T.H.I.S. S.U.C.K.S. I’m sorry I said stupid. I just wanted you to read this. If you hang out on the internet a little bit, you start noticing patterns in people’s views about drumming, and that […]
Category: best books
New e-book title: 5 Roy Haynes Solos
Another new transcription e-book available: 5 Roy Haynes Solos Includes transcribed solos from: In Walked Bud Snap Crackle All The Things You Are Reflection Bad News Blues Only In Walked Bud was previously available on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Inner Drumming
One of the more interesting drum books ever written is Inner Drumming, by George Marsh. Marsh is a big Tai Chi practitioner, and his linear drumming method, using a novel, artistic system of notation, is […]
Very occasional quote of the day: Bozzio studies
I always loved this photo from the original interview. First copy of MD I ever read. Also had Jim Keltner and Ed Blackwell. In his 1981 Modern Drummer interview with Robin Tolleson, Terry Bozzio discusses […]
A good book you should all chase down
Look for the book withthe really goofy cover. I just want to take a moment again to recommend you all try to find a copy of the book Syncopated Rhythms for the Contemporary Drummer by […]
Why Syncopation is so great
Here’s a question that comes up often, and which I always I feel I have to address every time I have a new student buy Ted Reed’s Progressive Steps To Syncopation: “Whuh— this is just […]
Best books: Odd Meter Calisthenics by Mitchell Peters
Odd Meter Calisthenics for the Snare Drummer by Mitchell Peters – 79 pages I own several books by Mitchell Peters, and though they’re mostly excellent, I approached this one with caution. I was not wild […]