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Florian Alexandru-Zorn Announces Clinic Dates
Check out the video preview of Florian Alexandru-Zorn's clinics and see the dates after the jump. Florian Alexandru-Zorn Clinic & Masterclass Dates Date Location Venue/Info Nov. 7, 2011 Seminole, FL Seminole FL Music Store - Music and Sound Master Classes and Clinic…
Drum Atlas Series: Brazil by Pete Sweeney
BOOK/CDs LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE $16.95 Brazil is the fifth culture to inspire a book in the Drum Atlas Series, and like its predecessors, this package provides a ground-up approach aimed at understanding each of the country’s rhythmic styles. Focusing especially…
Drummer/Teacher Nucleo Vega
My name is Nuc, and I’m a drummer, educator, and Mel Bay author in the Washington, D.C., area. I’m working on a project that involves drum melody. Like my heroes Max Roach, Jeff Hamilton, Joe Morello, and Ari Hoenig, I’m…
Concepts: Easy Drum Charts
October 2011 Concepts Easy Drum Charts by Mark Schulman Here’s the example chart and mp3 that’s used in October’s Concepts article, which discusses a quick and easy way to map out a song for the first time. The song is…
Rock & Jazz Clinic: Brush Workshop, Part 1
October 2011 Rock & Jazz Clinic Brush Workshop Part 1: Circular Motions by Florian Alexandru-Zorn A goal of mine has been to play with brushes and think not in terms of patterns but in a more musical way, transferring all…
Open-Handed Playing, Part 1: Unlocking the Hidden Potential
September 2011 Rock 'N' Jazz Clinic Open-Handed Playing Part 1: Unlocking the Hidden Potential by Claus Hessler One of the biggest advantages to playing open-handed is that you no longer have to deal with the obstructed movement of crossing your…
Advanced Blues: Syncopated and Polyrhythmic Feels
September 2011 In The Pocket Advanced Blues Syncopated and Polyrhythmic Feels by Jim Payne Here are the demo videos that accompany my article on advanced blues drumming.
Ostinato Studies, Part 1: The Building Blocks
September 2011 Drum Soloist Ostinato Studies Part 1: The Building Blocks by Jason Gianni Here is the video that we are using as the basis for the concepts we’re exploring in our Ostinato Studies article series. Check out the first…
Write Creative Drum Parts, Part 3: Interpreting Threes
August 2011 Rock 'N' Jazz Clinic Write Creative Drum Parts Part 3: Interpreting Threes by Chris Prescott For the third installment of this series, I thought it would be appropriate to examine the various ways to interpret music based in…
Relative Tempo: Click-Shifting Exercises to Improve Your Sense of Time
August 2011 Jazz Drummer’s Workshop Relative Tempo: Click-Shifting Exercises to Improve Your Sense of Time by Steve Fidyk This article discusses ways to improve your sense of timing by shifting a quarter-note click to each 8th-note-triplet or 16th-note subdivision. Here’s…
Write Creative Drum Parts, Part 2: Anticipated Rhythms
Original article from the June 2011 issue of Modern Drummer Magazine June 2011 Rock 'N' Jazz Clinic Write Creative Drum Parts Part 2: Anticipated Rhythms by Chris Prescott In part one of this series (April 2011), we discussed various ways…
VIDEO! Jeff "Tain" Watts 2011 Modern Drummer Festival montage
http://youtu.be/fBJCf6E-mRQ In this montage drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts performs at the 2011 Modern Drummer Festival. Modern Drummer’s 2011 Festival was held at Montclair State University in New Jersey on May 21, 2011. Video/Editing by EJ DeCoske and Greg Baldwin for Modern…
The Set-Up and Jim Riley
View behind the scenes photos of the beginning of the Modern Drummer Festival and Jim Riley's performance. photos and videos by Greg Baldwin and EJ DeCoske
VIDEO! Jim Riley 2011 Modern Drummer Festival Performance Montage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3TFuS2k06I In this montage drummer Jim Riley performs at the 2011 Modern Drummer Festival. Modern Drummer's 2011 Festival was held at Montclair State University in New Jersey on May 21, 2011. Video/Editing by EJ DeCoske and Greg Baldwin for Modern…
