This is just a quick link share: you should read the online article The Beaten Path: A History Of American Percussion Music. It’s an excellent thumbnail history of percussion in American conservatory music in the […]
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Airto: 1983 Modern Drummer interview
Here’s part of another great Modern Drummer interview, from 1983, with Airto, the famous Brazilian drummer and percussionist. As always, I’ve excerpted the parts that are most important to me, and the headings are mine. […]
Charles Dowd aphorisms – part 1
Here are some choice quotes from my old percussion professor at the University of Oregon, Charles Dowd, who died last year. He was a star pupil of Saul Goodman and Tony Cirone back in the […]