Drum Beat Project
The DrumBeatProject is an ongoing work that is part art project, research project, process piece, music instruction and drumbeat diary that Glenn started in 2018 with video postings beginning in 2020.
Beat 355 of my #DrumBeatProject 10.19.26 w/notations. This week’s beat was instigated by my set up. Since I`m in between projects and specific set-ups, I decided to play around with a multikit set-up for a few days. I just put together a bunch of random pieces that hadn’t been played in a while to give them a little love. It’s been my modus operandi to keep my set-up fluid and change out various pieces from time to time for several reasons: curiosity, to keep me on my toes, to fit the needs of certain piece or collaboration, or just to come up with new ideas. This beat is a result of that last reason. I came up with a few beats that used the whole kit more than this one, but this is a direct result of having two snares and the rebolo - particularly the specific sound of the left SD. I realized afterwards that it sounded a lot like the fantastic @olodum_oficial drumming from @paulsimonofficial “The Obvious Child” - which is wild since I haven’t heard that song in years. I think the sound of that left snare inspired that connection. The HH & BD are marking the 8th notes w/upbeat accents on the stack and the snares providing the pulsing 16th notes. I like how it’s got hints of marching percussion along with a driving 8th pulse in conjunction w/the upbeat syncopation. The BD & Rebolo figure on ct. 3 adds a nice low-end counterpoint as well. The only real challenge might be the 8 consecutive LH notes; I use a small thumb/wrist combo stroke for those. Of course you can do this w/one SD, but using 2 gives the impression of chord change which I really like. Xtra videos of beat 354 and demos and explanations of my extensive brush collection are up on my Substack page now. More clips and a video lesson of beat 355 will be up there midweek - link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. New On Fillmore record on @wejazzhelsinki is coming on 12/11 too! @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion #drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat 354 of my #DrumBeatProject 10.11.26 w/alt brushes, tempos & notations. Last week I played a song w/ @jefftweedy at the Chicago Theater for John Prine’s 80th birthday celebration. The provided snare drum had a new coated head on it that was so coated that the brushes sounded way too loud and abrasive for the gentle song we were performing. I instead had to play my brush slides on the much more worn in floor tom head (another reason why I use @Evansdrumheads ). That made me think about and investigate the different textures on different types of heads and surfaces which led to this beat. I’m using a regular coated Evans UV2 on the 2nd floor tom, a Calftone on the snare, a calfskin on the rack tom/hand drum & some cinefoil on the 1st floor tom. I’m either scraping the cymbal (or guiro) w/the back of the brush or taping the bell (or temple block) if the brushes aren’t retractable. I’m using several different types of new and antique brushes - each eliciting a unique response that is determining what tempo & dynamic I’m playing each at. There`s something about the response of the bristles or weight or feel of the various brushes that was dictating how I executed the beat. I absolutely love that the implement was informing my musical interpretation of the beat, instead of the actual rhythms & voices comprising it. You’d think how you play a beat wouldn`t really be affected by what stx or implements you`re using, but for this beat, it was those little specifics that determined the outcomes. The rhythmic subdivision structure is 3+3+2 / 4+4 and the LH is playing some variation of a 3:2 clave w/slides. Xtra videos, explanations, demos, photos and a bonus beat for Beat 353 are up on my Substack page as well as a mini-lesson on the various ways I play and interpret 8th notes with @wilco - demos of my brushes collection will be up midweek - link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion #drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat 353 of my #DrumBeatProject 10.9.26 w/alt tempos & notations. This one is a close relative to a beat I was playing in the studio last week where I didn’t use my left hand. I decided to add a left hand part here with the sleigh bells (they fit in with the theme of the song) acting as the ostinato or ride part, so this is actually sort of a left hand lead beat. But this version happened because I received a shipment from @Creative_percucssion - whose brilliant inventor, instrument designer and builder, Kevin Feeney, sadly passed away this summer - WAY too early. He was a true force and left us with a lot of beauty, motivation and awe. I’m using his hi-hat shaker attachments as well as several of his bells and jingles that are on all of the drums. See the pics & dancing shakers vid at the end. Kevin will be greatly missed but his spirit of adventure will live on and continue to inspire. Check out their site! I wasn’t sure what the best tempo was for this one, so gave it a range from 90-127bpm. Which tempo works best iyo? Let me know in the comments please! Ist video is at 117 bpm // 2nd is around 106 // 3rd is at 127 // 4th at 90. I like