DBMITW and news

We’ll be on light posting for the next couple of days while I do a bunch of work on publicity for my new record of the music of Ornette Coleman, Little Played Little Bird (which you can pre-order in the side bar); and booking spring and fall Europe tours, and putting together volume one of “the book of the blog” for 2011.

That’s right, that’s not a twelve-word typo: Thanks to the magic of online publishing, you’ll soon be able to purchase our materials from 2011 in book form for a very reasonable figure. Volume one will be around 100 pages of transcriptions, and volume two will cover practice materials- I haven’t calculated the length yet. The cost will be less than you would spend in printer toner printing them all out yourself. Stay tuned…

In the mean time, enjoy some 1980-ish LA-style fusion with John Serry, featuring Carlos Vega– this is one of the first records I ever owned, which my brother handed down to me:

More of this old favorite after the break:



I am happy to help you with any of the materials on the site, and with anything else drumming related— contact me for private lessons, online world wide, or in person in Portland, Oregon. All levels of players, and all people, are welcome.

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