Percussionist, Composer, Author
Check it out! My coming body percussion project 'Up the Body and Down the Page' is almost finished and here's a snippet to show you how it's coming along.
The final video for the piece will involve the four performers standing in the dark and placing their arms and legs into the light as the make sound. This goes with the theme of seeing sounds like my previous production Read More
One of the pieces I had to prepare for my recital had to include other players.
I chose to play Nagoya Marimbas by Steve Reich and I had a great time working with Callum Farquharson on it. Callum brought a lot of ideas and suggestions and it was great fun to work with him!
I really enjoyed the piece, especially the way that it's composed and how the music phases in and out of focus. It was a beautiful and challenging piece to work on and I'm glad I had an opportunity to do it.
Thanks
Man this was a pleasure to work on!!
I'm a big fan of groovy music, especially drumming stuff. Blade by Benjamin Finley was a piece I chose to play for my recital this semester and I enjoyed every second.
The piece revolves around a polyrythm of 3 on 4 (and vice versa) and basically requires the performer to separate both hands making each work independently. It's described as a piece for a broken
Just finished my third year first semester recital and I can say that this semester has been really tough!
I've had some amazing opportunities preparing some really benchmark pieces:
Blade by Benjamin Finley and Nagoya Marimbas by Steve Reich. Videos going up in the next days...
Among the pieces I prepared was a recent composition by Brisbane composer, drummer and percussionist John Parker.
John's compositions have been a real inspiration for me over the years, especially since most
SoundStuck Percussion rehearsing my new piece 'Etna' in preparation for coming paint drumming performances.
This was our second rehearsal of the piece and we decided to add some choreography have a bit of fun!
Have a listen to those runs!! Didn't take to long to get those surprisingly and I'm really proud of how the piece sounds and looks even at this point in the rehearsal process.
Time to rehearse to perfection and bring a great show piece to the
A few days ago I got a message from a friend of mine Craig Rippon, who helped me out a whole lot with the Volcano Rising Project, and he mentioned that he'd received a few requests for paint drumming through his 'Drumming Aloud' page and that they'd been forwarded on to me!!
So, as of Monday, SoundStruck Percussion has been invited as part of a proposal to perform at a corporate event in Twin Waters on the Sunshine Coast. We've also received a request to perform a new paint drumming routine
The long-awaited Paint Drumming Project is complete!!!
All the snippets have been shared, the video is edited, all that's left is for you to enjoy :) I would like to present to you 'Volcano Rising', the three-month production involving 25 crew members, 20 pizzas, 10 litres of soft drink, 3 bags of cookies, a whole lot of water, lights, cameras, action, recording equipment, drums and true joy for the production of originality and support of talent.
The piece will be used as part of a series
Snippet No. 2 for your viewing pleasure!!
This one's a bit longer than the previous video - which you can see here. For all those who wanted a longer snippet;)
I sat with the editor Takahiro Nogita on Monday and finalised the video. We added all the titles and credits, played around with fonts and
Here's a little snippet of the paint drumming piece, filmed by my friend Andrew Butler as part of a backstage video of the project.
Something for everyone to have a look at while the big video is being edited and finalised.
Share the snippet, show it to your friends and family :)
I hope you enjoy this little treat of what is to come and see the amount of work put into this amazing, massive
Last year, at the beginning of 2012, I wrote a paint drumming piece for 12 percussionists. The composition was intended to be a collaboration between high schools around Queensland as part of Creative Generation - State Schools Onstage.
The idea was sparked mainly due to a past performance of mine at high school which you can see and read about Read More
