Episode 149 - The Life of a Female Percussionist with Sophia Elliott
I couldn’t be more excited to welcome an extra special guest onto the show. Sophia Elliott has played live percussion on several of my songs, and now, I’m delighted to share an outstanding conversation with her about what it’s like being a female percussionist. The quote for this episode is by Evelyn Glennie: “Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.” During our conversation, Sophia talks about how she expresses emotion through percussion, breaking out of her shell through playing in church, facing performance anxiety, recording in the studio, how she prepares to record on a song, her experiences as a female percussionist, why she loves being a percussionist, switching between instruments, advice for anyone interested in playing percussion, how she reacts to hearing herself on studio recordings, and much more. I truly enjoyed having Sophia on the show for such an inspiring and fascinating chat, so I hope you love listening. Are you enjoying Write on Track? Do you have a topic suggestion for an episode? Would you like to be a guest? Email me at writeontrackpodcast@gmail.com. Also, I’d love to connect with you. My official website is http://demimschwartz.com, and you can find me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/demimschwartz, Instagram at http://instagram.com/demimschwartz, and Facebook at http://facebook.com/demimschwartz. Thank you so much for listening. Until next time, stay “write on track!”