Here’s a funky Second Line groove from Zigaboo Modeliste, on the song Keep On Marching, from the Meters album Good Old Funky Music. Play the open hihat strongly— it helps if you have some pretty […]
Author: Todd Bishop
Gratuitous Whiplash gif o’ the day: double time swing-off!
Remember, it took a couple of hours of movie-reality time to declare this guy the loser. Feel free to share it, with a link.
In which I call BS on Internet media
Cheaper than everything but outright piracy Internet era music consumership reminds me of this passage from Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas: The trunk of the car looked like a mobile police narcotics lab. We […]
Hot takes: 49 Styles Every Drummer MUST KNOW!!!
Not a cha cha. Not anything. Note: The random Internet-sourced written example to the left is included for comedic purposes only. Do not learn. Groove not good. I was flipping through an old copy of […]
Daily best music in the world: Roy Haynes Hip Ensemble
This is a nearly forgotten early fusion project by Roy Haynes: Roy Haynes Hip Ensemble. I read about the group in the Jack Dejohnette/Charlie Perry book, and was lucky enough to find a banged up […]
Stick Control exercises in 7/8
I was going to try to spread these 7/8 things out a little more, but I’ve been so occupied with other stuff— like, I’m getting married in a couple of weeks— I’m getting a little […]
Practice loop: fast 7
At long last, here’s that practice loop to go with all the stuff in 7 I’ve been posting of late. This is sampled from the tune Solitaire, from John Zorn’s album O’o, which you should […]
RLF pattern in 7/8!!!
UPDATE: I made a couple of small changes which I found helpful in practicing the patterns— in the first set of exercises there are some optional notes in parentheses, and I’ve changed line 6. I’ve […]
Getting around the drums: the ultra basics
A quick little page of stuff on getting around the drums with one hand, and both hands. In the first part I’ve basically written out the collection of tom moves we use with the Pages […]
VOQOTD: Miles
This is from an interview by Jake Feinberg in Tucson, who you should be following— he’s interviewed a lot of great people: “I’ve been a sideman in a lot of different bands. The only time […]