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FUNK CONTROL: alternative set 1 – complete

  • October 30, 2016
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I’m working out the format for putting this “Basic Funk Ideas” series into book form, tentatively titled “Funk Control.” The top of the page, labeled “Basic rhythm and iterations” shows the source rhythmic idea for […]

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Basic funk ideas in 6/8: four iterations – 01

  • October 9, 2016
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I’m not happy with this title for this series, but I’m going to hang with it as long as we’re posting on the blog. It’s rapidly evolving into a Stick Control-like system for funk drumming […]

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Basic funk ideas: four iterations – 03

  • September 27, 2016
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Another page of this modern funk method— we’re going to need a better name for this thing, as we’re getting well beyond basic. This is turning into quite an epic. Normally, working on fairly demanding […]

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Basic funk ideas: four iterations – 02

  • September 13, 2016
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I’m liking this format— like Stick Control for funk drumming— so we’ll see a few more of these. This page takes the same series of patterns from the last two items (“mixed stickings” and “four […]

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Basic funk ideas: four iterations – 01

  • September 5, 2016
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A companion to our Basic funk with mixed stickings page from the other day. Here we take that same set of patterns, run them through some standard funk/fusion orchestrations, and learn to transition smoothly between […]

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Basic funk with mixed stickings

  • August 30, 2016
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Bad title, because I prefer to think of these as based on a cymbal rhythm, not a sticking, but whatever. Next title will be so apt it will blow the doors off this place. These […]

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