Neil Peart was one of the greatest drummers of our time. Even at the height of his career as a performer and composer with Rush, he wasn’t satisfied to sit back and just play shows. He challenged himself to analyze his technique and improve taking drum lessons with legends Freddie Gruber in 1994, and Peter […]
Ronnie Bedford was the drumming guru at my summer jazz camps during my high school years. He loved playing so much, he would clap his hands and laugh in between songs. He was incredibly inspiring and influential. Jazz camp was bittersweet for me, a kid from a town of 900 up in the mountains of
Art Blakey plays one of my all-time favorite drum solos in Sakeena’s Vision. He’s gotta be my favorite jazz drummer, though that might be an incendiary statement…there are so many greats. Listen to this guy!
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“People have assumed that groove is a ‘gift’. Groove is not a gift: it is a skill. Or, more specifically, it is the result of a combination of skills.” Benny introduces the five core elements of Time, Feel, Sound, Body and Mind and then sets out to shatter certain myths about this elusive, often misunderstood
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My 4-year-old son has started to spontaneously perform “rock and roll” in the living room, enthusiastically improvising lyrics and white hot licks on a rotating cycle of instruments from the toy box. His rock shows are punctuated by muppet-like shouts of “ROCK AND ROLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!” That’s right buddy. It’s a rush. I’m not a kid anymore,
