Back to Basics and Soul of the Funky Drummers
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I recently aquired two new drumming DVDs: Dave Weckl’s ‘Back to Basics’, and Jabo Starks and Clyde Stubblefield’s ‘Soul of the Funky Drummers’. While both DVDs are infinitely excellent and highly recommended, I feel that Dave Weckl’s video much more educational. Actually, out of all of my drumming DVDs ever purchased, ‘Back to Basics’ is probably the best one I’ve ever watched. Dave shows how he seats new heads, give tips on posture and how to sit, how to hold the sticks, and even a segment on how to use brushes. The only criticism that I have is that there is no included charts in the video nor captioned in the video itself. Rod Morganstein’s video ‘Putting it all Together’ was great in that respect. Rod slowed down a lot of his complex beats, and transcribed the charts as captions which was very helpful. Despite this oversight, the technique and good drum karma that I gained from playing along with ‘Back to Basics’ was invaluable. |
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