Here is a YouTube playlist of the tracks cited in the Mozambique variations post, plus a few things: After the break I’ll give some brief notes on some of the tracks: Eddie Palmieri — Melao […]
Author: Todd Bishop
Mozambique variations
With apologies for the late lack of posting, here is a little bit of a retread/refinement of my earlier Page of Mozambique. I’ve been working with this feel quite a bit, but have struggled to […]
Interpretation and playing expressively
I hate long instructional videos, except when I don’t. Usually they go long because they underestimate their viewers’ knowledge, and get caught up in explaining WHAT IS A DRUM STICK and a lot of other […]
Transcription: Kenny Clarke fours
Here are Kenny Clarke’s fours, played with brushes, on Love Me Or Leave Me, from the album Walkin’, by Miles Davis. I’ve given the drum solo breaks only: The ties are due to some kind […]
Basic doubles exercise
Just in case any one needs to see it written out, here is my preferred primary exercise for developing doubles, which I referenced in the YouTube open roll round up. Each note should be played […]
YouTube round up: open roll technique
It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these, in which I go on YouTube and comment on the things brought up by searching a basic drumming term; punishing the guilty, rewarding the innocent, and […]
2015 Europe tour
We’re on light posting for a few days here, clearly, while I’m focused on some other stuff. LIKE MY 2015 EUROPE TOUR; it looks like we’ll be on the road from approximately December 2-21, 2015. […]
Very occasional quote of the day: “You shouldn’t be able to do that.”
A pull from Ethan Iverson’s Whiplash/Buddy article, which deserves its own space: A story about Mel Lewis: Mel hated giving lessons, but finally a kid talked him into letting him come by a record session […]
Rational Funk with Dave King
Bad Plus drummer Dave King’s Rational Funk series of videos are pretty genius, and hilarious: They brought me to mind of the old Book of the SubGenius, a blurb on the back of which goes […]
Brazilian 3
Continuing our recent batch of downloads for odd meter Samba and Bossa, here are some parts for putting together some grooves in 3/2, or in 6/4. This isn’t an incredibly odd meter for Samba, but […]