the dichotomy of the rhythmic subdivision of the two mea. The 8th groupings in the 1st mea. = 4+4, & the 2nd = 3+3+2. It gives it an inviting cadence... Thats my @majesticpercussion field snare btw as a tenor drum here (snares off). Xtra videos, explanations, Zickos and Vari-Pitch kit demos & pics for Beat 352 are up on my Substack page as well as a mini-lesson on the various ways I play and interpret 8th notes with @wilco - link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion #drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat 352 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.21.26 w/alt tempos & notations. An impromptu one this week. Just sat at the kit, decided to play something open-handed and this came out. I really like the LH/Hi-hat part which is why I included it in the project. The sticking is pretty straight forward, just a few dbl RH`s in there = RH dble paradiddles. I think I like it best at the slower tempo - 4th vid. I`m performing it in 2 of wacky vintage kits: the green Zickos Supersonic and the Pearl Vari-tone. I`ll elaborate more in those in my Substack post midweek, but Zickos were the first acrylic drums and feature 2 different head sizes per drum! The Vari-tones are rototom heaven... Check out how the HH part and sound affect the beat and how you hear it. Extra videos, kit breakdown vids, explanations & pics for Beat 351 up now on my Substack page as well as a lesson on the various ways I play & interpret 8th notes with @wilco - link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion #drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat 351 of my #DrumBeatProject 5.14.25 w/notations. In honor of the fantastic new Sylvan Esso record - Ow ∞ - here’s a beat that I recorded at their beautiful studio in NC last year. I’m not sure what song this was for exactly, but I’m including it because of how the hi-hat part interacts with the floor tom @stack_ring_percussion part. Those are in unison in the 1st mea. and offset in the 2nd mea. Nothing super difficult but something I hadn’t done much in previous beats & sometimes it’s super fun when the HH isn’t doing an ostinato or keeping the time, but instead playing a distinct part. I’m using @drumgees w/shaker and jingle attachments on the SD to get that cool processed snare sound w/the broom stx. I’ve got @rootseq on both drums for a drier sound and a shaker attachment on the HH as well. Extra videos, kit breakdown vids, explanations & pics for Beat 350 up now on my Substack page & extra videos & pics of 351 will be up mid next week - link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion #drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat 350 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.17.26 w/notations. This one was much trickier than I thought. Using a franken-kit at the @Wilco loft. That’s the BD I used on “Cruel Country”, the SD from “Ode To Joy”, the RT from “Sky Blue Sky”, an odd-ball early pedal FT and a strange little vintage @Sonor mini-SD from @revival_drum_shop - Also using a new-to-me early Ludwig Super Speed double-beater pedal w/a wood btr & @dragonfly_percussion fluffy btr. That`s a vintage brush on SD along with a custom @promarksticks rubber drumset mallet and a pair of actual German flyswatters (the original brushes were flyswatters) on the FT. The RH uses a lateral alternating motion w/Stevens grip while the LH is doing circular slides and a double-tap backbeat. The BD is a 2 mea. pattern implying a 6:4 feel in the 2nd mea. and for me, was the hardest part of the beat. The other parts can go on auto pilot, but the BD part requires concentration. And that`sa bag of finger cyms resting on the HH got a subtle jingle on the bkbt. Extra videos and pics for Beat 349 up now on my Substack page & lots of extra videos & pics of 350 will be up mid next week as well as more info on this Fankenkit- link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Super excited to be on 5 songs of the incredible new @SylvanEsso record Ow ∞ - out now, check it out! Thx to Mark Greenberg for the expert camera work! @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion #drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat 349 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.3.26 w/alt views and notations 11/4 fun. @wilco was playing at the incredible hilltop venue, St. Michael`s Fortress, in Šibenik, Croatia and as I was walking around the venue, decided to pop up on stage, partially uncover my drums and come up with something. I had no idea it was in 11/4 - was just playing what came out. Relying heavily on @meinlpercussion here: birds & waterfall resting on the SD for LH slaps and small caxixi as the RH mallet alternating between the tambo & FT. It was very windy as evidenced by the swinging speaker stacks, so I did this one quickly, resting the phone on trap tables, hence the close up vids. The breakdown of 11 is 2+3+3+3. The toughest parts are the triple BD notes at the end of the mea. and foremost, just keeping it swinging! The HH is just doubling the tambo part fyi. Full length videos and extras of Beat 348 up now on my Substack page & extra videos & pics of 349 will be up mid next week - link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Super psyched to be on 5 songs of the incredible new @SylvanEsso record Ow ∞ - out now!
