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Mike_In_KC
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I watched a super cool documentary about Elvin Jones last night on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn1xMVmLbWk&feature=kp
Although admittedly all of the playing excerpts were light years over my head the part of the interview when Mr. Jones described each sound that is emitted from his drums and cymbals as a color or collection of colors hit close to home. At the risk of comparing myself to an all time great all I will say is that I can relate to the color thing. Does anyone else associate colors with their drums? Associate is not the right word - does anyone FEEL colors or taste colors when they play? I promise I am lucid and cogent right now ;-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn1xMVmLbWk&feature=kp
Although admittedly all of the playing excerpts were light years over my head the part of the interview when Mr. Jones described each sound that is emitted from his drums and cymbals as a color or collection of colors hit close to home. At the risk of comparing myself to an all time great all I will say is that I can relate to the color thing. Does anyone else associate colors with their drums? Associate is not the right word - does anyone FEEL colors or taste colors when they play? I promise I am lucid and cogent right now ;-)