Tag: Rants & Raves
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“Wade In The Water” Drum Transcription — Ginger Baker with Graham Bond
This is an odd one for today: an attempted look at a Ginger Baker drum solo, on the tune “Wade In The Water,” with Graham Bond, 1963. This is part transcription, part rant & rave, and part 1000-word raised eyebrow. I found out about this recording from Todd Bishop, who found it on a Reddit…
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Drum Rudiments Reviewed — Hybrid Edition
Another rudiment discussion today; we’re approaching the finale of the marching band college football season, and my “rudiments reviewed” article was a pretty fun one, so here’s a spiritual successor, featuring hybrid drum rudiments. There are thousands of hybrid rudiments, and it’s not really practical to list the 40 most popular — most of my…
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In Which I Regret Endorsing a Tech Company
So, the other week, I got a lovely little email from my newsletter service, ConvertKit, informing me that my subscription plan is being discontinued soon, as the finances weren’t working out for the company. Oh well, times are tough, and money’s tight for everyone on this hellscape of a planet. Unfortunately, the next lowest subscription…
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A ChatGPT Roast
The summer of 2025 marks some interesting anniversaries for me. It was a little over ten years ago that I graduated from high school, and soon enough, it will have been ten years since I moved out to Colorado. Any day now will mark 20 years since my first drum lesson, which is more or…
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A Gentler Look at MuseScore (In the Aftermath of Finale’s End)
So, my notation software of choice, MuseScore, got a pretty big update a couple of months ago with version 4.5 (although v4.5.2 is currently the most up-to-date version of the app). I figured this would be a good time to… erm, reevaluate the music notation software landscape with Finale’s recent end (which, lest we forget,…
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The name’s Ben, although professionally I’m known as Benjamin. I’m a drummer and part-time saxophonist in the Colorado Front Range.
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