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October 13, 2012 Playing Music No Comments

A Crazy Saturday Night Playing Drums at the County Fair

It’s our last 2 shows of the weekend at the Clallam County Fair. To get to this point, I’ve loaded my drums in the car, travelled 3 hours, set up my drums 3 times for 3 shows, had a mildly upset stomach from eating “road food” and have spent 29 of the past 31 hours […]

October 6, 2012 Technique No Comments

How to Play a Blues Shuffle Drum Beat

For a drummer, nothing feels better than playing a straight-ahead, no-frills blues shuffle “in the groove” like the one below. Even though “groove” in this case is a feeling, drummers will have fun talking about “groove” as if it’s a real, physical thing, like a crease in the pavement or the groove on a vinyl […]

September 29, 2012 Playing Music No Comments

Seafood Eggs Benedict, Goodwill and Electrocution

I bet you didn’t know that a glamorous life on the road as a drummer includes eating breakfast at a local cafe, a trip to the Goodwill store and having to worry about getting electrocuted on stage (and “no,” it wasn’t part of the act). Those things and more were a part of a recent […]

September 22, 2012 Technique No Comments

How to Play a Slow Blues Drum Beat

The Blues… If you’ve got ‘em you know it. There’s nothing worse than that “down in the dumps”, “nobody can help me”, “leave me alone”, “I’m sad; why aren’t you?” feeling. And when songwriters get the blues, look out! They will write some of the most mournful, gut-wrenching, heartfelt songs you’ve ever heard. That is […]

September 15, 2012 Playing Music No Comments

2 Days in the Life of a County Fair Drummer (Friday)

So you wanna be a star drummer? Here’s an inside look at what goes into being a “star.” It’s not all glamorous but it’s still a lot of fun to play the drums in front of a crowd! There’s an old saying among musicians that we get paid for the 22 hours a day that […]