Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 354 - Amanda Duncan (Part 1)

Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito

Percussionist, Educator, Freelancer, Steel Pan Artist, and Santa Margarita Catholic High School (CA) Director of Percussion Studies Amanda Duncan stops by to talk about her job responsibilities (and the challenging situation she took over there), freelancing in CA, and the teaching of high school steel band and drumset (02:00), her involvement with PAN ROCKS! (29:40), and growing up in Long Beach (CA), her interests in tennis, gaming, and musical theater, and her beginnings in percussion (35:45).

Finishing with a Rave on the 2005 book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (01:06:20).

Guest Links:

Amanda Duncan’s website

Links to previous podcast folks mentioned:

Angela Kepley in 2023

Dave Gerhart in 2018

Raynor Carroll in 2023

Other Links:

Interstate 5, California

“S—- People Say in L.A.”

Nick Kraus

The Black Keys on Spotify

Logic Pro

GarageBand

Reaper

Ableton

MainStage

Tracy Thornton

Whiskey a Go Go

Joseph Peck

PAN ROCKS! RUSH

“YYZ” - PAN ROCKS!

“GoldenEye 007” video game

Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Sound of Music

Oliver!

Annie

“Pretty Fly for a White Guy” - The Offspring

Chris Stevens

Evelyn Glennie

Sheila E.’s Drum solo from Sign O’ The Times

Lynda Sue Marks

“Cello Suite No. 1 - Prelude” - J.S. Bach

Michael Rosen

Karen Ervin Pershing

Brad Dutz

Randy Drake

Raves:

American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer - Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin