Sunday, January 3, 2021

Two Snare Drum Cadences for Students

 These are transcriptions for students learning snare drum. The Kingston is from piece of sheet music I found, I've rewritten it in modern drum notation. The performance below follows most of what is on the sheet, but not all. 

If you swing them a bit, they morph into a New Orleans Roll offs or drum solos pretty fast. 

Have Fun. 

David

Snare Drum Solo Military Drum Cadences





Monday, March 9, 2020

Drumming plans 2020-2030

The next 10 years...

  1. Jazz drumming with an emphasis on Modern jazz, New Orleans, snare drum solos, Latin jazz and New Music.
  2. Continue to seek out great mentors and teachers.
  3. Enjoy being inspired through personal contact with world class musicians.
  4. Play music with my friends.
  5. Compose duets and trios for snare drum for my students.
  6. Lots of published works on YouTube and similar venues.
  7. Drum teaching studio.
  8. Reach my potential as a drummer and musician.
  9. Have fun.
  10. Enjoy the slow and steady progress that started a decade ago.

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