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by Avi_drums
Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:50 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Dennis Chambers Thread
Replies: 315
Views: 231989

Re: Dennis Chambers Thread

It is wonderful to see him back in full form.
by Avi_drums
Sun Nov 29, 2015 12:49 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Anika Nilles
Replies: 64
Views: 43257

Re: Anika Nilles

There's no shame in saying you find her cute. As for 'deserves', well... The less said about people like Mike Johnston the better in my opinion, over rated self publicist, just because MD magazine buys into people like that to shift copies doesn't make it right....and now for my next lesson.. Singl...
by Avi_drums
Thu Nov 26, 2015 9:40 am
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Steve Smith Back in Journey
Replies: 178
Views: 161368

Re: Steve Smith Back in Journey

I am hated on Youtube about Perry. I argue to adoring female fans how he cannot sing anymore and they cannot accept this reality. He was a very unique singer. There is a great site from an opera singer analyzing Perry and he had a gift, but this type of voice cannot do 180 gigs a year. His lifespan...
by Avi_drums
Wed Oct 21, 2015 7:23 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Steve Michaud vids and info
Replies: 83
Views: 87788

Re: Steve Michaud vids and info

You've got it all man, chops, sound, groove, ideas...at that top level. I know this was posted before but it's pretty ridiculous:

by Avi_drums
Wed Oct 21, 2015 3:34 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Steve Michaud vids and info
Replies: 83
Views: 87788

Re: Steve Michaud vids and info

Hi Guys, Here is the next installment from my clinic at The Drum Shop North Shore. Here I am demonstrating the concept of metric modulation. In this particular example, the quintuplet rate of the preceding bar becomes the 16th note rate of the following bar. Since I kept the same click throughout, ...
by Avi_drums
Sat Oct 17, 2015 8:15 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Dan Weiss
Replies: 20
Views: 11413

Re: Dan Weiss

Why? Are you being serious Avi? Well in the same way that you took the time to trawl Google images for your hilarious and facetious comment, Dan took the time to study Tristanos lines just as guitarists study Metheny or Charlie Christian or saxophonists study Parer and Brecker. Why? Because he hear...
by Avi_drums
Fri Oct 16, 2015 2:21 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Dan Weiss
Replies: 20
Views: 11413

Re: Dan Weiss

Darren Altman wrote:Breathtaking musicality. If you listen to Tristano's prhasing, you'll know how bloody hard this is to do.



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by Avi_drums
Thu Oct 15, 2015 1:34 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Official Virgil Donati thread
Replies: 856
Views: 544243

Re: Official Virgil Donati thread

One of the few who get a big, muscled crack on the snare playing traditional. Such an identifiable sound.
by Avi_drums
Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:04 pm
Forum: Drumming Chat
Topic: Guy won't take down Holdsworth/Donati video from YT
Replies: 20
Views: 13168

Re: Guy won't take down Holdsworth/Donati video from YT

Makes you wonder about the millions of $$$ in ad revenue youtube is generating from things like bootleg drum solos. Just one of Vinnie's bootlegs that comes to mind is climbing in on 2 million views... How much (if any) of that ad revenue goes back to the artist (where it rightfully belongs)? How mu...

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