Sunday, November 23, 2008

Tycho drumming- class on Nov. 19

Class on Wednesday was very informative and entertaining. I found it interesting that tycho drum performing is used to communicate the art of an Asian male's body, and to eliminate or disprove stereotypes of Asians in general. Watching him perform and watching the videos he showed us in class made me want to start playing the drums again. I like that the art is not restricted to Japanese people. I think tycho drumming would stir up a lot of interest in colleges.
On another note, as Guru Francis pointed out, many of the time-keeper beats are similar to those that we learned in class. We could also use some of the beats as chants in our Banjar.

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