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Peter Buck
Peter Buck earned his Bachelor of Music Performance degree from Berklee College of Music and his Master of Music degree from the Thornton School of Music at University of Southern California. He has served as Head of Percussion at Cypress College since 2005.
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Sabian Cymbals, Aquarian Drumheads, Vic Firth Sticks, Craviotto Drums
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Ada Bird Wolfe: Odd Bird
by Richard J Salvucci
There is a style of singing--midway between conversation and conventional vocal techniquewhich can only be called talk-singing, or something to that effect. It puts considerable weight on the meaning of the song, the words themselves, rather than the melody per se. Chances are, one could not hum such a tune if one wanted to. To some ears, Abbey Lincoln was an expert in the technique, or even more so, Nina Simone. Much of the success of the genre depends on ...
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R.E.M. AXE MAN TURNS 52 TODAY
Outside of a perhaps a few flight attendants, there's not many who have an unkind word to say about R.E.M. guitarist, composer and all around good guy Peter Buck. Despite a high profile career that stretches back to the early '80s, Buck retains a certain degree of gratitude and surprise about how things have turned out, including playing sideman to other artists (notably Robyn Hitchcock) and working with new bands on a regular basis. ...
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