Innovative Percussion products exclusively come from factories in United States.
The early roots of Innovative Percussion are based in Nashville Tennessee where the company
resides today. Two university percussion majors began making their own mallets when the
market place could not fulfill their needs. This mallet making skill blossomed over the years into
today's Innovative Percussion. The products produced are renowned for the high build quality
and diverse lines to meet the needs of percussionist from all walks of life.
Erik T. Johnson is the president and founder of Innovative Percussion, Inc., a leading manufacturer of
drumsticks and keyboard percussion mallets. He received a Master of Music with an emphasis in
Percussion Performance trom he Universitv or North exas and a Bachelor or Music with an
emphasis in Percussion Performance from Middle Tennessee State University. For the past 21 years,
Mr. Johnson has been involved with a variety of marching ensembles. From 1995 to 2005 and 2008
to 2010, Erik was on the instructional staff with The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps, serving on the
design team as the front ensemble arranger and coordinator. Since 2003, Mr. Johnson has served as
the front ensemble arranger for the Aimachi Band from Nagoya, Japan. In his tenue with Music City
Mystique, Erik has acted as the front ensemble coordinator and arranger and as a member of the
design team since 2003. Erik has been affiliated with the Aimachi Indoor Percussion Ensemble since
2006 as a member of the design team and as the front ensemble arranger.
Since 1980, the Band of Blue Alumni Club has recognized individuals who have contributed and
influenced the growth of the MISU Band of Blue. On April 30th, the Middle Tennessee State
University BOBAC held its annual Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Among this vears inductees
were Erik T. Johnson.