Painting With Percussion Ep. 01: "The Octopus"
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"Painting With Percussion" is an experimental solo series that revolves around using drums and percussion to explore and sonically interpret paintings, photos, film clips, sculptures, dances, and any other form of visual art. It's a fun and interesting way to collaborate with artists and really stretch out on the instrument. It's also an excellent opportunity to laugh at some of the most ridiculous cases of drummer face that the world has ever seen. lol
Episode 1 is based on a painting called "The Octopus" by artist and drummer, Douglas Bosso. I wanted the solo to have a dark overtone and really "paint a picture" of a monstrous octopus that's slowly crawling over and covering everything in its path. To pull this off, I decided to grab a seed pod shaker and a homemade friction mallet, and then proceeded to play with an extremely loosey-goosey approach. I hope you dig it and here's to new and exciting challenges!
Click this link to see a short time lapse video of Douglas Bosso working on this episode's featured painting! • 8/29/18 Painting Session