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Manu Katche: Studio Grooves - "Silence"

By sheldonkregerThu, 03/25/2010 - 20:13

Manu Katche is one of the first drummers whose phrasing stood out to me when I first started playing. I really enjoy his new solo albums "Neighborhood" and "Playground," which are very jazzy and feature some of my favorite musicians Tomasz Stanko (trumpet) and Jan Garbarek (sax). Indeed, Katche's older work with Sting and Peter Gabriel is also outstanding.

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Vinnie Colauita, Michael Landau, Steve Tavaglione, and Larry Klein: Dog Cheese

By sheldonkregerThu, 03/25/2010 - 19:59

I can't get enough of this style of music!!!

I love how the mellow, spacey, ephemeral tones of Tavaglione's keys and Landau's comping are opposed to their heavy, wild tones during the lead.

From the user who posted the video:

"Dog Cheese was a short lived mid 80's LA based band. The line-up
was: Michael Landau - Guitar, Vinnie Colaiuta - Drums, Steve Tavaglione
- Keys/Sax, and Larry Klein - Bass. Not too much is known about the

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Donny Gruendler's Series: The Most Useful Exercises I've Ever Worked

By sheldonkregerSun, 01/03/2010 - 22:15

Musician's Institute instructor Donny Gruendler has put together an extremely useful video series with Vic Firth. Honestly, I have not found a more productive and efficient set of exercises anywhere.

http://vicfirth.com/education/drumset/gruendler2.html

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David Garfield: "Toast for Eli"

By sheldonkregerSat, 12/26/2009 - 13:41

An incredible fusion piece originally appearing on a David Garfield project "The State of Things" featuring both Vinnie Colauita and Carlos Vega on the drums. Now, on Russ Miller's album and DVD "Arrival," we can see it performed with some interesting changes to the grooves and composition.

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Vinnie Colauita: I'm Tweaked . . . Attack of the 20lb Pizza

By sheldonkregerThu, 12/24/2009 - 11:49

Perhaps this is what the best studio musicians in the world do on their days off. You know you're a geek when songs like this get stuck in your head. . .

The time signature is 4/4, but a quarter of a beat (a sixteenth note) is just sort of deleted here and there. However, if you count in 4/4 cleanly without taking the missing beats into account, the downbeat of 1 will line up in its normal place every 8th measure.

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Preview of Ydna Murd's New Album

By sheldonkregerWed, 12/23/2009 - 10:43

Here's a take from one of the songs on Ydna Murd's new album, due spring 2010.

Murd has also published a book on Jungle drumming called "Breakbeat Guide" and another on hi-hat technique called "Hi Hat Master." Both are available on his site www.drumgate.com

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Step AWAY from the Drum KIt

By sheldonkregerTue, 12/22/2009 - 10:00

I suffer from a disease called osteochondritis dissecans. When I was a child, I did something that destroyed the blood vessel running to the growth plate in my right elbow. Now, the piece of bone is dead, just kind of hanging out in there. I was diagnosed about two years ago, after my arm was immobilized while doing pullups. Since then, my doctor has warned me not to strain my arm by lifting heavy things or doing gymnastics. However, luckily, I am able to still play drums as much as I like.

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Seven Days: flamflamflam covers Vinnie Colaiuta With Grace

By sheldonkregerThu, 12/17/2009 - 19:45

This is one of the my favorite pieces of pop drumming, originally recorded with Vinnie Colaiuta on the Sting album "Seven Days."

This guy covers it with grace . . . every note! Thanks a ton man, this is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen! He also wrote a transcription for a drum magazine! WAY TOO COOL!

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Tony Oxley

By sheldonkregerThu, 12/17/2009 - 17:34

Seriously, does anybody know what that giant cowbell thing is? Because it's sweet!

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Burnt Freidman and Jaki Liebezeit: Playing Secret Rhythms

By sheldonkregerTue, 08/04/2009 - 14:59

Jaki Liebezeit, former Can drummer, has spent the last several years playing with electronic composer and producer Burnt Friedman. This project started when the two musicians realized they shared a preference for secret rhythms - not those that cannot be heard, but those that are not often played.

"Jaki Liebezeit and Burnt Friedman share a preference for so-called
Secret Rhythms, which means that the rhythms are not hidden but less
common, often foreign to western culture. The artists have consciously
turned away from Western European, Anglo-American regulated rhythm

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Manu Katche: Studio Grooves - "Silence"

Vinnie Colauita, Michael Landau, Steve Tavaglione, and Larry Klein: Dog Cheese

Donny Gruendler's Series: The Most Useful Exercises I've Ever Worked

David Garfield: "Toast for Eli"

Vinnie Colauita: I'm Tweaked . . . Attack of the 20lb Pizza

Preview of Ydna Murd's New Album

Step AWAY from the Drum KIt

Seven Days: flamflamflam covers Vinnie Colaiuta With Grace

Tony Oxley

Burnt Freidman and Jaki Liebezeit: Playing Secret Rhythms

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