I previously posted an article entitled “What Should I Play”? This covered the basics of playing a new song, particularly when you have no previous recording to guide you. This time we’ll look at another aspect of playing drums to a song – how should I play? How you play is more about the stylistic [...]
A drummer from South Africa, Jay Thomson, has made a presentation he did with the drummers at his church available for all to use. Many thanks, Jay!
I have created a Flash version (Screencast) of the presentation so you can view it online but you can also download the PowerPoint file as well.
The title of the [...]
Some drummers, and for that matter, some bands, thrive on having every detail of what they will play in a song worked out in advance so they can just repeat it every time. That’s OK, but I suggest that ideally we want to be creative and spontaneous at least to some degree. After all, this [...]
Some more thought-provoking stuff from Chris.
My favourite paragraph:
“I want to say that anything you do (within reason) in worship to God has as much value as anything else. So playing drums in a Drury Lane pit or in a function band at weddings is equally as valid an action as being in a worship team [...]
An interesting article caught my eye and as I read it, a lot of it rang true. Although I see two sides to the story, it is an article that raises awareness of the ‘worship music industry’. There is no wrong or right but there are lines I believe… have those lines been crossed? [...]
A common question I hear from young drummers, especially when faced with coming up with a part for an original song is, “What should I play”? For the sake of drummers tackling this for the first time I will approach this from the ground up.
Hey everyone,
From April 2008 I am pleased to say we have another drummer joining us in writing articles and giving his input on the site! Isn’t that just awesome! Yeah! So, stay tuned and come back next month to see who it is and what they have to say! I’ll give you a clue : [...]
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By Chris Beaumont
(Posted with permission)
Original article : http://www.heartheadhands.com/blogs.php?postID=100
I was in America on work last year with a colleague of mine who is the health and safety officer for my employer. Whilst in the bar of the hotel we were staying in, he noticed that I had more difficulty than most people in picking up conversation [...]
Bart Elliot writes a good piece on practice, one which I hope to put into..er..practice!
View it here at Drummer Cafe