Dan Weiss Teen Taal Drumset Solo – Ragas Live Festival #4 Podcast 209

Published: Nov. 6, 2016, 6:41 p.m.

The fourth set of the historic, Ragas Live Festival 2016, live at Pioneer Works.  Dan Weiss (Drumset) and Michael Gam (bass). Weiss has been studying tabla and Indian classical music with his Guru (teacher) Samir Chatterjee since 1998. With his Tintal Drum set Solo,  Dan takes the concept of a traditional Indian tabla solo and migrates it to a conventional drum set. When listening to Tintal Drum set Solo, the trick is to reverse more conventional roles. Whereas, in a typical Western context, one would expect the guitar or bass to be the melodic centre and the drums to be the rhythmic support, here one needs to place Weiss' kit up front, with the other melodic instruments in the supporting role. Ragas Live Festival 2016 is produced with the support of The Rubin Museum of Art