An big part of the Elvin Jones “thing” (if we must think of it that way), which doesn’t get talked about much, is 16th notes. People instantly think Elvin >>> triplets!, but he played a […]
Month: July 2014
Scott K. Fish blogs
Something new for you to read while I’m out of town for a few days catching the opening of Family Album, the new rock musical featuring my girlfriend: former Modern Drummer contributer and managing editor […]
Page o’ coordination: Elvin’s waltz — inverted feet
Once you start doing an Elvin-like thing, the pull of that dotted-quarter rhythm can be very hard to resist; it’s effective, it builds tension, and it feels good to play it, but you need to […]
VOQOTD: Marc Ribot on the state of things
From the August 2014 Jazz Times interview with Guitarist Marc Ribot: It’s not an exaggeration to say that the recording industry has collapsed. There’s been something like a 60% collapse. And that last 40% could […]
Site work
ANOTHER UPDATE: The search engine is mostly working correctly now. If you’re looking for something specific and not finding it, open a new window and do a Google search with site:cruiseshipdrummer.com at the beginning of the […]
Transcription: Ed Blackwell — Guinea
OK, this one is definitely a labor of love— that took way too long to finish and proof. But I’ve been living with this piece for a good twenty years, and performing it for much […]
Teachable moment squandered
From an interview with drummer Shannon Leto, of the pop band 30 Seconds To Mars (who are evidently inducing seizures in pre-teens the world over right now) in this month’s Modern Drummer. This exchange, in […]