Now vs. Now

Music is always changing. As Chris Rock said to the audience at the MTV music awards a few years back..."Don't make no plans for next year 'cause a lot of y'all ain't going to be here.... You know how it is in music: fickle. Here today, gone today!'' I feel like the drummer in this clip is on to something new. He has a garage band-ish sound like Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers or The White Stripes, yet with his unbelievable chops and feel he's taken that sound in a different direction (and a different time signature - this little vamp is in 7). Let this clip heat up, it gets crazy. Notice how he keeps the hits together, despite going loco on his kit. The guys name is Mark Guiliana and he began playing music at 15. I think you might enjoy this little interview of him HERE. So this is jazz now.

You could virtually be sitting on a throne right now!

You, your throne, some drummers you never heard of, a nice kit and a pair of sticks. Sounds like vacation, eh? Click on THIS LINK, and have some fun. Select your kit, then click on "Key Settings" and rock out with your keyboard out. p.s. Elvin Jones is just about every jazz drummer's favorite drummer. He is best known for his work with Coltrane. Steve Gadd is the ultimate studio/session player, and perhaps the most recorded drummer in history. I really dig the groove on "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover", see the transcription HERE. Stewart Copeland and Sting lost that lovin feeling, which is a shame. Can't we all just get along...like Elvis and Nixon , Owen and Mzee or these three? (great drumming with great mullets on the last one)

I've got one for ya'...

A man is being led thru the jungle on a safari. He begins to hear some really furious, pounding drums, rolling along without end. After 15 minutes of this, he asks the guide "When do the drums stop?" The guide answers "Oh, the drums NEVER stop. Bad things happen then." The man ponders this for about two hours more of furious pounding, and says, irritated, "When do the drums stop?!?" "The drums never stop. Bad things happen when the drums stop." Finally, after 5 hours, the man asks "What bad thing happens when the drums stop?" "BASS SOLO."