My Junior Percussion Recital

This isn't in program order, btw.

. I had a glitch in the Allemande of the Cello Suite and one in the Violin Partita but it's no biggie. I had a few other things, but I'm not putting them up because they don't really stand on their own.

Very very cool! I simply must know what else you programmed. Not to hear it, but just to know. The snare solo piece was amazing I thought. My only complaint was that in the heat of some high-action passages your crescendo rolls could have started quieter, it felt a little constrained in the first half of the piece - like there could be more open space between one series and the next by means of a quieter subito piano. Very awesome piece, and it sounded like awesome playing to me. How did you feel about it? Well played? Glitchy? I sense that snare is about your favourite percussion instrument.

Bach on the pans... not bad. Pretty clean. I never thought I'd hear Bach played on steel drums, but alas, I have again been served a surprise in life. The extremes sounded a bit funky, the high register was dull and the lowest notes sounded a little weird. Is that uncontrollable? Are better pans more balanced or is it really unavoidable? Ending measure seemed a little rushed to me - but that's just because you kept steady and I like to slow it down like some do. Props to you for playing this on steel drum - did you use one drum or multiple? Two mallets or four? I never really could get the hang of the layout of the notes on pan drums - always confused me and I'd spend minutes searching for G#'s and Eb's. :laugh:

The Bach on marimba to be honest was a little bit boring to my ears (though undeniably pretty). I love good 'cello music, and I love good marimba features, but the two don't go together well for me. It seemed pretty well played, but I felt you could have played it more as a 'cellist would have - unless bringing a different light to it WAS your intention, then you're forgiven as far as I'm concerned. Low C marimba no doubt - lower end could have been recorded a little better but overall the recording for everything I heard was phenomenal. I guess I just don't like marimba music that sticks mostly or only to the lower octaves. Dulls out over the course of a couple minutes for me.

Well congrats on a fab performance. Get anything awesome out of it?

EnigmusJ4 said:

Very very cool! I simply must know what else you programmed. Not to hear it, but just to know. The snare solo piece was amazing I thought. My only complaint was that in the heat of some high-action passages your crescendo rolls could have started quieter, it felt a little constrained in the first half of the piece - like there could be more open space between one series and the next by means of a quieter subito piano. Very awesome piece, and it sounded like awesome playing to me. How did you feel about it? Well played? Glitchy? I sense that snare is about your favourite percussion instrument.

Bach on the pans... not bad. Pretty clean. I never thought I'd hear Bach played on steel drums, but alas, I have again been served a surprise in life. The extremes sounded a bit funky, the high register was dull and the lowest notes sounded a little weird. Is that uncontrollable? Are better pans more balanced or is it really unavoidable? Ending measure seemed a little rushed to me - but that's just because you kept steady and I like to slow it down like some do. Props to you for playing this on steel drum - did you use one drum or multiple? Two mallets or four? I never really could get the hang of the layout of the notes on pan drums - always confused me and I'd spend minutes searching for G#'s and Eb's.

The Bach on marimba to be honest was a little bit boring to my ears (though undeniably pretty). I love good 'cello music, and I love good marimba features, but the two don't go together well for me. It seemed pretty well played, but I felt you could have played it more as a 'cellist would have - unless bringing a different light to it WAS your intention, then you're forgiven as far as I'm concerned. Low C marimba no doubt - lower end could have been recorded a little better but overall the recording for everything I heard was phenomenal. I guess I just don't like marimba music that sticks mostly or only to the lower octaves. Dulls out over the course of a couple minutes for me.

Well congrats on a fab performance. Get anything awesome out of it?

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nice snare work.. (ive been a percussionist forever) would love to see some of your works... maybe a collaboration would be fun!