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Trying to work up “An Assembly of Outrage” by @cpickering. This piece is crazy cool! Still a lot of work to do, to be sure, but it’s coming along...I think. 😬 Also, the president of @adamsstateuniv Dr. Lovell came over when she heard/saw me and took some neato pictures! From a safe distance of course! 😂 . . . #adamsstate #adamsstateuniversity #adamsstatepercussion #percussion #percussionist #peopleofpercussion #snaredrum #drumming #drummer #music #musician #classicalmusician #musicianlife #contemporarymusic #classicalmusic #quarantinemusic #colorado (at Adams State University - Music Department) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-Yq82rpHVJ/?igshid=jpg3a6dnynxb

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Remembered seeing this groovy beat in 5 from a video by @iambensatterlee a while back and felt inspired to learn it. Could be a little groovier and cleaner, but progress is progress. A little trickier than I thought for sure! . . . #adamsstate #adamsstatepercussion #adamsstateuniversity #drums #drummer #drumming #drumset #drumkit #zildjian #pearl #remo #percussion #percussionist #peopleofpercussion #percussionlife #music #musician #musicianlife #inspiration #superloudhats (at Adams State University - Music Department) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0USkUNFbRM/?igshid=n63t0rufkog4

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The SLOW grind. Struggling with something? Slow it down! Very cool piece I’m working on by Paola Prestini called “NightSong”. #music #classicalmusic #classicalmusician #chambermusic #orchestra #percussion #percussionist #percussão #percussionista #drums #drummer #drumming #marimba #percussivearts #percussiveartssociety #adamsstatepercussion

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Sometimes we come across passages in marimba music that we tend to overthink. For example, sticking. When I first learned this little lick a little while back, my sticking for it was very uncomfortable and usually I would find my my mallets colliding together. After some re-evaluation, this is my new COMFORTABLE sticking. #percussiontips #percussion #percussão #percussionist #percussiontipoftheday #drums #drumming #drummer #music #musician #classicalmusic #classicalmusician #contemporarymusic #adamsstatepercussion #adamsstate (at Adams State University - Music Department)

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To my fellow percussionists, every now and then you might find yourself in place where you’ve been out of a grind, and not practicing for a while. Personally, I don’t think this is anything to feel ashamed or upset about, and it’s only natural for us to want to take mental breaks from music every so often. But when it’s time to get back into the swing of things, I personally like to go back through all of my fundamentals via a method book of some kind. Last night I spent hours just refreshing etudes from Cirone’s “Portraits in Rhythm,” however, you could also use Sick Control, Douze Etudes, or any that you really like. I’ve been using my @beetle_percussion floppy pad (placed on top of another pad 🤷🏼‍♂️) until I get one of their more premium drum pads. If you haven’t already checked this company out, do yourself a favor. And don’t forget to use a metronome!

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I’ve officially had my beautiful @blackswamppercussion 14” X 4” mercury series multisonic snare drum for over a year now. Still so pleased with this purchase. I don’t think there is any other brand I’d like to play on. So here are a couple short clips of myself playing @ivan.drums composition entitled “Spur” for solo snare drum and audio track. #adamsstate #adamsstatepercussion #adamsstatemusic #adamsstateuniversity #percussion #percussionist #percussionlife #percussionista #drums #drummer #drumming #snaredrum #snare #music #musician #musicianlife #classicalmusic #classicalmusician #chambermusic #chambermusician #orchestra (at Adams State University - Music Department)

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Day 7/100 for my #100daysofpractice Worked on a couple of excerpts tonight, so here is a clip of myself playing measures 98 to the end of movement II from Shostakovich Symphony no. 10. Needless to say, still some work to be done. I'm also realizing I need a new batter head for this drum, for it is well played out. #adamsstate #adamsstatepercussion #adamsstatemusic #adamsstateuniversity #percussion #percussionist #percussionlife #percussionista #percussionists #snaredrum #drums #drummer #drumming #music #musician #musicianlife #classicalmusic #classicalmusician #classicalpercussion #concertpercussion #orchestra #shostakovich #symphony #chambermusic #chambermusician (at Adams State University - Music Department)

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Day 35/100 for my #100daysofpractice Trying different things tonight to make this Bach prelude sound more like how a cellist might interpret the music, specifically triple and quadruple stops. Due to the nature of the cello, many of these stops would be arpeggiated as well, but there are so many different ways to do so. #adamsstatepercussion #adamsstatemusic #adamsstate #percussion #percussionist #percussionlife #percussionista #drums #drummer #drumming #music #musician #musicianlife #classicalmusic #classicalmusician #orchestra #cello #cellosuite #bachcellosuites #stringedinstrument #chambermusic #chambermusician (at Adams State University - Music Department)