I am learning my shime part of the song.
Days one and two of Summer Taiko Institute are over and Joy, Beth and I are pleasantly exhausted. We’ve spent two days absorbing techniques on timing, articulation, form and stance, all while learning a new song written by Shoji Kameda of On Ensemble. There has been a lot packed into our 8:00 – 5:00 days and we are soaking in as much as we can – Kris, Maz, Shoji and Kelvin have been amazing teachers. Tomorrow is day three and I’m looking forward to it!
Exhaustion did not keep a group of STI participants from meeting in the lobby of our hotel tonight until 10:00 to practice the new song we are learning.
Karen arrived tonight and by Thursday eleven members of Odaiko New England will be here for the North American Taiko Conference.
We had dinner at my favorite Ramen shop.
Kelvin walked by while we were practicing in the lobby of the Miyako
Carrie (of All Things Taiko) posted a video of our lobby practice:
http://allthingstaiko.blogspot.com/2009/08/ghost-notes-sti-day-2.html
Fundamentals, but yes, most points are forgotten by most people eventually, thank you for refreshing the basics..