Published on
March 17, 2007 in
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Last night I got to play John Adams’ Harmonielehre with the SLSO once again. Ahh. It was really a blast. I mean that almost literally. It rocks. My part includes mallets (all kinds) and my favorite moment, the bass drum blast at the end. Very satisfying indeed! In two weeks we’ll be playing it again at Carnegie Hall, which I am of course very psyched about. It doesn’t get much better for a humble extra drum boy.
Speaking of not much better, check out these gorgeous stickies. They are made by my old friend Randy Max of the Rotterdam Philharmonic. The silver ones have graphite shafts. I wish I played more timpani just so I could try them out, though I must admit I have a nice set of older MaxMallet sticks which are still in great condition. They don’t have the cool color coded butts, though!
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Published on
March 10, 2007 in
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Hi all. Or one. You might have noticed that I’ve spruced up The Basement a bit. In real life I took the shop vac to the cob webs and in the virtual world I’ve done a bit of upgrading.
Something I’ve wanted to do for a long time is to have a random header image. That is now a reality thanks to the K2 theme for WordPress. It’s got a lot of nice features built in and is very clean and intuitive. I like that in a theme.
On the drum front, this is a busy month. I’m doing a lot of playing with the SLSO which includes their concerts at Carnegie Hall on Mar. 30 and 31. The biggest bash is John Adam’s Harmonielehre. There’s another contemporary piece that’s going also: George Benjamin’s Sudden Time. What’s noteworthy about that piece is the use of a bunch of mini-tablas which the orchestra is buying from India. The parts are quiet but tasty and really exposed.
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