Hey, some time ago I promised you a new book— a collection of transcribed intros— before the end of the year. Work on that got sidelined as I was preparing for tour, and there’s no […]
Year: 2013
Groove o’ the day: Tiki Fulwood — Red Hot Mama
Another GOTD by my favorite Funkadelic drummer, Tiki Fulwood. The tune is Red Hot Mama, from Standing On The Verge Of Getting It On, by Funkadelic, of course. The groove for the verse: The song […]
Smackdown
This is fun. Musicians at all levels of the business are becoming increasingly incensed at the devaluation of our work by people with money, and in the culture in general, and are becoming vocal about […]
The Abanico
The Abanico (meaning “fan” in Spanish) is the name of a stock set-up that occurs in Salsa, Afro-Cuban music, whatever you choose to call it. It is played by the timbale player— the timbalero—to bring […]
Tour wrap-up
After our first gig, at Hot Club de Gand, in Ghent. The tour went quite well, by the way— the shows were all well attended, audiences were very appreciative, we got some good press, and […]
On playalongs, pt. 2: play exercises
Stuff like this. Anything. Why not? Back from tour and easing back into blogging, here, with part 2 in this thoughts on practicing along with recordings series. Today we’ll discuss the value of not just […]
Europe tour updates
Jazz Station, in Brussels Things are going swimmingly so far, with two gigs down, but it’s proving difficult to put tour updates on the blog, so if you’re interested, please visit my personal Facebook page […]
On tour
As you may’ve heard, because I keep mentioning it, I’ll be in Europe for the next 2+ weeks, starting now. Stay tuned for whatever updates I can make from the road— photos, video, and such. […]
Mike Snyder on triggering
I put together thousands of these things. This is really just a quick link share for a friend— I have nothing to say on the subject of electronics, other than to give the reasons I […]
Everybody digs the same stuff, part eleventy
I’ve decided that one of the immutable laws of the universe is that everybody digs the same stuff— well, I’ve felt that way for some time, and it keeps getting confirmed. In this latest case: […]