Friday, November 25, 2016

Pots and pans drumming

Yesterday we made our final pieces for the International pots and pans playoff. For the past couple of weeks we have been watching lessons of people teaching us how to drum but with pots and pans.The Rad Rhythm competition where people from all around the world enter a preform a piece of music made from drumming on pots and pans. They taught us different patterns and the basics of drumming. Then we made our own pieces of pots and pans music. Some of the cool things we learnt was that you can pick it up quite quickly. The rhythms were the same in 95% of drumming pieces. My favorite parts were putting together and finding new ways to make patterns. I would definitely do it again and if we could do it next year it would be awesome. I found the process of making the rhythms quite fun but unfortunately at the worst timing ever in the world i got sick.  If anyone reading this has spare time find some pots and pans and sticks and start making music.

1 comment:

  1. Fantastic reflection Hamish. You and your group did so well at exploring patterns and created great sequences and layers. I know you will be a bit disappointed you were away on recording day, but this is the music that you composed so take credit for it! Should we continue with more drumming next year?

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