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Figure Control: 4/4 – Nexus riff

  • September 16, 2018
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Let’s do one of these for the rhythm in the Nexus practice loop. You’ll recall, with this Funk Control / Figure Control series what I do is take a single performance rhythm and put a […]

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Figure and fills: Rover

  • June 7, 2018
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Here’s a page of drum orchestrations and fills based on a rhythmic figure from the tune Rover, on my album Travelogue, along with a practice loop sampled from it. The fills/orchestrations start very simply, building […]

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Stairway to Heaven figure

  • February 27, 2018
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This is something I did for a student who was looking for some help playing Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin. On the out chorus— or whatever you want to call it; the song is […]

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Figure Control: 6-4 – Lilin – 01

  • September 16, 2017
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Let’s just assume every post begins with an apology for the light posting— I’ve just been very busy with playing, teaching, and getting ready for an art show this past few weeks. This Funk Control/Figure […]

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Figure Control – 6/4 – 02

  • August 18, 2017
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Another page of Funk Control type exercises for use with my Stereolab/Free Design practice loop. We’re calling this portion of the series Figure Control since it’s not really funk, and we’re basing the exercises on a […]

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FIGURE CONTROL: 6/4 – Free Design riff

  • July 18, 2017
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Stretching the concept of my Funk Control series a little bit. Here we’re just doing some basic orchestrations with a rhythmic figure, the vamp in 6/4 from Stereolab’s The Free Design, which I posted before […]

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