It’s testimony to the lameness of the Internet— not my readers, who are awesome, but all the rest of that rabble— that the videos in Bad Plus drummer Dave King’s Rational Funk series mostly get […]
Month: August 2015
Dahlgren & Fine in 7/8 — 01
This is a continuation of a thing we did before, in which we worked on playing a very standard three note pattern, RLF, in 7/8, phrased 3+2+2— as it is in the tune Solitaire, by […]
Service announcement — EVERYTHING WORKING, apparently
OK, it looks like we’ve gotten this hosting nonsense sorted out. PDF downloads are working for the whole site, and you can get to the site via www.cruiseshipdrummer.com, or via the blogspot address, http://shipdrummer.blogspot.com. Just […]
The Vanguard ‘n’ me
Looking through my archives I found some of my old drum corps music, from the Santa Clara Vanguard in 1986. Hastily copied from Ralph Hardimon’s score— I think this was basically my audition, now that […]
Page o’ coordination: straight 8th 7/4
More 7! This is a collection of exercises based on a pattern not unlike some of our old Elvin waltz patterns, for use with a new sampled practice loop that will be forthcoming today or […]
Transcription: Roy Haynes intro
You know what, I still owe you a BOOK OF INTROS. The thing has been languishing a few short hours from completion for quite a few months now. Perhaps me drawing attention to that fact, […]
Tech-boosting NYT writer beat up
For starters, I don’t believe anyone was predicting an actual apocalypse… UPDATE: More links at the end! Lots of people talking about this article. STILL MORE UPDATES: This thing is a hit. Will Buckley at […]
Groove o’ the day: Zigaboo Modeliste — Keep On Marching
Here’s a funky Second Line groove from Zigaboo Modeliste, on the song Keep On Marching, from the Meters album Good Old Funky Music. Play the open hihat strongly— it helps if you have some pretty […]
Gratuitous Whiplash gif o’ the day: double time swing-off!
Remember, it took a couple of hours of movie-reality time to declare this guy the loser. Feel free to share it, with a link.
In which I call BS on Internet media
Cheaper than everything but outright piracy Internet era music consumership reminds me of this passage from Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas: The trunk of the car looked like a mobile police narcotics lab. We […]
Hot takes: 49 Styles Every Drummer MUST KNOW!!!
Not a cha cha. Not anything. Note: The random Internet-sourced written example to the left is included for comedic purposes only. Do not learn. Groove not good. I was flipping through an old copy of […]
Daily best music in the world: Roy Haynes Hip Ensemble
This is a nearly forgotten early fusion project by Roy Haynes: Roy Haynes Hip Ensemble. I read about the group in the Jack Dejohnette/Charlie Perry book, and was lucky enough to find a banged up […]