:40 Advice for aspiring marimba soloists.  Competitions and repertoire. 22:45 How do you balance your repertoire selections?  Audience appeal.  30:17 Your teacher?  35:35 Is it possible to make a living just performing?  Why decide to teach?

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović, Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, and Karli Viña Producer: Ben Charles Guest: Chad Crummel https://chadcrummel.com

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0:10 Introduction 0:53 Today in history: September 23 - John Coltrane birthday 5:52 Welcome Chad Crummel! 6:31 Chad’s recent Navy Band audition 13:45 Band vs. orchestra audition differences 15:30 Balancing excerpts with other musical fulfillment 17:40 Practice habits of highly successful musicians 22:07 Auditioning and performing in Japan’s Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra 28:30 What’s the one thing you learned about collaborating with people in such a diverse environment? 34:41 Modern Snare Drum Competition: lessons learned from competing more than once 42:02 Andy Akiho’s Stop Speaking for snare drum and electronics 46:37 Balance of live electronics with percussion 50:23 James MacMillan’s Veni, Veni, Emmanuel percussion concerto 56:01 Chad’s upcoming snare drum masterclass

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović, Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, and Karli Viña Producer: Ksenija Komljenović Guest: Fabian Ziegler https://fabianziegler.ch/ of Trio Colores https://www.colorestrio.ch/

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00:00 Intro 01:16 Music History for September 16: 1887 Nadia Boulanger birthday, 1976 Elina Garanča birthday, 1977 Maria Callas death, 2006 Bob Dylan becomes the oldest person to top Billboard at age 65 04:05 Best-selling albums of classical music in this century 06:43 Guest intro: Fabian Ziegler 07:47 What’s up, where are you? 08:21 Starting Trio Colores in 2017 09:51 Defining success in a chamber music setting 11:03 How do you find the right people to play with? 12:43 Approach to selecting repertoire 17:13 Any repertoire that you tried arranging for percussion which did not work? 18:53 Roasting Ksenija begins (thanks, Ben) 19:32 Arranging percussion pop hits: Losa, Ghanaia, Catching Shadows 22:09 Why does it matter to come up with program themes? 28:21 Networking 32:05 The role of competitions in Colores Trio’s career 34:06 The importance of international competitions in expanding your career 36:16 How do you get to have such awesome videos? 38:18 How and when do you get management? 43:46 Casey joins and shares some wisdom on getting published/managed 48:42 Finances and chamber groups 53:40 The most challenging thing about having a chamber group 58:18 Upcoming projects to look out for

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Hosts: Karli Viña, Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, and Ksenija Komljenović Producer: Karli Viña Guest: Robby Burns https://www.robbyburns.com/

Watch here  Listen below 0:00 Intro and Hello 1:11 Today in History: Elton John, “Bootylicious,” James Blades, Elvin Jones 4:53 Welcome, Robby! 6:28 Robby’s book: Digital Organization Tips for Music Teachers 12:04 Robby’s top 3 tips for teachers (including wrangling email) 19:54 When to delegate tasks to professionals? 22:26 What is the most indispensable tech? Check out Robby’s favorite technology: http://www.robbyburns.com/my-favorite-technology 29:03 Privacy concerns? 32:31 What should we keep from the last year?  https://nafme.org/take-leave-transform-what-do-we-keep-from-last-school-year/ 39:36 Running a successful private studio 43:38 Music Ed Tech Talk - Robby’s podcast and blog  https://musicedtechtalk.com 48:31 Silver linings from the pandemic? 51:22 Using Ableton Live in private teaching 55:41 What’s coming up next for Robby?

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović, Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles

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0:00 intro and hello 1:15 Music History today: Bing Crosby's connection to Varese 6:12 Welcome Josh and Colin 7:40 What do you consider good practice? 12:17 Practice journals?  14:55 Is more practice better?  What is deliberate practice?  18:58 Hours yes, but balance yes  22:30 Josh, "Peak Performance"?  26:45 Brain vs hands?   34:25 Colin's Self Survey 43:36 Why do you suspect practice is hard for some and easy for others?  53:09 Recommendations for getting motivated?  59:20 Social media questions: the most effective way to start learning a piece?  Practice strategies when you hit a wall?

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Hosts: Ksenija Komljenović, Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles Producer: Ben Charles Guest: Nicholas Sardello https://nicksardello.wixsite.com/nicksardello

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0:00 Intro 1:23 Today in history: Tchaikovsky finishes Symphony No. 5; An American in Paris (film) premiered; 1981 Nico Mulhy Born, 1983 Merry Christmas; Mr. Lawrence released; 1967 Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze enters the Billboard Top 100 chart 3:30 Welcome Nick Sardello! 4:21 Why should performers consider hiring a recording engineer? 9:04 What’s a common error percussionists miss in recording themselves? 12:33 What’s the difference between an engineer and a producer? 17:20 What recording skills should a performer develop? 22:35 “Those little DI boxes” 25:11 What is important for a recording engineer to study in terms of understanding music? 27:59 Gear for self recording 30:02 Microphone frequency range responses 33:04 How Nick started recording 39:10 Meeting Joe Lamond of NAMM 41:30 College programs in music business/music production 47:37 “The hustle” in creative career paths 52:04 Cameron Leach on how to pay creative people

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Hosts: Ben Charles, Ksenija Komljenović, and Karli Viña

