11 | Choosing Mallets
Choices, choices. The Mikes share how they select mallets for a variety of situations. Mike T. endorses Marimba One Mallets Mike C. endorses Vic Firth mallets and sticks Rebecca Moore is our amazing...
4 Apr 20241h 37min
10 | Our Ideal Curriculum
Is teaching more about what one teaches, or how one teaches? The Mikes share their insights on key concepts and structures in percussion pedagogy. Fast fact: Mike T. teaches at Ithaca College and Mike...
28 Mar 20241h 29min
9 | What Are We Up To?
Mike C and Mike T see how well they REALLY know one another glimpse into each others’ creative minds and personal approaches to spending time developing ideas both big and small. Thank you, Rebecca ...
25 Mar 20241h 25min
8 | Ryan Streber (Oktaven Audio)
http://www.oktavenaudio.com/ MikeDrop calls in reinforcements from a classical music heavy hitter: Ryan Streber, composer and engineer at Oktaven Audio, one of the leading recording studios for cont...
21 Mar 20242h 12min
7 | Practice Pad Shootout
Get ready to tap that! The Mikes bounce like a hovercraft over contentious (but bouncy) waters to debate using practice pads for good and evil in one’s musical development. The Duo discusses pad selec...
18 Mar 20241h 22min
6 | What's Exciting Us Now?
When is now? It doesn’t matter! The Mikes share their excitement and joy for the details in the world with a short episode covering: Cognitive Neurology Mike’s summer of museums Rituals in sporting ev...
14 Mar 202413min
5 | How To Take A Lesson
There is an skill to maximizing individual music lessons. In this episode, the teachers become the students: the Mikes learn how to learn, covering preparation before, during, and after lessons. Topic...
11 Mar 20241h 17min
4 | Marking Up Your Music
The Mikes’ go head to head on their alliterative strategies for music-making, marking, and mastering for before, during, and after rehearsals and practice sessions. There’s nothing like describing vis...
7 Mar 20241h 20min
