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Skamonics Gig

Joe The Drummer — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:07:23 +0000

Had a great time playing with the Skamonics who have me sit in when their drummer, Mark, can’t make it.

The Skamonics are one of the UKs top Ska function bands playing a mixture of Ska standards and Skanked-up pop tunes. With a top brass section out front, you can’t beat ‘em.

The band were on top form and the wedding guests had a fab time.

It was a good time to try my 13″ DW Collectors Maple snare which I am still not sure about. It sounded pretty good tonight although it seems to lack personality. My Pearl Masters Studio BRX kit sounded cool.

Hard working drummer’s hands shot at amazing angle

Joe The Drummer — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:37:10 +0000

This is brilliant. I never heard of this band but watching this bloke play from a head-mounted camera is seriously entertaining and informative.

London Drum Show

Joe The Drummer — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:18 +0000

Check out the London Drum Show on September 4th and 5th at London’s Olympia:

www.londondrumshow.com

Improve Your Internal Clock

Joe The Drummer — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:35:53 +0000

We all need to work on our time keeping. Here is a cool lesson from Joe Crabtree with some exercises you can do even without a kit. Always good.

Avoiding Avoidance

Joe The Drummer — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:36:47 +0000

Here is an interesting article about not avoiding those challenging things we should be doing (like, er, posting on one’s blog…).

“Do you ever dodge your creative work? Say, your practice time arrives, and you race off to do some chore. It might be a chore that you detest, but now it calls to you. Then, instead of refining your music, you start cleaning the house or doing whatever”

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/avoiding-avoidance.html

Snare tuning tips from Bob Gatzen

Joe The Drummer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:48:43 +0000

Check out this clip from the mighty Bob Gatzen. I recommend his DVD if you want to really learn something about drum tuning.

Meanwhile, check out the rest of his videos on Youtube.

A Couple of Video Lessons from the Vic Firth site

Joe The Drummer — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:14:12 +0000

Brian Ferguson, a contributor to the Billy Ward Stalker Society made these great videos about fills.

http://www.vicfirth.com/education/drumset/ferguson/ferguson_10MQ.htm l

http://www.vicfirth.com/education/drumset/ferguson/ferguson_11MQ.html

Spotify playlist fun

Joe The Drummer — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:16:28 +0000

If you have access to the very cool Spotify service you can use this link to access my Easy Drumming Songs playlist.

It is here

Please bear in mind that by easy, I mean slow. These would be songs at a nice comfortable tempo to play along to if you are just getting started.

When you get better you may well discover that slow isn’t easy.

Have fun.

YouTube – Jim Chapin feels like dancing with the Moeller

Joe The Drummer — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:00:18 +0000

I love this video. These exercises are great, I work on them regularly. Try ‘em.