Friday morn sea practice

If you wake up early enough to skip uman presence, sea is always a good place for a practice in the nature

Friday’s groove 2

Sunny day with a nice fresh wind. In ’bout 3 hours will be weekend. This friday’s groove has a medium relaxed tempo, and an unisono

Groovin’ around (2)

Worked on some ‘unisono’ between snare and bass drum, on a funk/rock groove

Groovin’ around

Some grooves i’m working on.
First is a simple, powerful funk-rock

Second is focused on the pressed roll played by the left hand

Circles of clave

Playing an 8 notes clave pattern in a 9/8 time. The pattern shifts from 8th note to 8th note, until come back to the start. Something like the circle of life.

Audio: circle 1

Audio: circle 2

Download Circle clave drums score

Cloudy day drums

Rained all day, here in Rome. Rain means traffic jam, people screaming and everything complicated. Here’s the groove for a day like this.

Walking to the carnival

Few bars dedicated to some friend leaving for a new life in braZil. Not perfect but smiling.
Be happy guys:)

Friday’s groove

A groove to work on. It’s a 5/4 two bars almost basic rythm, focused on the tuplet of the second bar. Good for practicing how to ’stretch’ the time, that is a funky, heavy groove, with a single tuplet. Look at the hi-hat: cymbals slightly open, a strong rock accent accent on the downbeat .
Download sheet

Last, and audio: is not the groove written down in the sheet, but the feel is similar (hi-hat e.g.)

Park warm up

Following the “you can practice (almost) everywhere” rule, i’ve found a nice place in a Rome’s park and start practicing for a while. Great with wind blowing, birds singing, child playing and, well, cars and motorbikes running on the road not so far.

Recorded some sound: