Posted in Drumming, Music, People, Yoga Photographs on Apr 18th, 2007 2 Comments »
Washington, Connecticut. Anne has a nice collection of music that she plays behind her yoga classes including work by Snatam Kaur (warning, flash site will resize your browser) who is an extremely talented musician and kirtan singer/chanter.
Three members of the group are Sikhs and while both the religion and kirtan have roots in India, both […]
Posted in Drumming, Video on Apr 15th, 2007 No Comments »
This is a terrific solo done with two tars (North African frame drums), one with a jingle and one without on the floor. He’s got complete control of both drums, excellent technique and a wonderful sense of rhythm.
Posted in Drumming, Music, Video on Feb 18th, 2007 No Comments »
V. Selvaganesh is playing the kanjira, Zakir Hussain is playing tablas and there’s a drum set player behind him. This is absolutely incredible and I highly recommend playing the related John Mclaughlin videos you’ll see in related.
The kanjira is a very small Indian frame drum with a lizard skin head and a single jingle. The […]
Posted in Drumming, Video on Feb 13th, 2007 4 Comments »
Note the strap/rope connecting right foot to high hat cymbal. These guys rock.
Sources: James Oligney, palomabay
Posted in Drumming, Music, Video on Nov 18th, 2006 3 Comments »
Lasse Gjertsen doesn’t play drums or piano but he’s diced up and reassembled small chunks of sound and video into a wonderful composition.
Watch it a few times to pick up on the small stuff. Great.
Note: Scott James, I’m thinkin’ about you on this one.
Posted in Drumming, Places on Jul 2nd, 2006 No Comments »
Kent, Connecticut. Last night our drum group, The Offbeats played a gig outdoors a few towns away. This picture was taken by my wife Anne of three of us (the main group has 4 more people in it) playing a latin improv on wooden “cajon” drums. Nora (left) is playing a large bass drum, Fumio […]
Posted in Drumming on Feb 24th, 2006 2 Comments »
SongTrellis has a wonderful collection of African, Afro-Cuban and Swing rhythms done in midi which makes them easier to download and hear on a variety of browsers and OS’s.
The rhythms are broken into parts and you can hear them in various tempos. Very useful collection.
Posted in Drumming, Places on Feb 1st, 2006 No Comments »
Aaron, Janel and I hung in Union Square for a bit and there was a break dance/hip hop show going on on the south side with a drum set drummer providing the beat. This dude was good, really good and he had a small but tight kit. He kept his eyes on the dancers and […]
Posted in Drumming on Jan 8th, 2006 No Comments »
Rhythmweb is one of the best general resources for drumming. From reviews of various commercial drums to how to make your own drums and more including one of the better collection of drumming links on the web.
Posted in Drumming on Jan 7th, 2006 No Comments »
A Word About Surdos is one of the best resources on the surdo (Brazilian bass drum) around. It covers choosing, finding, buying, playing, maintaining, and more.
The surdo is the heart of any samba band but it can be used with any kind of music and when you put a few together you can really bring […]
Posted in Drumming on Jan 7th, 2006 No Comments »
The cajon is a Peruvian box drum that evolved from people playing wooden crates and wooden dresser drawers. Modern cajons take many forms, the most common being the box drum that one sits on with one thin venire side that is played and a hole on the back side to let the sound out.
A few […]
Posted in Drumming on Jan 6th, 2006 No Comments »
Keshav Music Imports has a variety of Indian and Middle Eastern instruments including dumbeks, tablas, and ghatam’s which are clay drums that look like big jars.
Posted in Drumming on Jan 5th, 2006 No Comments »
Middle Eastern Rhythms FAQ for dumbek, tar, tabla, darabuka, tombak, zarb and more. Another bible of rhythms and notes about drums other instruments used to make Middle Eastern music.
Posted in Drumming on Jan 5th, 2006 2 Comments »
Kamuran’s Guide for Dumbek Players has numerous Middle Eastern rhythms with notation and a ton of useful links. This site is a bible for any dumbek or tar player who wants to immerse in traditional Middle Eastern rhythms.
Posted in Drumming on Jan 5th, 2006 No Comments »
Cooperman makes a variety of drums but it’s their hand drums that I’m familiar with.
The 15″ Glen Velez model tar I have is one of my favorite drums. The craftsmanship is excellent (Cooperman) and the design really works for me (Glen).
Other members of my drum group have bought other Cooperman drums direct from Cooperman or […]
Posted in Drumming on Jan 4th, 2006 2 Comments »
The Wright Hand Drum Company makes a variety of handmade ceramic drums: udus, dumbeks, guntas, ghatams, bongos and shakers.
Posted in Drumming, People, Places on Nov 30th, 2005 2 Comments »
Each year, the day after Thanksgiving, the town of Cornwall, Connecticut holds a “talent” or variety show in a church to raise money for their library. My percussion group, The Offbeats was one of many acts. I’ll post pictures of the other acts in the next few days. Here we are playing our opening samba […]
Posted in Drumming on Oct 25th, 2005 No Comments »
coverpop: every hand drum on amazon is an amazing resource for finding percussion items on amazon by simply pointing at their picture in a huge matrix. I want that, and that, and that… oh boy.
Oh, and try the world music coverpop on the right column. Gad.
Source: Ed Beaty
Posted in Drum Rhythms on Sep 30th, 2005 16 Comments »
This is a set of simple practice rhythms from a frame drum workshop a few of us took with Glen Velez.
There are many more rhythms like these in Glen’s books which can be bought from his web site: Glen Velez - Frame Drums.
These practice rhythms can be played on any drum. This is as close […]
Posted in Drumming, Music, People on Sep 18th, 2005 8 Comments »
Last night a few of us went to see Sandip Burman play tablas at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. The concert was one of the better concerts of any kind I’ve seen in years. Part of it is because it was just plain good, part of it is because I play drums now and […]
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