In this WST (When Steel Talks) interview Russell describes his Panorama experience as surreal. New York Panorama is the most fun he has had playing music... On learning music by rote? “It just changes the experience a little bit, and I think it’s for the better; I think everyone should definitely go through that, because you learn music as music, not as, kind of - this ‘linear’ thing, but it’s this wholesome... and then it gets to more of the interactions, and the teaching and the learning from each other and the community that I was talking about before. I think it’s really important.” Russell fully ‘gets’ the intangible benefits of community teaching and musician/human interaction to learn.
Russell Fisher says steelpan contributed greatly to and was a huge part in his education. “....The main point I wanted to drive home... - the idea of community, and the warmth that I felt when I went to the panyard, and how it was ‘no man left behind’ kind of thing -- we’re in it all together....You’re responsible for picking up your band mates. And I really took that to heart.....I think that was a huge, huge part of my education, just trying to bring that here (NYU), and to every musical experience I had. And I completely owe it to the panyard.”
- See the interview at: panonthenet.com/upclose/2016/russell-fisher-5-20-2016.htm
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