[UPDATE: download link is working now!] This is the first of two rather punishing entries into this Afro 6 series of stuff; this is actually preparation for the next one, which is really hard. Here […]
Month: March 2014
Groove o’ the day: Tamba Trio — Negro
Posting is going to be a little spotty for the next few days; I’m recording my new album at the beginning of next week, and until then I’ll be preoccupied with stuff related to that. […]
Free Skype lesson at the end of the week.
If you want to get in on the drawing for a free Skype lesson, now’s the time to become a member of the blog (see the sidebar), and/or complete my user survey. I’ll be picking […]
Groove o’ the day: Jim Gordon — Jump Into The Fire
Here’s a cowbell groove from the studio legend, tragically insane, Jim Gordon. It’s Jump Into The Fire, from Harry Nilsson’s album Nilsson Schmilsson, which for people not around in the 70’s will be best known […]
Too high
There’s this thing about the way drummers think: they’re prone to feedback loops. They’ll find something cool, and say “That sounds good! Let’s do that, only more so, forever.” It’s the same impetus that leads […]
Pad practice fodder
In a dream world, a perfect world, we would all do our “pad” practice— I call it snare drum practice— on an actual drum, and giving it our undivided attention. Somewhere along the line I […]