Category Archives: Percussion

This post includes stuff about drums and percussion.

Organization and Motivation

Posted on February 12, 2007 by David

No organization= no motivation. Four day weekend = no motivation. At least for myself. Yesterday I spent about 4 hours cleaning and rearranging my room. This included boxing up a bunch of junk, tossing piles of old school papers, sorting … Continue reading →

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On Our Road to the Talent Show!!

Posted on January 22, 2007 by David

Billy, James and I jammed on Sunday, trying to improve two of our songs that we hope to play at the talent show. Auditions are later this week *crosses fingers*. Here are the fruits of our labor (please excuse the … Continue reading →

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5 Days In 5 Ways

Posted on January 7, 2007 by David

I’m 5 days into this second semester of my junior year of high school. It is 8.50pm, so I’m sitting in my bed, thinking “Hey, I need to write a blog post, because HEY I have soooooooo many people who … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2006

Posted on December 27, 2006 by David

Well, it has been a great holiday so far! I will first outline the gifts I gave…so as to make me look like a nice person of sorts: 1. Digital Picture Frame *to parents* –

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Kit Constructor and My Drumset

Posted on December 17, 2006 by David

Check out this Kit Constructor! Its really cool…and I made this totally cool mock-up of my current setup. Keep in mind I don’t really have any money at all…the ride and china are hand-me-downs from my brother, while the mics … Continue reading →

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Clip of the Day – So You Say

Posted on November 22, 2006 by David

I’m working out of Dennis Chambers’ book, In The Pocket…to strengthen my funk chops. So here is the intro to the John Scofield tune, “So You Say.” The time is a bit shaky in a couple places (should have used … Continue reading →

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Clip of the Day – Rock Improv #2

Posted on November 22, 2006 by David

News from David!!! On this day before Thanksgiving I am VERY thankful for my brother letting me use his drum mics. Since he and his band, Stand Under Nothing, are done recording drums for their album, he is letting me … Continue reading →

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Band, Tech, Jazz, Musical

Posted on November 11, 2006 by David

In this post: 1. District band auditions (also choir and orchestra) 2. Thunderbird (not Shawnee Heights) 3. Desktop Image Switcher (awesome!) 4. El Jazz 5. Once Upon a Mattress 1. District band auditions…a day full of waiting, practicing and dealing … Continue reading →

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My Brothers Sexy Drums!

Posted on October 31, 2006 by David

These are my brothers drums. We set them up on Sunday and shot some really nice pictures of them outside. They are Pearl Masters. Reaaaallly nice! Click one of the pictures to see the rest in the gallery! [photopress:jasondrums1.JPG,full,pp_image][photopress:jasondrums2.JPG,full,pp_image] Let … Continue reading →

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The 4 Day Weekend and It’s Goodness

Posted on October 30, 2006 by David

I’ve been planning this update for a few days. As in saying to myself – I will update in a day or two and include this, this and this: -Barnes and Noble -Neewollah -Four day weekend -School -etc etc etc … Continue reading →

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