2nd Issue, February 2007.
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Hi drummers!
It's been a frantic
month gone by for me, 8 Cat Stevens shows a week (with the hint of a
national tour in the wings) and more filming of the Ultimate
DrumMING Review. Yes it was called Ultimate DrumMER Review, but I've
now changed the format a little..
ULTIMATE DRUMMING REVIEW.
It is now going to be a
DVD that reviews drumming as style specific not drummer
specific - and go through all the different genres detailing the way
drumming has developed and changed over time. There will still be
just as much (and quite similar) footage and broken down analyses of
patterns, beats, fills and solos as before, but taught as style
specific not drummer specific. Why the change? Simple - to make sure
I don't infringe on the artistic rights of any drummers.
The ironic thing and
the good news for you is that I realized since so much of
drummings' sticking patterns, beats, fill and solo ideas are generic
or transparent from style to style, the majority of the footage is
quite similar anyway. So don't worry you'll still learn all
the beats and fills you were looking forward to!
..Now just like there
are countless books that teach rock drumming, there are many books
and videos that showcase different drumming styles or a combination
of styles. Here are the key points that will make UDR different from
what's on the market today:
1) Scope Of Material
Covered. UDR will start at the earliest form of Jazz and cover
all the styles up to TODAY. Early Jazz to Modern Jazz, Classic Rock
to Modern Rock and Fusion and Electric Jazz as well.
2) Detail Of
Patterns. Some DVDs that showcase many styles are presented as
one long drum solo and that's it. Even if the individual styles are
then talked about, the exact patterns used are not detailed and
broken down! So you're left with the feeling of, "Well that was
awesome but I still can't play what I just saw". With the styles I
demonstrate in UDR, every single pattern will be broken down to the
exact sticking pattern, how to apply it on the kit in many different
subdivisions and so on.
So stay tuned for
Ultimate Drumming Review!
MY
EMAIL.
This week we upgraded
our server, and although the site is back to normal (all Ezybeats
are re uploaded to the members section lessons), I'm still waiting
on my regular email account to be reconfigured. If you've sent me an
email over the last week and haven't got a reply, I apologize, but
could you please re send it to this backup address:
icanplaydrums@hotmail.com
I am using this account
to do all my email until my original email accounts are back up and
running. Thanks for your patience on this!
UDS IS WINDOWS VISTA
COMPATIBLE.
Those of you using
Ultimate Drumming Solution with Windows VISTA will know the eplayer
(video player) doesnt load the files. Here is the Vista
eplayer_setup.exe file, which does play them. If you currently use
or are upgrading to Vista, you will need to download the new video
player for the videos in the UDS ebooks to load. Here it is:
http://www.icanplaydrums.com/vista_eplayer_setup.exe
ON
WITH THE SHOW..
"Playing Patterns Of 5 Within
Triplet Beats!"
Here's a sneak
preview from Ultimate Drumming Review. I was filming this
yesterday from the Fusion section. OK, so fusion music is a very
advanced style (or combination of styles) both technically and
conceptually, so this pattern might be a little hard to grasp. Here
goes!
The pattern we're going
to play today is a 2 bar pattern, and it consists mainly of 2
different sticking units. So lets learn these first
They are:
..and..
Once you have those
down, let's learn the first bar..
And here's the 2nd bar..
You can see in the 2nd
bar, that there are 2 units of 5 being played, here is the same
thing written out with the 5 pattern written in..
Here's the video!
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