Let this deaf lady tell you all about it. Kinda cool. Kinda different.
Percussionist | Evelyn Glennie
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- I'm Aaron. I play drums. I teach drums. In the music world of clean polished production, sonic perfection has a way of blurring out the reality and soul of what music and rhythm are. I don't believe it's about being perfect. It's about being good... really good. Help me continue the conversation and walking the tight rope of feel and accuracy. Better Rhythm. Follow me on twitter @Bringbacktherhythm Sign up for a lessons musicast.com/aarontosti
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hey bro -
thanks for posting this.
In circa 1993 i was invited to a masterclass of hers. I look back at how arrogant and naive i was. I am glad to see 10 years later, she is still true to her "aim" - getting us to listen. In that masterclass she began to explain to me there are well over 100 different way to approach the Triangle as a percussion instrument. I tuned out at way #3 - sad to say. Here i sit 15 years later, at the congas, at the drum kit - emmulating and striving to be a listener. especially as a percussionist - contemporary percussion is not as much what you play, but rather what you intentionally leave out. percussionists have all these cool toys to make lots of noise.... listening is crucial. i have played with drummers who are threatened by a shaker, a tambourine - some congas. i find myself having to encourage them to "listen" to the bigger picture - ahhh, conceptual and philosophical drumming. be good.
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