I get my musical inspiration from many different places, and as far as inspiration goes Chick Corea has never ceased to inspired me. I’ve had a love for many of his albums and various lineups. I was listening to Light as a Feather by Return to Forever this morning and when “Spain” came on… well … Read more
I have to start by saying that over the years that we’ve had YouTube and all these drum videos at our disposal, I’ve spent quite a bit of time watching drum solos, drum covers… trying to find new interesting players. Sometimes I find it’s easy to forget musicians / bands… then one day it strikes … Read more
Very cool stories from Danny Gottlieb on studying the drums with Joe Morello. As a very young guy who was a bit cocky and somewhat of a “music snob”, as one who only thought what I liked was “good”…. I saw Mr Morello at the Montreal Drum Fest years ago. This was very influential for … Read more
Thomas Lang is quite an inspirational drummer. At least he is to me. Yes, he’s got incredible technique and he can dazzle with fast complex playing, odd time signatures and all kinds of ambidextrous challenging ostinato patterns! But that’s not what impresses or inspires me the most. What I am most impressed with and inspired … Read more
Gene Krupa, a name very well known propably to most drummers who are “a bit older” (sorry guys and gals!)… but one that every young drummer should look up. I’m probably like most musicians with access to the internet nowadays in that I’ll spend quite a bit of time looking for performances from my favorite … Read more
Nakedly Examined Music! I happened to stumble upon this Podcast as I’ve been searching for more Podcasts to listen to and when I looked through the episodes a name caught my eye as I scrolled down the list…. Bill Bruford! Ok, I simply couldn’t wait any longer… on it went! This episode features a few … Read more
I had to post this video after watching some of it…. Gergo Borlai is one of today’s most talented drummers and one that I truly love to watch. He’s got a wide vocabulary on the kit! Check out this video where he plays a bunch of different songs back to back! He certainly gets a … Read more
I remember years ago hearing this for the first time and was immediately compelled to buy the album on iTunes. Hearing this album which featured songs like these which are made of up mostly vocal lines with some layers of other instruments was quite different and inspiring… in fact you hear some people say “that’s like … Read more
I couldn’t believe it last night when I first saw it and it’s hard to believe it now. Lemmy has passed away. And with him, so has Motorhead. (Yes, Lemmy was the heart of Motorhead) When I was younger there were a few Motorhead tunes that caught me… but in later years Motorhead became one … Read more