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Beat 348 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.1.26 - 6 against 4 fun. I was on a walk in Mantova, Italy and stopped in a music store. I bought this rather hideous kalimba since it’s fully tunable and I can switch out the tines easily (not super common). So when I got back to the beautiful outdoor venue (palace), I put that on the snare to amplify it and this beat immediately happened - the version w/mallets on the FT (2nd & 3rd vids). Then I grabbed those wonderful little brass dishes that were gifted to me the previous night in Rome by @profmattbrennan (author of the incredible “Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit”) & annie_cosmos_ and subbed those in place of the FT’s, using cooking chopsticks so they’d project better (vids 1 & 4). I love how the tones of those bowls sit above the kalimba melody and the registers of both make it so the bass drum cross-rhythm is clear. But besides those timbres, I really like the implied meters. The RH is playing triplets, but on 2 alternating pitches, so it sounds duple. The BD and kalimba parts are alternating and doing the same thing - but since the high notes of the melody occur on the “a" & “e" subdivisions - the meter sounds ambiguous. The hi-hat part playing on cts. 2 & 4 is the only thing clearly defining the 12/8 time. So it’s a nice, bright little duple/triple/4:6 stew. When the RH is on floor toms, the whole thing is much more subdued. But the trickiest part executing it was keeping those quiet enough to not drown out the unamplified kalimba. Placing it on the snare head as a resonator makes it quite a bit louder, but it’s still the quietest voice in the beat. Thx to @drmtech1 for the videography! Full length videos and xtras of Beat #347 up now on my Substack page & extra videos & pics of #348 will be up mid next week - link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. I’ve got two shows on the 12th @munchmuseum Oslo w/Karl Ove Knausgård. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat 347 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.26.26 on stage in Antwerp. I was liking last week`s beat enough that I decided to do a variation using more of the kit but keeping the same basic compositional structure & wands as stx. I changed the open hi-hat hemiolas to Swiss triplet sweeps between the ride & toms and snare. I added the flat ride & 2nd floor tom to lead into the final 2 wand-on-wand 8th notes to finish the phrase. I kept the little 32nd figure that begins both mea. but split that between the HH & ride. Same sparse but impactful bass drum part as last week. 1st vid is w/my monitor on, 2nd is a front view, 3rd is from the other side, 4th is slower in case you`re trying at home & 5th w/ @rootseq so you can hear the wand sticks better.
Thx to @drmtech_ for the videography! Full length videos, wand talk and xtras of sibling Beat #346 up now on my Substack page & extra videos of #347 will be up mid next week - link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. A few shows remaining w/ @wilco this week in Italy & Croatia & 2 shows @munchmuseum Oslo 9/12 w/Karl Ove Knausgård. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat 346 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.17.26 on stage in Nijmagen, NL. I was messing around with my wand sticks and this one happened. I chose to include it for the Hi-hat openings hemiola and the sparse but impactful bass drum part. Those combined w/the tinging wands give this one a certain charm that I really like. My wand supply just got replenished thx to a gift from my college professor, Jim Campbell. Since I now have plenty of backups, I wasn`t hesitant to lay into the drums w/these brittle beauties. TY Jim! And thx to @drmtch1 for the videography! Full length videos, writings and xtras of Beat 345 up now on my Substack page & extra videos and variations of 346 will be up mid next week - link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Many shows w/Wilco this month in Europe & 2 shows @munchmuseum Oslo 9/12 w/Karl Ove Knausgård. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion
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Beat 345 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.14.26 Another one from backstage in VA Beach. The Dome venue where @Wilco was playing had a really nice backstage area - replete with a couple of metal whale nicknacks. I couldn’t resist checking out their sound and when I did, this beat emerged. Actually, it started with just 2 whales until I discovered more in another room. I couldn’t decide between a samba or mambo foot pattern, so tried both. In total there are 4 related beats: 3 metals (whales) w/ each foot pattern and 2 metals (whales) w/each foot pattern. This post contains some of these and at various tempos. The SD part is probably my fav part of the beat though. It`s a 3 subdivision hemiola over the syncopated Afro-Cuban-esque RH melody and foot patterns. Of course, the RH part can be on anything: toms, cym and bell, cowbells, wood blks etc. explore! Full length videos and xtras of Beat #344 up now on my Substack page & lots of extra videos and variations of #345 will be up mid next week - link in bio. Past beats & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Many shows w/Wilco this month in Europe too & 2 shows @munchmuseum Oslo 9/12 w/Karl Ove Knausgård. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion
