Quincy Davis’ videos on jazz drumming are simple and easy to follow and tend to focus on a particular idea and how to develop it. This is a great lesson on thestick shot or stick-on-stick sound. I find this pretty challenging and this video has inspired me to work on it.
Progenitor of Afrobeat drumming, the unbelieveably funky, Tony Allen has sadly died at age 79. I was lucky enough to see Allen live several times. Go in peace.
Here’s my attempt to explain the a basic flam. We’re all content creators now! I am going to join the party. There seems to be a shortage of videos with simple explanations for beginners. Hopefully I can contribute to alleviating it.
Wow! What is this beautiful noise? Listen.
If you’re feeling perplexed about how to get that egg-rolling-down-a-hill feel you get in Brazilian music, check out this great video from Edu Ribero.
Here’s the drum bits for Sweet Home Alabama. Everyone should know it. It’s pretty straightforward. If you’d like to use a full chart, the Drum Ninja has transcribed it here: http://thedrumninja.com/downloads/sweet-home-alabama-lynyrd-skynyrd-drum-transcription.pdf
It’s RRLR RLRL, incase you were wondering. This is a wonderful video about how to play New Orleans style drums using this sticking and what you learn here will give you insight into how to really milk an idea. Great stuff. It’s from Stanton’s DVD about New Orleans drumming called Take It To The Street.
This is a cool video demonstrating a way to make quick and easy song charts. It’s very efficient and small so you can fit a bunch of charts on one sheet. Nice.
I recorded this for one of those video montage thingies they are all doing these days. My colleague Rodrigo and me are doing a free online music class demonstrating the bits for some of our favourite songs. We will be inviting the attendees to contribute to group projects involving playing and recording. The classes will take place every Thursday at 17.00 on Zoom. Please contact me if you’d like to join in. Here’s a PDF with the beat written out… Read More »Can’t Hurry Love Beat
I love David Bruce’s videos. He talks about Western Classical music composition and theory, the history of music and the broad influences incorporated into modern music making. Even when the topics are beyond my comprehension, I enjoy watching his videos and picking up what I can. This video about the evolution of percussion in Classical composition is reeally interesting. Take a look: