Science of the Groove | Adam Gust | TEDxUniversityofMississippi 

What is a drummer’s groove? According to Adam Gust, it’s achieving “feeling fluency,” and both art and science are behind the process. As the only Polyvagal-Informed professional drummer, Adam has devoted years to understanding how the nervous system impacts his ability to perform-how mind, body, and feeling work together to create results. He shares an exercise he uses to coordinate all three. Adam Gust is the only Polyvagal-Informed professional drummer in the world. Adam focuses on identifying what happens when drummers find their “groove,” synchronizing brain/body and thought/feeling. Gust has hosted drum workshops at the Musicians Institute and performance workshops at the University of Southern California. He creates unique drum video content. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx