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Greetings From China
March 13th, 2010
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March 13th, 2010
March 13th, 2010
You are currently browsing comments. If you would like to return to the full story, you can read the full entry here: “Greetings From China”.
Hey Scott, I teach drums at the Midi School in Beijing. Like you I’m facing the barrier of teaching creativity in playing. I sympathize and commiserate with you. Be aware however, that up here and in Shanghai there are also some great improvisers so not all hope is lost. Just like any city, there are good teachers and bad teachers. Good luck and keep it up.
Jeremy
Thank you so much for writing and sharing this article! I really enjoyed it
Hey Scott, I’m so exciting about you teaching experience in China, and I feel the same about China musical instrument education situation. I’m Chinese and I’ve done some drum video translation project for a year.
here is my a demo video I transcribe, talk about solid drum shell making process:
http://www.makdb.com/dwindex.html
I hope we can make friend maybe provide you some drum materials translated by myself in Chinese
and Jeremy Li I hope we can have a time to talk
marksonzhu@gmail.com
Hi Jeremy,
Thanks for the comment. I am glad to hear that creativity is alive in China. Some times, people ask me, “what happened to the China that created the four “miracles (black powder, paper, movable type, and the compass).” I tell them that that China still exists in the hearts of the people. It may not be viewed in the media, right now, but it is still there, somewhere. It is my hope that that China will reappear in media.
As an American, I am proud of my country. I love my country. However, wo ai zhong guo (I love China). To paraphrase Gertrude Stein, America is my country, but China is my home.
Hello Robert,
I am glad that enjoyed the article. Where are you, and what do you do?
Scott
Oh, one more thing Jeremy. Where is your school. I know that it is short notice, but I am coming to Beijing this weekend. I would love to know where is your school. Also, if you could tell me where is a good venue for live music in Beijing, that would be great.
Scott
Hi Markson, It is great to hear that you are doing translation work for the drumming community in China. One of the disadvantages I experience is that my Chinese is quite limited, requiring my students to be pretty fluent in English. I would love to work with you on some translation work for drummers, especially for younger drummers. Where are you in China? I have recently moved to Hangzhou.
Hey Mr. Thompson. I think this is you! I randomly had a dream about you last night and felt compelled to look you up. Do you remember me? The girl in your high school Junior English class that would eat lunch in and play video games? I’m so glad to hear things are going well in China. You are the only person I know who would need that many books and drums.
I think I could match you in books but as always my art tends to lean towards painting. I am actually a full time painter now. Since this website is about music. I’ll share my music memory from you: Maroon 5. I was so much cooler for hearing them before they were popular in your classroom. Well I hope we reconnect or you get this message. You can always email me directly at LR@LaurensGallery.com.