Showing posts with label technique. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technique. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Maturing as a Drummer

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I've been reading drum magazines for years now. A repeating theme is drummers saying that, when they were young, they cared a lot about ...
Friday, February 28, 2014

Piano Class Progress and Ear Training

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I haven't been posting about the piano class much because...well it just isn't very impressive. But I think it is good for beginners...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

The Next Level

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I've been trying to think of ways to take my playing "to the next level." I've been trying to memorize more difficult song...
Monday, January 6, 2014

Walking Bass Lines with Chromatic approaches

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Slow day at work. This is a brilliant lesson.
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Tone

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I notoriously am not very concerned with tone...or maybe more to the point...I've never felt like I could hear the differences that othe...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

The Perception of the Copycat

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In late summer of 2010 I took over drumming duties in TD from a friend of mine. He'd had enough of band drama and I think he wanted to t...
Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Getting Off Book

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So I've got this Halloween tribute gig on Saturday. It is the 4th year that we've done a Halloween show and the 3rd year that we...
Friday, July 5, 2013

Putting It All Together

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I am a largely self-taught musician...or at least it feels that way. What is true is that I taught myself to play my father's chord orga...
Monday, May 20, 2013

That Pesky Left Foot

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I've been listening to the 94 Stockholm concert non-stop ever since I got it on Monday. Yesterday I drove out to Cross Plains to tend to...
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Fatigue and Potential Injury

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The whole thing about my back, shoulders, and hands that has been bumming me out. I suddenly remembered today that this happened once befor...
Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Playing Position

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When I started playing ska I had to sit down to play bass. My hands were going numb. I found that, if I sat, I could take the pressure off o...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

Formal Notation

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I lament a bunch not having taken becoming a rock star more seriously at a younger age. I knew I wanted to from about age 7...but I dicked a...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Still more revelations on the 4 to 7 box

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I know...I'm an idiot. Everyone else figured this out long ago. Don't like 4...go to 9.  Don't like 9...go to 4.  Same deal fo...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Ma Hands

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So when I started playing in the ska band I noticed right away that there were going to be issues with my hands. I have some undiagnosed Car...
Thursday, September 20, 2012

Slap Bass

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I don't really like slap bass and don't care to play it. But I have to learn a little for this song. This guy does a decent job of s...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

More Ska

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I was asked to take a look at Street Light Manifesto . I like them. I dug out my Mighty, Mighty Bosstones and my Sprawl too. So....
Monday, July 16, 2012

Ska

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So a drummer that I greatly respect asked me to play bass in a ska band with her today. It was such a casual inquiry that I almost didn'...
Friday, July 13, 2012

Effects Pedals

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Not having a fully developed identity as a player yet...and not having a great ear for sound quality...means that I don't mess much wit...

On Musicial Identity and the Fall Back Position

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I went to a show this week with a drummer who's playing I respect a great deal. She's one of those people who has played all of her ...
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

David's Grip

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Okay...has David ALWAYS played traditional grip and I'm just noticing it now? What the fuck is wrong with me? Ok, if this is true ...