Mouth percussion

Amanda Riddell
Nov 5, 2024
1 min read

Has always been a fascination of mine. An early memory I have is imagining tunes when I was eating gingernuts in the supermarket. I've always been able to do it: it's just one of those gifts, much like the mental imagination that allows tunes to pop into one's head.

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Amanda Riddell

Nov 05, 2024

My brother and I were really into Bobby McFerrin and the Real Group when we were teens, so we'd sing along or emulate some of those records. Sinatra and G&S was another obsession.