{"id":13680,"date":"2024-03-31T22:49:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T21:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13680"},"modified":"2024-03-31T22:57:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T21:57:41","slug":"music-woah-ramon-montagner-co-are-blowing-my-gourd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13680","title":{"rendered":"MUSiC: Woah\u2026 Ramon Montagner &amp; co. are Blowing My Gourd!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"184\" height=\"30\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/stars_11_six-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13678\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vXLXuwkoY0M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mellow fruitfulness\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I can\u2019t exactly recall now how or when I first came across Ramon Montagner. But I believe it was during the Covid lockdown, when I was working my way through <em>Stick Control <\/em>for the second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was around then that I first saw his awesome command of the open\/closed push\/pull single-handed (single stick) techniques. He also does that sweeping lateral thing I saw Tutty Moreno doing, with Joyce, many moons ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ASfx5nJbbmA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Funky intensity\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But what\u2019s <em>really<\/em> blowing my gourd to smithereens is discovering his ensemble playing. As one would expect, the music is a vehicle for his playing, and that includes his more jaw-dropping stuff. But what I really dig the most, is that it\u2019s also terrifically soulful groovy music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s stuff I would choose to listen to. Not just for the chops. But for the harmonies, melodies, the other soloists, and the group interplay. I really hope they bring this musical magic to the UK!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In just one word? Magnificent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"414\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9434-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13679\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9434-1.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/img_9434-1-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Doing his double-stick thang!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, and he\u2019s so much my kind of guy; drumming in front of a wall of books! Rather like me in my little studio! Only with a little more technique\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t exactly recall now how or when I first came across Ramon Montagner. But I believe it was during the Covid lockdown, when I was working my way through Stick Control for the second time. It was around then that I first saw his awesome command of the open\/closed push\/pull single-handed (single stick) techniques. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=13680\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MUSiC: Woah\u2026 Ramon Montagner &amp; co. are Blowing My Gourd!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-3yE","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13680"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13682,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13680\/revisions\/13682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}