Drumming in the Mountains

After the Mountain Drum percussion group dissipated in 2007
I began re-working my hand techniques and putting in plenty of
practice doing exercises we learned from Joe Platz, the maker
of most of our drums.

I also began writing down rhythms that I was composing about
my Adirondack Experience. I was lucky to pick up a recorder
so that I could hear what I was playing. I could also experiment
now with new sounds and make recordings of it all.

I have written seven rhythms to date and I have found that I
am more on fire about drumming and percussion than I have been
at anytime in the last 12 years of playing the drums.

The Rhythms can be heard on my Drumming Site.

The summer of 2009 was very quiet and with Sue away most every day installing a mural, I spent a lot
of time under the tree out back, on the deck or in the gallery, drumming. I got the recorder that summer
and was able to experiment with my rhythms in ways I couldn't before.

For this project it would be nice to have another seven original tunes before I drift away with another idea.
I'd also like to do something with percussion and poetry in the future.