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Interview with Drummer Georges Paczynski

I’ll admit I’d never heard of Georges Paczynski before seeing this interview posted in my Facebook feed by the great street drummer, Oded Kafri. Paczynski talks about his love for jazz, for drumming and his philosophical outlook regarding pedagogy, human nature and the art of mastering oneself. The appearance of the interview coincided with a couple of students commenting on the philosophical nature of drum lessons so it seems quite apt to add here. This, I quote from the early… Read More »Interview with Drummer Georges Paczynski

David Byrne: When to Resist Technology

I accidentally found this clip on this Vimeo channel in which David Byrne talks about technology used in music making. I am very ambivalent about technology in general and think its use in creating music has turned in to a negative force in many ways. Valve amps electric guitars and Hammond organs are great, sequencers and drum replacement software taking over the majority of mainstream music, not so great. Anyway, Byrne’s thoughts here are interesting and pertinent. David Byrne: When… Read More »David Byrne: When to Resist Technology

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to Everyone

Here is some proper music, the wonderful John Coltrane with Elvin Jones on drums. Happy holidays.

Jojo Mayer Discusses the Bass Pedal

To be truly great you might need to be a bit, urm, eccentric. Here Jojo, looking delightfully freaky, discusses his relationship with bass pedals and his quest for deep pedal knowledge. Glad to hear the wave is cresting, about to collapse! Presumable a mad bass drum DVD is on the way…

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