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Hours

  • May 7, 2018
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The true struggle comes in the practice room, facing those drums everyday for 10 hours. — Famoudou Don Moye When I was in college I decided that, at some point in their career, everyone who […]

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David Garibaldi’s funk tips

  • February 22, 2016
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Great piece from Rhythm Magazine with some comments on funk drumming from Tower of Power drummer David Garibaldi. I’ve pulled my choice favorite comments, but there’s a lot more, so go read the whole piece. What […]

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Best books: Studio Funk Drumming by Roy Burns and Joey Farris

  • May 10, 2011
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Lately I’ve become very anti-hip and anti-novelty with my practice materials, and the 40-page Studio Funk Drumming by Burns and Farris has that in spades. Written in 1981, and revised in 1994, this book focuses […]

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