{"id":60,"date":"2011-08-09T16:17:29","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T21:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2018-05-16T11:39:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T16:39:21","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/interests-2\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>I am a highly skilled, knowledgeable and inspired drummer\/percussionist, composer, writer, and producer.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_90\" style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2011\/08\/DSC_2765crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"size-large wp-image-90 \" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2011\/08\/DSC_2765crop-498x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2011\/08\/DSC_2765crop-498x650.jpg 498w, https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2011\/08\/DSC_2765crop-230x300.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Recording in Brother John Studio.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">I have been playing drums and music since age 8, but didn&#8217;t really get into music more professionally until 1985. I have been fortunate enough to have always played with some of the best musicians around.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Though I love jazz and blues the most, I have played and enjoy almost every style of music. As Duke Ellington once said, &#8220;There are only two kinds of music, good music and bad music.&#8221;<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">Today I am concentrating my time on songwriting and music production with some occasional gigs with friends. I have plenty of music yet to play!<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000\">I use\u00a0Ludwig drums, Zildjian cymbals, Roland, PreSonus &amp; Alesis M.I.D.I. drums and sound modules, Pro Mark sticks, Regal Tip brushes and Remo drum heads. \u00a0I play acoustic and\/or electronic drums and percussion.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_70\" style=\"width: 607px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"size-full wp-image-70 \" style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 2px;font-size: 13px;font-family: inherit;vertical-align: baseline;padding: 4px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanderbilt.edu\/t2-my\/my-prd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/137\/2011\/08\/don-on-drums-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"295\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-70\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doing what I love most.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a highly skilled, knowledgeable and inspired drummer\/percussionist, composer, writer, and producer. I have been playing drums and music since age 8, but didn&#8217;t really get into music more professionally until 1985. I have been fortunate enough to have always played with some of the best musicians around. Though I love jazz and blues&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/158"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/my.vanderbilt.edu\/donaldpickert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}