Five Essential Songs for Newer Jazz Drummers

Five Essential Songs for Newer Jazz Drummers

Open Jams for Newer Jazz Drummers

For younger/newer jazz drummers, open jams are an opportunity to improve and sharpen your drumming skills and musicianship against other live players. Creating music on the spot with people you may not know is a unique challenge that can be somewhat intimidating at first. As with everything in life, the more experience one has, the easier the task becomes.

But where to start? There is a lot of time spent in the practice/lesson room working on how to move hands and feet together, but there are other things one needs to know.

Groove All Star Band Event Recap

What a GREAT day in West Grove! First we have to thank our new friends at Stubborn Goat Brewing. Also, many thanks to Erik and Mark Hetzel and Joey Lopes for working with our students so well. A more in depth post will follow later this week. Stay tuned.

Also, thank you to the students parents, families and everyone who came out to the performance this weekend to support our members.

For those of you who were unable to join us, below are some photos and video of some of our student performances with the GASB. Enjoy!

Jazz Trio Workshop Recap

Earlier this week, some of our intermediate students participated in our Jazz Trio Workshop, which pairs the students with professional musicians - in this case Jeff Knoettner (piano) and Rob Swanson (bass) in a long form, master class setting.

The students were able to play through pieces in different musical styles with the clinicians and got valuable feedback on their playing. The students also gained insight in what the clinicians look for in their favorite drummers.

Many thanks to Jeff Knoettner and Rob Swanson!