Idyl Time: Naked Drums

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Naked Drums

(or a genre of folk that should be dubbed "Jonna")

Lately I've been running around babbling about my love for naked drums and am often met with peculiar faces and replies like "who's that?" and "where can I see that?!" Naked Drums is not the name of a band (at least as far as I know but I haven't even looked...) and is not some awesome form of exhibitionist music. It is merely the name I gave a style of percussion (drumming) that I've been running across in a large amount of my favorite songs as of late. It's become pretty apparent that, while I love and can appreciate all genres and styles, there is a certain musical make-up that embodies my favorite genre. I'm a folk lover (that's a given) But if the following components are to be incorporated into one sound.... you've got my number:

1. Naked Drums (examples to follow)
2. Howl-y pretty male voices (generally ranting on love and love lost)
3. Up-tempo pop pace (that which makes you shimmy unknowingly)
4. Random instrumentals inserted in key places (ie; vintage toys, bottles,
and even traditional randoms such as accordions, harps, fluto-phones of
various types, etc)

You'll find much of the above in the following links. Check it out and PLEASE pass along any recommendations. You'll likely be noticing NAKED DRUMS everywhere now!

Examples of Naked Drums:

Local Natives - The lead is the one doing most of it… does not start till :40 point

Tapes and Tapes – kicks right into naked drums

The Givers - The chick drummer does most of it.
But I’m referring to the sound at :50 mark

The Dodos – Yessss…. This vid (once you get past all the shots of their sweaty faces gets right to a shot that shows the part of the drum (metal ring) that makes the naked drum sound. Spot 1:40 Have I sent you this band? They were pretty awesome live.

Anyway, get it?

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Remember to Remember...

This blog is just a personal exploration of music and represents my preference and perspective (for whatever, if anything, that's worth). The site is dubbed "Idyl Time" because I soon realized that a large majority of my "idle" time is spent on music and who doesn't love a good play on words? I stumbled on the definition of "idyl" in a book I was reading and thought it worked as a title for this endeavor because each piece of music I'm examining here is a composition (be it not necessarily pastoral). But, when you discover a connection with a song, an album, an artist or a show it can truly border on an inconsequential affair; in that... it tugs on the very strings of your heart and can pinch you ever so lightly (or painfully) in the most secret of places. Music can transport you in an instant to a person, place or memory that still holds a dear (or dark) place in your heart. It's something so private and so personal and so inherently unique to each listener. It's a relationship that obviously has no tangible relevance on your day to day existence but at the same time can represent a "romantic affair" or attachment of some sort. I've personally always attempted to operate with a hap-hazard, caution-to-the-wind, attitude towards life and all it's offerings for experience. Better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all (which beyond relationships, can refer to all the windows and doors that life affords you). I guess my point is, you may have tried, you may have failed, you may have loved, you may have lost, but you took a chance. And you still have your memories and the music they're dressed in. For whatever that's worth.