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    Posted: April 11 2013 at 15:15
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Harry Hughes produced one of the first Rock Drum Tuition books (published by Premier) way way back in late sixties early seventies, including contributions by Bill Bruford and Carl Palmer etc. Hughes is one of the great unsung drummers of the Rock era - just ask the other guys.

Seems not many people noticed how brilliant Hughes was - except the other drummers like Bruford and Palmer who were pretty brilliant themselves.
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Originally posted by Proletariat Proletariat wrote:

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Exactly! I hate traditional instructional type learning guides. I would suggest watching the anti-instructional video Life On Drums by Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin and Wood) its a great video for drummers and non-drummers alike that advocates finding your own way around the drums and being influenced by other drummers and styles while saying away from strict theory based diciplined approach!!!
 
If you get a chance, just put on Kate Bush's "50 Words for Snow" ... and make a point of never stopping it until it ends. Not only does the whole album NOT comform to any format or idea, but the person in there adding some touches on drums ... makes progressive drummers look and sound like idiots that can only count to 4. It's about the music, not the counting ... and Steve Gadd takes this notion to the stratosphere! I can not imagine any drummer out there that could have done a "time'less" drumming, other than Nick Mason in the "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" days!
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I read Bruford's bio a while back and enjoyed it...some interesting comments about the music biz and his time in the prog world and the jazz world.
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Originally posted by Proletariat Proletariat wrote:

Exactly! I hate traditional instructional type learning guides. I would suggest watching the anti-instructional video Life On Drums by Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin and Wood) its a great video for drummers and non-drummers alike that advocates finding your own way around the drums and being influenced by other drummers and styles while saying away from strict theory based diciplined approach!!!
 
Thanks ... I continually write, specially in here, that the majority of the "progressive" things that we like were not "just" musically inclined ... that they were lyric, or content inclined, and this is something that is difficult fo rmany folks here to relate to ... KC's album is "progressive" but the lyrics are not kind of thing, and the album's strength is in the 100% illustration of the lyrics -- that you can even describe in a conceptual context ... instead of just something that is timing/technically related.
 
Granted, the technical definition helps you do it and learn it, but sometimes, all you have to say is ... there was no numbering or timing during that sequence, because it was all dependent on the feeling on that very moment and night in the performance and one day the note on that solo extended further than the next day and so forth ... for accent, boredom, or whatever reason ... and this is the part that is missing when someone is looking for "instruction".
 
I call it, the third dimention, or the part that will make you a true musician! You'll know that in a zen sort of way, the minute that you let go of the mechanics, and are able to color any moment in time anywhere ... with all the tools you have around you!  And this, btw, is the criticism that Nick Mason gets as being a lousy drummer, because he is not hitting the time stamp like everyone thinks he is supposed to ... he doesn't need to ... because some of the sections were wide open (in the early days) and they were only required to meet at a given point! ... to sit and try to mitigate that into numbers is silly! He's one of the best "feel" drummers out there!


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Does he mention Harry Hughes? He should, as Bruford contributed to Hughes' drum tuition book back then, and also had a few drum clinic sessions with him.
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Bill Bruford autobiography available here:
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Originally posted by resurrection resurrection wrote:

Harry Hughes produced one of the first Rock Drum Tuition books (published by Premier) way way back in late sixties early seventies, including contributions by Bill Bruford and Carl Palmer etc. Hughes is one of the great unsung drummers of the Rock era - just ask the other guys.
 
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Modern Drummer did a nice, recent(ish) article on Van der Graaf Generator's Guy Evans.
 
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heres a few exerpts on youtube
 
some of the footage is the same unfortunately but thats youtube for you
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Points: 1882 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 28 2011 at 15:19
Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Hi,
 
I think that finding good books on this is going to be hard.
 
In essence, that whole section of magazines, from Modern Drummer, to Bass Player, to Electronic Musician, to Keyboard Player, to Guitar Player and so many other magazines ... they are not really interested in the technical side of things ... they make it look like ... but a finger trick is not the mechanics that makes all music ... the person is, and that is one thing that most of those magazines lack.
 
