Interview with David Farris, November 15, 2020
Project: Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Musician, artist, and teacher David Farris describes his working life before the COVID-19 lockdown. He talks at length about his experiences playing music and teaching drums, what he thought when the lockdown first happened, and how he has coped with his finances and artistic life since. He also describes his visual art and how interchangeable it is with music in their effects on his life.Interview Accession
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Drums Drumming Drummers Musicians Mental health Emotional health Coping skills Artists Artistry Drum teachers The Drum Center, Lexington (Ky.) Family life Fathers Parents Musical ensembles Music business Economics Live performance Anthony Carrillo Puerto Rico Jazz Latin music World music Technology Unemployment Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) PandemicsInterview LC Subject
Music. Musicians. Teachers Music teachers. Artists COVID-19 (Disease) Lexington (Ky.) Kentucky. Musical instruments. Education. Recessions. Gigs (Employment) Income. Clubs. Nightclubs. Pandemics Band. Pandemics & COVID-19 Virus Masks. Computers. Technology. Practicing (Music) Hygiene. Art. Travel. Travel books. Books. Picture books. Adolescents. Children. Teenagers. Socialization. Mental health. Physical activity Health.Interview Rights
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Farris, David Interview by Kopana Terry. 15 Nov. 2020. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Farris, D. (2020, November 15). Interview by K. Terry. Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Farris, David, interview by Kopana Terry. November 15, 2020, Gig Economy Workers in the Arts During the COVID-19 Era Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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