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Saturday, April 02, 2005

Tchphunkta

Single-strokes on a cracking snare, single-strokes on a cracking snare, a little bass-drum rooting, alternate left-foot on the 'and': that's Johnny Vidacovich doing the Cissy Strut with John Scofield: man, have you ever felt hot wax on your skin? The feeling's the same, only, this stuff is hotter!
Found a website for reading-challenged drummers: http://www.purechristians.org/Drums.html. The key in this method is say'n'play, as in mouthing out a DIFFERENT sound for EACH drum/cymbal you hit. Can get a little complicated when you're playing a songo, or let's say, any groove with ghost notes, like the one cited above, he he :).
Also on my hitlist:
Red Baron
— Tommy Bolin-Jan Hammer-Billy Cobham;
Chameleon
— Herbie Hancock & the Headhunters, Harvey Mason;
That's The Ticket
— Bob Berg-Don Grolnick-Will Lee-Mike Stern-Robby Kilgore-Peter Erskine;
Thunder from Down Under
— Frank Gambale-Stu Hamm-Greg Bissonette

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