tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.comments2024-03-17T13:38:35.114-07:00Cruise Ship Drummer!Todd Bishophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06814005635510193577noreply@blogger.comBlogger1645125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-80810565619907311032024-03-15T15:53:44.407-07:002024-03-15T15:53:44.407-07:00Interesting ! I’m seeing your blog cuz it was sha...Interesting ! I’m seeing your blog cuz it was shared with me by a fellow member of Scott’s Bass Lessons, where I posted a topic I titled, “WHAT IS THIS RHYTHM ???” . Scott’s Bass lessons has a free app called Groove Trainer that has a metronome and a library of drum loops. I found a loop in the world beat group called World 6, Partido Alto 4/4. That’s what I posted my topic about, saying that I couldn’t follow it. It tricked my brain into counting 7/8. I couldn’t find a 4/4 beat in it to save my life ! So a number of members chimed in with comments and suggestions, most of them agreeing it’s a very confounding rhythm, and one member shared this link to your page! So I’m just a bass player that wishes I understood the mechanics of rhythm like you do. Keep on keepin’ on, brother !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-63023314406241811272024-02-26T18:02:12.455-08:002024-02-26T18:02:12.455-08:00Right, he did a master class in Portland a few day...Right, he did a master class in Portland a few days ago, with a $200 cover. I don't think I'm the target audience for that. If I wanted to get into body movement I would just be getting some pilates classes or tai chi or something. I get suspicious when I sense things getting too mercantile. <br /><br />But I understand what he does is based on the Alexander technique-- which I know nothing about. Todd Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481104613152814648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-53370594248458207182024-02-26T16:08:00.756-08:002024-02-26T16:08:00.756-08:00I’ve been curious about Dave Elitch’s thing for a ...I’ve been curious about Dave Elitch’s thing for a while now, but can’t come close justifying the $500 price of admission to his instructional videos without ‘knowing’ that the information would be transformational. That’s a LOT to pay for some drum videos.<br /><br />I get the impression that he strives to create an ‘air of mystique’ — or more cynically, generate insecurity — but, it does seem like he has the respect of many professionals (like Dave King). It’s a weird thing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-4442621825811180142024-02-25T13:40:40.947-08:002024-02-25T13:40:40.947-08:00Thank you! Diddles to me are double strokes at the...Thank you! Diddles to me are double strokes at the same rate as the surrounding notes-- usually 16ths. Maybe implying running doubles, or mixed paradiddle stickings-- they might call that phrase a "diddle passage." <br /><br />That's the way both terms were used when I was in corps. Nobody ever defined them explicitly, but what they referred to, and the distinction between them (and between them and ruffs), always seemed clear. There would be a paradiddle exercise that included some running doubles, and that's what they called that portion of it. Then we'd have a drag exercise that specifically dealt with single 32nd note doubles within running 16ths, played with the R and L hands. <br /><br />That interpretation-- of <i>drag</i> referring the double itself-- was pretty inescapable both by the language, and the way we played them, and the way they were written-- like in my examples. The doubles aren't attached to a main note, the way a normal ruff is. And they weren't grace notes, they were played at full volume. Todd Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481104613152814648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-33680331575203625852024-02-24T13:34:00.164-08:002024-02-24T13:34:00.164-08:00Are what you said were called drags in drum Corp n...Are what you said were called drags in drum Corp now commonly known as diddles ?<br /><br />As always, good post by the way. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-85309331840096658572024-02-22T13:55:57.700-08:002024-02-22T13:55:57.700-08:00Yes, look in the sidebar-- there's a link to b...Yes, look in the sidebar-- there's a link to buy the print version through Lulu.com. Todd Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481104613152814648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-90695696276009387882024-02-20T08:40:33.680-08:002024-02-20T08:40:33.680-08:00Are print copies available? Are print copies available? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-58343763253597754222024-02-18T11:23:31.223-08:002024-02-18T11:23:31.223-08:00I also bought that album in the early 90's to ...I also bought that album in the early 90's to "check out some Kenny Washington," and I listened to it a lot back then. His playing is precise, clean, and swinging, with a great touch. You're right, that groove in his hands sounds a lot different than Elvin! Back then I transcribed some of his playing on the tune "Keep on Keepin' On" from that record.Ed Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660513977428598030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-17772175618686118592024-02-17T09:49:11.382-08:002024-02-17T09:49:11.382-08:00Hey Michael!
