Look for the book withthe really goofy cover. I just want to take a moment again to recommend you all try to find a copy of the book Syncopated Rhythms for the Contemporary Drummer by […]
Month: June 2016
A Funky Primer: double-time feel lesson
Getting back into teaching out of a book I haven’t used in some time: A Funky Primer, by my former college professor Charles Dowd. I felt it was getting a little dated, and I was […]
Uptempo Stone method — 02
Here’s a little companion to our other uptempo method using Stick Contrtol by George L. Stone. This is more of an open system, and you may do it without even getting that deeply into the book […]
Tootie Heath with Monk
On the Jazz At Lincoln Center blog, drummer Tootie Heath tells how a weeklong engagement he played with Thelonious Monk went down: I played a week with Monk and, every night, Nica [Monk’s friend and […]
Why I hate “drum lesson” videos.
The guy making the thing has to guess what parts of it you’re not going to get, and guess how to explain it in a way you’ll understand, meanwhile wasting everyone else’s time who either […]
Very occasional quote of the day: Muhammad Ali
“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ‘Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.’”