Nothing against Gavin ... and he obviously is technical enough that he can break it down and help others with it ... I guess that makes for a good teacher ... but in the end, he is really not in the league of a Pierre Morelin, a Mani Neumeier, a Keith Moon, a Bonzo.
 
Gavin is a part of a lot of very good music ... with one ... tid bit here ... I wanna take that snare drum and break it in 15 pieces and see if he can still drum! Probably not without getting his brain scrambled. And too many drummers are just good metronomes with a flair here and there on the 4th or 8 th beat ... ohh let me be progressive .... on the 13th beat ... and I'm sorry ... I'm not impressed. Why? There is no feel here ... it's just "batucada" as they say in Brazil! ... you hear many of those at soccer stadia!  Better yet ... he cold learn fro his mate Richard, when that Prophet 5 took a spill and the show still went on 7 hours later with him spending nearly 4 hours backstage programming another synthesizer ... what better teacher than one that can flow and fly and still get it done!
 
Someone explained the Pierre Moerlin drumming in one thread here and how to count in it ... and I can't even find that thread ... and it's a shame that you can not see that ... because if anything it shows how mathematicaly unmethematical Pierre was ... and if you want to see someone do his thing, grab Mike Oldfield "Exposed" the DVD so you can see him ... that, my friend, is not just a drummer ... it's a master musician ... and Gavin is a nice drummer ... but I am not sure that he would fit in the Pierre arena ... even if I like PT as much as I do ... in my book Gavin needs to get rid of a snare drum and now drum baby ... and see what you get ... I don't think he's a good enough "feel" drummer to do that!
 
It's like when I saw Andres Segovia break a string in Madison, WI ... and he didn't flinch, switched spots on the guitar and still went on ... and when he got done with the song, he asked ... did I sound ok? ... he got an ovation for it! ... that, my friend, is a master musician that can play ... the rest are kids with sticks in their hands and some of them with over sized kits that they don't even know how to use!
 
Quote "This is your complete guide to programming and thinking like a drummer "
 
See the problem with this? ... you're no longer listening to the music to accentuate it ... you're only thinking about the time and beat ... is what this tells me ... it doesn't teach you to love/live/die music ... you should not be thinking "like a drummer" .. you should be thinking about how yo ucan make that peiece come alive and make it better ... ever wonder why everything you hear in "prog" only has a snare drum on the 4th beat? Because many of those drummers are not good enough to do anything else but count to 4, in order to play their music?
Exactly! I hate traditional instructional type learning guides. I would suggest watching the anti-instructional video Life On Drums by Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin and Wood) its a great video for drummers and non-drummers alike that advocates finding your own way around the drums and being influenced by other drummers and styles while saying away from strict theory based diciplined approach!!!
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Yadda .... Yadda .... I like talking about snares baby hit me one more time ... blah rant blah ....ELLIPSIS....!!.more ... ELLIPSIS..!!
 

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Harry Hughes produced one of the first Rock Drum Tuition books (published by Premier) way way back in late sixties early seventies, including contributions by Bill Bruford and Carl Palmer etc. Hughes is one of the great unsung drummers of the Rock era - just ask the other guys.
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Originally posted by bmoonjohn bmoonjohn wrote:

just strarted bill bruford's autobiography (eponymous title). funny and inciteful at the same time.
Great book this. Get it!!
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Hi,
 
I think that finding good books on this is going to be hard.
 
In essence, that whole section of magazines, from Modern Drummer, to Bass Player, to Electronic Musician, to Keyboard Player, to Guitar Player and so many other magazines ... they are not really interested in the technical side of things ... they make it look like ... but a finger trick is not the mechanics that makes all music ... the person is, and that is one thing that most of those magazines lack.
 
Nothing against Gavin ... and he obviously is technical enough that he can break it down and help others with it ... I guess that makes for a good teacher ... but in the end, he is really not in the league of a Pierre Morelin, a Mani Neumeier, a Keith Moon, a Bonzo.
 
