Re: OT: 40 YEARS of DRUMMING

["Tilmann Dehnhard" <tilmann@dehnhard.com>]

i'd be delighted to read your rhythm intensive texts.
all the best, tilmann

----- Original Message -----
From: "RICK WALKER" <looppool@cruzio.com>
To: "LOOPERS DELIGHT (posting)" <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: OT: 40 YEARS of DRUMMING


> Dave Trenkel asked:
> "What a great story, Rick! I'm kind of a sucker for reading musician's
> memoirs, ever considered writing a book?"
>
> You know, it's funny you mention it.   I'm not a very famous musician so
> I've always wondered
> whether any one would be interested in reading such a book,   but I've
also
> been ridiculously
> blessed to have played with many world class and acknowledged master
> musicians from around the
> planet  and many of the luminaries of both the World Beat movement in the
> early 80's and the live looping
> movement (if one can call it a movement).  I've also had some pretty
> interesting and unusual things happen to me
> in my life of music.
>
> What I've been doing lately (mostly because I've realized that it's very
> difficult to get either music or memoirs
> published)  is I've started a blog at Tribe.net.  I figured that at one
> point I might just take all those writings
> and put them together into a memoirs.
>
>  I've also started posting portions of my Rhythm Intensive method at both
> the FrameDrummers at Yahoogroups
> and the Frame Drummers tribe at Tribe.net just so some of those ideas
would
> get out into the world.
>
> I always imagined that Kim Flint would cringe if I posted those musings 
>on
> the theory of rhythm here at
> Loopers Delight so I have shied away from publishing them here but if
there
> is enough call for them
> and if Kim is amenable,  I could post them here as Off Topic adjuncts to
> making music with looping.
>
> We'll see.
>
> Rick
>