Description:Touring the world…. Playing in sold-out, world-famous concert halls…. Accidentally insulting your Rock-Star heroes…. Sex-crazed midget horses…. Ever wondered what it’s like to play in a professional orchestra? Martin Willis is the Principal Percussionist with one of Scotland’s five national professional orchestras and also one of the country’s top freelance players. This is his memoir of thirty years not only as an orchestral player, but also as a drummer in various rock bands during that time, playing to audiences ranging from thousands across Europe and around the world, to twelve people and a bored dog in his home city of Glasgow. In turn hilarious, poignant, controversial and surprisingly informative, this explodes the myth of the ‘stuffy’ orchestral musician and delivers a heartfelt and honest view of Orchestra-World and some of the players, both sane and otherwise, who inhabit it.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Just Another Drummer: Thirty Years as an Orchestral Musician. To get started finding Just Another Drummer: Thirty Years as an Orchestral Musician, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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Just Another Drummer: Thirty Years as an Orchestral Musician
Description: Touring the world…. Playing in sold-out, world-famous concert halls…. Accidentally insulting your Rock-Star heroes…. Sex-crazed midget horses…. Ever wondered what it’s like to play in a professional orchestra? Martin Willis is the Principal Percussionist with one of Scotland’s five national professional orchestras and also one of the country’s top freelance players. This is his memoir of thirty years not only as an orchestral player, but also as a drummer in various rock bands during that time, playing to audiences ranging from thousands across Europe and around the world, to twelve people and a bored dog in his home city of Glasgow. In turn hilarious, poignant, controversial and surprisingly informative, this explodes the myth of the ‘stuffy’ orchestral musician and delivers a heartfelt and honest view of Orchestra-World and some of the players, both sane and otherwise, who inhabit it.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Just Another Drummer: Thirty Years as an Orchestral Musician. To get started finding Just Another Drummer: Thirty Years as an Orchestral Musician, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.