Drum Lessons, Drum Sessions, Audio Recording - Joe The Drummer

Avoiding Avoidance

Joe The Drummer — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:36:47 +0000

Here is an interesting article about not avoiding those challenging things we should be doing (like, er, posting on one’s blog…).

“Do you ever dodge your creative work? Say, your practice time arrives, and you race off to do some chore. It might be a chore that you detest, but now it calls to you. Then, instead of refining your music, you start cleaning the house or doing whatever”

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/avoiding-avoidance.html

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Joe The Drummer — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:20:50 +0000

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Interview with Recording Legend Steve Albini

Joe The Drummer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:50:00 +0000

Here is an interesting interview with Steve Albini.

Mr Albini is famous for recording In Utero for Nirvana and annoying the band’s management and label for making the record the way the band wanted it instead of how the accountants wanted it.

Here’s a Pixies track recorded by Steve Albini to give you a taste of his studio chops.

http://www.thedailyswarm.com/swarm/steve-albini-producing-2000-albums-almost-being-put-out-business-geffen-after-recording-nirvana-jonas-brothers-and-disregarding-listening-audience-i/

Will you join No Music Day, 21st November?

Joe The Drummer — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:57:06 +0000

www.nomusicday.com

Do music artists fare better in a world with illegal file-sharing?

Joe The Drummer — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:18:15 +0000

An interesting article on The Times website suggest that music artists are seeing growth in revenues even as record industry revenues plummet.

As a struggling musician, this is the kind of news I find encouraging. It seems to me that if the business model for selling music copied on to a physical medium (wax, vinyl, CD etc.) is no longer relevant, let it die. Recorded music can not be protected from copying without introducing draconian controls over data sharing which will impact the flow of all ones and zeros on the web. If you are not convinced, check out Darth Mandelson’s proposals.

What would be wrong with a world where musicians can earn a reasonable living doing all the stuff most of us working musos do anyway? Losing the mega rich stars is not a loss. Bye Bye Coldplay and U2, I won’t lament your passing.

http://labs.timesonline.co.uk/blog/2009/11/12/do-music-artists-do-better-in-a-world-with-illegal-file-sharing/

How to get ahead in the new music biz.

Joe The Drummer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:30:54 +0000

Here is an interesting article that prolific music industry pundit Bob Lefsetz linked in one of his emails.

Snare tuning tips from Bob Gatzen

Joe The Drummer — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:48:43 +0000

Check out this clip from the mighty Bob Gatzen. I recommend his DVD if you want to really learn something about drum tuning.

Meanwhile, check out the rest of his videos on Youtube.

Mike Mangini shows us what happens to those cymbals and skins

Joe The Drummer — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:55:33 +0000

A Couple of Video Lessons from the Vic Firth site

Joe The Drummer — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:14:12 +0000

Brian Ferguson, a contributor to the Billy Ward Stalker Society made these great videos about fills.

http://www.vicfirth.com/education/drumset/ferguson/ferguson_10MQ.htm l

http://www.vicfirth.com/education/drumset/ferguson/ferguson_11MQ.html

Get your music on to the silver screen

Joe The Drummer — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:59:15 +0000

Here’s a very interesting article with advice on getting your music in to the movies.

http://www.knowthemusicbiz.com/index.php/myblog/Ia-m-Going-to-Put-You-in-Pictures-by-Paul-Chodirker.html