Yesterday I was in the drum room for about five hours and I was working on and practicing several things. I’ve been working on Dave DiCenso’s material, which I think is transformative. I’ll write more about that later, but in the meantime, if you’re interested, you can read an earlier article I wrote about one of his two books here: Dave DiCenso’s Rhythm and Drumming Demystified.
The other thing I was working on became “Nasty Lick #106.” You can download the PDF with the fully transcribed notation and details here: Nasty Drum Lick #106.
Nasty #106 comes from a simple idea that I’ve been messing around with for a while now; a five note pattern that I sometimes call “4 up/1 down” which means four notes with the hands followed by one with the foot. In this case, I used double strokes for the sticking with the hands.
Anyway, check it out. I think it sounds really cool.
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He first gained attention as one of the winners of Modern Drummer magazine's very first drum solo contest, judged by Rush's Neil Peart.
He's played with Oz Noy, Will Lee, Alison Krauss, Curtis Stigers, Emily Remler, Joel Hoekstra, GE Smith, Andy York, Marshall Crenshaw, Tony Shanahan, The Drifters, The Marvelettes, Big Brother and The Holding Company, and many other artists.
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