Monthly Archives: May 2007

technical difficulties

We’ve been having probems with the Big Red Taiko Van. It’s an intermittent electrical problem tht causes random ignition coils to misfire or read as if they are misfiing. Trying to get the problem diagnosed put me about 12 hours … Continue reading

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The other desert…

I am just home from the 3rd Annual Southern Arizona Taiko Festival un Tucson, Arizona. It was all mighty hot…except for the saguaro, which are still mighty cool…but I mean to say the desert was scorching though the nights were … Continue reading

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strictly my opinion (extended rant)

Some folks are of the opinion they can do whatever they want to do and call it Taiko. Play any rhythms, use any forms, do whatever they want…and it’s Taiko. Sure. I can sit down at a piano and play … Continue reading

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back in the desert

The Moab workshop went reasonably well, although it was not a workshop so much as a composition session…and yes.  I still owe SCT a piece.  I think about it often. Kills me, sometimes, how pieces can flow or not flow…how, … Continue reading

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