----- Message d'origine ---- > De : Ken Restivo <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> > À : Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc : Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Envoyé le : Lundi, 19 Janvier 2009, 20h21mn 12s > Objet : Re: Some fun for drummers, and those who like them > > On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 08:02:43AM -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote: > > > > On 19 January 2009 at 1:12, Grammostola Rosea > wrote: > > > > > I am wondering, what is a good way to learn some drumming? I was > > > thinking of just buying a snare drum and two sticks... > > > > 31 years ago I bought a pair of sticks. I couldn't afford the drum, > > so I used cardboard boxes. These days you could use a 5 gallon > > plastic bucket, like street drummers sometimes use. It doesn't > > matter how you start; just start. Lessons will speed up your > > learning, and keep you from falling into traps from teaching yourself. > > You could get an instructional video too. > > > > Indeed. These might be pretty instructional, or at least inspirational: > > http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=new+york+street+drummer&search_type=&aq=f > > Actually there are so many fantastic videos on YouTube, available for free, it's > astounding. Who do you want to study? Vinnie Colaiuta? Terry Bozzio? Steve Gadd? > Stewart Copeland? Back when I was a kid, you had to buy instructional videos and > they cost a lot of money. Nowadays you can just fire up teh YouTubes and see any > amazing musician you care to FOR FREE! It's a resource I would have killed for > when I was a kid. I recommend that you watch Dave Weckl instructional videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUPu9yA_-7Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhSURjNmKRo ... These are from his Natural Evolution DVDs. It really helped me to learn how to hold sticks! And finally, you can do this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4VzO9ARWUY Or at least try ;-) Cheers, Sylvain > > Not just drums, and not just funk or jazz either. How 'bout this: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RjebdVKIAM > > Pick your virtuoso, type their name into YouTube, watch, listen, and learn. The > sky's the limit. > > -ken > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
