Group So Percussion Creates Makeshift Music

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Published July 7, 2008 at 9:46 AM PDT

This story was published more than 15 years ago.

The musicians in the group So Percussion see the world as one big instrument. They create music with an amplified cactus, flower pots, duct tape and beer cans. But they go beyond the percussive acroba

Originally aired on September 26, 2007.

(Video: Members of the group So Percussion perform "September," "Clapping Music," and "Life is a Game")

Tom Fudge: One member of the contemporary musical group So Percussion says he's not interested in busting genres because there really aren't any more genres to bust. That may be, but the members of this group do, at least, have very open minds when it comes to instrumentation. They are a percussion group. But telling you what instruments they play requires the recitation of the long, strange list. They bang on beer cans, flower pots, toy pianos, amplified cactuses, pipes and aluminum, just to name a few.

Guests

Jason Treuting, musician in the percussion group So Percussion.

Adam Sliwinski, musician in the percussion group So Percussion.

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Josh Quillen, musician in the percussion group So Percussion.

Eric Beach, musician in the percussion group So Percussion.