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To all who inspire me, I hope to inspire you too. One of my first Drumset inspirations: Terry Bozzio. He taught me to train my limbs to be able to solo over an ostinato. You see that style evident in much of his playing. Look for composition techniques that he uses like musical themes , call and response, and of course, soloing over an ostinato. The first clip is the opening of the first instructional video I ever got called "Solo Drums". It gave me my first real burst of inspiration to see what can actually be done with the instrument. Try to get past the 80's surfer hair and you will find the genius beneath Also, Check out the Set he is using nowadays on the right. His approach to the drumset is similiar to the approach a conductor has for his orchestra. He has many sounds on his sound pallate. It is up to him to use the different sections to create a musical mood the way a conductor uses the sections of his band is similar to how Terry uses his cymbals and range of toms to create drum set arrangements . Terry is in my opinion, truly a melodic and rhythmic musical genius. Enjoy! Yeah, this video is kind of long and kind of weird but this was in the Late 70's or eighties. Frank Zappa (Kooky musical genius) pairs up with the only drummer who can communicate with him on his musical level. Zappa also wrote Bozzio a solo called "the Black Page" named after the ammount of ink he used on this rediculously difficult solo. Written by a composer, played by a drummer note-for-note, thus goes the legend of the Black Page. Marco Minnemann is one of the only contenders in Bozzio's Genre. (It is not a huge genre) Very specific actually. Imagine not, what training it takes to achieve the skill and independence you want, Just imagine what the achievement of that skill and independence can do. This is what "Muscle Memory" can do for you. Search for "the jackhammer" on YouTube and you will find a cool video to watch of him playing with a band. Neil Peart One of the true masters in the art of drumming. He has one of the most elaborate sets played in a rock band both musically and technically. The first clip is the drum solo for "Tom Sawyer". This is a staple for Neil Peart and Rush fans in general. The second is a cool solo composed and played by Peart live and is truly boundry-pushing. Carter Beauford Drummer for Dave Matthews band playing "Say Goodbye" and "Tripping Billies" in a studio. He is a "lefty" with a phenomenal playing style, amazing talent and approach to the instrument. Anything Beauford plays is amazing to watch. This guy plays this every night on tour, only he does it while chewing gum. Almost as if 4-limb coordination was not enough... "Lateralus" and "Parabola" played by Danny Carrey from Tool. He is one of the most innovative technical players in a band. He drives the whole band with his odd-time signatures, sub-divisions and a cacophany of melodic and rhythmic controlled chaos. John Henry Bonham from Led Zepplin playing a drum solo from a live performance of "Moby Dick". Hallucino Genetics Drum soloOkay, here is another weird one but a very cool performance featuring Tim "Herb" Alexander, the original drummer for Primus.Check out my YouTube account to see more video's of inspiring drummers. I must mention the knowledge and inspiration that I have gotten from all of the drummers I have studied with was essential to to my growth as a musician. Thank you very much to Rob Laytham, Bobby Domings, Joe Leroux, Gary Cheffe, Mike Mangini, Jonathan Mover, and everyone else who has inspired me to do what I love, and love what I do. |
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