sonder
the blog of William Brown Percussion
SONDER
Perspective. Purpose. Personal.
Sonder: The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as one’s own, which they are constantly living despite one’s personal lack of awareness of it.
Something out of Nothing | sonder 020
This November, Stuart Saunders Smith is being posthumously inducted into the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame, survived and accompanied by his wife Sylvia Smith. The Smith's collective...
Gradual pt. 2
November 26th, 2024, 12:30 PM I have lunch with Robert McCormick, who suggests for the thousandth time that I should return to school and pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts, both to open up a pathway...
Clouds | Sonder 018
I. KTPA 020753Z 02008KT 10SM BKN250 12/06 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP235 T01220056 $ Humor me. Draft a new text message and send it to 358782 (standard message and data rates may apply) The body should be the...
Performance Psychology | Sonder 017
A Sonder post in video format! A deep dive into performance psychology during a clinic I gave in Vigo, Spain during my last tour with the World Percussion Group.
Feedbach
Try phrasing towards the bass notes in mm. 6-10. You have to push the register in mm. 14-20, make it sing. Look how the fragmented countersubject tumbles over itself in mm. 14-20, it needs rhythm, no don’t rush, no accents, make it land on each downbeat, watch the agogic accents.
sonder 015 | balance
The picture above was taken in New Hampshire in May. To be precise, the photographer is standing at about 43°19'32.9"N 71°41'03.1"W, give or take a few feet. To be less precise and more accurate, my...