I’ll say again, I strongly encourage you to check out comedian Dom Irrera’s podcasts. There’s a lot that reflects musicians’ world— what these guys are, musicians used to be. They are very intimate with what’s […]
Month: July 2015
Never enough 7/8
Hey, it’s what I’m working on this week. I can’t help it if it’s not especially high-priority. This is an easy Stick Control-based method in 7/8 time. Together with the other pages, including a couple […]
More Igbo grooves for drumset
More grooves from that video of Igbo percussionists from the other day— I called it “ogene”, but that is the name of the bells the musicians are playing; the name of the tribe and the […]
Vic Firth 1930-2015
By now everyone knows Vic Firth has passed away. I don’t know what to say about it, except that he wasn’t just a gear manufacturer, he was also a musician, and made major contributions to […]
Page o’ coordination: blazing Zorn 7/8
More 7/8, this one specifically for very fast tempos, based on the riff from a tune called Solitaire, from John Zorn’s album O’o. It’s a short, simple, but very challenging vehicle for a drum solo, […]
Groove o’ the day: Ogene 6/8
Via African Muzik Magazine and Famoudou Don Moye, music by traditional Ogene musicians, from Nigeria: I’m transcribing some of the cool instrumental breaks they’re playing on the bells, between vocal parts, but until I get […]
That insane Brazilian cymbal technique
It’s a thing with Brazilian drumset drummers to play really fast, even singles on the cymbal with one hand when playing samba; here Adam Osmianski has posted an excellent roundup of stuff on the technique […]
Paradiddle exercises in 7/8
UPDATE: Man, I am getting sloppy. There were a bunch of typos and duplicate exercises in the original pdf— I’ve updated it, and included some accent variations in the triple paradiddle exercises. Hey, breaking our […]
Best books: The Essence of Afro-Cuban Percussion & Drum Set by Ed Uribe
Buy the book Leafing through a copy of Ed Uribe’s book The Essence of Afro-Cuban Percussion & Drum Set, you may be inclined to Google Map the location of the nearest bridge, and then drive […]
In which I give naked clickbait much more attention than it deserves
There’s TONS of this stuff out there. UPDATE: Ari Herstand at Digital Music News has also ripped the guy a new one. Here is something which is at best is clickbait— some drone working for […]
Stick tricks
Sonny, pained. Be advised, if you plan on using Sonny Payne as a positive example for a lot of jive stick twirling, I have been informed that on the Basie band he was resented for […]
Two performers
Dave Camp Just had an acquaintance, and fellow Portland musician die this week— Dave Camp, a very talented, charismatic, rock & roll guitarist, singer, and songwriter. I think he was a couple of years younger […]