Let’s Learn How to Play a Rock & Roll Rhythm
August 5, 2008 in Randomness, Videos by Dave Kropf
This is why live drummers will always have a gig:
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READ MOREProving that the Memphis Drum Shop is a top notch and high caliber establishment, a couple of the drumming community's up and coming players dropped by recently and showcased some of their talent. Ronald Bruner Jr. (Stanley Clark) and Jason McGerr (Death Cab For Cutie) both sat down at the kit in MDS's cymbal vault (which houses the largest Zildjian collection in the world outside of the Zildjian factory itself) and gave viewers a tiny ...
READ MORESo while searching for a story for today, I stumbled across the Hudson Music Youtube channel and found a whole channel for Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials 2 DVD. This particular clip popped out to me. It's about rideless grooves and how to use them. I found it incredibly useful. Same ole Tommy. However, I noticed he's using Evans heads now where he was using Remo before. Enjoy!
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READ MOREAs we've discussed at length on the show, electronic drums will never (say it with me) never replace acoustic drums in terms of feel and overall sound. That said, Roland's new TD-4S V-Kit is really nice. I'm usually not a fan of rubber pads on electronic kits, but this one looks pretty good. Simpler, more streamlined stands, easier cable-wrangling. I'm sold. Check out the demo video Johnny Rabb (Friend of The Show) did at this ...
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This week, we recap the 24hr Drumathon, discuss electronic percussion, and talk about using loops and samples with acoustic drums. Show Notes
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Videos are now beginning to circulate from Guitar Hero's website which feature Chad Smith, Stewart Copeland, and Travis Barker all weighing in on Guitar Hero's new drums feature.
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Chad Smith is stoked about the idea and loves the thing: "It's a real as you can get. For a Video game, it's impressive. If it holds up to me beating on it, it should be pretty good."
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According to MTV.com:
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Source: Harmony Central
... the new DTXTREME III kits promise to set the standard for sound and function. In addition to redesigned cymbals, a new kick tower, and an all-new module, the sets use the same technology that powers the supercharged Yamaha MOTIF XS synthesizer.
In addition to over 1,000 onboard drum, percussion and special effect voices, the module includes over 100 General MIDI voices. With the optional memory installed, 512 MB of sampling allows players to ...
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This is wok and woll.
But in all seriousness… somebody get that man a drumset!
Didn’t know it was actually that easy to play Wok & Woll…got to get me one of those babies!
i put it up on the boards first! (under the video section)
All jokes aside…
That guy has some serious finger control.
I am, of course, a monster fan of the “turd beat”.
I know, I know, that was offal…
The guy does have great finger control and I’m happy to give him his props. He probably tears it up on the Bach and Chopin circuit. Heck, he might even do great things with some of Kieth Emerson’s stuff. I just wish that before he’d started a product demo (presumably for folks that would play “rock and roll”) with the phrase “rock and roll is easy”, someone would have played him Tool’s “10,000 days” or a similar collection of easy “Rock and Roll” drum work.
It’s also kind of a sore spot for me that a lot of the melody players have no problem playing synthed drums from a keyboard, but when you trigger a melodic instrument from a drum head eyebrows are raised and the “Caveman” at the back of the stage has overstepped…