Another factor which has led to the unparalleled prosperity of the percussion player is the emergence of what can only be described as the double/treble/porterage/hire/overdub/buy-out world of films and TV recordings which now occupies the foreground in the mind of any young aspirant.... It's a far cry from those far off 'kitchen' days, or even from the wartime days of James Blades, whose recording of the doom-laden tympani [sic] V-signal from Beethoven's Fifth Symphony earned him practically nothing, but had a profound effect upon the spirits of resisters and collaborators alike when they heralded the news on the all important BBC World Service. << less