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Beat 344 of my #DrumBeatProject 5.31.26. This is a sibling beat with Beat #335 written (improvised) minutes after that one & notated later. This one forgoes the tongue drum for @aluphone bells, but I’m still keeping time w/the wisteria branch (noticed it’s sound while cleaning up the yard and had to try it out) as a rattle/brush/mallet. The left foot is playing @upcycledpercussion key-chime via @dixondrums foot pedal. The bass drum part is a steady answer to the aluphone melody. In the 1st video I’m playing the branch with the right hand on the ride and in the 2nd w/the left hand on the rack tom. It’s a simple enough melody to execute with either hand depending on what instrument/surface you want to play the branch (brush, broom) part with, so play around and have fun customizing it. Longer & additional video examples of how this one quickly evolved will be up on my Substack page midweek, check it out! Btw, xtra videos and a look at how I develop these beats from last week’s beat up there now - link in bio. Past bests & scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion
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Beat 343 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.14.26. The rhythm for this one popped into my head when I was walking in Virginia Beach on @Wilco tour, so when I got back to The Dome, I worked it out (orchestrated it) backstage. Later, I went to stage to record it (vids 3 & 4). I also tried it onstage in Wheeling the following day and it locked in a bit more (vids 1 & 2). I decided to post this one mainly because I really like the hi-hat part - played with the LF & using a custom @keplingerdrums jingle attachment. It provides a rhythmic punctuation line on top of the ‘patternistic` beat underneath. That`s the other reason I chose this one. I love pattern beats (which are distinctive from linear beats imo). Think @ringostarrmusic on "Come Together” or "Mystic Rhythms" by @Rush. Not the most popular Rush song, but that pattern approach left an indelible mark on my drumming in high school (as did "Tom Sawyer" & learning to play in 7/8 too!). I started creating these types of beats in songs for my high school rock band and loved playing them. A good Wilco ex. are the choruses to “Deeper Down” & several ex. are in this project as well. Technically, only the 2nd half of this one (if you think of the beat more as 2/4 + 3/8 than 7/8) is a pattern beat. The 1st 4 counts are FT ride & more traditional/ backbeat oriented. 1st vid is trad grip, 2nd matched. 3rd vid is without HH jingles and 4th is a close up of the hands part. More video examples & explanations will be up on my Substack page midweek - check it out! Btw, there’s an essay on Rush and lots of vids from last week’s beat up there now - link in bio. Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion
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Beat #342 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.15.26. This one features a pitched melody (wooden tone drum) against a complementary rhythmic melody (BD). This idea has been floating around since April when I was given the tone drum. I wrote the beat back then & it grew into a longer piece still in progress. I finally got around to trying it out & ended up changing it slightly for a better feel - that`s the main beat here. I`m also including the original which just has a different LF / HH part, that`s the 5th vid here - notations for both beats are at the end. The 1st vid is a view from above. You can hear the slit drum better in the 2nd, side view vid. The 3rd is what it sounds like if you play the ride instead of the slit drum so you can really get a sense of the BD rhythmic melody (and it`s the best way to try it at home). The 4th vid shows that BD part nicely. And the 5th vid is the original beat w/the HH part moved from the upbeats to the downbeats. The LH/SD voicing can use brushes, brooms or cross-stick, w/snares on or off. More video examples & explanations will be up on my Substack page midweek - check it out! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Lots of xtra video clips & lessons from previous posts on my Substack as well, link in bio. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat #341 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.10.26 backstage again making the best of a rained out show in SC. I was messing around w/an alternating sticking pattern to improve my flow around the drums while waiting to hear the status of show. I decided to put a bembe groove in between repetitions in order to break up that toms pattern and put it into a more musical context. I then decided to put the RH of the bembe groove on the @aluphone bells to add a pitched melodic layer that alternates nicely with the melodic ascending and descending pattern on the snare and toms. The first vids = stx, 2nd = mallets & are both from @Wilco backstage @greenfieldlakeamp Wilmington. The 3rd vid is the handles of the @promarksticks brooms & 4th tips and are both in catering @fireflydistillery Charleston (hence the background sounds and also why I’m using brooms - as to not be too annoying!). You can hear the BD part the best in the last video. The most difficult aspects are the quick jump between bells at the end of meas. 1 & 3 and the BD doubling the bells on the bembe. I suggest trying this one out by putting the aluphone part (if you don`t have those) on the ride cym. I’ll also have a couple of xtra videos and more thoughts midweek on my Substack page - check it out! