George Barrett, CEO of Innovative Percussion and First Vice President of PAS, joined us this week from his office in Nashville, TN.  We're so glad he was able to make room for us in his busy schedule.



Topics: PAS, mentor example of UT Women's Head Coach Pat Summit, history of Innovative Percussion, industry



Watch here. Listen below.



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0:00 Intro and hello

1:27 Current events at IP and leadership restructure of PAS

9:34 Why join PAS?

13:17 PASIC exhibit hall

17:41 New IP products

19:17 Laurel: Patricia Summit, late coach emeritus of U. of Tennessee

26:35 Ben: Erik Johnson, president of Innovative Percussion

38:20 The process of designing mallets

46:06 Hand wrapped vs. machine wrapped mallets

47:44 Changes in the percussion industry

51:51 Endorsement relationships

57:01 Responsibilities of a CEO of a percussion company

58:34 Caleb Pickering: Percussion companies seem to come and go in waves. What helped IP stand the test of time and become one of the powerhouse companies for sticks and mallets?

1:01:54 Wrap