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Drop D

Duration: 1:25 minutes
Accession No: TWCMS : 2009.139
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Summary
Joey descibes what it feels like to be on stage playing music with his band.

By Joey Campbell

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This story was inspired by a necklace from the collectiosn at the Shipley Art Gallery.


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Tick! the Thudding sound of each second being eaten away by the clock, ticking in unison with my heart as the pounding pandemonium which is my heart beat lets me know when I have to go out there.

Imagine a soldier getting ready for battle, the sweat hanging like tiny soldiers for departure as they parachute off the place which I call a body. Cheering and chanting, hearing my name, is this all a dream?

First pluck of the E string Sound of drop D ignites me like a trail of anticipated fuel that has just been lit. From the dark and sheltered presence of back stage, to the bright technicolor moving picture of me and my band performing in front of 500 people. It's amazing how the oxymoron of a band and a crowd can become a whole as the performer involves the Audience into their life which we call "music"

This picture represents the unique way the artist expresses his feelings, as I do with my music. The music I play is not just the drumbeats, the chords or the lyrics but the emotion I portray in the sheer soul of the music. As the paint, paper or the brush is just the foundation of the skeleton of his art.  

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