Thanks for the update. Just to be sure, you are sending MIDI notes from TM-2 and receiving on EYESY on the same MIDI channel?
… have you tried the above code with another MIDI controller sending the same MIDI notes?
Can you try with a flag in the draw loop?..
kick = false
if etc.midi_notes[62] :
kick = true
if kick == true:
--- DO SOMETHING ---
This example might be helpful (although not exactly what you are looking for): MIDI Note-On to show image? - #2 by oweno (full code is a couple of posts down)