Gavin is a part of a lot of very good music ... with one ... tid bit here ... I wanna take that snare drum and break it in 15 pieces and see if he can still drum! Probably not without getting his brain scrambled. And too many drummers are just good metronomes with a flair here and there on the 4th or 8 th beat ... ohh let me be progressive .... on the 13th beat ... and I'm sorry ... I'm not impressed. Why? There is no feel here ... it's just "batucada" as they say in Brazil! ... you hear many of those at soccer stadia!  Better yet ... he cold learn fro his mate Richard, when that Prophet 5 took a spill and the show still went on 7 hours later with him spending nearly 4 hours backstage programming another synthesizer ... what better teacher than one that can flow and fly and still get it done!
 
Someone explained the Pierre Moerlin drumming in one thread here and how to count in it ... and I can't even find that thread ... and it's a shame that you can not see that ... because if anything it shows how mathematicaly unmethematical Pierre was ... and if you want to see someone do his thing, grab Mike Oldfield "Exposed" the DVD so you can see him ... that, my friend, is not just a drummer ... it's a master musician ... and Gavin is a nice drummer ... but I am not sure that he would fit in the Pierre arena ... even if I like PT as much as I do ... in my book Gavin needs to get rid of a snare drum and now drum baby ... and see what you get ... I don't think he's a good enough "feel" drummer to do that!
 
It's like when I saw Andres Segovia break a string in Madison, WI ... and he didn't flinch, switched spots on the guitar and still went on ... and when he got done with the song, he asked ... did I sound ok? ... he got an ovation for it! ... that, my friend, is a master musician that can play ... the rest are kids with sticks in their hands and some of them with over sized kits that they don't even know how to use!
 
Quote "This is your complete guide to programming and thinking like a drummer "
 
See the problem with this? ... you're no longer listening to the music to accentuate it ... you're only thinking about the time and beat ... is what this tells me ... it doesn't teach you to love/live/die music ... you should not be thinking "like a drummer" .. you should be thinking about how yo ucan make that peiece come alive and make it better ... ever wonder why everything you hear in "prog" only has a snare drum on the 4th beat? Because many of those drummers are not good enough to do anything else but count to 4, in order to play their music?


Edited by moshkito - September 07 2010 at 20:17
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just strarted bill bruford's autobiography (eponymous title). funny and inciteful at the same time.
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Drum Programming (Percussion)  

DRUM PROGRAMMING (PERCUSSION)
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Artist: Ray Badness

This is your complete guide to programming and thinking like a drummer - not a drum machine user. Instead of merely providing instructions for you to program into your machine, this book is a direct, mathematical approach to learning how to drum and how to best emulate a drum kit on a pre-recorded track. By following this book, you will gain an understanding of the drum kit that takes many drummers years to learn - and that will lead to more realistic programming and better results! 
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http://www.hudsonmusic.com/hudson/products/rhythmic-designs/

Says the blurb:


The advanced book/DVD package has been created to provide contemporary drummers with a method for studying and developing the technical and musical skills required to perform today’s challenging, progressive drumming styles.

Rhythmic Designs expands on the groundbreaking polyrhythmic, polymetric concepts covered in Harrison’s previously published Rhythmic Illusions, Rhythmic Visions and Rhythmic Horizons books and videos by offering detailed analysis and transcriptions of twenty drum tracks from the recent Gavin Harrison & 05Ric albums “Drop” and “Circles” (featuring guitarist Robert Fripp and keyboardists Dave Stewart and Gary Sanctuary). Along with the 204-page book of note-for-note transcriptions and practice exercises, the double-sided companion DVD features more than two-and-a-half hours of video packed with descriptions and discussions of the drum parts, set-ups, tuning and recording process—plus six minus-drums, play-along tracks.
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Thank you man thank you :D
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A few of my favorites:

http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001726/Gavin%20Harrison

http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001609       <<<<<<<<<<<<<< (Mastelotto)

http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001603/Mike%20Portnoy

http://www.moderndrummer.com/updatefull/200001570/Marco%20Minnemann


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