4/23 update: It’s gone. You can try reaching Mr. Mintz through his website, to purchase a copy of the book, if he’s selling it, and/or send him some money for the illegal download. Now available […]
Category: books
Best books: The Art of Modern Jazz Drumming – Dejohnette / Perry
“As our mental image becomes more precise, we are better able to select muscle movements which will achieve our goals quickly, efficiently, and accurately.” I’m surprised I haven’t written much about this book already— The […]
Freehand sketching
A couple of interesting art books available “free” on Scribd, for anyone interested in art, or in getting into art, and trying some non-music related creativity. … which I highly recommend. I gave myself permission […]
A few rare items
I found some interesting things on one of those shady pdf download sites— a couple of rare books, and very old versions of a couple of unusual books. Worth getting if you’re into that sort […]
Best books: Rudimental Primer by Mitchell Peters
Mitchell Peters is becoming the guy for snare drum literature, for me— his books form a thorough and complete vocabulary for the snare drum as it is played in the real world. They’re adequately challenging for […]
Louis Bellson reading text in 4/4
Here are CRUISE SHIP DRUMMER! we spend a lot of time with the book Syncopation, and not so much with its more expansive, more serious-seeming companion, Louis Bellson’s Modern Reading Text in 4/4. I use […]
A needlessly difficult book
This has been sitting in my drafts folder for a few weeks. I wasn’t going to post it, but I’m having a hard time finishing anything lately. So here we are: A book I’ve never […]
What I’m practicing
I’m at the point where I’ve published so much stuff on the site, I’m a little embarrassed. I don’t want people thinking I’m just fascinated with writing patterns. I do practice this stuff, and otherwise […]
New Joel Rothman book – Ambidexterity
So new I have to use thiscrappy scan I did myself. I just received a new book in the mail: AmbidexterityThe Holy Grail for Total Independence At The Drum Set by Joel Rothman41 pages. Joel Rothman […]
Miscellaneous: cymbal and book
UPDATE: Feedback from the buyer of the cymbal: “I think perhaps I’ve never owned a nice sounding cymbal before b/c all my current cymbals sound like garbage compared to the Hassan.” Please forgive the light […]