We're lucky that Megan snagged Mike Burritt for this week's episode. As Professor of Percussion and Chair of the Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Department at Eastman, and established composer, there was much to talk about. And joke about.
Topics: questions from Facebook, using 3D imaging to recover the oldest recordings, YouTube stars
1:21 Game of Thrones banter
3:47 Ted Jackson: With everything you do, how does it bring you joy in different ways - teaching, performing, composing, etc.?
7:08 Casey: Preserving Vinyl Records
17:55 Ben Fraley: When you compose a piece, what is the first decision you make? Is the the form, instrumentation, theme, etc?
24:25 Megan: You-Tube Stars – Top three + drummer Casey Cooper
31:40 You-Tube video scam stories
38:30 Micah: How do you approach learning a big piece like a Vinao solo for the first time?
41:09 Ted Jackson: Could you explain how important your mentors were to you and what you learned from them? Gordon Stout, Herbert Flower, John Beck, and Paul Yancich
50:44 Will Marinelli: What have been some of the most significant changes you have seen develop in percussion pedagogical fields over the past decade?
1:01:05 Upcoming projects
1:04:56 Wrap