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00:00 Intro 02:25 History – August 19: Bernstein’s Final Concert at Tanglewood (do you know which score he chose to be buried with?) and Lou Pearlman’s death in prison (producer of N’ Sync and Backstreet Boys) 6:30 Guest introduction: Aleksandra Šuklar 8:18 What’s up, Aleksandra? 9:40 How did you get involved with music in film? 10:55 Advice for folks who want to start working in film 14:55 Getting into the music scene if you do not live in LA  16:13 Living in LA might not be all it is hyped out to be 17:07 What is Hans Zimmer like? 18:35 What does a remote session look like? 20:53 What all do you have to do to your tracks before delivering? 25:23 What kind of equipment and space are necessary to start out? 28:08 How many takes do you do? 32:39 Talking to producers, directors, composers throughout the process 34:50 Not receiving scores, but midi/other parts to record 36:35 How have you upgraded since you moved your recording activities into your new studio? 40:40 Casey’s mic conspiracy theory 43:31 How does one get paid for international work? 49:16 Can one make a living doing remote sessions? 52:12 IG Question from grin_osipov: Say hello from Grisha Osipov! Ask her how the pandemic changed her percussion routine and gigs. 54:02 IG Questions from kian_soltani_cellist: What’s your favorite film score?

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Hosts: Casey Cangelosi & Brian Nozny  Producer: Casey Cangelosi Guest: Mary Ellen Childs https://www.maryellenchilds.com/  Intro music by Shane Roderick https://www.shaneroderick.com/ 

Videos: Drum Roll https://www.maryellenchilds.com/crash-to-cuba Sight of Hand & Click https://www.maryellenchilds.com/video-1

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0:00 intro and hello 1:35 Happy birthday Neil Peart  4:57 Welcome Mary Ellen Childs  6:20 The current project.  The Schindler House  12:30 CRASH Ensemble pieces  14:10 "Drum Roll" 22:50 Sight of Hand.  Your influence?  28:15 Being guarded about your visual pieces initially?  31:35 Labanotation?   34:06 Being intellectually satisfying and very entertaining.  Expectations.  "Click" 43:36 Playable music  45:25 Making a career?

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Hosts: Ben Charles, Ksenija Komljenović, and Karli Viña

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0:00 Intro and hello 1:15 Congrats on the new gig, Karli!  1:38 Today in history: RIP John Cage  7:35 Where do your ideas come from and what inspires you?  14:00 Not getting stuck in a physical gesture or technique?   17:00 How to start writing? When is an idea good enough to commit to paper?  24:20 Most played = best piece?   31:33 Writing for yourself vs others?  34:54 Composition show & tell: Cheung - Princess Chang Ping, Yuen, Heaven and Earth, Synced/Unsynced 43:45 Composition show & tell: Koshinski - Long Exposure, Free Spins 52:40 Quick on learning notation software - Google it!   53:45 Questions from social media: Compositional techniques evolving, Gene and the speedbag

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Hosts: Ben Charles, Ksenija Komljenović, and Karli Viña Intro music by Reese Maultsby - reesemaultsby.com

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0:00 Intro and hello 2:45 Today in history: Eric Satie.  The "G" pieces.  Vexations and mental stamina.    16:40 Some on Minimalism.  Prospective and cumulation.    23:14 Getting yourself back into a performance space since we're likely finally getting to live performing 36:25 End of the Season (the 6 year season).  Favorites and hits?

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Hosts: Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, Karli Viña, and Ksenija Komljenović Intro music by Reese Maultsby https://www.reesemaultsby.com/ 

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0:11 intro 2:22 today in history: Beyoncé released 4, vlogger leaked Guns N’ Roses, A Spaniard in the Works, Terry Riley birthday, Harry Partch birthday 7:59 Welcome Donnie Johns! 9:10 The DMV Percussion Academy 10:38 How Donnie adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic 15:02 creating access for all students 19:02 June 24 registration for DMV Percussion Academy 19:45 promoting wellness 23:19 Instagram question: what has been the hardest part of your career? 27:23 food and music 32:28 Gourmet Symphony 36:25 Donnie’s performance career highlights 39:14 freelancing advice 42:14 the state of racism and social justice in percussion and classical music 47:23 How can we help bridge the knowledge gap for non-percussionist band directors? 51:48 PASIC is $60! 52:42 patterns in successful grant proposals 58:09 Michiko Takahashi and the contrabass marimba

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Hosts: Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, Karli Viña, and Ksenija Komljenović Intro music by Antek Olesik https://www.youtube.com/user/br7725

Guest: Jenny Klukken https://www.jennyklukken.com/

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00:12 Casey’s potty training 01:50 Music History (June 17): Stravinsky birthday + Stravinsky’s friendship with Picasso 06:04 Guest intro: Jenny Klukken 07:21 Jenny’s upcoming album promo/sneak peek: “Marimbista” 07:52 Tell us about the album! 12:32 The Evolution of the Marimba, hosted by Beverley Johnston: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oidjHdk6ocQ 13:21 How has Fernando Meza influenced you? 15:48 What do you wish you knew before you started the process of working on your album? 16:36 Hiring a Kickstarter/crowdfunding coach 17:49 Cat interruption  18:15 How did you know Kickstarter coaches existed? 20:33 Casey’s favorite Kickstarters 22:46 Raising money on Kickstarter (selling paintings/crossing over music and visual art) 24:40 Dog interruption 24:50 The album production process: when did you start communicating with labels? Releasing with a label vs. independently 28:41 How does the coaching relationship work?  29:26 Picking a record label/producer/engineer for a new musical concept 33:54 Topic: NFTs in music (Dallas News article: Dallas Choir Verdigris Ensemble turns unique digital music piece into a $375,000 windfall at auction) 44:33 Environmental impact of NTFs and why Jacob Collier did not sell his Logic Session as NFT 53:50 Jenny’s visual art 56:08 How does visual art influence your music? 59:42 Jenny’s thoughts on improvisation 01:03:56 Working with Eric Sammut 01:08:53 Set the date - July 16 – Jenny’s album drop! Check out her teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgkAO_LatDY