Oh snap!!! Nice drums! Turned it up. An excellent storm with play. Imagine someone outside in the storm  drumming!

I like the use of the word steal here as you reference natural sounds. Reminds me of the Banksy quote. Poor artists copy, great artists steal. There's just a great tumult here percussively as the listener rides out the storm.

Robert, this sounds amazing. Makes me think of Xenakis and his work Psappha. Great stuff!

Love the vibe bro keep getting the grind gg

Very fine percussion piece.  Awesome work, Robert!!

Interesting. Very good approach on percutions.

I love how the rhythms are hard to predict. Excellent choice of instrumentation too!

The percussions created a lot of impacts as if it is calling out a thunderstorm. The rain and thunder really match with the sounds you create here. Overall, I love this! ✨

Stealing Thunder for Percussion Sextet
Duration: 9'
Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=1234
For More Information: https://robertpaterson.com/stealing-thunder

PROGRAM NOTES
Although percussionists are often called upon to mimic the sounds of nature with their instruments, I think that nature, without question, provides the most exciting percussive sounds. In Stealing Thunder, I attempt to honor Mother Nature by appropriating (or stealing) recorded sounds of thunder and integrating them into the work. Each percussionist plays unique solo lines and motives. As the work progresses, the players take motives from one another and modify them. In effect, they are stealing each other’s thunder. The name "Stealing Thunder" is derived from the expression "to steal someone’s thunder," an expression that means to hinder or thwart someone.

In an abstract sense, this work is inspired by the great drum solos and styles of Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Tito Puente, Neil Peart and Billy Cobham. This work is also influenced by rudimentary drumming (i.e. "marching drumlines") and percussion technique books I used when I was younger, such as George Stone’s Accents and Rebounds.

Video with whole work: http://youtu.be/CscZ62yU72g

Stealing Thunder (for Percussion Sextet and Recording)

American composer Robert Paterson is a true New Yorker—born and bred in Buffalo, he lived in Rochester and Ithaca for over ten years, in New York City for over twenty years, and now lives in Saratoga Springs, near the Adirondacks. Paterson’s colorful music embraces a wide variety of themes, everything from goddesses and online dating to mathematics and the environment. His music is filled with emotion and fierce rhythmic energy, marked by elegance, wit, and meticulous craftsmanship. Named Composer of The Year by the Classical Recording Foundation at Carnegie Hall, Paterson is the winner of the Alfred I. DuPont Award, and his opera Three Way won the Grammy® under Best Classical Producer of the Year. His music is often a Best of the Year pick on National Public Radio. His orchestral tone poem, Dark Mountains, regularly airs on NPR’s Performance Today. Three Way premiered with Nashville Opera, then BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), and across the United States. Minnesota Orchestra, Louisville Orchestra, The Oratorio Society of New York, Buffalo Philharmonic, Albany Pro Musica, Albany Symphony, Musica Sacra, Austin Symphony, Vermont Symphony, and ensembles worldwide perform his works. Paterson gives masterclasses at the Curtis Institute of Music, New York University, the Aspen Music Festival, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and more. He is the Artistic Director and house composer for Mostly Modern Projects. Robert is a lifelong vegan and advocates for animals and the environment, celebrating the natural world with ground-breaking works such as his Triple Concerto, A New Eaarth, Listen, and I Go Among Trees.

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