#63 Chris Lamb-Principal Percussionist for the NY Philharmonic & Head of Percussion at Manhattan School of Music!

Episode 63 features the great Chris Lamb of the NY Philharmonic and Manhattan School of Music.  Chris also taught Stefon Harris when Stefon was getting his Masters degree at MSM. 

Shout out to Roy Haynes on his 93rd birthday! Some of the highly recommended albums that Roy is featured on can be found HERE. 

Educational spotlight starts with Scott Kettner's Summer Carnival Caravan Retreat in Philadelphia this coming July. You can check out the interview we did with Scott in Episode #9. Here are the details for the scholarships that are offered from PAS. If you have a percussion ensemble, these are the details for the International Percussion Ensemble Competition. If you are interested in P.A.S.I.C. (the Percussive Arts Society International Conference), you can click HERE to learn more info about it. This is the latest issue of the Percussive Notes publication. This is the full list of chapter activities for PAS, state by state, starting with the upcoming Days of Percussion. 

Gig Alerts- The Man Of The Woods tour just started with Justin Timberlake (shoutout to Brian Frasier-Moore and Terry Santiel). The On The Run Tour 2 just announced dates with Jay-Z and Beyoncé. Marcos (Torres) and Marcos Lopez will be playing with Jeremy Bosch at the Rockwood Music Hall (Stage 2) this Sunday. You can get advance tickets HERE and watch some of the videos Damon mentioned by clicking HERE. Damon will be going on tour with Charlie Hunter to the midwest starting on Thursday and then again in July to the west coast. 

Here is the full winners list of the iHeart Radio Music Awards for 2018. 

The new product mentioned was the DW Drum Enhancer plugin which makes mixing drum sounds easier. 

Music news this week -  Martin Shkreli ordered to serve 7 years in prison, forfeit about $7.4 million dollars AND return the Wu Tang Clan album her bought. Russ Solomon, founder of Tower Records, dies at age 92 while watching the Oscars and drinking whiskey. Craig Mack passes away at 46 from heart disease. Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland found guilty. SXSW (South By South West) is going on right now in Austin, TX. 5 Things you need to know about Copyright Law.  A PRO (performing arts organization - ASCAP, BMI & SESAC) and Sound Exchange are also mentioned. 

Chris Lamb has a bio that can be found HERE.

This is the Tan Dun water concerto with Chris performing it. Shout out to Flint, Michigan and their continued fight to get clean water. 

Here are some tips for auditioning for an orchestra. 

Here are a few sites that have orchestral audition listings. Audition Cafe, Musical Chairs, & Orchestra Players. 

One of the pieces Chris talked about with regard to having a high regard for attention to detail is Béla Bartók's Concerto for Orchestra (movement 2). 

Here's an excerpt of Chris playing "Bolero" by Ravel, with the NY Phil.

The NY Phil did the Star Wars music a bunch. One of the ways it was offered was to watch the movie with a live showing of the movie and the orchestra playing the soundtrack. Like THIS. 

We talk briefly about foley artists (the people who make sound for movies). You can see (and hear) more about what they do by clicking HERE. 

The Johnny Williams talked about that is the father of composer John Williams is a drummer. 

This is the Boris Gutenhoff Opera that Chris talks about with adding a visual to the music to tell the story. 

Chris studied with Salvatore Rabbio of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. 

Here are some reasons why you should record yourself while you practice to aid in improvement. 

Some of the music that was life changing for Chris was "Petrouchka" By Igor Stravinsky. Chris reached out later and mentioned the Buddy Rich album "Big Swing Face" and specifically tunes from that album and other (Buddy Rich) albums: Big Swing Face, Groovin Hard, Critics Choice and Machine. Another album that gets an honorable mention is called "Opus de Funk" by the Milt Jackson Quintet. 

Chris uses Innovative Percussion (you can check out his signature line HERE). If you want to follow Chris, you can see him with the NY Philharmonic, or study with him at Manhattan School of Music.