July 1984 – Volume 8 • Number 7
On 01st Jul 1984
Articles in July 1984
Great Grooves — Part 2
Here's another selection of grooves for you to try. Concentrate on developing your coordination, along with the fluidity and smoothness of performance that will put these patterns "in the pocket." The key is to be clean and precise, yet comfortable…
John Bonham
Perhaps you live in a town to which the Led Zeppelin movie The Song Remains The Same comes once every few weeks for the midnight showing. The audience at such events is a rough cross section of Led Zeppelin fans,…
Louis Hayes — Putting Things Together
When one thinks of the great jazz cities, the first names that come to mind are New Orleans, Chicago, Kansas City, and New York. The name Detroit tends to conjure up images of Cadillacs, Motown singing groups, Lions and Tigers…
Assertions And Evaluations
Time passes, and I become convinced more than ever that the diverse elements comprising the art of drumming all work together to give us drum fanatics as good a shot at happiness and fulfillment as anyone on the planet Earth.…
July 1984 - Volume 8 • Number 7
John Bonham, Phil Ehart, Rashied Ali, Louis Hayes, Mel Lewis, Simon Phillips, Carmine Appice, Frankie Banali, Steve Smith
Phil Ehart - Identity
The very first thing you have to know about Phil Ehart, and perhaps the most important thing, is that he's incredibly modest—maybe a bit too modest, if that's possible. Consider the facts: Here's a guy who has been playing drums…
Technique And Equipment
One of my students complained to me that he had a weak foot. "I have no strength or control of my bass pedal," he said. I gave him some exercises to practice on the bass drum. At the next lesson,…
