Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 404 - Erin Walker Bliss (Part 2)

Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito

University of Kentucky Professor Erin Walker Bliss returns to talk about her master’s degree years at DePaul University (IL) (01:40), getting her doctorate at the University of Kentucky, studying with Jim Campbell, the challenges of raising kids with a spouse in the same field, and getting better at hosting folks (10:40), and finishes with the Random Ass Questions, including segments on “Chopping Out”, her experiences as a woman in the fields of percussion and ethnomusicology, great movies and books, the Olympics, Harry Potter, Anne of Green Gables, Lego, and much more (21:00).

Finishing with a Rave on the 1994 film S.F.W. (56:45).

Erin Walker Bliss Links:

Part 1 with Erin Walker Bliss

Erin Walker Bliss’s Central Music Academy page

Erin Walker Bliss’s University of Kentucky page

Other Podcast Guests mentioned:

Andy Bliss from 2023

Rich Holly from 2020

Mark Ford from 2023

Julie Hill from 2019

Abby Fisher from 2021

Other Links:

James Campbell

Kassandra Kocoshis

Nief-Norf

James Ross

Ted Atkatz

Eric Millstein

Michael Green

Robert Chappell

Christopher Deane

Simone Biles

Suni Lee

The Parent Trap trailer

Happy Gilmore trailer

Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer

The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling

The Anne of Green Gables Series - LM Montgomery

The Guns of Navarone - Alistair Maclean

The Space Shuttle Challenger

The Space Shuttle Columbia

Free Solo trailer

“Fly Away” - Lenny Kravitz

Cumberland Falls State Park

National Guild for Community Arts Education

The Kennedy Center

Grandma Moses

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Raves:

S.F.W. trailer