I was looking around for an officia...Hey Michael! <br /><br />I was looking around for an official link to it, and couldn't find one. I probably got it off of Scribd. It's listed on Amazon, but out of stock. Seems to be connected with the Drum Ninja site, I couldn't find a link on there. <br /><br />The book is OK. The interviews are really a questionnaire-- questions are the same for all interviewees, no follow up. Interviewees include Mike Clark, Jimmy Cobb, Peter Erskine, Airto, Lenny White, Ed Thigpen, and a number of trendy individuals. <br /><br />There are some "exercises" that aren't really exercises; they've summarized some conclusions based on the questionnaire answers, filtered through a goal-oriented self-betterment / self-help mindset. It's all mundane stuff, <i>be confident, advance your career, be focused, take action!</i> type of thing. <br /><br />I'll put the Scribd link in the post-- unless somebody can find an official way to buy it, or download it. Todd Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481104613152814648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-13302422216057353792024-02-17T07:39:51.963-08:002024-02-17T07:39:51.963-08:00Can you recommend this book?
The title sounds app...Can you recommend this book? <br />The title sounds appealing. <br />Who else is in it? <br />Maybe we should make a list of recommended books about drumming that are not directly related to drumming itself. <br />There's some interesting stuff out there, but it took me years to find it.<br />And I'm still looking.Michael Grienerhttp://www.michaelgriener.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-37304309133999182282024-02-09T13:34:30.858-08:002024-02-09T13:34:30.858-08:00Thanks for commenting, El Torito.
Yes, I don'...Thanks for commenting, El Torito. <br /><br />Yes, I don't claim to know what it actually was, I'm making a guess based on what I'm hearing, informed by the old As and Ks I've played, and heard other people play, and heard on recordings where I knew it was one or the other. I frankly don't <i>care</i> if it was really an A that sounded like a K or a K that sounded like an A, that question doesn't interest me. <br /><br />Anyhow, I thought I qualified my opinion pretty heavily there, even as I did conclude that I thought it was a K. I don't want to jive anyone, so I'm pretty careful about that with everything I write. Sorry it was unclear to you. Todd Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481104613152814648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-42817513122212517882024-02-09T03:22:28.218-08:002024-02-09T03:22:28.218-08:00No one can identify a cymbal by ear based of and o...No one can identify a cymbal by ear based of and older recording. There are A's that tonally resemble K's, etc. The A's of the late 40's through late 50's had plenty of hammering, even coming closer in sound. Some K's sound like A's.Just adding rivets changes the stick to wash ratio alot on some cymbals. The size of the stick, how hard you hit, which part of the tip hits the cymbal, where you hit the cymbal, how the cymbal...I could go on and on, but the most important point is each cymbal is unique to start with, and then many things affect the cymbal's sound. Even the mic and preamps used, where the mic is positioned, even the band instruments will affect what you hear. How the overhead mic was eq'd. <br /><br />Anyone who claims to know is jiving you. El Toritohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16865869976961786635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-72562026347462590952024-02-08T14:33:22.845-08:002024-02-08T14:33:22.845-08:00Thanks for commenting anonymous, sorry you couldn&...Thanks for commenting anonymous, sorry you couldn't think of anything to say about the substance of the post. <br /><br />That's kind of the idea, on my site I write what <i>I</i> think, and other people get to judge whether what I say is of any use to them. Well done. Todd Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481104613152814648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-9062642738351228342024-02-05T12:26:34.217-08:002024-02-05T12:26:34.217-08:00This author sounds like he thinks he knows everyth...This author sounds like he thinks he knows everything. What a dumb ass nutterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-52072453240287631752024-02-03T09:06:29.740-08:002024-02-03T09:06:29.740-08:00Yes! Yes! Todd Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481104613152814648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-15823177246500230852024-02-02T14:10:08.448-08:002024-02-02T14:10:08.448-08:00And don’t forget: there are two great Todd Bishop ...And don’t forget: there are two great Todd Bishop selected cymbals available in Berlin, Germany:<br />https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/cymbal-gong-20-holy-grail-ride-1928g/2669136757-74-9668<br />https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/cymbal-gong-17-special-janavar-crash-1162g/2669139220-74-9668<br />Michael Grienerhttp://www.michaelgriener.