Here’s the latest stupidly-named iteration of my basic paradiddle exercise, this time using 16th note 7s, septuplets, or whatever you want to call them. As always, play through the entire page, then play combinations of […]
Buy CDs: part 1 – the so-called business
Here’s a little series about some things relating to the retail end of the music business, from the artist’s perspective. First, a snapshot of the terrain- this is a little graphic from Information is Beautiful, […]
Transcription: Dom Um Romão – Agua de Beber
A little companion piece to my bossa BD variations post– this should be helpful in giving your bossa someplace to go; as I mentioned before, a lot of people get married to the standard time […]
Transcription: Zigaboo Modeliste – Good Old Funky Music
This is a permanent favorite of mine- Good Old Funky Music by the Meters, with Zigaboo Modeliste on drums. Not a single day goes by without me hearing this internally at some point. There is […]
More Motian
Photo by T. Bruce Wittet From T. Bruce Wittet’s site– which Google has done a good job hiding from me until now- a couple of very personal posts, one on interviewing Motian, and one about […]
Sabian Raw Ride in action
I finally got to record with the 22″ Sabian Raw Ride I was so excited tell you about awhile back. I’d say it has an unmistakable “A” sound- neutral-seeming, but very pretty, with a lot […]
A bargain on a great book – UPDATED
UPDATE: The book is now coming up at the usual $99.95 price. Hopefully a few people were able to take advantage while the opportunity was there. It’s still a worthy addition to your library at […]
Something key
Jon McCaslin presents a very core principle of modern jazz drumming, via a lesson from Alan Dawson. The 3/8-within-4/4 polyrhythm has been present in a variety of forms in jazz since the beginning, and became […]
Occasional Blakey: Afrique
While I put myself back together after a long holiday in Seattle with the family, here’s a favorite old Art Blakey track, Afrique, from the album Witch Doctor, written by Lee Morgan. Buy it. Purely […]
Podcast – Episode 5 – Paul Motian
A small collection of performances by the great master we lost today. You can also listen to it at the Podomatic site, or download it as an mp3. Track list after the break: The Rich […]