On Ensemble : Masato Baba, Kristofer Bergstrom, Shoji Kameda and Kelvin Underwood » Ziyi Zhang http://onensemble.org Neo-traditional taiko Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:58:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Falling http://onensemble.org/2009/12/falling/ http://onensemble.org/2009/12/falling/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:34:25 +0000 maz http://onensemble.org/?p=2576 It’s been a week since our “Works In Progress ’09″ concert.  I think that was the most fun I’ve had in a long time and what a better way to spend it with some of my favorite people in the world creating great and crazy music.

The name “Falling” came to me as I started composing the melody.  I don’t really know what it feels like to fall in an abyss, but while I was playing this song, I almost imagined myself falling into an abyss just like Ziyi Zhang’s character, Jen Yu, did at the end of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon“.  I’d like to thank the On guys for helping me come up with the rhythm section and the koto part.  Kelvin was working pretty hard in this concert!  Thank you to my parents who helped this piece come alive.

Falling – Kelvin Underwood: koto, Shoji Kameda: chappa and shaker, Kris Bergstrom: taiko and shaker, Jeanne Mercer: percussion, Russel Baba: percussion, Masato Baba: fue.

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