Best Wishes for the New Year

I've been a bit lax with the posts over the holiday season. Way too many things to get done. I recently finished a couple more shime, so I added to them to the pile and snapped a photo. Thought I would pass it along.

TAIKOPROJECT

As we've already established, I'm a bit obsessed with taiko. I listen to and watch everything I can get my grubby little mitts on. Some of it is good, some of it great, and some of it catches my eye in such a way that I keep going to back to it for inspiration. As I began to collect a list of those inspirational pieces patterns started to emerge, certain groups inspired me more frequently. One of those groups has been TAIKOPROJECT.

I love this piece. I realize, as it states in the introduction, that it was written by the esteemed Kenny Endo and full credit should be given where credit is due, but this is one of my favorite performances of Soundscapes. 

(Edit: The original movie was removed from YouTube. I have replaced with a more recent performance of the piece by the drummers of Taiko Project)




I'm fascinated by uchiwa daiko, and would very much so like to give them a try. Maybe a future project.