Listen to the Rhythm of the Wiper Blades

Leave the first response January 4, 2009 / Posted in The Wealthy Songwriter by Steve.

(what’s that old 50s song, Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain?,
The Cascades http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC2Fu20X_KY&feature=related)

Yes here’s my response to the ‘Tractor as Drummer,’ video. Sooner or later I’ll use the audio from this li’l vignette and make a song with it. Should be fun, and weird.

I remember as a teenager/musician, we used to compare the sounds that different cars’ dashboards would make (back when dashboards were metal) when you use them as drums. We all played whatever sounds we could. I even remember this one guy (a drummer) who used to encourage me to play rhythms on anything, so that he could respond to me. Kind of like a drum circle, only we’d whack anything that made cool sounds.

Music has always been about what people do together to me. That’s where my magic lives.

Steve






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