A little Op/Ed piece, since I just had a drum corps weekend and witnessed quite a few things, both good and bad.
This particular piece of writing is going to touch on the rising trend of electronics in drum corps and, for that matter, indoor percussion ensembles.
First, let me get this off my chest in an [...]
I got out of the car about 7:30 last night and heard someone playing his drum set.
Oh… we live in a condo, by the way.
It didn’t bother my wife and me because we live on the other end of the building so we didn’t really hear it unless we were actually listening for it, but [...]
I’m pretty sure it was my age-out year of drum corps. I was walking across the gym at our housing site with my instructor/mentor/friend/boss, talking about… drums, probably… and we passed by one of my fellow snare players ramming beats on his pad. We asked him what he was doing and he said [...]
With over 14 years experiences teaching, 18 years drumming, and a lifetime of musical knowledge and performance under my belt, I've racked up a few theories and concepts that I find myself teaching my students.
Why not share it with the web-surfing percussionsts?
The ideas presented in this blog are meant to get you, the drummer, to think about what you're playing, then ask, "Why?" There is something here for all drummers... beginners to pros, drumline drummers to drum set players, drum corps jocks to marching band geeks, and students to educators.
