Date: Time Period: 2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009Material: digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software.Dimension:
Total running time: 0:49:04
Creator: Cosmos interviewed by Sabine HeinleinIdentifier: aql:18207 cosmos_full
Description: On a recent Friday at noon Cosmos sat on a milk crate in front of Red Wing Shoes on Queens Boulevard. Dressed in colorful African garments, he alternated between playing drums, maracas, the flute and tambourines, creating what he calls "the melting pot sound," improvisational music inspired by New York's myriad cultures and street sounds. "Everything is music to me," he tells me. "The birds, the pace of people's feet. There's a certain rhythm pattern in the cars coming to a stop. They sound like the ocean at the seashore."Cosmos attributes his love of music to the fact that his mom played the mandolin while she was pregnant with him. Born to a family of West Indian immigrants, music permeated every moment of his childhood. Each birthday he would get a new instrument, and home was wherever he could make music, rather than the physical structure over his head.
Date : Time Period: 2009; 2009; Interview recorded in 2009
Summary/Description : On a recent Friday at noon Cosmos sat on a milk crate in front of Red Wing Shoes on Queens Boulevard. Dressed in colorful African garments, he alternated between playing drums, maracas, the flute and tambourines, creating what he calls "the melting pot sound," improvisational music inspired by New York's myriad cultures and street sounds. "Everything is music to me," he tells me. "The birds, the pace of people's feet. There's a certain rhythm pattern in the cars coming to a stop. They sound like the ocean at the seashore."Cosmos attributes his love of music to the fact that his mom played the mandolin while she was pregnant with him. Born to a family of West Indian immigrants, music permeated every moment of his childhood. Each birthday he would get a new instrument, and home was wherever he could make music, rather than the physical structure over his head.
Rights : These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
Coverage : Locations discussed: Sunnyside, NY Sunnyside (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Type : Oral history
Format : digital audio recording made using Edirol R-09 digital recorder and Adobe Soundbooth software.; Total running time: 0:49:04
Rights Notice These audio recordings, photos and articles are the property of Sabine Heinlein. Uses of edited excerpts from her interviews are protected under a Creative Commons public domain license, but her full, unedited audio is open to researchers by request. Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for access. For reproductions of the unedited recordings, please contact Sabine Heinlein at (sabineheinlein@gmail.com).
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