This line from Peter Erskine’s The Drum Perspective is pretty much an instant classic: I’ve felt strongly, for a long time now, that instead of seducing and encouraging the younger and learning drummer to practice, […]
Category: samba
DBMITW: Manguiera
The sound quality is not great, but this is worth watching all the way through— I just watched it three times: One of my favorite tamborim rhythms occurs here several times— you can use that […]
Much more on the Baby groove
Here’s more than you ever wanted to know about a song you never heard until a few days ago, “Baby” by Caetano Veloso. It’s not exactly the most important thing ever, but it’s on my […]
Page o’ coordination: “Baby” groove
Well, it took long enough, but I finally have a name for the post-Elvin phase of this coordination series. I don’t expect many people will follow me down this particular rabbit hole, but whatever. This […]
DBMITW: Upa Neguinho
A few versions of the famous Edu Lobo song. You can safely skip to 0:50 here: More after the break: This Sergio Mendes version looks a little goofy at first glance, but actually totally killer: […]
Another samba builder
Our previous “samba builder” was very batucada-focused (and probably in need of an update); this has more to do with samba as played on the drums, like in our Milton Banana pieces. The method is straightforward; […]
Drum chart: Salve a Mocidade
This is a chart and partial transcription for a Milton Banana track which I’ve been playing along with quite a bit this week. It’s a lot of fun, and really instills a feel for the […]
Transcription: Milton Banana — O Samba Da Minha Terra
Another Milton Banana transcription, this time the batucada-style intro to O Samba Da Minha Terra, from the same Sambas De Bossa album as last time. We’ll probably be seeing more of these, because I really […]
DBMITW: Milton Banana
Here’s some great playing from one of my favorite Brazilian drummers, Milton Banana: Bonus Banana after the break:
MD column: hi-hat technique
OK, I’m not meaning to turn this into a fair-use abusing, exclusively old Modern Drummer stuff blog, but a longer post is taking its sweet time getting finished, and this is just what I happen […]