CLINIC/TEACHING DATES:

April 17 – “Percussive Arts Society (PAS)
Virginia/DC Drum Day”
Shenandoah University
Winchester, Virginia
FLYER

May 17 – Drum Clinic
The Collective http://thecollective.edu/
7:00pm
New York, NY
FLYER

July 11 – Wes Crawford’s Drumset and Percussion Camp
Goucher Summer Arts Institute
Towson, Maryland
Link

For more information on The Collective check out www.thecoll.com.

Compound Fills Lesson:

These were born out of trying to come up with fills that sound as electronic as humanly possible. Fills that maybe only your drum machine could play- we all had our little Casio keyboards at one point or another and I'm sure we all took the "Bossa Nova" patch and sped it up to 220bpm just for laughs! I know that I did! Anyway, that's the sound that we are trying to achieve. Something that's cool but sounds a lot more bizarre than it is. Terry Bozzio was the first guy I saw do these types of fills. He did them more in a funk element, which is really cool as well!

Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4
Example 5
Example 5a
Example 6

Try them! Enjoy! Feel free to email me with questions or comments at tobiasralph@hotmail.com

Techno Hand/Foot Overlap Fills - Lesson

By: Tobias Ralph

These are fills that deal with hand/foot overlaps (i.e. Terry Bozzio). These fills work great in Drum'N'Bass or House genres of music. The idea is to get them to sound as "machine like" as humanly possible. Make sure all of the notes are played at the same dynamic level. Wherever you see a R/L or L/R, it means that the hands fall together.

Click here for lesson file

Good luck and have fun!