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Will Clipman - November 28, 2013 KRCB-FM: Percussion Discussion
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Will Clipman began playing his father's drums and his mother's piano at the age of three, and has, since then, mastered a pan-global palette of percussion in addition to the traditional drum set. He has recorded over fifty albums, including twenty-one for Canyon Records, where he is regarded as the house percussionist.
Will's music has received many honors, including six Grammy nominations, and three Native American Music Awards. While he is not an officially enrolled member of any tribe, Will acknowledges his family's indigenous heritage by identifying himself as as a Saamokee, a word he coined combining his Cherokee lineage on his father's side with his Saami lineage on his mother's side. This deep ancestral influence infuses Will's recordings and live performances, and informs his approach to the drum as both a musical instrument and a shamanic implement.
Will Clipman began playing his father's drums and his mother's piano at the age of three, and has, since then, mastered a pan-global palette of percussion in addition to the traditional drum set. He has recorded over fifty albums, including twenty-one for Canyon Records, where he is regarded as the house percussionist.
Will's music has received many honors, including six Grammy nominations, and three Native American Music Awards. While he is not an officially enrolled member of any tribe, Will acknowledges his family's indigenous heritage by identifying himself as as a Saamokee, a word he coined combining his Cherokee lineage on his father's side with his Saami lineage on his mother's side. This deep ancestral influence infuses Will's recordings and live performances, and informs his approach to the drum as both a musical instrument and a shamanic implement.
2 Std