Fun item inspired by watching some Bob Newhart Show reruns— I watched it a lot as a kid, and the drumming on the theme music made an impression well before I started playing. In the […]
On the massive overabundance of things to practice
A nagging question with every single thing I post: Am I putting up too much, am I part of the problem— the problem being: there’s way too much stuff to practice on the drums now, […]
Round up of recent Reed tweaks
In the last few months we’ve done a number of tweaks to the basic right hand lead method used with the book Syncopation, and I thought it would be good to summarize them on one […]
Transcription: Peter Erskine – Duo – 02
Here’s the second 30 seconds of Duo, played by Peter Erkine and Bob Mintzer, on Mintzer’s record Hymn. This track comes in a tight little package, every 30 seconds exactly = two times through the […]
CYMBALISTIC: Seattle meet wrap up!
CYMBALISTIC: We had a fun event at the Seattle Drum School on Monday evening. It was small but mighty, but we’re a small but mighty operation. Response to the cymbals was very enthusiastic, as always. Tim […]
Bishopdiddles – 02: double paradiddles to swing 8ths
Listen: do not show these to somebody and call them “BISHOPDIDDLES.” You’re going to get both of us beaten up. One thing I like about this double paradiddle inversion is that it’s possible to accent the […]
CYMBALISTIC: SEATTLE – TONIGHT
CYMBALISTIC: Bumping this to the top of the site for tonight’s event— if you’re in the vicinity of Seattle, come on down, say hi, play some cymbals! SEATTLE: Monday, August 28th, 7:30pm – Seattle Drum […]
Transcription: Peter Erskine – Duo
I don’t know what younger drummers’ current perception of Peter Erskine is, but when I was a student he was one of the top guys, always thought of as being exceedingly musical, with a great […]
Bishopdiddles
Minor item, corralling some similar sticking ideas that have been floating around the site. I noticed that with paradiddle-like stickings, I like inverting them so the double is up front, right after the first accent. […]
P. 38 canon
This is purely a writing experiment, pay no attention. Like, run away to some other web site right now. Actually this is a pretty good exercise for working up an Ed Blackwell kind of solo […]
Reed tweak: alternating cymbals on rock drill
Incrementalism is the word du jour around here— lately we’ve been all about supplementing/altering some basic Reed systems in small ways, to make a living, evolving thing out of it, and not just pure formula. […]
Garrison soldier / combat soldier
There were four platoons in the company, and of them all, Second Platoon was considered the best-trained and in some ways the worst-disciplined. The platoon had a reputation for producing terrible garrison soldiers— men who […]