#45--Dan Sliwinski (The Fancy Drunk)
Dan and I sit in in the back area of the restaurant he helps to run called District Social and chat about drinks of the world. This is a co-release for his brand new podcast called Fancy Drunks. Enjoy!
Read MoreDan and I sit in in the back area of the restaurant he helps to run called District Social and chat about drinks of the world. This is a co-release for his brand new podcast called Fancy Drunks. Enjoy!
Read MoreTodd and I waste 45 minutes or so talking about our favorite times on stage and how to talk about hard music with audiences. It was a great way to waste sometime on instagram live.
We sit in my hotel room in New London, CT before a Radicals in Miniature show and chat stage managing and Wikipedia
Read MoreMissy and I sit in her kitchen and talk life as a composer and advocating for females in the field. She called it affirmative “action for the young.” I like that phrase. I want that on a shirt, please. www.missymazzoli.com.
Read MoreTodd and waste our 2nd hour.
Read MoreCasey teaches percussion at James Madison University and possess two of the fastest hands on the planet Earth. Look him up! www.caseycangelosi.com
Read MoreMichael and I chat over Skype about life as a percussionist, conga and bata player, and master teacher (my words, not his). He’s someone who is a big reason I’m doing what I’m doing. What he taught me about Cuban music (ie. the WAY he learned and approaches it) is how I approach Trinidadian steel drumming. He’s a good man and someone you should talk to if you can. You won’t regret it.
Read MoreJacqueline and I sit in her kitchen and talk life and being a professional baker in New York City. She’s a former student of mine from NYU and I couldn’t be prouder of the work she’s doing. www.vauclusenyc.com
Read MoreWally was in Australia. I was in New York. We chat about life and composing and using personal struggle as the catalyst for work. Wally is one of my favorite people in the world. He always has cookies.
Vicious Children, by Wally Gunn, performed by Mobius Percussion, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEK08ddre9Q
Wally Gunn - Can You Hear Me (Part I), performed by Passepartout Duo, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQJSZMLWQKg
Gil and I sit in his living room and talk about life as a pianist and dealing with self-doubt as an artist and student. He’s a world-renowned concert pianist, accompanists, collaborator, and soloist.
He’s also a good man, and someone I thoroughly enjoy talking to about pretty much anything he wants to talk about.
Olivier Messiaen Amour oiseau detoile—w/ Dawn Upshaw, voice
Charles Ives—Songs My Mother Taught me—w/ Jan DeGaetan
Read MoreMichael is the author of the book, “Our Band Could Be Your Life”. It’s changed the lives of many artists including Dan Deacon. We sit in the So studio and talk about his work with Nirvana and working with artists.
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Read MoreWe sit in Kendall's living room with their friend Shane McDonald and talk about growing up around steel bands and the intricacies of teaching by rote. Marc is a real advocate for the steel band community in Brooklyn. You should listen to him.
Read MoreSteve and I sit in his office at Princeton and talk about his life as a composer, professional skier, father and son. We talk about the cosmos, his compositional process, and how mortality and time is at the center of much of his work.
Read MoreRob and I sit and talk about his life as a manager and booking agent. He's So Percussion's booking agent and is the owner of www.allianceartistmanagement.com.
Read MoreTodd and I spend an hour wasting an hour talking about starting a small business.
Read MoreNelson and I talk about live sound and Teslas. He’s been So’s live sound engineer for the last 3 or so years and he’s our 5th member on stage every night. He’s a really smart dude, and great at his job. He also loves MMA and snowboarding, none of which we talked about, but we will. @nel_dorado on instagram
Read MoreAngelica and I sit down and talk about her childhood growing up in Puerto Rico, life in a part of America where you have no say over who your president is. We hardly scratched the surface. (In a good way)
Read MoreGrey and I sit in his living room and talk improvisation, Roseanne Barr, and what it means to be alive.
This is the title track called “Blindless Sea of Light” off a new album due out in March of the same name by Grey Mcmurray.
The ending track is from a project So Percussion did with Grey Mcmurray and Emily Johnson and Ain Gordon called Where (We) Live. This is the final track off the album called “Thank You”
www.greyalone.com
@muchgrey on instagram
Read MoreArone and I sit and talk music making, drone choirs, second jobs, and the sexes.
@missarone on instagram
bukeandgase.com
buke and gase
misstressess
drone choir
opening track: (single) “Derby” by Buke and Gase
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jro9yH78hwY
ending track: “Hiccup” by Buke and Gase from the album “General Dome”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf44Jif1WY0&list=RDEMr2Q13eEk9JqvEhcCYH0ccQ&index=7
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