The @Percussion Podcast

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Interviews, topics, and discussion

Episodes

Wednesday Dec 16, 2020

@Percussion 262 - Jason Sulliman - How We Practice

Wednesday Dec 16, 2020

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

How I practice, by Jason Sulliman - https://youtu.be/ZyQW5QlVc48
https://www.jasonsulliman.com/

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0:00 Intro and Hello. PASIC
4:00 News today, Dec.17: Beethoven, Nat King Cole,
5:35 Welcome, Jason Sulliman
8:40 Kinesiology
16:35 How you came to study kinesiology?
22:25 Ben: Bulletproof Musician - Jason Sulliman
30:10 Short term goals, long term goals, deliberate practice
37:45 Playing vs practicing
48:55 Your system of practice? The units.
1:01:10 Penny practice method
1:04:07 Slow practice?
1:10:30 Jason's R.V. story. Lived in a van down the river...
1:13:10 Physiology of speed?
1:17:10 Motivation? Practice culture

Thursday Dec 10, 2020

@Percussion 260 - Abby Fisher

Thursday Dec 10, 2020

Hosts: Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, Karli Vina, and Ksenija Komljenović
Intro music by Luigi Morello

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0:00 Intro and hello.
4:17 Welcome, Abby!
5:33 Lawrence Conservatory?
8:00 Maintaining your World Music abilities?
12:00 A bit on "Old School" teaching. Tough love?
19:00 Percussion Theater: Aiyun Huang, Beverley Johnston, "The Connection", "The Game of The Century"
32:30 Visual importance, gesture.
39:55 Slow Bach? More on theater.
46:22 Karli: When Artitst Take Over Programing (article). Artist curators
57:37 Importance of the order of a program
1:03:58 Facebook question - How do you make a theatrical piece more approachable for the audience?
1:06:35 Your Tedx Talk? Working on Speech?
1:12:00 What's next for you?

Thursday Dec 03, 2020

@Percussion 259 - Simone Rubino

Thursday Dec 03, 2020

Hosts: Casey Cangelosi, Karli Viña, and Ksenija Komljenović
Intro music by: Bartek Miler https://bartekmiler.com/

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:51 Intro and Hello
1:33 History - Webern (fake news?)
6:28 Welcome Simone!
8:39 How is the pandemic in your area?
10:33 Recent performances
11:07 How does singing relate to percussion?
14:42 Background in singing
18:11 Casey: Being a Soloist
25:23 Studying with Peter Sadlo
28:50 Finding your voice, programming
33:27 Simone’s teaching
39:07 Memorizing and learning music
46:43 Morality and spirituality in music
49:51 Simone’s mallets
51:47 collaborating with Avner Dorman
56:33 Karli: Viola Smith
65:37 Wrap

Thursday Nov 26, 2020

@Percussion - 261 - Supporters' Roundtable 2

Thursday Nov 26, 2020

Guests: Jade Hails, Jorge Mujica Jr., Manuel Trevino, and Chris Dandeles
Hosts: Casey Cangelosi, Ben Charles, and Ksenija Komljenović, Karli Viña
Intro music by Reese Maultsby - reesemaultsby.com

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0:00 Intro and hello. Happy birthday Mr. Wilcoxin and we enjoy playing no.4 together over Zoom lag
1:55 Wilcoxin and Pratt in teaching.
3:40 Karli: Charlie Wilcoxin
8:33 Ben: MOOC's (Massive Open Online Class).
17:00 MOOC's and music copyright. Online courses
24:45 More on online courses
27:41 How did you get student interaction when teaching online?
30:50 What do you think we're going to keep/adopt from this teaching online COVID experience?
35:42 Zoom performances?
40:15 Role of MOOC's? College is WAY too expensive.
51:48 Crumb bingo with pitch bend sound effects

