Feb 2nd
Issue, 2008
In this issue..
1) Video testimonials from happy
UDS 2007 customers!
2) Short Preview of the brand new Split Screen Ezybeats from
Funk & illusion Drumming!
Click the pic below
3) On With The Show - lesson on breaking up
Linear Beats between Bass, Snare and Hihats.
1) Video testimonials from happy UDS
2007 customers!
I wanted to start out with a
couple of new video testimonials we received regarding
UDS 2007.
Many thanks to everyone who has sent in videos and kind emails!
Alexander - Netherlands
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Steve - Scotland
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2) Click the picture below to view the
Ezybeat Sample!
This week I got stuck into
the editing of the Great Ocean Rd footage for Funk &
Illusion Drumming. Some pretty funny behind the
scenes footage is in there, which will make a nice addition
to the instructional side of the DVD pack.
The new Ezybeat backing music is sounding
great! My favorites to jam along to at present are 32nd Note
Grooves and Odd Accent Beats. This time we will be giving
away not only the backing music (Groove Tracks) but I will
also throw in the Groove Tracks PLUS drums. This gives you
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2) ON WITH THE SHOW
- LINEAR BEATS
Today's lesson is on how to break up
Linear Beats between the bass drum, snare and hihats.
Linear Drumming is covered in depth
in Funk & illusion Drumming in both 16ths (beginner, intermediate &
advanced) and in Triplet Beats.
What are linear beats? Basically
they're "broken up" beats, where at no time do you ever play 2 or
more drums/cymbals on any given subdivision. This is unlike most
common jazz / rock / latin beats where you often play drums
together, like for instance a snare and hihat backbeat in a pop feel
etc.
You can see in this linear beat, there is only
one drum being playing on each subdivision. These broken up patterns
give the beat a weightless feel, since they're not so dense. They
have a really nice flow about them, IF they're perfectly even and
the internal dynamics are in check. If they're not even and every
note is of monotone volume, they can sound clumsy.
The next beat is NOT a linear
beat, since it plays 2 instruments on the same subdivision (hats and
snare, hats and bass)
Internal Dynamics? Make sure you
play all the non accents a LOT softer than the accents. There are a
few schools of thought on how much of a difference, and what you
chose to do helps make up "your sound", since it's a conceptual
choice. One of the most common approaches, which I use in this video
(and most of the F&ID DVD), is to play the accents as half stroke
rimshots, and the non accents as ghost strokes, dropping the stick
from roughly 2cm from the drum. This approach suits funk/fusion and
other styles of playing well, both live and in the studio. Where I
wouldn't use this approach is if I was playing in a situation where
it would be too overpowering dynamically to play rimshots, even soft
ones - ie an intimate setting with lively wooden acoustics.
BASIC LINEAR UNIT PLAYED IN 16th BEATS
Today we look at some of the many units from
Funk & Illusion Drumming. This is from the beginner
16th beat section.
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