Click here to get instant access to my free training videos now to improve your double stroke bounces, bass drum control, and drum fi. If youre working through the lessons, you should definitely pick up a few of these so you can practice some of the songs and get the most out of the lessons. He is a member of the mississippi musicians hall of fame carlock was born in clinton, mississippi, and attended. Evans signs drummer keith carlock music connection magazine. Fiiling time drum book is for both righthanded players as well as lefthanded players.
Keith carlock how to play better drum solos youtube. Evans has announced the newest addition to its family of endorsers with the signing of worldrenowned drummer keith carlock. In addition to piano lessons and woodblock, soph began taking snare drum. From the first to the last note an overwhelming experience, like always with keith. Traditional approach to new orleans drumming by stanton moore. Feb 04, 2009 amazing solo by carlock while playing with the dan. Drummer profiles links to drummers websites and drum tips. Full drum masterclass with keith carlock free drumlesson. Sing melodies between the kick and snare that you might play in that. Keith carlock is an american jazz drummer who has played with toto, wayne krantz, steely dan, james taylor, donald fagen, walter becker, tal wilkenfeld, john mayer, sting, and chris botti.
Just as unexpectedly, he drops in volume and dances with graceful snare and bass. Note his use of trad grip, extended to the end of his hand for leverage. If youve ever been to a rock concert or blasted the radio in your car, you know that the bass drum is the drum that you actually feel. Carlos karen carpenter eric carr terri lyne carrington joey castillo lenny castro deen castronovo big sid catlett. In modern drummer s mayjune 1979 issue, just over two years after ron spagnardi launched the magazine, our first readers poll appeared. Those are seven tools for playing any style on the drums and like i mentioned at the beginning of this video, my brandnew drum book titled the drummers toolbox, is now available on amazon and in the drum drum shop and this book is gonna walk you through a hundred and one different styles of drumming. Keith carlock live at the london drum show 2014 on november 8, 2014. He is a member of the mississippi musicians hall of fame.
Bass drum control best seller for more than 50 years. Hudson music keith carlock drumstick dvd pack with free pair. In this quick tip, keith carlock breaks down his favorite lick one he says he adapted from. These two techniques are the ones behind most of the strokes youll ever play on the bass drum and with the hihat foot pedal. Drum exercise worksheets, drum licks, keith carlock, nasty licks, transcriptions tagged with. If youre working through the lessons, you should definitely pick up a few of these so you can practice some of. His groove in the krantz carlock levebre trio portion of this link truly shines. Alright, im watching a show on pbs the who live from kilburn 1977, and for some reason, just noticed he used 2 bass drums, which i know that alot of heavy metal bands use them, since the type of music kind of requires them. Keith s answers go into great detail over topics such as technique, setup, feel, improvising, soloing and performing with artists such as steely dan and sting. Keith carlock has been the backbone of a long list of groups and artists like steely dan, john mayer, sting, wayne krantz and many more. The bass drum has got to be one of the most important drums to develop on the drum set. In this incredible lesson, larnell lewis demonstrates how to build epic, killer fills powered by the kick drum. Get tips on technique, improvisation and touring with one of the hottest drummers on the scene. Properly adjusting the angle of the bass drum pedal beater is important to playing comfortably.
Covering a wide spectrum of technical and musical concepts and offering a fresh perspective on the state of contemporary drumming, the big picture. Advanced drum fills drum lessons, drums, drum solo. The exercises in the book focus on triplet exploration and 4 way coordination. Modern drummers readers poll archive, 19792017 modern. Music talk question about keith moon and double bass drumming. Keith carlock answers questions of technique, musical politics and ongoing. Practice anywhere with two fullsize playing surfaces. The drumming blog is one of most widely read blogs on the topic and thats because its filled to the brim with online drum lessons and videos, drum licks, interviews, thoughtprovoking drumming philosophy, and all things drums, drummers and drumming. Also includes a candid interview of keith answering questions from a studio audience. You dont have to hear much of keiths playing to realize hes undoubtedly unique and identifiable no matter the genre. This book has been written to help the single bass drum player attain the most effective and efficient results. This lesson explores a groove and variations inspired from a technique that keith carlock used in a drum solo. The twodisc set features demonstrations, discussions and detailed dissections of the. The twodisc set features demonstrations, discussions and.
Calhoun matt cameron clayton cameron gorden campbell teddy campbell tommy campbell emmanuelle caplette danny carey keith carlock bun e. As a testament to evans drumheads, carlock says, the g14. The bass drum is played with the bass drum pedal by the right foot. The first measure contains a number of syncopated phrases, combining single stokes, double kicks and choked hi hats, while the second measure is made up of solid 16th notes. Bart elliott is a degreed professional musician with a bachelor of music in percussion performance, and master of music postgraduate work. I receive a lot of questions asking for ways to help unlock the hihat hand from the bass. The last mall and funky greasers like godwhacker and green book. Drummer cafe keith carlocks the big picture dvd offers a. Residing between two major music meccas, new york and nashville, carlock was voted number 1 pop drummer, number 1 fusion drummer, and number 1 best allaround drummer in recent modern drummers readers polls. Want to guess some of the names that made the cut that first time around.
