Another practice loop sampled from one of my favorite albums by anyone, ever: Where In The World by Bill Frisell. The band is Frisell, Kermit Driscoll, Mark Dresser and Joey Baron. Produced by Wayne Horvitz. […]
Category: practice loops
Practice loop in 3/4: All Blues
Another practice loop in 3, to go with all of the recent jazz waltz stuff, sampled from the very famous tune All Blues, from the very famous album Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. The […]
Practice loop in 6/4: Greensleeves
Practice loop in 6/4, sampled from Greensleeves, recorded by John Coltrane on the album Africa/Brass. Here we just have the bass line played by Jimmy Garrison. Tempo is 142 bpm. Garrison is phrasing the 6/4 […]
Practice loop: Watermelon Man
This is a practice loop I use a lot, sampled from the intro of Herbie Hancock’s Watermelon Man, from the album Headhunters. At 74 bpm it’s a little faster than one of my other favorites, […]
Figure and fills: Rover
Here’s a page of drum orchestrations and fills based on a rhythmic figure from the tune Rover, on my album Travelogue, along with a practice loop sampled from it. The fills/orchestrations start very simply, building […]
Stairway to Heaven figure
This is something I did for a student who was looking for some help playing Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin. On the out chorus— or whatever you want to call it; the song is […]
Practice loop: Zorn fast 4
Here’s a good practice loop for working on the recent EZ uptempo methods. Tempo is 154 bpm, or 308 depending on how you want to count it— which is about as fast as most people […]
Practice loop: Airto – Hot Sand
This is another loop I use a lot: Hot Sand, a bright samba by Airto, from his album Virgin Land. Great for use with my recent drumset batucada drill, and with my book Playing Samba […]
Practice loop: The Sermonette
Here’s a jazz practice loop in 4/4, a sort of gospel 2 feel, sampled from The Sermonette, by Cannonball Adderly. It has a nice deep pocket and is good for all your jazz practicing needs. […]
Practice loop: Wilson Pickett – Mojo Mama
By the way, all of yesterday’s ranting and raving about people’s drum covers doesn’t apply to my sampled practice loops, which are lovely, highly recommended, and serve a totally different function. We’re not aiming for […]