H ey Friends of Infinite Drum Beats!
After a wonderful flurry of concerts and livestreams, this week is a bit slower and I’m catching up on surfing and a few home maintenance projects. Stef is happy about that!
Next week starts to cook again and for now, it’s a perfect time to reach into the vault and let a new vid fly free to the wind.
The backstory to this unique video all starts with our very own Digital Brian. As you might of discovered, this fellow is continually searching for a new approach to things and this coupled with his high level of tech knowledge brought around the idea for this performance.
Brian found these special drum sticks that shoot out light and asked me if we could include them in our upcoming livestream. This inspired me to write a new song that showcased an extended drum solo, all done in the dark so that the effect of the special sticks was most pronounced.
I named the new song “We Love the Drums” and I came up with a little poetry, that through the help of Charlene on the island of Kauai, got translated to the Hawaiian language and was recited by a friend of hers. The whole reason for this translation is that the theme of the original livestream was stories about Hawaii.
So here we are on the performance day and to make it all work our friend Jacob walked out to the drum room and turned off Duncan’s overhead lights just at the right time. This way letting the magic of the light sticks played in the dark deliver the full effect to our eyes.
Super-psychedelic-ized!
We’ve got Tripp on the EWI and Duncan shredding the syncopation!
This performance first appeared on our Episode 17 Live(ish) From SpragueLand livestream called Peter Sprague and The Tribute Rebels: Destination Hawaii
Here is the link for the whole livestream show.
Here’s who is in the band:
Peter Sprague — guitar
Tripp Sprague — EWI
Danny Green — piano
Mack Leighton — electric bass
Duncan Moore — drums
There you have it and thanks for tuning in, best, Peter