Dan lapierre gives a free drum lesson on advanced drum fills. Jan 09, 2017 keith carlock has been the backbone of a long list of groups and artists like steely dan, john mayer, sting, wayne krantz and many more. Advanced drum fills lesson 1 drum lessons in vancouver, surrey, delta dan lapierre gives a free drum lesson on advanced drum fills. Knowing how to perform these techniques is one thing, knowing how to develop them is another. Recommended study materials for the drum set compiled by drumset faculty at the university of the arts. Drummerworld the world of drummers and drums videos sounds pictures of the greatest drummers in history of jazz and rock by bernhard castiglioni. In this quick tip, keith carlock breaks down his favorite lick one he says he adapted from elvin jones, and has become something of a signature. Building bass drum technique is designed in a very simple, methodical manner. The book s eight sections offer bass drum development exercises using 8th notes, triplets, two common 16thnote figures, straight 16th notes, 16thnote. As a general overview, the book begins with descriptions of certain playing techniques, drum set up information and pearls of wisdom from the man himself.
Kev oshea free drum transcriptions page 1 drum lessons. Drummerworld world of drummers and drums by bernhard. Throughout the studybass lessons, i reference songs that are transcribed in these books. Whats equally as impressive as his resume is his sound. The idea for this transcription came from me running into a great drummer, paul davis, who has a drum practice space. Applying rudiments to the drumset with keith carlock. I saw him with the dan just before they released 2 against nature. Bass drum technique for the first time, colin bailey, the author of bass drum control explains his amazing technique on. Carlos karen carpenter terri lyne carrington joey castillo lenny castro. An ideal combination for the improvement of technical facility, articulation, intonation, and tone. In modern drummer s 2009 readers poll, he was voted best pop, fusion, and allaround drummer. The free drum lesson on essential bass drum techniques teaches you how to play the bass drum using heelup and heeldown. Jun 16, 2015 here, saint paul, mn drum instructor john s.
Instructional video and book lessons for drums, bass, guitar and other instruments. In this quick video, rashid williams shows you how to get a single pedal to sound like a double pedal. The band had pared down from the huge touring act that featured george wadenious on guitar, dennis chambers on drums and a second phantom keyboard player who did most of the work in darkness while mr. Come on in and lets get into some drumming together. Your double strokes and foot technique must be in great shape for this to work. Music is an exciting, new educational dvd by acclaimed drum artist keith carlock.
Instead, they focus on their stick control and rudiments. Keith carlock the big picture phrasing, improvisation. Hudson music produces the finest instructional howto videos and lesson books for drums, bass and guitar. This 2dvd set, the big picture, features drummer keith carlock performing solo. Getting your paradiddlediddle in order will help you too. If you take the time to develop proper bass drum technique, you will notice huge improvements on your overall drumming. Originally from clinton, mississippi, keith chose to attend north texas state university in denton, texas because he wanted to study with ed soph. Full drum masterclass with keith carlock free drumlesson onlinelessons.
This video album features six videos cramfull of grooves, technique and creativity. I have the right symbol going and i was playing some different patterns with the bass drum, the snare drum and the hihat foot. Keith started his session with a 30minute drum solo. Bass drum lessons develop your bass drum technique. In modern drummers 2009 readers poll, he was voted best pop, fusion, and allaround drummer. Amazing solo by carlock while playing with the dan. Carlock inspired groove this lesson explores a groove and variations inspired from a technique that keith carlock used in a drum solo. Bass drum technique is something most drummers tend to ignore. I would consider this a relatively advanced drum fill. Get down with keith carlock, will lee and john medeski twisted blues vol 2 duration. Keith carlock is an american jazz drummer who has played with toto, wayne krantz, steely dan, james taylor, donald fagen, walter becker, tal wilkenfeld. Steely dan is nothing like david johansen, and wayne krantzs gig is even more disparate.
Keith carlock, peter erskine, simon phillips, emil richards, and john riley. In an enlightening master class, keith explains and demonstrates creative and technical concepts, illuminated by specific exercises, many of which are transcribed in the accompanying printable pdf ebook. Keith carlock keith has played for wayne krantz, leni stern, blues brothers, steely dan. Keith carlock is a professional drummer and famed author of the critically acclaimed dvd the big picture. In general, angling the beater around the 2 oclock position is a good place to start. Our new quietpad offers a traditional side with realistic snarelike rebound, and a quiet side thatll allow you to practice late into the night. Building bass drum technique digital waudio modern. Bass drum technique for the first time, colin bailey, the author of bass drum control explains his amazing technique on this groundbreaking dvd. Bass drum slide technique for double strokes duration. Oct 08, 2009 covering a wide spectrum of technical and musical concepts and offering a fresh perspective on the state of contemporary drumming, the big picture.
Paul schaeffer has a book out and was doing the talk show cluding the late show. This week, weve got a glorious two and a bit more measure drum fill. Mar 26, 20 it sounds huge and sweeping and awesome. Today, more than thirtyfive years later, we find a lot has changed. The bass drum pedal beater should rebound off of the bass drum head like a bouncing ball. Concepts cover all the bases, including hand and foot technique. On conan i think it was paul sang and played with his backing band which included carlock on drums. There are more than 400 articles with more added weekly. Hudson music keith carlock drumstick dvd pack with free. The drumsincluding bass are wide open, no muffling. Lessons with the hudson greats volume 1 by jason bittner.