Word: drumming
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...given the strains on the federal budget, it comes as little surprise that President Bush has called on citizens to donate privately and has appointed former Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton to lead an effort to drum up private-sector support. "The greatest source of America's generosity is not our government," he said. "It's the good heart of the American people." To sweeten the deal, Congress is allowing taxpayers to claim tsunami-relief donations on their 2004 returns if the contributions are made by the end of this month...
...like a real soft-beat piano, never the beats that you would actually get for your [big songs]. It's a subject matter that people now see can be successful. If you take a memorable melody like [singing] "Jesus walks,"then you take the hottest producer and distinctive drum programming. What is a subject matter that almost everybody relates...
...album’s strongest number is “This May,” a smooth mid-tempo piece perhaps best enjoyed on a crummy day, with congo drum-peppered beats paddling through a sea of harmonic voices...
...next piece, “Cloud Nine,” is the most modern of the entire production. Set to Simon and Garfunkel’s “Cecelia,” the bright costumes of the dancers and strong drum rhythms mimic their playful, joyful style. The frenetic dancing reveals an impressive choreography by Kate M. Funderburk ’07; its jerky feel is intentional and mirrors the slapping and stomping of the music. Her interpretation of the music serves as a cheerful counterpart to the tragic first two pieces...
...boring. A more apt description would be that it is clearly meant for idiosyncratic listening: the swelling and intertwining sitars, guitars, flutes, and blend of obscure and traditional string instruments, flowing together with seemingly little to no percussion dividing it up (let alone any trace of the pervasive drum torrents of the previous track) and no clear song structure at all, strikes the listener as specifically designed for one in a meditative or transcendent state, or someone who has recently consumed copious amounts of psychotropic substances that would allow them to get to the bottom of what exactly the Boredoms...