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-41018401522126119352024-02-01T05:59:19.904-08:002024-02-01T05:59:19.904-08:00Hey Tod, fun you tried the book, I think its great...Hey Tod, fun you tried the book, I think its great, it really helped me much when i started to play. I think the most important thing in the method is to sing all the limbs, even more important than the quarter note, also sing the rests btw. If you do all of that, something will slowly change, and your hearing as well as your playing becomes magnitudes better. Also its an excellen concentration builder, in the beginning I was tired after 10 minutes, and later I could study 4 hours a day. If you study less intense stuff afterwards, its much more relaxed to play, and your playing is more solid. I think this method is good for studio drummers, and for the kind of drummer that does huge gigs on huge stages, with click-track maybe even. If your a jazz drummer, I think the vocabulary in Ted Reed and 4/4 Louis Belson is much more apropriate.CipherShadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335994870741684708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-25912950902203977302024-01-24T15:14:27.233-08:002024-01-24T15:14:27.233-08:00This list applies to all professions.This list applies to all professions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-87826644868760863032024-01-18T04:39:24.206-08:002024-01-18T04:39:24.206-08:00Totally agree. Besides his ignorance and disrespec...Totally agree. Besides his ignorance and disrespect for foundational figures in drumming , REGARDLESS OF STYLE, he creates a false equivalency between rudiments (which, at the very least, develop one's hands and sound) and groove, as if one can't practice both. Screw ratamacues? SCREW HIM!<br /><br /><br />Thanks for bringing this up and Happy new Year,<br />Ted WarrenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-70929302919713113472024-01-17T13:47:24.479-08:002024-01-17T13:47:24.479-08:00Dave Elitch bothers me. If you like cringing at g...Dave Elitch bothers me. If you like cringing at grotesque displays of arrogance, listen to him ruthlessly disparage Jim Chapin and Joe Morello on the Drummer's Resource podcast. Craig Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02630810276730185456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-76794947321584261762024-01-16T09:34:15.036-08:002024-01-16T09:34:15.036-08:00"The choice of bass drum placement depends o..."The choice of bass drum placement depends on the style you wish to create."<br /><br />So make it sound musical? Awesome drummer who is giving legit advice. It isn't specific as seen in so many books with the 'DO THIS' approach. Be creative and make it fit the pat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-55217948291144567392024-01-14T16:36:12.123-08:002024-01-14T16:36:12.123-08:00👏😂🥁🖖💙👏😂🥁🖖💙David Laudernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-22901540279265499782024-01-11T09:41:29.989-08:002024-01-11T09:41:29.989-08:00I've noticed that. Teaching some high school s...I've noticed that. Teaching some high school students in Washington recently, they played pretty well and were well informed about drumming, they just didn't know any basic names or albums. <br /><br />Albums are still the thing, real artists make albums-- like actual CDs-- and think in album terms-- they're the thing that gets released, and physically sent in the mail to media-- press, radio. Todd Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481104613152814648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-62504642203033888742024-01-10T10:47:05.964-08:002024-01-10T10:47:05.964-08:00In his interview on the 80/20 Drummer Podcast (lin...In his interview on the 80/20 Drummer Podcast (link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUmXAZ_gFnA), Clarence Penn says that many of his younger students have trouble identifying the playing of canonical drummers, which he thinks might be because they aren't coming up listening to specific albums, holding the cover in hand and connecting the playing to a name.<br /><br />I'll say for myself that over recent years having relied on streaming to access the canon, I can identify players but have trouble committing songs and their names to memory.Jeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15881716675013126493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7587725.post-50250047215234683732024-01-03T20:24:17.377-08:002024-01-03T20:24:17.377-08:00That was cool to read I've been trying to find...That was cool to read I've been trying to find old pic of Terry on this kitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com