August September 1981 – Volume 5 • Number 6
Articles in August September 1981
Strictly Technique - Bass Drum Control
When I wrote Bass Drum Control in 1964, it was at the request of drummers who wanted exercises to practice for hands and bass drum.
Show And Studio - Charles Collins: Up Close
Things really started happening for Charles Collins when Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson pulled him out of Dionne Warwick's road band in 1971.
August September 1981 - Volume 5 • Number 6
Mickey Hart, Billy Kreutzmann, Barry Keane, James Bradley Jr., Casey Scheuerell, Colin Bailey, John Robinson, Buddy Rich, Hal Blaine, Alan Schwartzberg, Paul Humphrey, Steve Jordan, Ed Shaughnessy
Rock Perspectives - Modular Rock
Rock Perspectives Modular Rock by David Garibaldi *Accents and notes in parentheses are optional. "Depending on what precedes this, the sticking may be:The practicality of this study will depend on you. What is presented here are hand/foot combinations in modular…
Jazz Drummer's Workshop - The Music of the Drums - Part 3
This article will cover two related ideas: How to make the study of drum method books musically more useful, and some technical exercises that can he used to aid this development.
James Bradley, Jr.: Feels So Good
My mother and father were performing at a press party for Muhammed Ali about 1962. My father had been telling his friends that his four-year-old son could play the drums. I guess a lot of people didn't believe him, so my mother and father took a break, and they just let me loose, and I started playing.
Casey Scheuerell: With Feeling
Casey Scheuerell is the high-powered drummer who is best known us the driving force behind Jean-Luc Ponty's eclectic violin, on such albums as Cosmic Messenger, Jean-Luc Ponty Live, and A Taste For Passion.
Barry Keane: Canadian Studio Kingpin
Barry Keane is one of the most in-demand studio drummers in Canada. He has recorded numerous commercials, jingles, TV and Film scores; but most people know him from his work with Gordon Lightfoot and Anne Murray.
Portraits - John Robinson
Within the last year and a half. John Robinson, drummer for Rufus, has joined the ranks of the L.A. session players.
Concepts - Developing Good Time
Many drummers are capable of playing good time even though they may not know exactly how they developed this ability.
The Grateful Dead's Billy Kreutzmann & Mickey Hart
They have reached this point in their development through their own approach, concepts, and individual techniques. Their approach to music is open ended and continues to evolve.