Drumm Lesson #4 - Attitude

In this Drum Lesson, I take directly from Bob Moses' book "Drum Wisdom" which now out of print. In my opinion "Drum Wisdom", Billy Ward's Inside_Out and all of Jim Blackley's Books the best Drum Books out there. Catch Bob demonstrating this concept HERE
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The first step in my concept is always having a musical idea behind what I play, and getting this idea across to my listeners.  I always play from something; I never play from nothing.  Sometimes when I hear people playing, it’s difficult to know what idea they are off of, because the musicians are not making enough use of the specific elements of the song they are playing.  Melodic musicians should use the original melody as the idea behind their melodic improvisations.  Even the drummer should be able to relate a drum solo to the original tune in such a way that a listener will be able to recognize that tune in the solo.
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