Joy! (of the beautiful ones) (2016)

Joy! (of the beautiful ones) (2016) – Solo Friction Snare Drum

Published by Kreating SounD
Duration: 8:32

Instrumentation

snare drum with rosined head, two hotel key cards

Notes

JOY! (of the beautiful ones) (2016) is scored for snare drum played with two plastic cards (credit cards, gift cards, hotel key cards, etc) with an optional line of spoken text from Charles Bukowski’s poem, the rat. This work is notated using traditional, modified, and graphic notation schemas. The notation and related performance techniques result in both predictable and unpredictable results at different times. The sounds are created entirely through friction between the rosined drumhead and the plastic cards. The cards are manipulated by position of contact on the drumhead, orientation/position of the cards themselves, bending, angle of attack, pressure, and speed; in many of these aspects they are used similarly to brushes in jazz drumming. The optional spoken text is: “…the rich pawed away at their many choices, and the young girls let them…”

Recordings

small axe https://roncoulter.bandcamp.com/album/small-axe-2

Performances

Chadron State College (Chadron, NE), April 2, 2022, Performer: Ron Coulter
Betty’s (Nashville, TN), November 16, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Volunteer State College (Gallatin, TN), November 15, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH), November 13, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Ohio State University (Columbus, OH), November 9, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Blo Back Gallery (Pueblo, CO), September 15, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Kickstand Kafé (Flagstaff, AZ), September 14, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), September 14, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, AZ), September 13, 2018, Performer: Ron Coulter
Wheeler Concert Hall, Casper College (Casper, WY), November 27, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Harris Fine Arts Center, Brigham Young University (Provo, UT), October 27, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Studio Dada (Provo, UT), October 27, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Southern Utah University (Cedar City, UT), October 26, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Diabolical Records (Salt Lake City, UT), July 7, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Wheeler Concert Hall, Casper College (Casper, WY), January 31, 2016, Performer: Ron Coulter
Wheeler Concert Hall, Casper College (Casper, WY), November 27, 2016 (World Premiere), Performer: Ron Coulter