Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 399 - Kevin von Kampen (Part 2)

Episode 399 - Kevin von Kampen (Part 2) Pete's Percussion Podcast University of Southern Florida (USF) Percussion Professor Kevin von Kampen returns to discuss getting his master’s degree at USF and moving to Florida (02:15), working in middle school and high school, teaching drumlines, and freelancing with many pop artists on their tours, including Weird Al Yankovic (15:30), getting his doctorate at Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, praise for the city of Cincinnati, and his accomplishments there (30:10), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including discussions of building diverse repertoire, building a closet of crazy outfits and costumes, his impression of me hosting the podcast, sports fandoms, and his love for performing karaoke (42:45).Finishing with a Rave on Maria Konnikova’s 2020 nonfiction book The Biggest Bluff (01:27:00).Kevin von Kampen links:Kevin von Kampen’s websiteKevin von Kampen’s USF pagePart 1 with Kevin von Kampen from the previous weekPrevious podcast guests mentioned:Allen Otte’s 2024 appearanceAlexandros Fragiskatos’s 2019 appearanceOther links:Robert McCormick“Crown of Thorns” - David MaslankaStuart Saunders SmithNancy Zeltsman“Five Scenes from the Snow Country” - Hans Werner Henze“Reflections on the Nature of Water” - Jacob DruckmanWillie TaggartSkip Holtz“Smells Like Nirvana” - Weird Al“Pinball Wizard” - The Who“To Love Somebody” - Michael Bolton“O' Pretty Woman” - Roy Orbison (hologram)Circles - Luciano BerioJames CulleyRusty Burge“The Anvil Chorus” - David LangKevin HolzmanJoel Garza5 Days with Doug podcastBoston Conservatory Percussion DatabaseSam SolomonWet Hot American Summer trailerSchool of Rock trailerHunt for the Wilderpeople trailerCaptain Fantastic trailerMadame Web trailerSay Anything trailerBlack Widow/Before It Had a Name trailerSilence - John CageIt’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - opening song“What’s Up” - 4 Non Blondes“Grace Kelly” - Mika“Take Your Mama” - Scissor SistersThe Wild Beaver Saloon in IndianapolisAaron Butler“Say It Ain’t So” - Weezer“Roses” - Outkast“Don’t Stop Til You Get Enough” - Michael JacksonSalvador Dalí Museum in Tampa BayModern Notebook podcastRaves:The Biggest Bluff - Maria Konnikova