The essence of drumming.

There is nothing more to say about it.

Here's Elvin

The gaps between every time I write here keeps getting bigger and bigger , but anyway , just to let my self know that I'm still a live down here. Her is Elvin. I'm gonna study him next semester.

Transcription

This last week has been devoted to my first written transcription. That means , sitting down with a song, analyzing it and writing down every single note the drummer plays, in the right form of the song. Let's say , make a sheet music. Every kick drum, hi-hat, cymbal bla bla bla .
Man , I think I have never heard the same part of a song over and over again like this one, to place all the rim shots of maybe Brazils most talked about and respected samba drummer, Milton Banana , from this 60 's recording.
Have a listen at the song on this tube clip , and imagine writing the sheet music. Now I want to listen to some simple pop music for some days !

It's friday !

It's friday at last , and having spent last night at the MTV music awards party , with some of the most shitty bands in Brazil running off with most of the awards, I 'm in the mood for some Blue Monk !
Enjoy this one and have a good day :)

Aprenda a Tocar Pandeiro com Abraão Valério

The key to the language.. Pandeiro

I have mentioned earlier the Pandeiro , as an important percussion instrument in Brasilian music. I have been told over and over to think about the rhythm of the Pandeiro when I play Samba on the drum-kit, to get the language right. Now I am practicing this instrument alongside with drumming. So here is a nice little instruction video for you who wish to do the same ;)

It goes too fast !

Again, I can do nothing but drop inn for a quick try to write some lines about how it is down here , but as it is 23.30 and I just finished studying for the day, I once again leave you with a video, as a metaphor for how fast things are going here and how hard it is to keep up. So here is a Baião , that is a type of music we play , and at a speed that we should play.