Sunday, August 31, 2014

Questlove geeking out on the jimmy fallon show

hip hop band the Roots (feat. questlove on drums)
are the house band on the jimmy fallon show.
the Roots' musical prowess is showcased 
in many shape and form on the late night show.
in this segment of the program,
The Roots are asked to freestyle music & lyrics
in the spirit of The Rolling Stones.
as they generate a mid-sixties stones knock-off,
questlove refines the parody by executing
charlie watts signature (and trivial) technic of
subtracting the hi-hat with the right hand, 
when he hits the snare with the left hand,
instead of playing both simultaneously.

notation

questlove doing charlie watts parody (slowmo)

Friday, August 29, 2014

legitimate field

subtle racism (?)
in the form of music discrimination 
in the 1963 (renewed) publishing of
Louis Bellson's Modern Reading Text in 4/4
the following text, in the preface of the book is
suggesting that white western music be proper & sophisticated
and jazz to be vernacular and simple.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

thelonious monk's advice




hand written advice from jazz pianist thelonious monk.
every musician can learn something here.
in the red boxes are things mostly concerning
the drummers (except for the first box)





Wednesday, August 27, 2014

the switch!

big sid catlett & papa jo jones
from Jammin' the Blues (1944)
short film by Gjon Mili



















Tuesday, August 26, 2014

trapping yourself to be a great drummer

i decided to get full sleeve tattoos so that
i wouldn't be able to get a 9-5 job and then
i wouldn't have a choice to become a great drummer.
- travis barker (my paraphrasing)

https://www.facebook.com/travisbarkerofficial

Sunday, August 24, 2014

some say

some say "solid time feel, is a gift"
some say "you either have it, or you don't"
i say "i can't hear it anymore, let us prove them wrong."
look, if it is a gift, if you have it or you don't, well honestly
i didn't have it.    -benny greb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8nDObAoK7eI
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bennygreb


Friday, August 22, 2014

stick drop... on tape


whenever i record, i spin my sticks
just like when i play onstage.
this used to drive bob ezrin and
studio engineer brian christian crazy.
On session, it finaly happened….
i was spinning my drumstick,
and it flew out of my hand and landed right
on the shell of the bass drum and trickled down
through the hardware to the floor.
you can hear it in this song. 
- neal smith (on alice cooper's "Be My Lover")
sometimes a good take is a good take.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

the real "i'm" in, "da ya think i'm sexy?"

"Carmine Appice set the foundation for heavy drumming ... before Bonham,
before Ian Paice... before anyone else." - Rick Van Horn, 1999 Modern
Drummer magazine.

that guy, co-wrote
"da ya think i'm sexy ?"
by rod stewart

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Ya_Think_I'm_Sexy%3F