- Title: USA: "SPIRIT INTO SOUND" A NEW BOOK BY ROCK MUSICIAN DRUMMER MICKEY HART
- Date: 24th November 1999
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 12, 1999) (REUTERS TV) HART SIGNING HIS BOOK AT BOOKSTORE IN CHELSEA, NEW YORK CLOSE UP SIGNATURE CLOSE UP HART (SOUNDBITE) (English) HART SAYING "It says a lot about the life of a musician. It confirms to the musician what its all about, but it also allows the listener or observer into the life of a musician, and the moment
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- Location: NEW YORK AND UNIDENTIFIED LOCATIONS, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Entertainment
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- Story Text: Spirit into Sound - is inspired by Mickey Hart's historical trip as the drummer of one of rock's most loved bands, The Grateful Dead, and his leadership of the Grammy Award-winning percussion ensemble Planet Drum.As he travelled the world while researching his previous books, 'Drumming at the Edge of Magic' and 'Planet Drum', Hart began covering studio walls with scrawled phrases and powerful insights about music.
Hart's new book shares these musical gems that he unearthed from his travels, gems other work commitments hid and protected all these years.
Throughout his 30 years with the Grateful Dead, he produced and recorded with some of the greatest percussionists from around the world, including his partners in Planet Drum, which won the first ever World Music Grammy award in 1991.
In addition to creating soundtracks to movies, Hart co-composed a major drum production for the Opening Ceremony of the Centennial Olympic Games in 1996.
Recently, Hart took his lifelong passion for music to a political platform when he was appointed to the Board of Trustees for the Library of Congress American Folklife Centre where he heads a subcommittee to preserve and digitise the sound archives. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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