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| WANT TO LEARN DRUM IN LONDON? | Rate Topic |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15th, 2005 11:47 am |
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Virginie Approved
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Are you a beginner, experienced or professional drummer? At The Grove Music Studios there are teachers for all levels and all styles who can help you to play on your own or to be a part of a band. Our tutors can teach you the essential basics of technique, posture, reading, and, once these basics are mastered, move on to studying contemporary styles, focusing on musicality, feel and most important… enjoyment! Reading drum charts, playing with click-tracks and sequencers, drum set miking techniques, EQ and mixing, there are many techniques and concepts to help play the drums. These methods will be covered in detail through the course. These lessons are offered at The Grove Music Studios, in a comfortable, friendly and professional environment. Located close to White City on the Latimer Road in west London, these studios also offer rehearsal rooms for bands and recording facilities. The Grove Music Studios provides other services as well. You can leave your instruments and musical material in our cages or rent whatever equipment you might need. We also offer a comprehensive musical instrument and equipment repair service, for more information contact Nigel on 07 932 870 506. We offer half hour or one hour lessons. They can be on a weekly basis, but may be extended in duration and frequency. To book a lesson or a course of lessons, send an email to virginie@musicspace.co.uk or call Virginie on 020 8960 9601. Visit our website http://www.musicspace.co.uk or call 020 8960 9601 for more information. The Grove Music Studios 10 Latimer Industrial Estate Latimer Road London W10 6RQ T: 020 8960 9601 F: 020 89609606 E: info@musicspace.co.uk W: http://www.musicspace.co.uk How to find us: Buses: 7, 70, 220 Tube: White City (Central Line) or Latimer Rd (Hammersmith & City Line) Car: just off A40 Westway at White City.
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| Posted: Thu Sep 15th, 2005 07:15 pm |
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banjo brad Super Moderator 
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Now, here's one that a folk site definitely doesn't ... no, I better not go there, I'm sure to get taken to task. "Pay no attention to that curmudgeon behind the banjo!"
____________________ ezFolk Help Brad Prickly Pear Music Banjo Brad's ezFolk page TOTMC |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 08:25 am |
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Smiffy Approved
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banjo brad wrote: Now, here's one that a folk site definitely doesn't ... no, I better not go there, I'm sure to get taken to task. Hey Brad. Where's your spirit of adventure?! If you sign up I will too...as long as Virginie pays the fares.
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 04:59 pm |
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banjo brad Super Moderator
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Smiffy- I don't think drums belong in old time and folk music (except maybe certain ethnic types). After all, the clawhammer banjo takes care of the rythmn! Brad
____________________ ezFolk Help Brad Prickly Pear Music Banjo Brad's ezFolk page TOTMC |
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| Posted: Mon Feb 19th, 2007 10:05 pm |
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Philj200 Approved 
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Brad, Would you say that Celtic music is a primary tap-root of American folk music. And it uses a drum. Ergo, if the drum beats, dance to it. My orchestra has a guitarist who switches off to a djembe from time to time. It works. (But I agree with Brad's originial galvanic response.) Last edited on Tue Feb 20th, 2007 02:38 am by Philj200 ____________________ My MP3 Section: http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/1143/ My Myspace area: http://myspace.com/philj200 |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20th, 2007 02:31 am |
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Smiffy Approved
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I had in mind an all-expenses-paid trip to London. I was born there and I don't get back that often. I'd probably have skipped the drum lessons and gone for a beer or two with my relatives. Have you been to London yet, Brad?
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20th, 2007 04:47 am |
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TheBloodyIrish Approved
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Philj200 wrote: Brad, Would you say that Celtic music is a primary tap-root of American folk music. And it uses a drum. Ergo, if the drum beats, dance to it. The idea of using a drum in Celtic music is fairly recent as of 1960s when the Chieftains popularized it. Again, the guitar in folk music is also recent as well. There is nothing wrong with using drums in folk music, just use it in the right way. I learned how to combine Inuit and Native American music with Canadian and American folk music. However, when I play the drums, I use them to accompany the singers. I let the banjo and the mandolin be what Brad described. Whenever I get some recording equipment, which is unlikely, I will post some samples. Last edited on Tue Feb 20th, 2007 04:56 am by TheBloodyIrish ____________________ Currently learning: D-tuned Tin Whistle Projects: Tin-Can Banjo, Goatskin Banjo, Ugly Stick Dream Instruments: Banjo, Fiddle, Lambeg, Lap Guitar, Mountain Dulcimer |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20th, 2007 11:22 am |
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Philj200 Approved
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TheBloodyIrish wrote:
--Actually, you have most of what you need to record already... your computer. A decent mike and you might be able to lay down tracks. Depends on your system, but that might be enough.
____________________ My MP3 Section: http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/1143/ My Myspace area: http://myspace.com/philj200 |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20th, 2007 01:02 pm |
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gerry mcgandy Approved 
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Yea, there's free or cheap software that lets you record and manipulate tracks. Probably the best freebie is Audacity.
____________________ Gerry McGandy http://mp3mart.net http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/556/ |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 20th, 2007 01:26 pm |
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Philj200 Approved
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Before we veer off into a recording thread, a note about drums: In the early days of the folk revival, drums were a key instrument. I'm thinking of the coffee houses of Greenwich Village and places like that, where the a folksinger would follow a poet who followed a jazz trio who followed a comic who followed a folk singer. And half of them had a conga or a set of bongos in attendance. And it was perfectly well accepted. Did they have drums in Appalachia? I would would put money on it. Just because the Loamx et al recordings concentrated on one set of esthetics does not mean that was the only esthetic in practice. Before Doc Watson (one of my long term heroes) became the pinacle of folk purity and skill, he played Hank Williams songs in bars with a quartet around his home town. Drums didn't bother him.
____________________ My MP3 Section: http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/1143/ My Myspace area: http://myspace.com/philj200 |
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