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Loop #131 Another taste of the new Gretsch kit. If this loop was on the menu at Taco Bell, it would be topped off with a generous amount of sour cream. [caption id="attachment_5875" align="aligncenter" width="239" caption="Coltrane and the infamous 'taco session'"][/caption] [audio:271_ElvinBlakey.mp3] Get the .wav file here. Get the .rx2 file here. Get the .aiff file here. 271 BPM...
Read More100-120 BPM, Latin, World | by Ryan
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It's another cold and snowy day in Boston. I love living in New England because I really get to experience all four seasons, but I also hate this time of year. Three months into winter, late February is when I usually start perusing various travel websites, looking for an escape from the daily routine of scraping ice off of my windshield. I have a rather vivid imagination, so rather than dropping a few grand on a trip to the Caribbean, sometimes I'll just crank up the heat in my studio to a...
Read More240-260 BPM, Fusion, Jazz, Latin, Uncategorized | by Ryan
0While I'm not a big fan of packing up everything you own, moving it into a new place and then unpacking again, it does tend have its little rewards. Like rediscovering items you forgot you even possessed. In this case, that item is Joe Henderson's incredible 1979 album, "Relaxin' at Camarillo". I had purchased this record back in high school while going through my "must own everything Tony Williams ever played on" phase and somehow managed to lose track of it after 10 years of continuous movi...
Read MoreLoop #82 Well, not totally backwards... but I did displace the traditional bembe bell pattern by two eighth note triplets. Does this really matter? Nope. I think the Afro-Cuban police will let it slide. It's one of those grooves that can be felt in 3, 4 or 6/8. Throw this under your next arrangement of "Afro Blue" or "My Favorite Things" and let the 20 minute modal improvisation begin. If this groove has you foaming at the mouthpiece for more, you can get the complete set of fills a...
Read MoreApparently I drank something over the 4th of July weekend that inspired me to play nothing but jazz grooves from the late 50's. Every time I sit down at the kit, all I want to do is put on my trashy, old ride cymbal and pretend I'm Elvin Jones or Art Blakey. Who knew Colt 45 would have that effect? Speaking of Art Blakey, today I wanted to talk about one of the grooves he's best known for: The mambo. I first learned how to play this groove after hearing Art lay it down on his 1957 classic,...
Read MoreI was 16 years old when I first learned how to play "real" Afro-Cuban and Latin grooves. Prior to that, my only exposure to anything close to that style of music was hearing Santana's cover of "Oye Como Va" on the radio. You have to keep in mind, I grew up in Iowa. [caption id="attachment_1827" align="alignleft" width="288" caption="Robby Ameen"][/caption] Pete Simonson, my drum teacher at the time, wanted to help expand my vocabulary of grooves beyond the borders of FM radio. He rec...
Read MoreGet those djembes out! If you've ever met me, then you know there's nothing I love more than a good drum circle. Take a large group of hippies (preferably ones that haven't showered in at least a week), light some incense and place them in a public park. Give them a wide assortment of hand percussion and lose yourself in hours of endless tribal drumming (with origins that stem deep into the suburbs of Boulder and Santa Cruz). [caption id="attachment_1051" align="alignleft" width="300" ca...
Read More120-140 BPM, Experimental, Latin | by Ryan
3Today's loop started off as your typical 6/8 Afro Cuban groove. Well, not that typical. I took the traditional bembé clave which is normally played on a cowbell and moved it around the toms. If you want authentic latin beats, don't turn to the kid who grew up in Iowa. I mean, I went to high school with these clowns. 6/8 Afro Cuban, from someone who has never been to Africa or Cuba: [audio:filteroff.mp3] Anyway, to bastardize this loop to the fullest, I ran all of the drum tracks thro...
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