Thursday Nov 19, 2020

@Percussion 258 - Sarah Rimkus

Thursday Nov 19, 2020

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

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0:43 intro
1:47 history for November 19: Paul McCartney Liverpool Oratorio, Tina Turner Goldeneye song, Michael Jackson baby dangling, Adam Levine sexiest man alive, argument about how to edit the podcast
5:15 welcome Sarah Rimkus!
7:17 Sarah’s work, Blackbird
10:52 getting confident writing for percussion
12:17 Instagram question from Antek Olesik: What are the biggest challenges of writing for percussion?
15:44 Facebook question from Kenneth Stewart: Do you transcribe folk music? How does folk music play into your music?
18:30 Bulgarian folk music?
19:23 shape note music
22:42 appropriation vs. appreciation
29:45 George Crumb
45:28 musical scene in the UK
49:10 Crumb bingo
1:07:17 Facebook question from Hal Rosenfeld: Do you have any tips or tactics for overcoming writers block or similar scenarios
1:10:35 Casey searching for dirt on Eric Guinivan

Thursday Nov 12, 2020

@ Percussion 257 - Social Media Roundtable (Sasha Berliner, Matt Lau, Cameron Leach)

Thursday Nov 12, 2020

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Guests: Matthew Lau http://www.matthewlaumusic.com/aboutme
Sasha Berliner https://www.sashaberlinermusic.com/
Cameron Leach http://www.cleachmusic.com/
Intro music by Bartek Miler https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtI919ThHVrgMa1NjSF_sXg

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00:18 Intro
00:45 Patreon shoutout - thanks to Chris Dandeles!
02:27 November 12 in Music History (deaths of rock drummers, Spice Girls, Spotify issues)
08:11 Guests introduction
12:40 How important has social media been in your career?
23:38 FB Question - Alan Lang: What is your favorite platform and why? Do you feel posting something every day is more important to keep the interaction up or posting something once every two weeks but of a higher quality?
28:45 How Casey started his career
30:53 Sasha’s experience with Twitch
35:26 Casey is famous on TikTok
37:03 Honesty on social media
40:46 Do you worry about oversharing?
49:45 Article Discussion: Has Influencer Culture Affected How Dancers Are Hired? By Zachary Whittenburg + do social media numbers matter for musicians?
56:34 The Social Dilemma
59:16 What if orchestras started hiring people based on social media following?
01:01:16 Summer festival invitation scenario?
01:02:00 IG Question - Jade Hails: Is it wise to separate solo account from project accounts? Should I cross-promote or focus on one space? Karli: Where did you learn how to use social media?
01:09:04 IG Question - Brandon Arvay: Cameron, what do you say to percussionists who say social media is stupid and a waste of time?
01:14: 34 IG Question - @djorsonbeatz: Can you be good at a social media job if you do not personally use social media?
01:15:41 Facebook Question – Ryan Carlizle: Do hashtags really work?

Thursday Nov 05, 2020

@Percussion 256 - Michelle Humphreys

Thursday Nov 05, 2020

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

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0:43 intro
1:11 music history: Ozzy Osbourne, The Who, Oasis, and Nat King Cole
10:49 welcome Michelle Humphreys!
11:35 How did you become interested in early music?
16:47 Publishing a part?
18:22 early timpani concerti
22:08 Telemann timpani and “baroque expertism”
26:13 historical triangle with rings
31:50 other baroque instruments
33:10 making baroque timpani
34:02 triangle rings
37:20 caring for natural skin
38:50 Facebook question from Mario Perez: What are some unique challenges you encounter when dealing with baroque timpani?
42:30 baroque timpani tuning mechanisms
44:02 calf heads
45:07 Casey topic: Does music theory harm creativity?
1:00:05 balancing different styles of music
1:03:39 unconducted opera
1:08:19 What is authenticity?

Thursday Oct 29, 2020

@Percussion Podcast - 255 Shawn Lafrenz

Thursday Oct 29, 2020

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Intro music by Reese Maultsby - reesemaultsby.com

0:00 Intro and hello.

0:50 Ben: history for Oct.29th - politians know nothing about music and copyright.

3:30 Welcome, Shawn! Some background on the Pearl Company.

9:30 How companies like Pearl became so successful.

18:20 How your business and music experience have interacted and help each other.

