Motivation – Normani

The video starts out as being a little emotional. It shows a sweet little Normoni all excited about music and she dreams that someday she will be “a great” in the music scene.

D. Mark Agostinelli - August 31, 2019

The video starts out as being a little emotional. It shows a sweet little Normoni all excited about music and she dreams that someday she will be “a great” in the music scene.

Just when I thought that there was no hope for Pop Music these days. The choreography is excellent. Great dancing! It was put together well. Also, the camera-work was excellent with fabulas angles and effects.

There is a comedy part of the video when thier is a sexually macho man that walks away with an overweight girl. Still when it comes to the music; it is over digitalized and not very original.

Still, there is nothing that is original with the music. Additionally the music does not utilize a proper drummer for the beat. However, it pretends that thier is value for music by introducing a trumpet player in the middle of the video. This is a problem that has been plaguing the music industry for years! When it comes to the music video, I give it an 8. However, if I were to just listen to the music on an iPod or on the radio; I probably would have skipped it. I give it a 1 out of 10.REPLY

D. Mark Agostinelli

D. Mark Agostinelli is the man who defined the art of the modern rudiment. Writing the “Drum Rudiment Bible” he was able to create the first book that incorporated all known hybrid rudiments in existence. Studying with such greats as the legendary Mike Sgroi, and travelling around the world, in places as far as Central Africa; Mark learned incredible technique for both hands utilizing drum rudiments. D. Mark Agostinelli is known as being one of the most influential music educators of his time through his devotional dedication to the art of rudimental drumming. He has significantly contributed to the art of drumming and percussion by researching and developing one of the most inclusive books on the subject of drum rudiments. Before Agostinelli conducted his research; there was no “One Single” source to pull from for “Hybrid” rudiments. Hybrid rudiments were originally shared by drummers showing other drummers, and the only way that you could obtain/learn a new hybrid rudiment, was if someone showed you. This made it incredibly difficult to learn new rudiments; especially if a student did not have access to a person that new them. Hence, Agostinelli enormously expanded upon a branch of knowledge within the percussion/drumming field of study, by creating “The Drum Rudiment Bible” which will forever contribute to the society of drummers and percussionist around the world.