1. Favorite Quotes

• On a band being ‘tight’: “I’m assuming it means there is so little space between the rock, and the intent to rock.” – Jeff Tweedy
• “We’re only living in the memories of our future selves.” – Reggie Watts

2. Favorite Non-Musical Listening

• Bill Burr’s Monday Morning Podcast
• The Joe Rogan Experience

3. Favorite Shows (TV/YouTube/etc.)

• Pretty Good (Jon Bois/SB Nation)
• Conan
• ESPN 30 for 30
• Shark Tank
• Jake And Amir (College Humor)
• The Office (US)

4. 10 Favorite Albums Created In Your Lifetime

• David Byrne | American Utopia (2018)
• Socrates Garcia Latin Jazz Orchestra | Back Home (2016)
• Jack White | Lazaretto (2014)
• Glenn Kotche | Adventureland (2014)
• Foo Fighters | Wasting Light (2011)
• Smashing Pumpkins | Zeitgeist (2007)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers | Stadium Arcadium (2006)
• Wilco | A Ghost Is Born (2004)
• Fountains of Wayne | Welcome Interstate Managers (2003)
• Bruce Cockburn | The Charity of Night (1997)

5. 10 Favorite Albums From Before You Were Born

• Sugar | Copper Blue (1992)
• Peter Gabriel | So (1986)
• Midnight Oil | Red Sails In The Sunset (1984)
• Talking Heads | Stop Making Sense (1984)
• Cheap Trick | All Shook Up (1980)
• Yes | Drama (1980)
• Aerosmith | Rocks (1976)
• Queen | A Night At The Opera (1975)
• Pink Floyd | Wish You Were Here (1975)
• Alice Cooper | Welcome To My Nightmare (1975)

6. Most Memorable Concert Experiences

• Jeff Tweedy & Buck Meek @ Michigan Theater 2019.04.01
• David Byrne’s “American Utopia Tour” 2018.08.11
• Dynamo @ Mercy Lounge 2018.04.20
• Steven Schick performing John Luther Adams’ “Mathematics of Resonant Bodies” at PASIC 2017.11.08
• Wilco in Pittsburgh, PA 2017.06.08

7. Most Memorable Performance Experiences

• 2019.02.16 | Toledo, OH: CDE plays Reich’s “Tehillim”
• 2017.11.10 | Indianapolis, IN: Performing with Sō Percussion at PASIC
• 2015.01.24 | Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt Orchestra
• 2011.05.13 | Lancaster, OH: Lancaster High School Percussion Ensemble

8. Favorite Percussion Instrument

• Either kick drums (pedal bass drums) or tuned metal pipes

9. 10 Favorite Films

• The Founder (2016) | John Lee Hancock
• The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015) | Kyle Patrick Alvarez
• Nightcrawler (2014) | Dan Gilroy
• Django Unchained (2012) | Quentin Tarantino
• It Might Get Loud (2008) | Davis Guggenheim
• I Am Trying To Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco (2002) | Sam Jones
• Full Metal Jacket (1987) | Stanley Kubrick
• Stop Making Sense (1984) | Jonathan Demme
• Where Eagles Dare (1968) | Brian G. Hutton
• North By Northwest (1959) | Alfred Hitchcock

10. Favorite Piece You’ve Written

• Movement I of my percussion quartet “Scintillations”