[LAU] Re : Some fun for drummers, and those who like them

[Sylvain HENRY]

----- Message d'origine ----
> De : Ken Restivo <ken at restivo.org>
> À : Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc at cosgroves.us>
> Cc : Linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org
> Envoyé le : Lundi, 19 Janvier 2009, 20h21mn 12s
> Objet : Re: [LAU] Some fun for drummers, and those who like them
> 
> On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 08:02:43AM -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
> > 
> > On 19 January 2009 at 1:12, Grammostola Rosea 
> wrote:
> > 
> > > I am wondering, what is a good way to learn some drumming? I was 
> > > thinking of just buying a snare drum and two sticks...
> > 
> > 31 years ago I bought a pair of sticks.  I couldn't afford the drum, 
> > so I used cardboard boxes.  These days you could use a 5 gallon 
> > plastic bucket, like street drummers sometimes use.  It doesn't 
> > matter how you start; just start.  Lessons will speed up your 
> > learning, and keep you from falling into traps from teaching yourself.  
> > You could get an instructional video too.
> > 
> 
> Indeed. These might be pretty instructional, or at least inspirational:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=new+york+street+drummer&search_type=&aq=f
> 
> Actually there are so many fantastic videos on YouTube, available for free, it's 
> astounding. Who do you want to study? Vinnie Colaiuta? Terry Bozzio? Steve Gadd? 
> Stewart Copeland? Back when I was a kid, you had to buy instructional videos and 
> they cost a lot of money. Nowadays you can just fire up teh YouTubes and see any 
> amazing musician you care to FOR FREE! It's a resource I would have killed for 
> when I was a kid.

I recommend that you watch Dave Weckl instructional videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUPu9yA_-7Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhSURjNmKRo
...
These are from his Natural Evolution DVDs. It really helped me to learn how to hold sticks!

And finally, you can do this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4VzO9ARWUY
Or at least try ;-)

Cheers,
Sylvain


> 
> Not just drums, and not just funk or jazz either. How 'bout this:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RjebdVKIAM
> 
> Pick your virtuoso, type their name into YouTube, watch, listen, and learn. The 
> sky's the limit.
> 
> -ken
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