Some Tips For Playing Drums Softly
I am spending an increasing amount of time on my jazz playing and developing the ability to play softly. My rocknroll side is appalled at this but my inner Brian Blade is egging me on. One approach is learning to…
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The Bill Sanders Button Pad – A Portable Practice Pad
This is my little video demonstrating Bill’s latest offering to the drum community – a little portable 4″ practice pad you can take anywhere. It’s weighted so it doesn’t bounce around and also helps to focus on your accuracy.
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Blues Gig Last Night
I had a great time playing with The Black Diamonds at Ain’t Nothin But last night. Here’s a little clip:
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Free Introduction to Konnakol Course from Asaf Sirkis
Asaf Sirkis has released a free course called Mastering Rhythm With Konnakol which is an easy, step-by-step introduction to using Konnakol in a way that is useful to Western musicians.
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Stewart Copeland Talks About Musicians of The Eye and of The Ear
Here’s some interesting chitchat from Stewart Copeland where he compares the way classically trained or orchestral musicians play by the eye with the way we rock and jazz musicians play with the ear.
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Our October 2018 Half-Term Band Workshop Performance
The kids who attended Ebony & Ivory’s half-term band workshop have turned in a stellar performance. The Songs Watermelon Man with Sami on drums Theme From The Good, Bad & The Ugly with Hristian on drums You Really Got Me…
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The Inimitable Dave King on How To Improve Your Improvisation on Drums
The Bad Plus drummer Dave King gives a load of great insights about improvising on the drums including suggestions about ways you can practice improvising. An inspiring and informative video about a subject that can seem almost esoteric at times….
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How To Practice Effectively
This is an interesting informational animation about how practice works from TED. Go slow and practice your moves accurately. Concentrate and avoid distractions. Myelin sheaths…
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Review of The Backbeater – Musical Tempo Monitoring System
I was extremely flattered to be contacted by the nice lady from Makers4Good the company that produces the Backbeater tempo measuring gadget. They offered to send me one that I could keep in return for me writing a review. Wow!…
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Battle of The Drummers with Bernard Purdie and Tony Allen
Go figure! Here’s a curious video of a sort of jam session with Bernard Purdie and Tony Allen and their bass players. It’s quite entertaining. Tip of the hat to Anil Sahinoz of www.afrobeatdrumming.com?.
