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 […]
Category: Funk Control
Stone on drumset: sixtuplet exercise
We’re doing quite a bit with the book Stick Control on the drumset these days. There are a lot of things I don’t like about the book— mainly that it’s based on abstract sequences of […]
Figure Control: 6-4 – Lilin – 01
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 […]
Figure Control – 6/4 – 02
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 […]
FIGURE CONTROL: 6/4 – Free Design riff
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 […]
FUNK CONTROL: alternative set 1 – complete
I’m working out the format for putting this “Basic Funk Ideas” series into book form, tentatively titled “Funk Control.” The top of the page, labeled “Basic rhythm and iterations” shows the source rhythmic idea for […]
Basic funk ideas in 6/8: four iterations – 01
I’m not happy with this title for this series, but I’m going to hang with it as long as we’re posting on the blog. It’s rapidly evolving into a Stick Control-like system for funk drumming […]
Basic funk ideas: four iterations – 03
Another page of this modern funk method— we’re going to need a better name for this thing, as we’re getting well beyond basic. This is turning into quite an epic. Normally, working on fairly demanding […]