Hi! Jamie Wind Whitmarsh here! This episode is is pretty exciting, as I get to start my series of guest interviews with Dr. Tommy Dobbs, Assistant Professor of Percussion at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. Tommy and I have been best friends for a long time, after becoming roommates during our time in grad school at Florida State University. Tommy has done a lot of things, including a recent clinic at the Midwest convention - but I'm more interested in the other things we talk about!

The music is the Florida State University Percussion Ensemble performing my work 'NAILS!!!'. This recording (which I was fortunate to play steel pan on) was released on their third CD - 'Florida State University, Volume Three: 10 Windows'. Recording this was laborious, as the piece is pretty nuts, and I am infinitely grateful to the wonderful people that made this happen - Chase Banks, Sabrina Peterson, Ben Fraley, Nick Stevens, Glenda Lopez, Andrew Bockman, Catherine Cole, Justin Alexander, Tennison Watts, and John Parks.