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Lots of xtra video clips & lessons from previous posts on my Substack as well, link in bio. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat #340 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.1.26 backstage @cainsballroom taking my new Cricket sticks for a test drive! These innovative bundles are made by Matt Gordon and were originally designed for body percussion - but I’m really digging them on kit! This one has a few interesting moments, namely the guiro-esque scrape on ct. 1, the 4-note consecutive BD/cym figure and the 32nd note FT fill at the end of the 2-measure phrase. Getting to play both fluid/longer & super staccato sounds and motions alongside each other is very satisfying to me, try it out. I didn’t use the mallet heads on the backs of the bundles for this one - but will explore that another time. The 2nd vid is a bit slower than the 1st - notations at the end as always. DM if you want more info on these stx. I’ll also have a couple of xtra videos midweek on my Substack page of me playing this while @Nelscline is messing with me… And a little tour of the Cain’s backstage DR - check it out! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Lots of xtra video clips & lessons from previous posts on my substack, link in bio. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat #339 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.18.26 backstage @wolf_trap - I`m including this one in the project for educational reasons: I realized after I recorded it, that it`s 3 groups of 5 plus 1 (see the notations at the end). I didn`t know that when I improvised it, but thought it interesting that something I worked on back in college w/the gr8 @caseyondrums (different permutations of 5 note groupings within a 4/4 meter) came out this way in my playing - I guess it stuck, thx Casey! The accents & HH opening don`t make it sound like that though imo - but more of a dense diddle-based, right-hand-lead beat instead. It started flat, then added the big SD accent, then the HH opening - all of which is documented in my next Substack post coming midweek. It wasn`t until I notated it that I discovered the little "5`s" surprise. The right side limbs are in unison, w/the LH filling in all the spaces. Def worth trying out at home. Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Lots of xtra video clips & lessons on my substack, link in bio. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat #338 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.23.26 from @wilco Solid Sound Festival. This is a straight forward 2 beat/cut time feel groove for the Woodie Guthrie/ Wilco / Billy Bragg song, Airline To Heaven . I added an overdub part from the Mermaid Avenue recorded version to the LH part on @stack_ring_percussion secured to the rack tom via @drumgees - and the RH is alternating between 2 samples of foot stomps & hand claps on the SPD. In the 2nd - 4th vids, the RH is on a @meinlpercussion tambo. The challenge is just getting that quick LH motion between surfaces w/out affecting the sound or time too much. Using some custom HH bells too by @ashwin_deepankar - Big thx to @drmtch1 for the camera work! A behind-the-scenes tour of my percussion world is on my last substack post & a video explanation of my part to "Jolly Banker" will be up there in a few days as well - check it out! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat #337 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.13.26 from MI on tour. This one just happened while checking my kit on stage before a @wilco show. Open-handed 1/2x feel with a slight twist - the lone SD backbeat happens on ct. 4 instead of the traditional halftime feel of ct. 3 - somehow this one still feels like 1/2x though. The RH is alternating between the 2 floor toms to get a little pitch variation and the HH has one open note at the end as a cadence point - w/the BD basically filling in between the hands. Xtra videos and commentary will be on my Substack page. Big thx to @drmtch1 for the camera work! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor
Beat #336 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.3.26 from @electricalaudio - the house that Steve Albini built, always gr8 to be back there. I was recording last week w/the incredible @majelconnery & came up w/this beat for a song. I got the kit to sound a bit processed: nice and crunchy, by preparing it with seed pods on the drums and cyms thanks to the ingenious @drumgees - those things are game changers! It’s a simple pattern beat w/samba BD ostinato & using @davedeming demsticks to execute it all (& not crush the pods!). Nothing very tricky here besides making sure to strike the correct spot on the SD and HH to get the alternate sounds. The first vid has the best sound to hear those differences. The 2nd vid shows everything nicely including the optional pandeiro (drumgee`d to the RT) hit on the “+ of ct. 4”. 3rd vid is a close-up of the 2 SD playing areas and 4th vid has the dbl/"+a"pandeiro hit. I’ve got some fun xtra session vids & pics for this post that’ll be up on my Substack page (link in bio) this coming week, check it out! 5th clip is a tease of that...Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Lots of @wilco tour dates on sale now. @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #drumbeatimmersion drumbeattheory drumbeatproject loveyourneighbor