This week we sat down with Keith Brown, one of the percussion teachers at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Though he's known Laurel since she was a toddler, there's not too too much sentimental talk. Mostly we investigate pedagogy, growth, and mentoring.
Topics: drumset, Notes to Myself by Hugh Prather, questions
1:14 Teaching at UT-Knoxville and juries
10:41 Drumset transcriptions
16:25 Jeff Mulvihill: Is there really any difference in how you listen and hear the big band from the drums to leading the big band as the director from the front?
22:21 Rodney: How would you suggest overcoming nervousness and blanking at solo ideas when playing with a jazz group, especially when you are relatively new at drumset?
25:24 Should classical percussionists study drumset?
32:38 Laurel: Notes to Myself by Hugh Prather
44:54 Keith’s History of Jazz Courses
1:00:03 What artists and teachers have had the biggest influence on you and how have you incorporated that into your own playing and teaching?
1:03:24 Ted Jackson: What is the most important thing you teach your students:
1:04:03 Wrap
