The @Percussion - Episode 69 Ricardo Flores

069 - Ricardo Flores

Joining us this week is one of Ben's former teachers: Ricardo Flores.

Ricardo regularly plays various styles of music and was gracious enough to chat with us about So Percussion's new A Gun Show and its director, Ain Gordon, as well as the topic of mindful self-motivation, an ever-present issue in the minds of today's teachers and mentors.

Watch here. Listen below.

0:00 Intro and hello
0:58 PASIC recap and highlights
4:41 Ricardo’s current projects
8:28 Megan: So Percussion's "A Gun Show"
13:17 Director Ain Gordon / music as a response to politics
17:57 Playing “Yellow After the Rain” for Keiko Abe at a young age
20:09 Ricardo’s circus gig
29:27 Laurel: Finding motivation / personal stories / incentivizing
51:19 Improvising from a young age
54:04 Ben’s giant duck call
55:25 The “Distraction Effect” and the “What the Hell Effect”
1:00:38 Wrap