Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito

Episode 521 - PASIC 2026 Preview (Part 2) Pete's Percussion Podcast PASIC 2026 Week is Here! Part 2 of the annual PASIC Preview Episodes is here, including conversations with Emma Kieselhorst (02:20), Lamon Lawhorn [interviewing Pete] (24:20), and Vivienne and Jordan Shippy of Metaphor Percussion (38:10).Links:PASIC 2026 Preview (Part 1)Emma KieselhorstPete ZambitoMetaphor Percussion

Episode 520 - 2026 PASIC Preview (Part 1) Pete's Percussion Podcast PASIC 2026 is here! Let’s preview some clinics, presentations, and performances happening this year. Presenting on Thursday are Tim Feeney (02:10), Ross Karre (18:55), Ethan Strickland (33:20), and Gregory Beyer (42:50).Links:Tim FeeneyRoss KarreEthan StricklandArcomusical

Episode 519 - Gabriela Ordonez Villalobos (Part 2) Pete's Percussion Podcast Mexico-based percussionist, educator, and entrepreneur Gabriela Ordoñez Villalobos returns to discuss the end of her orchestral tenure and heading to UNLV for her master’s degree, improving her English speaking, teaching steel band and rock music history, returning to her studies later in her career, and freelancing in the Las Vegas area (02:10), staying at UNLV for her doctorate, her dissertation research on playing Flamenco music on marimba, and her post-doctorate career working in Las Vegas as an arts administrator prior to moving back to Mexico (23:30), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on her experiences as a woman in the percussion field, making clothing decisions, the Las Vegas Raiders, The Mexican National Soccer team and the recent World Cup, playing for actual lions, and Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti album (48:15).Finishing with a Rave on Peter Wolf’s memoir Waiting on the Moon and Wolf’s appearance on the Marc Maron WTF podcast in 2025 (01:26:45).Gabriela Ordoñez Villalobos links:Part 1 with Gabriela Ordoñez VillalobosGabriela’s Flamenco Music DissertationGabriela’s Instagram FeedOther Links:Dean GronemeierTimothy JonesAlex StopaSam WetzelThe Canadian Percussion Network“Asturias” - Isaac Albéniz/transc. L.H. StevensMexico vs. England 2026 World CupPuss in Boots: The Last Wish trailerThe Historian - Elizabeth KostovaLas Porky’s Physical Graffiti - Led ZeppelinRaves:Waiting on the Moon - Peter WolfPeter Wolf on WTF with Marc Maron

Episode 518 - Gabriela Ordonez Villalobos (Part 1) Pete's Percussion Podcast Percussionist,  Educator, Entrepreneur, and Freelancer Gabriela Ordoñez Villalobos stops by to talk about her job as the Artistic Director of the Juventud Center at Sewá Charter School in Chihuahua (Mexico) and her freelancing career (03:40), her work setting up and running the Festival Internacional de Percusiones de Chihuahua, the challenges and successes there, and the grant writing process (18:35), growing up in Chihuahua, her father’s love of rock music, her background in drumset, Mexico’s Rock music scene, music education in Mexico and Mariachi Programs in the U.S. (38:40), and talks about her experiences at the Chihuahua Conservatory of Music, her years in gymnastics, and eventually earning the full-time timpani position in Chihuahua (01:00:20).Finishing with a Rave on the 2016 film Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (01:30:00).Gabriela Ordoñez Villalobos links:Gabriela’s Flamenco Music DissertationGabriela’s Instagram FeedOther Links:El Sistema in VenezuelaTimothy JonesDean GronemeierManáZeferino NandayapaRaves:Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping trailer

Episode 517 - Morgan Parker (Part 2) Pete's Percussion Podcast New York City-based drummer and percussionist Morgan Parker returns to talk about moving to leaving Kansas and heading to NYC after undergrad, the pandemic occurring during her NYU masters, studying with great teachers and getting connected, and taking tap dance lessons (03:00), then settles in for the Random Ass Questions, including segments on the importance of listening to recordings, Morgan’s experiences as a woman in the percussion world, great movies and books, bad jobs, crazy live gigs, and experiencing newer artists live (27:25).Finishing with a Rave on the 2026 film Primetime (01:11:25).Morgan Parker Links:Part 1 with Morgan ParkerMorgan Parker’s websiteMorgan Parker’s Maestra PageOther Links:Jonathan HaasJames SaporitoValerie NaranjoIn the HeightsHamiltonMuscle Shoals Sound StudioThe Rocky Horror Picture Show trailerDude, Where's My Car? trailerBack to the Future trailerBack to the Future Part 2 trailerFerris Bueller’s Day Off trailerThe Breakfast Club trailerThe Subtle Art of Not Giving a F___ - Mark MansonKeith Moon Drum SoloJohn Bonham Drum SoloJack Stack BBQPancho’s Mexican FoodYUNGBLUDTravis Barker: Louder Than Fear trailerRaves:Primetime trailer