Pieces Played: Matsuri Daiko and Bujinn (not shown)
Performers (by solo order):
- Will Tokunaga
- Kohtaro Yamakawa
- Amy Zou
- Kyle Graycar
- Joel Graycar
Shime:
- Susanna Elledge
- Galen Rogers
Narimono:
- Tyler Devlin
Taught by: Isaku Kageyama (Bujinn)
Video Shot by: Ali Kakawa
Location: 762 Fulton Street at Juneteenth Corvette caravan
Thoughts on my playing:
- Keep head up during the oroshi
- Don’t sway your hips so muchduring karaka
- M3 arm needs to be bigger loop
- Use more gravity to hit and less acceleration
- More ma during B section and more spacious rhythms
- Let the build be more flowy and less erratic
- More flashy/poses overall
- Create that golden moment by letting the bachi drop from the furthest point and contorting at the last
- Better lines on your feet: don’t lift the tips of your feet, just heel
- Glide, don’t just move
- Slower raise of the bachi, use delay and twirls to build atmosphere Way better than before LA trip but not quite where I want to be.