The Drum Zone Blog
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After 2 months I’m back!
May 16th
So it’s been a while since I posted on here and that’s because I have had a lot going on. First I had to take my SAT (2100), then I had some standardized testing then I had my ACT (30 with my writing score, 31 without) then I had my AP testing, all along with my other stuff including school project essays and of course jazz band. As far as Jazz band goes I’ve had 2 or 3 performances. Our Jazz combo and big band both played at the Fullerton Jazz festival in March (the combo got 3rd and the big band got 5th), where I had a pretty off day. More >
Drummer Todd Walker – Polyrhythms “5 Over 2″ and “7 over 2″
Mar 20th
These are just really cool lessons. I haven’t added them to the video section yet because I have to make a new page for miscellaneous videos. But check out his drumming faces! BEAST!
Drop Beats Not Bombs
Mar 14th
This is a pretty cool website that’s been around for about a year. It’s still pretty plain but one thing that’s pretty cool is that 
the guy who runs the site makes snare drums with really cool wraps on them. He donates 10% of the sale to the red cross so that’s another cool feature. It looks like his site is slowly growing so keep an eye on it because I just might guest post on his site, and I know you don’t want to miss my articles. So go over and check it out: http://dropbeatsnotbombs.com. Oh and don’t forget to sign up for his newsletter too.
Posts, or rather the lack of posts…
Mar 1st
Sorry I haven’t been posting that much recently. I have been swamped with school work and I just haven’t had time to write. Even now I should be finish a history project so I have to wrap this up. Look for a new post on Thursday (hopefully).
Not really drum related, but still important
Feb 21st
http://www.mdgmonitor.org/index.cfm
“The MDG Monitor shows how countries are progressing in their efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). With the 2015 target date fast approaching, it is more important than ever to understand where the goals are on track, and where additional efforts and support are needed, both globally and at the country level.” – The MDG Website
Cool Music Suggestion Tool
Feb 21st
http://audiomap.tuneglue.net is a website 
that let’s you type in an artist or group. Then it you can click expand and it will show you some related artists or groups. In this picture I typed Miles Davis, expanded it, then expanded Coltrane. It’s really helpful if you are looking for new music.
Spirit of Jazz
Feb 21st
I just thought this was a cool slideshow that Getty put together showing jazz through pictures.
Three Albums of Awesome
Feb 19th
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f you are someone who has a lot of music on your computer, iPod, mp3 player, or wherever you keep your music, chances are that you don’t really listen to all your music. I know that’s true for me seeing as how my iPod has close to 9000 songs on it. I have listened to a lot of them, but I know there are some on there that I have either never listened to, and some that I have barely listened to. Tim over at the caffeinated drummer has a pretty good idea for this situation. Basically you take 3 albums and just listen to them for a month. For more in depth explanation of this, head over to his blog and read his post on the subject. Here’s a link to his post: http://timkerrmusic.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/three-albums-of-awesome-part-one/.
The Chinese Mythical Beast Versus the Russian
Feb 16th
If you understood the title of this, than you know I’m going to be talking about tempo. More specifically dragging (dragon) and rushing (Russian). There is never really a time when you should being doing either of these things, and I think that they often get mixed up with playing in front of or behind the beat. When you are playing ahead of or behind the beat, you still have a solid, unchanging sense of where one is, as opposed to dragging or rushing, when you actually quicken or slow down the tempo. As a drummer the most important thing should be the tempo, so dragging and rushing are habits that must be eliminated.
Video Section!!!
Feb 15th
So the video section actually has something in it now. I just finished adding 18 videos to the Jazz section, but I hope to get at least 100 videos up throughout the categories by next week. It’s almost 2:00 AM here in Southern California, and my cognitive abilities are slowing down. So I’m going to go to bed now. I should have more videos up tomorrow (well actually later today), providing I can finish my Math and History homework early. Feedback would be greatly appreciated.
