However, something immediately stuck out as being off:
‘MarchED’? Why the past tense? How about just ‘march’?
Few things are more timeless than music.
Music is never old.
It is always new, and present.
When played live, it is of that very moment – on the air and in the ear.
Recorded music – thanks to the listener who receives it, who drinks of it, who communes with it – is also similarly alive.
Peart (while also a compelling wordsmith) exemplified what a drummer / percussionist does best – being simultaneously the heartbeat of the music while manipulating the one thing that makes us all mortal: time.
Stretching, playing, suspending, even stopping time itself.
Effectively giving us – the listeners – the gift of the infinite. Time Stand Still.
Dave Hampton is trained as an architect, focuses on climate adaptation and resilience and leads re:ground llc, a consultancy providing expertise for the integration of natural systems and built environments to clients in international development, urban, and post-disaster markets. He's worked in some pretty cool places, among them Boston, Chicago, North Carolina, Haiti, and Ethiopia.
But this site is about music (which includes sound and sound design).
Though he tries to continue to play a few instruments, he probably misses those 20 years he played in orchestras - the best model of collaboration toward common goals that he's seen yet - more than he cares to admit publicly.
He started this site because he can't imagine a life without music, can't bear the thought of not sharing great music with great people like you, and looks forward to getting back as much as he plans to give.
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