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Discussions in Percussion

A podcast hosted by Damon Grant and Marcos Torres, two NYC based percussionists interviewing other musicians who have the view from behind. Guests will be mostly other percussion players and anyone else who hits, scratches, and shakes things for a living.
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Now displaying: July, 2019
#135 Bashiri Johnson: Percussionist for Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Luther Vandross & More! 0
Jul 31, 2019

Damon and Marcos get to interview Bashiri Johnson and talk about growing up in NYC, the adventures of playing live with pop stars, entering film and TV, embracing electronics, his home studio and more! There are also special guests who drop by to talk about educational spotlights, iconic recordings, music news and much more!

This episode is sponsored by Sweetwater. 

#134 Zach Danziger: Drummer for Donny McCaslin, Mister Barrington, The Wednesday Night Titans & More! 0
Jul 24, 2019

Damon gets to interview Zach and get inside his mind. They talk about his past as well as various projects he's been involved with. There's some tech talk, as well as what he is currently working on (including a secret passion of his). Marcos joins and there are educational spotlights, iconic recordings, RIP segment, product reviews, music news and more! This episode is sponsored by Sweetwater.

#133 Julie Angelis-Boehler: SFC, Principal Timpanist of The US Army Band “Pershing's Own" & More! 0
Jul 17, 2019

Damon gets to interview Sergeant First Class Julie Angelis-Boehler and talk to her about growing up in Massachusetts, playing in drum corps as well as other adventures in percussion playing. She talks about her duties in the Army band as well as other performance opportunities she gets to do and what's next. Marcos joins and there are gig alerts, educational spotlights, an iconic recording, music news and more!

#132 Obed Calvaire: Drummer for the SFJAZZ Collective and More! 0
Jul 10, 2019

Damon and Marcos get to talk to Obed about coming from Miami to NYC, how to learn music, basketball, how he got the gig with the SFJAZZ Collective and plenty of other adventures along the way. There's also educational spotlights, iconic recording, an R.I.P. segment, Happy Birthday segment, gig alerts, music news and more!

This episode is sponsored by Sweetwater. 

#131 Kevin Ricard: Percussionist for American Idol, The Tonight Show, Kenny Loggins & More! 0
Jul 3, 2019

This episode is sponsored by Sweetwater. Check out their deals and prizes for July which is "Drum Month". Damon and Marcos get to talk to Kevin about his beginnings in the Los Angeles area, hanging with other great L.A. based percussionists, tours he's been on, how he's been able to play in multiple genres, getting into T.V. and film as well as how he orchestrates playing all of the percussion parts and much more! There's also an educational spotlight, iconic recording, product review and music news among other things.

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