Comments on: MustardCast 3 – Interview with Brit Rice, Producer/Drummer/Songwriter with Polydream http://funkyunclemustard.com/flog/2007/01/31/mustardcast-3-interview-with-brit-rice-producerdrummersongwriter-with-polydream/ Serving up words, beats and - occasionally - helpful advice Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:37:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: funky uncle mustard http://funkyunclemustard.com/flog/2007/01/31/mustardcast-3-interview-with-brit-rice-producerdrummersongwriter-with-polydream/#comment-86 funky uncle mustard Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:02:48 +0000 http://funkyunclemustard.com/flog/2007/01/31/mustardcast-3-interview-with-brit-rice-producerdrummersongwriter-with-polydream/#comment-86 Tamaman - "recognizing passions early on" - good point. It's never too late! Matt - dude, excellent points all around. I especially like what you are saying about giving kids that chance early on. That's a life lesson beyond music. Thanks for stopping by. You'll get your chance at a MustardCast eventually. . . :-) Tamaman – “recognizing passions early on” – good point. It’s never too late!

Matt – dude, excellent points all around. I especially like what you are saying about giving kids that chance early on. That’s a life lesson beyond music. Thanks for stopping by. You’ll get your chance at a MustardCast eventually. . . :-)

]]> By: Matt http://funkyunclemustard.com/flog/2007/01/31/mustardcast-3-interview-with-brit-rice-producerdrummersongwriter-with-polydream/#comment-85 Matt Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:49:53 +0000 http://funkyunclemustard.com/flog/2007/01/31/mustardcast-3-interview-with-brit-rice-producerdrummersongwriter-with-polydream/#comment-85 As the "musical bass player" mentioned in this interview, I had to laugh at my tyrranical opinions, and their influence even when I'm not around. I have played entirely improvised music as well as music planned to the last sixteenth-note rest. While music that contains a certain amount of improvisation is what tends to fuel me most, most of the improvisation that I love is within a given context. That could be a song form, melodic fragment, whatever. As a music educator, I believe strongly in allowing kids the space to improvise when they are young. If they are told they can create whatever they feel like doing in a certain context w/o the fear of failure, they may learn valuable lessons about helpful skills in any given life context. I am sure someone gave me that chance early on...and now I welcome the unexpected, and feel better equipped to respond to just about anything that might come my way... As the “musical bass player” mentioned in this interview, I had to laugh at my tyrranical opinions, and their influence even when I’m not around.

I have played entirely improvised music as well as music planned to the last sixteenth-note rest.

While music that contains a certain amount of improvisation is what tends to fuel me most, most of the improvisation that I love is within a given context. That could be a song form, melodic fragment, whatever.

As a music educator, I believe strongly in allowing kids the space to improvise when they are young. If they are told they can create whatever they feel like doing in a certain context w/o the fear of failure, they may learn valuable lessons about helpful skills in any given life context.

I am sure someone gave me that chance early on…and now I welcome the unexpected, and feel better equipped to respond to just about anything that might come my way…

]]> By: The Tamaman http://funkyunclemustard.com/flog/2007/01/31/mustardcast-3-interview-with-brit-rice-producerdrummersongwriter-with-polydream/#comment-84 The Tamaman Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:27:49 +0000 http://funkyunclemustard.com/flog/2007/01/31/mustardcast-3-interview-with-brit-rice-producerdrummersongwriter-with-polydream/#comment-84 An enjoyable conversation. As someone who quit the drums cold-turkey at age 27 after almost 20 years of playing, and then got back into it 11 years later, I now realize that I really didn't recognize the importance of trying to keep that passion in my life. It was good to hear from someone who recognized that passion early-on and has stayed with it. An enjoyable conversation. As someone who quit the drums cold-turkey at age 27 after almost 20 years of playing, and then got back into it 11 years later, I now realize that I really didn’t recognize the importance of trying to keep that passion in my life. It was good to hear from someone who recognized that passion early-on and has stayed with it.

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