Pete's Percussion Podcast: Episode 509 - Rick Mattingly

Pete's Percussion Podcast - Pete Zambito · Aug 27, 2026

Episode 509 - Rick Mattingly Pete's Percussion Podcast

Louisville-based percussionist, teacher, and writer, and editor of the Percussive Arts Society’s Percussive Notes magazine Rick Mattingly stops by to talk about his local performances in Louisville, the beginnings of his editing and writing career, and his interview style (04:55), his early editing career with Modern Drummer and his interviews and contact with drummers early in their careers (22:30), working as PAS’s Percussive Notes editor (38:35), growing up in Louisville, getting into rock and classical music early on, and getting to…