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In November 2009, David Lindberg had the opportunity to hold a clinic on PASIC in Indianapolis, Indiana. PASIC stands for the Percussive Arts Society International Convention. It is the largest percussion convention in the world, with over 5000 visitors every year.
The subject of David Lindbergs clinic was european field drumming from a musical point of view. Examples from different traditions were presented, with signals, marches and interpretation, which gave the audience an idea of the common roots of european field drumming. Then Lindberg presented clear examples of how folk music and culture has influenced the traditions to become unique of each nation.
Care of sound quality on the rope tensioned field drum is an important subject. Lindberg briefly took the audience through his ideas of how to find the sound you want, from the basic question of drum and stick combination, to exercises and ideas of approach to extract the full dynamic range of each instrument, without compromising on the sound quality.
David Lindberg choose to close the clinic with Ivan Kym's "Inferno"; an art music piece for the traditional field drum.
Thanks to Cooperman Company for all their support!
The logistics crew transports the drums to the
clinic room.
Everything settled for the clinic!
Cooperman's beautyful Moeller-replica had
an outstanding sound and dynamic range!
The collaboration with Jim Ellis and all the others of Cooperman Company was very successful! This was one of very few calm moments in the booth.
Most of the time it looked like this... Cooperman produces rope tension drums, sticks and frame drums, and they are all very popular!
Together with Sam Bacco, Cooperman is developing a new concert snare drum. They brought three demo drums for the convention, and they were all frequently tried and studied. They will be a great success when they are released!
Three guys that have chosen to dedicate their lives to field drumming: Nathan McLaren, Jim Ellis and David Lindberg.
Pictures by Cooperman Company, except pictures 1 and 7.
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