A decent piece from the Modern Drummer site— 12 Drumming Myths Debunked. Here are the entries that interest me, with my comments on them: 2. Mistakes are always bad. Honor thy mistakes with repetition—I think […]
Author: Todd Bishop
Rhythms in 7/4
Here’s a page of basic rhythms in 7/4 to go with yesterday’s practice loop. The vamp on the loop is phrased in 3+2+2/4, so I’ve given a Ted Reed-style guide part on the bass drum line […]
Creative Apocalypse coda
No, it’s this. Since my last update, there have been many more responses to Steven Johnson’s New York Times Magazine piece The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn’t, but it was largely piling on, and the essential […]
More Rational Funk
It’s testimony to the lameness of the Internet— not my readers, who are awesome, but all the rest of that rabble— that the videos in Bad Plus drummer Dave King’s Rational Funk series mostly get […]
Dahlgren & Fine in 7/8 — 01
This is a continuation of a thing we did before, in which we worked on playing a very standard three note pattern, RLF, in 7/8, phrased 3+2+2— as it is in the tune Solitaire, by […]
Service announcement — EVERYTHING WORKING, apparently
OK, it looks like we’ve gotten this hosting nonsense sorted out. PDF downloads are working for the whole site, and you can get to the site via www.cruiseshipdrummer.com, or via the blogspot address, http://shipdrummer.blogspot.com. Just […]
The Vanguard ‘n’ me
Looking through my archives I found some of my old drum corps music, from the Santa Clara Vanguard in 1986. Hastily copied from Ralph Hardimon’s score— I think this was basically my audition, now that […]
Page o’ coordination: straight 8th 7/4
More 7! This is a collection of exercises based on a pattern not unlike some of our old Elvin waltz patterns, for use with a new sampled practice loop that will be forthcoming today or […]
Transcription: Roy Haynes intro
You know what, I still owe you a BOOK OF INTROS. The thing has been languishing a few short hours from completion for quite a few months now. Perhaps me drawing attention to that fact, […]
Tech-boosting NYT writer beat up
For starters, I don’t believe anyone was predicting an actual apocalypse… UPDATE: More links at the end! Lots of people talking about this article. STILL MORE UPDATES: This thing is a hit. Will Buckley at […]