Another one of these was dropped in my lap, so I guess I’ll continue this feature du jour. A different performance of the standout track from Live at Leeds:
Category: drums
Paradiddle shift with bass drum
This is something I’ve been working with, and finally had the time to write up. The paradiddle shift is a pretty common exercise involving the displacement of the paradiddle by one 16th note. Most people […]
J.C. Moses
Ted @ Trap’d mentions and posts audio from a drummer I haven’t thought of in awhile- J.C. Moses, drummer with Archie Shepp’s New York Contemporary Five, Andrew Hill, and Sam Rivers, among other people. Along […]
Best books: The Essence of Brazilian Percussion and Drum Set by Ed Uribe
The Essence of Brazilian Percussion and Drum Set is the little sister of Uribe’s massive volume on Afro-Cuban percussion. I’ve been using it almost daily for several months now, and not only is it a […]
Podcast – Episode 4: Charlie Parker heads
Today’s podcast is a selection of practice loops made from the heads of well-known Charlie Parker tunes: Billie’s Bounce Yardbird Suite Donna Lee Cheryl Quasimodo Scrapple from the Apple Au Privave Crazeology (actually by Bud […]
Everybody Paice out
A couple of old favorites from the heyday of the cowbell and the four-stroke ruff down the drums ending on the bass drum (there’s got to be a better name for that lick): Get Lay […]
Dispatches
Not that easy a life. Here’s a note I received from a British drummer currently working on a ship in the Mediterranean: “I’m presently doing a stint as a cruise drummer in the Med and […]
I am so smart
This from The Telegraph, a couple of years ago: ‘Drummers are natural intellectuals’ Drummers are better known for their beats than their brain power, but research has suggested that they might actually be natural intellectuals. […]
Billie’s Bounce deconstructed
That sounds a little sexier than it actually is- I was working on this tune with a student recently, and we ended up breaking it down phrase by phrase. I’ve written the lesson up for […]