Diddle Grid: Part 1
The objective of this exercise is to evenly distribute diddles throughout the 16th note grid. In part one we are focusing on single, double, and three note groupings starting with […]
Live At The Chef & The Frog
Tucker Ellis and myself recorded a recent session we played at the Chef & The Frog restaurant in Whiteville NC. This was an improv gig where we were hired to […]
Autoschediasm 2018 Live
I’m on an album that just released over the weekend titled Autoschediasm 2018 Live by Tucker Ellis . This is an improv album that was recorded and mixed by Tucker and myself. […]
Thankful
I was thinking over the weekend what I could write about for this week since it’s the week of Thanksgiving and my Birthday. What better time than to just simply […]
Sightreading #4
Ahhh more sixteenth rests…. This one can throw your hands all out of whack starting at beat three. To begin we have a sixteenth rest on beat one followed by […]
DUDU Method
As a kid I remember listening to Metallica’s song Sad But True and learning that awesome drum intro at the beginning. It took me a while to get all the […]
Sightreading #3
First we have a sixteenth rest on one, then play the phrase “e and a”. Next we rest on two immediately playing the “e” of two since we have a […]
Tired of getting the same results? Change up your routine
“I can’t seem to shake this” “The same thing keeps happening” “I’m never motivated” “I don’t have enough time”. Any of these sound familiar? Every day people tell themselves these […]
Speaking Rhythmic Notation
Download PDF Sixteenths – 20171024_075036 As a younger student begins his or her journey into the world of reading music we must understand that it’s an entirely new world. It’s […]
Sightreading #2
In this piece we have three sixteenth note rests along with two dotted eighth notes that gives it the offbeat feel. Starting off we rest on beat one immediately coming […]
