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by Dave Kropf
September 24, 2009 in Education, Musicianship, Podcast by Dave Kropf
Dave is sick today and thus there is no new show, but please enjoy this tasty treat from the archives. This show originally aired April 26, 2006.
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Today we talk all about drumline and things you need to get started in drumline/corps style playing. Also, Paul Skidmore joins us in house and talks about being a drumline instructor. Show Notes
by Dave Kropf
August 27, 2009 in Musicianship, Podcast by Dave Kropf
Today, we talk about how to handle losing a gig. Wil Calhoun is the drummer of the week, the drag is the rudiment of the week, Carter brings the news, and we discuss the amazingness of tea! (Show Notes
by dwightd
May 22, 2009 in Events, Musicianship, News, Randomness by dwightd
The 5th Annual Drummer Cafe Community Drum Solo video has been uploaded to Drummercafe.com. There are some familiar faces from last year and a wide interpretation of this year’s loop. There’s even one guy doing a Dave Grohl and playing on a toy set! I’m still frustrated that I wasn’t able to make time to contribute a video this year but hey, hopefully next year! Click the picture to see the video.
by JABB
May 16, 2009 in Education, Musicianship, Opinion, Reviews by JABB
Maybe I’m all alone in this but before I picked up this DVD I had no idea who Chris Layton was. Maybe that’s a forgivable offense but I also didn’t know who Stevie Ray Vaughan was either. So if you do know who Stevie Ray Vaughan was then placing Chris Layton in your mind will be easy. He was Stevie’s drummer in Stevie Ray Vaughan and the Double Trouble band, making him either the double or the trouble. I’m not sure which. Read the rest of this entry →
by Carter
April 12, 2009 in Events, Musicianship, News, Randomness, Videos by Carter
Our good friends at Drummercafe.com have fired up a yearly tradition again. For the fifth straight year, site founder Bart Elliott is organizing a community drum solo. I’ll let Bart explain the details on the site. I think this is a great idea. I know I’ll personally be submitting a video. If you have the capabilities and are a Drummercafe.com member, go ahead and join the solo! Click the picture to see all the rules and how to get involved.
by Dave Kropf
March 27, 2009 in Education, Events, Musicianship, Podcast, Randomness, Tips/Hints/DIY by Dave Kropf
We are back from Spring break with a show about drumming psychology, featuring Drummer Talk listener and industrial psychologist, Tom Whelan. The 1 Handed Flam Drag is the rudiment of the week, and Jeff Hamilton is the drummer of the week. Show Notes
by Dave Kropf
March 5, 2009 in Education, Musicianship, Videos by Dave Kropf
Here is an EXCELLENT performance of “Ionisation” by Edgar Varése – the first ever percussion ensemble piece. It was written from 1929 to 1931. Fascinating stuff …
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TStutMsLX2s[/youtube]
Here’s some cool facts from its Wikipedia entry:
Ionisation (1929 – 1931) is a musical composition by Edgard Varèse written for thirteen percussionists, the first concert hall composition for percussion ensemble alone. The premiere was at Steinway Hall, on March 6, 1933, conducted by Nicolas Slonimsky, to whom the piece was later dedicated. One critic described the performance as “a sock in the jaw.”
The instrumentarium is the following: 3 bass drums, 2 Side drums, 2 Snare drums, tarole, 2 bongos, tambourine, tambour militaire, crash cymbal, suspended cymbals, 3 tam-tams, gong, 2 anvils, 2 triangles, sleigh bells, chimes, celesta, piano, Chinese blocks, claves, maracas, castanets, whip (instrument), guiro, high & low sirens, and a lion’s roar.
Ionisation features the expansion and variation of rhythmic cells, and the title refers to the ionization of molecules. As the composer later described, “I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.” (Schuller 1965, p.34) Varèse also acknowledged the influence of the Italian Futurist artists Luigi Russolo and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in the composition of this work.
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