Hi folks, another product review here. A company called WristGrips kindly sent me and invite me to review his new product: a pair of wrist bands designed for musicians to help with nerve pain, carpal tunnel, tendonitis, and other ailments that musicians get from all the hours in practice and performance. As described by the company. “WristGrips … More WristGrips – Product Review
Hi folks, here’s the full drum sheet music for Still a Friend of Mine by Incognito from the album Positivity (1993) with Richard Bailey on drums. The transcription includes 3 pages plus a drum notation key. For purchasing the drum transcription go here: https://sellfy.com/p/c6ep/ https://gum.co/uRWVc https://www.oronjo.com/p/xzrxMbL856AcrtL3D
Hi folks, I’m preparing new stuff and drum transcriptions for you, meantime here a short video: a half time groove with an Afro-Cuban 6/8 beat with a hi-hat ostinato (bembé clave in 6/8) and with the classic bass drum pattern in dotted eight notes. It’s fun and interesting to displace the accents on the toms … More Afro-Cuban 6/8 Funk-Rock Groove
Hi folks, here’s the full drum sheet music for Wicked Garden by the rock band Stone Temple Pilots from the album Core (1992). Here are the links for purchase the full transcription. https://sellfy.com/p/zTym/ https://gum.co/bGYQM
Hi folks, in this last lesson of the series “Stick Control Accents” I introduce the three accents combinations as shown in the preview image below. As discussed in the previous lessons remember to play the exercises with different dynamics, this is a workout that needs some technical skills: moeller technique, rebound and an ability to … More Stick Control – Triple Accent Combinations
The drum sheet music for Lowdown by Boz Scaggs, part of my book Jeff Porcaro Grooves, is now available. Here are the links for purchase the full transcription. https://sellfy.com/p/HKBQ/ https://gumroad.com/l/bJwTt The song is the first single extracted from the album Silk Degrees (1976), another classic groove by the great Jeff Porcaro. The drum groove presents … More Boz Scaggs – Lowdown (Drum Sheet Music)
Here’s the part two of the Stick Control Workout with accents. In the previous lesson, I introduced the single accent (in case you’ve missed, be sure to check out) now the things become more complicated adding two accents, as shown in the figure below. As discussed in the book Master Studies by Joe Morello, you … More Stick Control Workout – Double Accent
Hi folks, here’s the full drum transcription for Fear of a Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree with Gavin Harrison on drums. The transcription refers to the original version of the song from the album of the same name released in 2007 and includes 6 pages plus a drum notation key. Here are the links for … More Porcupine Tree – Fear of a Blank Planet (Drum Sheet Music)
Hi folks, here’s the full drum sheet music for Brave New Love by the rock band Alien from the self-titled album released in 1988. DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPTION Stay tuned, in the next articles I’ll deal with the part 2 of the Stick Control Workout and a Porcupine Tree full drum transcription 🙂 here’s the audio … More Alien – Brave New Love (Drum Sheet Music)
If you want to work on 16th note accents Stick Control by G. L. Stone, as always, is a good way to develop this skill. As you know pages 5 to 7 of the book have no accents, the first part of this series of lessons refers to the single accent combinations. This is a … More Stick Control Workout – Single Accent Combinations
