Monthly Archives: January 2012

Quix Tip: Listen to the Rhythm of Life (A Music of Teams Music Team Building Post)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: January 30, 2012
There is hidden rhythm everywhere – in you, in nature, in modern life, everywhere. Here is a suggestion to help you listen to the rhythm of life around you. Pick a day (today it is!) to listen to the rhythm that happens in different parts of your life Listen to the rhythms around you at [...]
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Listen to the Rhythm of Life Around You (A Music of Teams Music Team Building Post)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: January 27, 2012
“Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain.” – The Cascades The tires on pavement, the movement of the train, the ticking of fingers on keys, the tap of feet walking on pavement. There is rhythm everywhere around you, every day, all day long. It’s one of the reasons we are drawn to streams, rivers [...]
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The Rhythm of the Heat: Carl Jung in Africa (A Music of Teams Music Team Building Post)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: January 25, 2012
“The rhythm is below me, The rhythm of the heat, The rhythm is around me, The rhythm has control, The rhythm is inside me, The rhythm has my soul.” – Peter Gabriel (from “Rhythm of the Heat”) The power of rhythm can be found in the story of psychologist Carl Jung’s trip to Africa in [...]
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Take a Trip Around the World With World Rhythms (A Music of Teams Music Team Building Post)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: January 24, 2012
“To restrict your listening to English-language pop is like deciding to eat the same meal for the rest of your life.” – David Byrne (Talking Heads) European classical music emphasizes melody and harmony more than rhythm. African music has always emphasized rhythm more than harmony or melody. It was these two traditions meeting up that [...]
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Stevie Wonder’s Sense of Time (A Music of Teams Music Team Building Post)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: January 23, 2012
The most important (or at least the most powerful) member of a band is the drummer. A great drummer makes even a mediocre band sound good, but a mediocre drummer drags the whole band down. I often go to jazz jam sessions and I can tell pretty quickly which songs are going to sound good [...]
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Quix Tip: How to Be a Guerilla Drummer (A Music of Teams Music Team Building Post)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: January 20, 2012
Adam Issadore, the leader of Quixote Consulting’s Bang On My Drum All Day drumming music team building activity, has a special talent: he can bang on anything and make it sound funky. He doesn’t need a full drum kit or even one drum. Everything’s a drum for him. Everything can be a drum for you [...]
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Ten Great Drummers to Listen To (A Music of Teams Music Team Building Post)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: January 18, 2012
If you’re focusing on the rhythm found in music, and, through that, on the rhythm found in your day, it helps to listen to great drummers. Here are 10 great drummers to listen to, completely off the top of my head. There are hundreds of other amazing drummers. You can either pick up albums or [...]
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“You Can’t Always Get What You Want…(A Music of Teams Music Team Building Post)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: January 16, 2012
…but if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need.” – Rolling Stones The other day the Rolling Stones’ song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” came on the radio. Like most popular Rolling Stones songs, I’ve probably heard this well over a hundred times – never intentionally, just part [...]
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Listen to the Rhythm in Music First (A Music of Teams Music Team Building Post)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: January 13, 2012
Anytime you have the radio on, listen to rhythm in music – focus your attention there. Pick out what the drummer is doing on any song you really enjoy. How is he or she keeping the pulse of the song moving along and providing accents to propel the music to new heights? Listen to how [...]
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Rhythm > Melody and Harmony on the Path to Success (A Music of Teams Music Team Building Post)

By Rob Fletcher | Published: January 11, 2012
In Quixote Consulting’s Play the Blues harmonica music team building activity, people learn how to play some of their favorite rock and blues songs on the harmonica. But most time is spent on playing rhythms on the harmonica.  It’s the most basic part of playing – it is the foundation. And oddly enough, it’s the [...]
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