All I can say is, we’re all going to be masters of the 6/8 Afro groove by the time we’re finished here. That’s fine. It’s a lot of fun to play, to listen to, and […]
Month: July 2014
Toy cameras
When I started taking pictures, I was following the made-up Lomography “ethic”, in which you’re supposed to take your camera with you always, and get pictures of everything and nothing, all the time. The idea was […]
Daily best music in the world: Shuggie Otis
A little Shuggie Otis for you— also check out the GOTD from this album:
Snare drum workout in 2/4
Easing back into posting stuff, this is a short snare drum workout in 2/4, based on a simple accent pattern, developing a quasi-rudimental, flam drag/flam accent/flamacue-thing I improvised while warming up on a practice pad. […]
Lots of other business to tend to
New CD, out now! My apologies for the lack of blogging. I haven’t forgotten about you. We’re in the middle of the big publicity push for my new CD, Travelogue, and have been busy the […]
You’re improvising wrong
Or so says blogger, and composer Aaron Gervais. I thought he was mainly into trolling artists on economic issues, but then I saw this post, “Most Artists Don’t Really Get Creativity”, and I thought, OK, […]
Some cymbals FS, too…
UPDATE: Pictures added! It looks like the Bosphorus and the Zildjian 16″ may be sold— just waiting to complete that sale. While we’re at it I’m going to need to sell some cymbals. Here’s what I’m […]
Drums for sale!
At a recording session in 2011. SECOND UPDATE: Pictures added! UPDATE: I went ahead and got those drums, a Sonor Phonic bop kit, so I will be needing to sell the Slingerlands. You can hear […]
Charlie Haden 1937-2014
UPDATE: Haden remembered by some musicians who played with him. Very disappointed to find out that Charlie Haden, the bassist, died yesterday— he’s been one of my musical heroes for a long time, since I […]
Very occasional quote(s) of the day: over and over again
This is the one I had… “When we were young, we had our seven jazz albums next to our bed and played them over and over again.” — John Scofield “When I was young, I’d […]
Groove o’ the day: Al Foster — Billy Preston
Must play more music where I can just leave the hihats open all day. This is Al Foster’s groove on the tune Billy Preston, on the Miles Davis album Get Up With It; kind of […]