This is one of the cooler things in drumming to come out of the late 70s— Terry Bozzio’s fills on Frank Zappa’s Dancin’ Fool, from the album Sheik Yerbouti. I must’ve listened to this 500 […]
Year: 2017
Holy Grail
At a recent gig: on the left is the 17″, on the right is the 20″ UPDATE: Since this was posted I became a C&G dealer myself; visit Cymbalistic.com to see what I have in […]
New e-book: 5 Tony Williams Transcriptions
Another new e-book— not new to my long time readers, because most of the contents have been shared here before. Like the title says, it’s 5 Tony Williams transcriptions, re-proofed and reformatted for tablets and […]
Paradiddle-adiddle
This may already be a “hybrid” rudiment, but I wouldn’t know, because that is not my bag. I’ve posted a few modified paradiddle things in the past (like my “3.5-adiddle”), and this is a new one […]
Art Blakey in ’85
Here’s video of Art Blakey playing in 1985. I saw him in Eugene, Oregon during this same tour, when I was a senior in high school. He played impressively loud— he had this heavy ride […]
Site news
Just a quick update: I know little is happening on the surface this week, but I’m in the midst of a lot of work on better monetizing the blog. You’ll notice we’ve added some Amazon […]
New e-book: 5 Elvin Jones Transcriptions
Here’s what I’ve been doing all weekend instead of writing blog posts: writing a new e-book of some transcriptions previously available on the blog, all re-proofed and edited: Summertime (drum solo), Lonnie’s Lament, Big Nick […]
Death march life advice
“I made a decision to set goals for myself. I’ve got to make it to that herd of caribou. When I got to that herd of caribou I would establish another goal for myself. I […]
2016 Book of the Blog NOW AVAILABLE for purchase!
OK, gang, the 2016 Book of the Blog is now available for purchase! It’s 119 pages of pure drum-practicing goodness: all of the downloadable exercises posted on the site last year, plus all of the […]
Know your tempos: Beatles
It happens often enough: some other players are discussing a tempo for a tune, and they look at me like I can pull it out of the air just from a number. It’s actually extremely […]