#94 Taku Hirano: Percussionist for Fleetwood Mac, Bette Midler, Whitney Houston and More!

Discussions in Percussion

English - October 17, 2018 04:54 - 1 hour - 75.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 65 ratings
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Damon and Marcos talk with Taku Hirano while he's on tour with Fleetwood Mac. They talk about his upbringing in California and start with classical percussion, then going to Berklee, and expanding his horizon with learning percussion from Cuba/the Caribbean, the Middle East, Japan and more. He's one of the most in demand percussionists on the scene today, and he talks about what goes into making that happen as well as other fun tidbits. There's also some gear talk, music news, festival alerts and other segments.