Last night I had my ass kicked by a bunch of girls. Lez Zeppelin, the all female Zep tribute band, came storming through Boston, rocking a capacity crowd at The Middle East. I should have been prepared for what was to take place. My good friend and former bandmate (and current Lez Zeppelin bassist), Megan Thomas, contacted me a few weeks ago, telling me about her latest musical endeavor and inviting me to their upcoming Boston show. Megan is an amazing musician, so I knew she would nail all ...
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Last week I had the pleasure of seeing my old classmate, Adam Deitch, perform for all of the incoming babies students at Berklee. Adam had a great band playing with him, including Eric Krasno and my former NYC roommate, Adam "Shmeeans" Smirnoff on guitar. While the band was officially billed as "Chapter 2", it also consisted of half of the members of Lettuce. If you haven't checked out their 2008 release, "Rage!", then you've missed out one of the funkiest, most soulful albums of the past fiv...
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The always-in-the-pocket, Steve Jordan, shows us how to break things down with the guitarist. This is exactly how ghost notes should be played.
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Ghost notes are the 'special sauce' to any great drum groove. No, they're not made of Thousand Island dressing, but rather, notes subtly played on the snare drum, often filling in between the hi hat and the back beat. They're so quiet, you usually don't notice them when they're there (hence the highly creative name, "ghost note"), but take them away, and the magic is lost.
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Listen to any Led Zeppe...
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