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by Dave Kropf
February 29, 2008 in Education, Musicianship, Podcast by Dave Kropf
Dave is out of town this week so Carter “Son of Whipping Boy” Baldwin is running the show! Today we’re talking about odd time signatures. Drummer of the week is Vinnie Coluaita, Rudiment of the Week is the 6-stroke roll, plus we’ve got Mike with drumming news, and Ask Dave (Carter). Show Notes
by JABB
February 29, 2008 in Gear, Opinion by JABB
Ever since I watched Secret Weapons for the Modern Drummer I’ve started to appreciate the differences in the different lengths of sticks. I’m particularly fond of short sticks nowadays and I recommend you all should try some if you haven’t before. I realize that “short” is a subjective term so here’s my stick length definitions. I define a stick as short if it’s less than 16 inches long; it’s a medium stick if it’s 16-16.5 inches long; and it’s a long stick at above 16.5 inches long. Read the rest of this entry →
by Dave Kropf
February 29, 2008 in Books/Mags/Web, News, Videos by Dave Kropf
Hudson Music has recently added a lot of new videos to their YouTube channel. Most of the clips are sneak peeks at DVD released, but they are all worth a watch.
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In case you didn’t know, Hudson Music has produced several of the top tier instructional DVDs out on the market today. They are AMAZINGLY well produced and feature A-list players strutting all their goods. Best of all, the DVDs are PACKED with content and resonably priced considering the amount of material you get. (For example, Thomas Lang’s Creative Control DVD clocks in at just over 5 hours, includes 2 Discs with charts, audio files, and more!)
I think these guys are at the top of the game right now and they are leading the DVD generation in instructional videos. Click more for some cool clips. Read the rest of this entry →
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