The @Percussion - Episode 87 Tim Feeney

087 - Tim Feeney

Visiting Megan at Mizzou, and joining us this week, is Tim Feeney: player, composer, and improviser.  His unstable soundscapes have earned him performances at many avant garde venues, as well as several recording opportunities.
Tim has played on Broadway, worldwide as an interpreter of contemporary music, and locally as the principal percussionist of the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra. He is an Assistant Professor of Percussion at the University of Alabama.

Watch here. Listen below.

0:00 Intro and hello
4:50 Composition questions vs percussionists' questions?
8:15 Current projects?
12:50 Compulsion vs addiction in practice
22:07 Tenure things, busy things
35:30 Wonder Woman news update
40:57 Vinko Globokar
Facebook questions:
1:01:55 Influences? Listening uggestions?
1:04:55 Improvising alone vs with others?
1:06:25 If you could ask all musicians to be more aware of one thing, what would that be?
1:07:40 Largest musical influence?
1:10:26 Studying with Robert van Sice?