I mentioned something about swiss drummers in another post and thought I would post this. This is pretty amazing to see. It's called basel drums, and they play with these realy thick sticks and most off the rolls they do are not using rebound, but strength. They play every note! I had a lesson in school from one of these drummers, amazing!

This is a version of Someday My Prince Will Come done with a couple of University of the Arts students. I did this last year to send to a couple of schools along with my application. It is very rough, but enjoy.

Oh man, if I could just teach them to play footprints!!!!

Wow. Am I right?

This is a sample of something I recorded today. It's a short sample of me playing along for a demo, but I noticed something that John Piper mentioned after one of my earier recordings. There is a low thumping noise coming from the pedal.In the second sample I did some EQ, and it kind of worked...

I'm using a Zoom H4 that goes into an EMU soundcard that goes to my laptop.(you might also hear some laptop noise...)

I'd like to talk a little about categorizing the material you are practicing.

Maybe it's easier said than done, but pick something and practice it.

Ok, that's the smart ass answer. There's a TON of stuff here and more is going up all the time. 100's of posts to help you become better.

So the answer is to make a commitment to something and work on it.

The trick is to go through the online books. That's where all the lessons get moved to. Think of the books like any other lessons and method books you have at home. When posts get put in there they don't move. So look through there and find things to work on.

Here is an option that can be used over certain ii-V-I progressions.
We will concentrate on the V7 chord for our alteration here.

Example in Eb Major:

Step one:
Play minor chord: F-
(or ignore this chord and jump right to step 2)

Step two:
Take the Root, 3rd, and 7th. (Bb, D, Ab)
Stack on top of that a triad built from the 6. (G, B, D)
Stack within the same octave a triad built off of the b6. (Gb, Bb, Db)

we get some nice extensions by doing this. (b9, b13, and #9.)

Step three:
Resolve to the Major chord (Eb).

Methods of use:

Dorian is the mode that starts on the second scale degree of the major scale. So in the key of C play D to D.
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Chinese Translation for Chinese students.
Dorian和 Ionian 的不同是，Dorian 降3音降7音
Dorian是最常在爵士樂中在小調和弦(Minor chord)中用到調式。II-V-I的和聲進行，II級幾乎都是用到Dorian。
（Tony示範各種不同爵士標準曲中（Standards）出現各種不同的Dorian聲音）