21:37 Finding industry music jobs?

28:30 Skillsets for the internships?

38:07 Approaching a company for a sponsorship?

42:15 Badges showing on drums at big shows.

44:40 Karli: Diversity and change in curriculum.

Listener questions:

1:03:50 The Phillharmonic SD's and Malletstation?

1:11:00 Most important thing you learned from Tom Davis at Iowa?

1:15:18 First ever Pearl product and your most recent?

Thursday Oct 22, 2020

@Percussion 254 - Vassilena Serafimova

Thursday Oct 22, 2020

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

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0:00 Intro and Hello
1:19 Casey: Paul is (not) dead!
6:05 Karli: NY Metropolitan Opera House opens
8:09 Welcome, Vassilena Serafimova!
9:38 Musical roots in Pleven, Bulgaria
15:55 Studying abroad
19:23 Bulgarian folk music
24:04 Arranging and improvising folk music on the marimba
29:52 Advice for young players
35:18 Deciding to be a professional musician
38:32 Selecting repertoire
46:40 Ben: Telephone hold music
1:00:45 Sylvio Gualda
1:09:40 What is essential for success as a concert artist?
1:15:25 Questions from social media: rapid fire!
1:21:10 Ben looks for gossip(!)
1:23:10 Wrap/Look out for Vassilena’s new albums!

Thursday Oct 15, 2020

@Percussion 253 - Christoph Sietzen

Thursday Oct 15, 2020

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Guest: Christoph Sietzen http://christophsietzen.com

Intro music by: Antoni Olesik https://instagram.com/antek.olesik

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00:34 Events in music history on October 15

03:10 Casey does not like Led Zeppelin…

04:12 Casey’s odd encounter with at a urinal

5:40 Guest introduction: Christoph Sietzen!

6:45 Ksenija forgot how to speak

6:58 How did you spend the last 6 months?

13:13 COVID issues with booking orchestra performances in Austria and Germany

14:47 Performance situation in the US

15:20 Televised performances in Germany

17:38 Red sticks used in Rebonds video recording

20:51 Ryan Carlizzle: If I had to describe your playing style in one word, it would be theatrical. I thoroughly enjoy watching you play. Can you talk about how you developed that style of playing? Or did it just come naturally to you?

22:37 Mateo Rivas Castro: What can you tell us about the “Austria-German” school of the marimba. And why you play like they do?

24:55 Playing with weight and using gravity

29:23 @markeldrummer: How do you get that sound on the marimba?

31:00 Bogdan Bacanu marimba

33:25 How do you pick repertoire?

34:25 Do you play Bad Touch by Casey Cangelosi?

36:52 Christoph’s premiere of Georg Frederich Haas’ Percussion Concerto, building the klangwall (wall of sound), physical presence, and bodily awareness on stage

39:57 @Eero_perkelecussion - What’s your favorite percussion/marimba concerto?

43:06 Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Incantations Percussion Concerto

43:48 Percussion puzzles composers

45:08 Antek Olesik - What in your opinion is the importance of competitions in a solo percussion career development? How did your competition titles help you?

47:00 Luxembourg Philharmonic Connection and asking Penderecki for a Percussion Concerto

48:18 The importance of trust and networking in your career

49:40 How do you go from being a great player to having a career?

54:54 Filip Koroshetz - How do you get your one-handed runs to be so lightning fast and still (seemingly) so relaxed? Thinking of Frozen in Time 1st Mov.

59:29 @Briansys - What is your favorite drumstick for snare drum and drums in general situation?

01:00:00 Thoughts on multipercussion sound?

01:01:21 Performing on natural skins

1:04:20 Weight – one of the reasons for playing so high

1:05:21 Mateo Rivas Castro – How is it possible to be so awesome?

1:06:06 U.S. Open Finale is important

1:06:30 What does a typical day look like for you?

1:10:28 Sports, social life, playing piano

1:13:30 Playing other instruments (harpsichord, double bass)

1:16:16 Watching Tour de France

1:17:14 Thanks!

1:17:42 Teaching in Linz