Episode 41: Entrepreneurship has been a recurring theme on the podcast. Both Donnie Johns and Joe Gramley both focus heavily on... more

Episode 40: Todd Meehan, Andrea Venet and Matthew Lau are distinctly creative in their own unique career paths. In this best... more

Episode 39:  Katy Elman is a friend of BSP and owner of Southern Percussion in the UK. Being a trained musician,... more

Episode 38 with Ivan Trevino If you’re unfamiliar with Ivan Trevino’s compositions and work with The Big Trouble, it’s definitely worth... more

Episode 37 with Michael Ptacin Michael Ptacin is a recent BSP Concert Artist, but actually someone we’ve known since meeting at... more

Episode 36 with Maria Flurry Maria Flurry has been a long time friend and supporter of Black Swamp Percussion. She knew... more

Episode 35 with Josh Smith After catching up a bit about family, travel and life, we learn more about some of... more

Episode 34 with Colleen Bernstein Colleen Bernstein is Black Swamp Concert Artist heavily involved in arts education, performance collaboration, diversity awareness... more

Episode 33 We revisit past episodes, and dig into the topic of improvisation with BSP Artists Gloria Yehilievsky, Anthony Di Bartolo,... more

Episode 32 with Melanie Voytovich Melanie is the founder of the New Works Project, an organization focused on equity and accessibility... more

Episode 31 with Elizabeth DeLamater Elizabeth is a BSP Educator, who has taught, performed and lectured around the world...most recently in... more

Episode 30 with Josh Jones It's been almost two years ago since our first conversation with Josh Jones, and A LOT... more

Episode 29 with Donnie Johns Besides keeping an active teaching and performing schedule in the DC area, Donnie Johns also coordinates... more

Episode 28 with Anthony Di Sanza Tony has been a long time friend and supporter of Black Swamp Percussion, going back... more

Episode 27 with Shaun Tilburg Shaun Tilburg is an orchestral excerpt master, having the audition prep and process down to a... more

Episode 26 with Abby Fisher Abby Fisher is a BSP Concert Artist, and has established herself as a World Class performer,... more

Episode 25 with Tim Adams Tim Adams should need little to no introduction...he’s a veteran orchestral percussionist and educator, being chair... more

Episode 24 with MB Gordy If you haven't heard the name MB Gordy, chances are you've heard him play. MB is... more

Episode 23 with Andrew Baldwin Andrew Baldwin is a freelance percussionist, composer and educator in the Chicago area. Although being a... more

Episode 22 with Anthony Di Bartolo Anthony is a diverse New Jersey-based percussionist, composer, improviser and teacher. Learn more about his... more

Episode 21 with Lineage Percussion Wes, Lauren and Trevor are Lineage percussion, a young yet established and socially conscious percussion trio.... more

Episode 20 with Josh Quillen from So Percussion Jamel and Tim talk with Josh about personal and professional life during the... more

Episode 19 with BSP Concert Artists, Matthew Lau & Abby Fisher, The Fisher/Lau Project. Abby and Matt contributed a conversation about... more

Episode 18 with BSP Concert Artist, Gloria Yehilevsky. Gloria chats about her life during COVID, interdisciplinary collaborations, her improvisation & education... more

Episode 17 with BSP Educator, Joe W Moore III Joe talks about life during quarantine, his recent composition "Being Black" and... more

Episode 16 with BSP Artist, Cory Hills! Cory is a member of the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet, freelance percussionist, and presenter... more

Episode 15 with BSP Artist, Doug Perkins! Doug is director of percussion at the University of Michigan, member of the Meehan/Perkins... more

Episode 14 with BSP Artist, Dan Smithiger!   Dan is the Instructor of Percussion, and Director of Basketball Bands at Southern... more

Episode 13: Tim and Jamel speak with Eric Sooy, the president and founder of Black Swamp Percussion about the origins... more

Episode 12: Tim and Jamel speak with Eric Sooy, the president and founder of Black Swamp Percussion about the origins... more

Episode 11 with BSP educator, Kieth Aleo! Keith is currently the Director of Percussion at the Interlochen Center for the Arts,... more

Episode 10, with BSP Concert Arist, Matthew Lau!  Tim and Matthew talk about Matthew's music career in Hong Kong, musical upbringing,... more

Bonus Episode! Tim is joined by Jamel for a quick PASIC 2019 recap with featured interviews from BSP artists, educators, and... more

Episode 9, Tim talks to Tom Sharpe about his varied musical career, including his development as a solo artist and... more

Episode 8, Tim talks with BSP Educator, Megan Arns! Megan is the Assistant Percussion Professor at the University of Missouri and... more

Episode 7 features a conversation with Mike Truesdell!  Mike is a BSP Artist, teaching percussion at Ithaca College.  We learn... more

Bonus Episode! We thought it would be fun to answer some frequently asked questions about BSP for a special bonus episode... more

Episode 6: Tim chats with BSP Artist Endorser, Joseph Gramley! Joseph is a Grammy-winning performer, founding member of Yo-Yo Ma's... more

Tim sits down with Adam Hopper (BSP Concert Artist) for a chat for Episode 5 of the Black Swamp Podcast!... more

 Tim has a conversation with Andrea Venet, BSP Educator.  They chat about her transition from violin to percussion, activities with... more