Not a lot of action on the other drumming blogs these days, but Ted Warren of Trap’d has this amazing thing for us, courtesy of Jon McCaslin of Four On The Floor, courtesy of some […]
Year: 2017
Double paradiddle-adiddle
Look, it’s not my fault. I never told you I was going to have cool names for the things I make up. Direct your derision at the founding fathers of drumming who put us on […]
Transcription: Terry Bozzio / Dancin’ Fool – the cool parts
This is one of the cooler things in drumming to come out of the late 70s— Terry Bozzio’s fills on Frank Zappa’s Dancin’ Fool, from the album Sheik Yerbouti. I must’ve listened to this 500 […]
Holy Grail
At a recent gig: on the left is the 17″, on the right is the 20″ UPDATE: Since this was posted I became a C&G dealer myself; visit Cymbalistic.com to see what I have in […]
New e-book: 5 Tony Williams Transcriptions
Another new e-book— not new to my long time readers, because most of the contents have been shared here before. Like the title says, it’s 5 Tony Williams transcriptions, re-proofed and reformatted for tablets and […]
Paradiddle-adiddle
This may already be a “hybrid” rudiment, but I wouldn’t know, because that is not my bag. I’ve posted a few modified paradiddle things in the past (like my “3.5-adiddle”), and this is a new one […]
Art Blakey in ’85
Here’s video of Art Blakey playing in 1985. I saw him in Eugene, Oregon during this same tour, when I was a senior in high school. He played impressively loud— he had this heavy ride […]
Site news
Just a quick update: I know little is happening on the surface this week, but I’m in the midst of a lot of work on better monetizing the blog. You’ll notice we’ve added some Amazon […]
New e-book: 5 Elvin Jones Transcriptions
Here’s what I’ve been doing all weekend instead of writing blog posts: writing a new e-book of some transcriptions previously available on the blog, all re-proofed and edited: Summertime (drum solo), Lonnie’s Lament, Big Nick […]
Death march life advice
“I made a decision to set goals for myself. I’ve got to make it to that herd of caribou. When I got to that herd of caribou I would establish another goal for myself. I […]
2016 Book of the Blog NOW AVAILABLE for purchase!
OK, gang, the 2016 Book of the Blog is now available for purchase! It’s 119 pages of pure drum-practicing goodness: all of the downloadable exercises posted on the site last year, plus all of the […]
Know your tempos: Beatles
It happens often enough: some other players are discussing a tempo for a tune, and they look at me like I can pull it out of the air just from a number. It’s actually extremely […]