Music Circle's video: The Pocket Queen Drum Solo

Welcome to MUSIC CIRCLE The Pocket Queen https://instagram.com/thepocketqueen?igshid=1hcw0cjbmr3gg Words by Kyle Kelly-Yahner Instagram is ripe with technically proficient but robotically performed drum videos. These videos are typically high-production endeavors. You see a drummer casually fire off a torrent of notes over a chord change as if they haven’t played that exact fill 15 times in the past 10 minutes. Don’t get me wrong; it’s a monstrous fill. It’s expertly executed. It’s also the kind that will get you immediately fired from a gig if you were to, as the video suggests, learn how to play it by clicking the link in the bio. On a good day, when the Instagram algorithm is just right, you come across a drummer offering something fundamentally different than air-tight, yet impractical, chops videos. Taylor Gordon is one of those drummers and more.  Taylor has played with major artists like Michelle Williams, Beyoncé, Fifth Harmony, and Daya; most recently sitting in as the drummer for a week-long stint with the 8G band on Late Night with Seth Meyers. When she’s not on the road, Taylor covers canonical beats like Outkast’s frenetic and still exacting “Spread,” Aretha Franklin’s swaggering “Rock Steady,” or James Brown’s slow motion strut, “The Payback.” Taylor knows every note of each phrase, showing reverence for the role those notes serve in the song. “Simply playing the record can be enough and actually add more to the record than filling it up too much with different notes,” says Taylor.  Taylor’s not the first to cover some of these beloved grooves. But, she stands out from other drummers who pick a groove just to be the first to take it apart, dissect it, transcribe it, and mount it as a trophy on their Instagram feed. Taylor celebrates songs earnestly, carefully choosing her spots, and doing so without hesitation. By age seven, Taylor was playing at church on Sundays in front of audiences for the first time. She got over her initial stage fright quickly and settled into the drum throne. At a young age, she fed off of the audience and learned how to survey their energy in real time. Through playing in the church, Taylor learned how to spark audiences to life. A seven-year-old drumming in church doesn’t tie themselves up in knots debating how to please an audience without sacrificing their artistic voice or getting boxed in by audience expectations. A 17-year-old might. Kanye West Sunday Service The Pocket Queen | Drum Solo ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢ PLEASE SUBCRIBE, LIKE & COMMENT! - ♬usic Ci♪cle. INTRO SONG : J DILLA SLUM VILLAGE - I DON'T KNOW https://open.spotify.com/track/21NESPAlEpCZkeAG5sJDOy ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢ , , Art Tatum,  , Oscar Peterson, , , , , , , , , , , Stride, Reggae ♫︹︹︹︹︹₢ Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.