New series: Fellow drumming bloggers Jon McCaslin (Four On The Floor), Ted Warren (Trap’d), and I are colluding on a series of posts, in which each of us independently write about the same topic. Whatever drumming-related […]
Category: Ted Warren
From the zone: brush things
A little item from Ted Warren, author of the excellent Trap’d blog, who is clearly not suffering from any kind of OCD, having written this upside down on some kind of assignment sheet. I post so […]
Pad practice caveat
As someone who comes from the land of the Tea Party, Glenn Beck, and the rest of that nightmare, it’s kind of quaintly Canadian that he calls this a “rant”, but Ted Warren says something […]
Other people write things
OK, clearly this light patch is going to continue for a bit, so let’s see what my blogging compatriots are up to: Let’s lead with pianist George Colligan, who has a few words on practicing: […]
How to play the brushes
Now we’re talking- here’s something substantial for you: I was able to shame Ted @ Trap’d into finally labelling his posts, and now I can link to his entire great series on playing the brushes. […]
A growing community
Following up this post by Mark Feldman, I thought it would be good to direct your attention to my drumming blogroll, in case you somehow are not a regular follower of them already. There are […]
The way drum instructional videos should be
30 seconds long, no explanation, no BS, no nothing except everything you need to know about the subject: More of Ted Warren’s excellent series of brush videos after the break:
Jerry Bergonzi on drums and drummers
Just a few short pieces while I finish transcribing Vinnie Colaiuta’s playing on the epic guitar solo in 19/16 on Keep It Greasey, from Joe’s Garage… Here’s another nice piece from Ted Warren at Trap’d- […]