Skip to content
Saturday, July 12, 2025
CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER!
  • Why “cruise ship drummer”?
  • Guide to the archives
  • Get cymbals / books / merch
  • Support the site
  • Contact

Category: volume

  • Home
  • volume
  • dynamics
  • Eddie Gomez
  • very occasional quote of the day
  • volume

Very occasional quote of the day: loud and meaningless

  • August 11, 2023
  • 0

“A drummer can be very, very loud and that can be just totally meaningless. Sometimes it can be very, very loud and it can be extremely exciting. So, it’s really not a question of how […]

  • cymbals
  • Ian Froman
  • jazz
  • performance practices
  • volume

Perspectives on cymbals, part the first

  • June 27, 2013
  • 3

You may have noticed that I’ve lately been advocating for heavier cymbals than are currently in fashion, especially among jazz drummers. After pursuing ever lighter cymbals for most of the oughts, finally settling on some […]

  • drum books
  • drums
  • dynamics
  • performance practices
  • practicing
  • volume

Playing quieter

  • May 21, 2011
  • 0

Miles is going to have to ask you to CTFO. In the past I was regarded as a loud player— I forgot how much, until recently a club owner asked if we would please keep the […]

About the author:

Todd Bishop is a drummer, drum teacher, Origin recording artist, blogger(hey?), visual artist, and cymbal dealer living in Portland, Oregon.

Support the site:

Recent Posts

  • Subtractive method: three way – 01
  • Transcription: Philly Joe Jones – Gaza Strip
  • Fills with Stone
  • CYMBALISTIC: another Seattle meet
  • The power of pure bullshit

Recent Comments

  1. Soliman on The power of pure bullshit
  2. Glenn Healy on Simultaneous clave triplet pull exercise
  3. Todd Bishop on Stick Control for consistency
  4. Soliman on Stick Control for consistency
  5. Eduardo Mestres Blanca on Filling in funk beats – 01

Archives

Categories

Categories

Archives

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Copyright © 2025 CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER! Theme: Terminal News By Adore Themes.