Pete's Percussion Podcast: EPISODE 100! - Neeraj Mehta (Part 2)

Episode 100(!!) gives us Part 2 of Neeraj Mehta’s story, his growing up in Milwaukee with rock music, Hindi music, and swimming (01:35), going to Wisconsin-Madison for undergrad (28:00), his year at the Hartt School of Music (CT) before going to Michigan for his grad degrees (42:25), all of the benefits going to the University of Michigan has to offer (57:15), and setting things up for the Random Ass Questions (01:16:00).

Finishing with a Rave on The Catcher in the Rye (01:30:10).

Links:

Neeraj Mehta, Part 1

"Jump" - Van Halen

Bollywood

"Just Can't Get Enough" - Depeche Mode

"Love Song" - The Cure

"Roundabout" - Yes

"1999" - Prince

Zubin Mehta

Anthony DiSanza

"Blues for Stephanie" - Freddie Green and Count Basie

"Last Train Home" - Pat Metheny

Jesus on the Mainline

Bobby Sanabria

"Black Shogun" - Michael Udow

Scott Walker

James Latimer

Gene Koshinski

Tim Broscious

Jamie Ryan

Jeff Barudin

Pius Cheung

Brian Baldauff

Ian Sullivan

Elliot Beck

Ian Ding

Brian Jones

Michael Haithcock

Circus Maximus - John Corigliano

William Bolcom

Michael Daugherty

Julia Wolfe

Michael Gordon

"Mejunje de Fagobongo" - Alfonso Fuentes

"March Cadenza" - Gert Mortensen

"To The Earth" - Frederic Rzewski

"Tight Sweater" - Marc Melitts

Per Norgard

"Nemo Dynamo" - Per Norgard

Wall Drug

"Thriller" - Michael Jackson

Independence Day: Resurgence trailer

Thor: Ragnarok trailer

On Kawara

Raves:

The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger