Looking at an interesting book, that I’ve been using a bit recently: Joe Porcaro’s Drum Set Method. It’s uniquely practical, covering some things widely done, but rarely taught— at least they’re not detailed so exactly. […]
Category: drum books
Best books: The Drummer’s/Musician’s Lifeline
Looking at two little books co-authored by Peter Erskine and Dave Black— The Drummer’s Lifeline, and The Musician’s Lifeline, subtitled, respectively, as Quick Fixes, Hacks, And Tips Of The Trade, and Advice For All Musicians, […]
Wilcoxon’s Junior Drummer
I’ve had this copy of Charley Wilcoxon’s book The Junior Drummer* lying around for some time, let’s take a look at it, see how it holds up for modern usage. I have the Ludwig Masters […]
Best books: revisiting Rubank
The matte industrial looking horizon blue cover has that depression era band room reek. A fresh look at the very old, very turgid Rubank drum method books. Rubank, a series of method books for all […]
Dodge Drum Chart
An interesting item: the Dodge Drum Chart, by Frank Dodge, edited and published by George Lawrence Stone. It was advertised on the back cover of my first copy of Stick Control, so it’s one of […]
Best books: The Art of Modern Jazz Drumming – Dejohnette / Perry
“As our mental image becomes more precise, we are better able to select muscle movements which will achieve our goals quickly, efficiently, and accurately.” I’m surprised I haven’t written much about this book already— The […]
A few rare items
I found some interesting things on one of those shady pdf download sites— a couple of rare books, and very old versions of a couple of unusual books. Worth getting if you’re into that sort […]
Book reviews: Two new Stone books
Two new works by and about George Lawrence Stone have just been released: Technique of Percussion is a compilation of articles Stone wrote for International Musician Magazine in the 1940s-60s. It’s over 400 pages long, […]
Very occasional quote of the day: Bozzio studies
I always loved this photo from the original interview. First copy of MD I ever read. Also had Jim Keltner and Ed Blackwell. In his 1981 Modern Drummer interview with Robin Tolleson, Terry Bozzio discusses […]
NOW AVAILABLE: 2015 Book of the Blog
2015 Book of the Blog UPDATE: I’m going to keep this pinned to the top of the blog a little while longer, so scroll down for new posts. The 2015 Book of the Blog is […]
Quick takes: MD’s 25 timeless drum books list
Perhaps not the best superlative for a list of books on drumming, but we get the picture. Here I’ve given some brief opinions on the entries in Modern Drummer’s list of 25 timeless drum books. I’ve […]
2014 Book of the Blog now available!
2014 Book of the Blog Scroll down for new posts— I’ll keep this pinned near the top of the blog for a few days. All right, continuing our frenzy of new product, the 2014 Book […]