Potts hammering the way for steelpans

The Woodstock Independent

Illinois, USA - The unconventional has become the norm for Woodstock resident Matt Potts.

 

As a percussionist in the Woodstock High School band, Potts taught himself to play a steelpan he purchased on a whim off eBay. During an Illinois High School Association statewide music competition, he played a selection using the instrument. Having no experience with the steelpan, the judge at the competition admitted he didn’t know how to evaluate the performance.

 

After entering Northern Illinois University as a mechanical engineering major — later switching to industrial engineering — Potts realized his thirst for music hadn’t been fully quenched during high school.

 

....“By the end of the first semester, I realized I was spending more time in the music building than the engineering building,” he said.

 

Rather than abandoning his engineering pursuits, he planned to double major in engineering and music.
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  • Excellent !!!  Stay up Potts and Pans!

  • Thanks for sharing this with everybody! I would like to make two minor corrections - I did not attend Woodstock high school, I do not make cases, but do modify them for pan.

    Matt

  • Good story of Potts and Pans.

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