Percussion Effects Course; adding spice to the music

I often tend to equate creating music to cooking. Placing percussion effects to a musical arrangement can be like adding the spices to a dish. Depending on the texture or sound of the instrument played, various rhythms, dynamics, etc. it can set an entire mood. Sometimes, however, adding percussion effects (Or as I like to call it, "ambient percussion" such as chimes, rattlers, shakers and more) can be intimidating. In this thirty three minute course I have added six categories full of practical ideas that I have gleaned over the last thirty years of making music. These categories are separated like chapters within the course:

1. Personality & Cultural Associations
2. Speech Patterns (borrowing from speech patterns to create rhythmic effects)
3. Aesthetic themes
4. Dynamics
5. Syncopation
6. Soundscapes

Let's cook with percussion effects!

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