Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 329 - Neil Grover Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito

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Creator of Grover Pro Percussion, Percussionist, Educator, and Music Leader Neil Grover stops by to talk about his PASIC 2022 Presentation on Accessory Percussion Instruments and his thoughts on past PASICs (02:00), growing up on Long Island and gigging in bands growing up (20:00), studying with Vic Firth at the New England Conservatory (MA) (35:35), starting his gigging life post-grad, and his thoughts on organization (44:30), getting into percussion manufacturing and starting Grover Pro Percussion (52:00), his current musical activities and selling the company pre-pandemic (01:17:40), and takes on the Random Ass Questions (01:25:25).
Finishing with a Rave on the 2016 Memoir Lab Girl (01:52:45).
Links:
Neil Grover’s homepage
Keith Aleo on the podcast in 2020
Alan Abel
Ian Finkel
Ronnie Benedict
Frank Zappa
Arturo Toscanini
George Gaber
Vic Firth
Ringo Starr
“Proud Mary” - Tina Turner
“You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling” - The Righteous Brothers
“I Say a Little Prayer” - Dionne Warwick (written by Burt Bacharach/Hal David)
Gunther Schuller
Douglas Howard
Fred Hinger
Harvey Vogel
Martin Cohen
Bill Youhass
Mike Balter
Leigh Howard Stevens
Arnie Lang
“Three Cornered Hat” - Manuel De Falla
Maureen Brennan
“Four Mallet Primer” - Neil Grover
RBI Music
Gone With the Wind trailer
Wizard of Oz trailer
Alice’s Restaurant trailer
Max Steiner
The Hunt for Red October trailer
The Cowboys trailer
It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World trailer
Raves:
Lab Girl - Hope Jahren