A Great Story Makes the Dance A great dance performance always has a story. It might be a love story set to a song based on romantic Persian poetry. The Persians really know how to tell a romantic story! Maybe it’s the story of the love affair between a girl and her drum. The story… Continue reading I Learned To Solve All My Interior Design Problems by Dancing and Learning to Tell a Great Story.
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I Learned to Solve All My Interior Design Problems by Dancing and Playing Music- Precision is Beautiful
Precision is Beautiful Precision equals beauty. I know, it sounds weird. But it’s true! Today in drum class, as we were practicing our “ornaments” or rolls coming before the main notes, my teacher Amir said, “You are all playing very precisely today. It is very beautiful. Our ornaments are a series of three notes played… Continue reading I Learned to Solve All My Interior Design Problems by Dancing and Playing Music- Precision is Beautiful
I Learned To Solve All My Interior Design Problems by Dancing- Surprise Me
Surprise and Delight! A great dance performance always has a surprise. It might be an unexpected twist in the storyline. It might be the unveiling of the dancer so you see her beautiful face or costume. Maybe it is the revealing of an unexpected part of the costume that was hidden that causes the audience… Continue reading I Learned To Solve All My Interior Design Problems by Dancing- Surprise Me
I Learned to Solve All My Interior Design Problems by Playing Music- Every Part Must Do Its Part
Every Part Must Do Its Part Music is made of parts and every part is critical to making the magic happen. When they work together perfectly, then you have created a masterpiece! All music has a structure. This usually includes a series of parts in order such as an introduction, a verse that is repeated… Continue reading I Learned to Solve All My Interior Design Problems by Playing Music- Every Part Must Do Its Part
I Learned To Solve All My Interior Design Problems by Playing Music
Contrast is the Key to Striking Beauty While in my doumbek class last week, my drum teacher Amir Etemadzadeh, who is a native of Iran was talking about the importance of being able to distinguish clearly all the notes we can make on our drums. The more notes, the better. The more clearly they are… Continue reading I Learned To Solve All My Interior Design Problems by Playing Music