The Bo Diddley Sound File is here!
Posted on September 3, 2008
I’m happy that you like my demonstration of the Bo Diddley Beat.
And because many people asked for it, i will also give you the mp3 sound file of that cool drum groove.
It’s the same thing that you can hear in the original flash file but you can do with it whatever you want:
Use it as a play along, edit it to get longer loops, even share it with your friends, teachers and students. dooDrum.com owns the copyright of this file and gives you the permission to mess it up ;)
Only 2 little no-go’s: Don’t use the file for commercial reasons! Instead, tell everybody about the creator dooDrum.com.
I hope you have fun and get some inspiration…
Download the Bo Diddley Beat Sound File here (zipped)
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Rock Drumming is harder than Football!
Posted on August 1, 2008
If you ever performed a full-length Rock Show or day-long rehearsal you probably know that drumming can make you tired.
But would you expect that drumming in a professional Rockband can be even harder than playing a first-league football (soccer) match? Yeah, you thought something that way but now you can be sure!
British scientists of the Universities of Chichester and Gloucestershire just found out that drummers need to have a condition like sportsmen.
They connected Blondie-Drummer Clem Burke - who had also played with Iggy Pop, Pete Townshend and Bob Dylan - with a number of medical instruments to measure the drummer’s physical exertion during a 90min live performance.
And then they did the same with the Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo.
You know what? Both guys work on the same powerful level!
With the only exception that Ronaldo has to play about 40 - 50 matches per year but Clem Burke does at least 100 Live Shows in the same stretch.
The leader of the project, Marcus Smith, shows great respect to drummers: “Musicians need to have an extra-ordinary fitness when they’re on tour.”
On pitch/stage Ronaldo and Burke experience an average pulse of 140/150 bpm with peaks at 190. They burn between 400 and 600 calories per hour. And that’s the point of the study:
Smith and Burke just opened a “Drummer Labor” where over-weighted teenagers can drum their kilos away. Salute!
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Score Reading From Scratch: Part 1
Posted on July 31, 2008
Counting 4 Quarter-Notes, creating measures by adding bar lines!
In an earlier post i told you 5 common rumors about drum notes and why it’s important to get into score reading.
Now it’s time to start a workshop series for absolute beginners. You will learn to fool around with those f**g notes and how you can use them to master your playing.
It’s a start from scratch so it possibly bores the more experienced of you… but it also might be an inspiration for some.
So calm down, notes are cool, and this workshop will take the pain from you ;)
If you’re looking for more advanced score stuff here on dooDrum.com i recommend the post Chris Frazier Transcription…
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Sweets for stumblers!
Posted on July 31, 2008
Wow! It’s good to see that StumbleUpon.com finally spotted dooDrum!
I hope you will find something useful here on my drummer’s blog and keep on giving dooDrum.com a “thumbs up”.
I appreciate that and it’s a big motivation.
To thank every single one of you stumblers - and my other visitors as well - i want to give away some sweets:
This is my current set-up, Sonor Designer, mostly Paiste Cymbals, Yamaha Double-Bass-Pedal… and a big box with sweets for my students and me.
I hope you like wine gum and licorice ;)
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How Important Is A Drummer?
Posted on July 29, 2008
5 common Rockband-Cliches and what we learn from them!
I just found a post on stuckinmilwaukee.com, written by a Bass-Player who talks about the importance of a Bass-Player in a band.
Many people, especially beginning musicians, think that a Bass-Guitar isn’t too hard to play and was made for guys/girls who just want to be in a band and don’t worry about practicing; simply following the rule that there are only 4 strings (in most cases) to torture.
Well, this is a big misunderstanding.
If you’re serious about music, playing the Bass properly - fat, groovy, tasteful - is as hard as to play any other instrument.
But this is not the only cliche about musicians and their instruments. Bass-Players are not alone. Let’s have a look at some more:
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