Drum Beat Project
Happy 2021! Beat 52 of my #DrumBeatProject 12.17/18.20 Swipe for notations. 1st compound beat post. This one has a nice tonal shape w/ the clave in the kick anchoring a linear-ish phrase based around hh diddle & displaced backbt on sd, bd &/or ft - w/Left & Rt sd-ft lateral sweeps. Using modified @promarkbydaddario #activewave570 sig stk in RH. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects -check’em out! #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 51 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.1.20 Swipe for notations. I think of this one as a sort of trio: LH melody on 2 drums w/ RH clopping away on a temple blk/ft-sweep pulse - over feet ostinato. Using modified @promarkbydaddario tenor mallets, Good times. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects check’em out - #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 50 of my #DrumBeatProject 12.14.20 Swipe for notations. A slightly more complex variation of a funk shuffle aka Purdie shuffle but w/2 ghost sd notes. Heard a tape the other day of me playing around with the idea in ‘99 so I decided to dust it off. ‘Tis the season to use sleigh bells as a stick! w/ a mod #activewave570 sig stk. The @upcycledpercussion on @rootseq w/ @drumgees adds a crisp snap. Endless possibilities of alt bd parts & hh openings too. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 49 of my #DrumBeatProject 11.25.20 Swipe for notations. This vid is the live version from #CallingGlenn my collab w/ @ate9_dance - but wrote it out for trad kit assuming many folks don’t have @sensorypercussion & SPD w/bass pedal, so the notations reflect that. Basically right side is playing a vamp, left foot keeps the pulse & left hand has the melody. Turn it up! Using customized #activewave570 sig. stx & @evansdrumheads mesh heads w/ @upcycledpercussion hh flare & custom @lowboybeaters softy. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 48 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.6.20 Swipe for notations. Played this for a while before realizing it’s in 19/16, still flows though (w/a little edge) was just playing around w/cells of 4 and 3. The 2 alt. jingle ride surfaces give a question & answer vibe 2 it. Jingles are @keplingerdrums & @meinlpercussion ring. Using a customized #activewave570 stk too. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 47 of my #DrumBeatProject 11.11.20 Swipe for notations. Tom re-orchestration of a songo var. using 2 diff. customized @promarkbydaddario #activewave570 sig. stx. RH alt between floor toms gives a surdo vibe in the low end supporting the 3 high drum “melody” enjoy. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 46 of my #DrumBeatProject 11.17.20 Swipe for notations. Playing around on my circa 1918 kit using customized @promarkbydaddario tenor mallet & #activewave570. My wooden overhang pedal is surprisingly responsive for being approx. 115 years old?! even w/cym striker attachment, keep swiping for a close up pic. The hh (old but not orig. to the kit) part gives a nice 1/2 time layer w/ alt openings. This one can be felt in either in 12/8 or 3/4, both notations are included - thx to the incredible @mkotche for this kit! ❤️(& @revival_drum_shop !) enjoy! Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 45 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.10.20 Swipe for notations. Using @sensorypercussion on kick & snare (wish I had it louder) to accompany the melodic rh pattern on stacks & temple blk (which is deceptively tricky due to the alternating clockwise/counter clockwise motion). Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 44 of my #DrumBeatProject 10.17.20 Swipe for notations. 3 against 4 foot pattern (see, things that are out of step with one another can work together and groove!) over a little rudimental hand pattern w/mod sig stx #activewave570. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco #everyvotecounts
Beat 42 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.28.20 Swipe for notations. Playing around w/2 diff. stickings for an all-limb 4 stroke ruff bkbt applied to a simple beat. This one wiggles and dances around the pulse & is maybe the first one that I used a click for - so it still has charmingly greasy lilts, but in time.
Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 41 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.11.20 Swipe for notations. Funky double snare interplay groove - 2nd sd can be played on rack tom, stack etc. too. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 40 of my #DrumBeatProject 10.2.20 Swipe for notations. Alternating drum voicings for tonal resolution & tagging between 8” @zildjiancompany Trashformer w/ @keplingerdrums custom jingles underneath and jingle stack w/ @meinlpercussion jingle ring. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 39 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.29.20 Swipe for notations. Left side hh ostinato & right side tom & kick melody w/mod #activewave570 stx. This one spawned dozens of variation beats. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 38, greasy little groove in 11/8 w/mod sig stx & yet another inspired by Max Roach’s “We Insist! Freedom Now Suite” - for my #DrumBeatProject, 9.3.20- Swipe for notations. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #JusticeNow #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 37 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.11.20 Swipe for notations. You’re never too old to learn new techniques! Messing around w/dbl stack riding options. Quiet here, but also enhancing w/Sensory Percussion sounds - @ccdrumco brush kit preset. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 36 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.8.20 Swipe for notations. Rack tom ride w/plenty of rimshots, stack & open hat “melody” and 2 duple broken trips for the tag. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 35 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.1.20 Swipe for notations. Alternating broken triplets re-voiced. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 34 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.9.20 - Swipe for notations. Having fun w/multiple stacks, snares and sig. stick mod. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 33 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.13.20 Swipe for notations. Playing around w/stick shot flam using 2 parts of the stick - loving my mini @sonordrumco snare & mod. on my #ActiveWave570 sig. sticks. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 32 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.30.20 Swipe for notations. A little left hand shine time! Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects - #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 31 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.26.20 - Swipe for notations. 4+4+3+3+2 = 4/4. Side stick beefed up by adding right side low stack. Works well starting on ct. 3 too. See all past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 30 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.14.20 Swipe for notations. Sounds good w/only feet and RH too. Past posts at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #BeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 29 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.23.20 Swipe for notations - splicing 2 Tony Allen inspired beats together in 7. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 28 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.2.20 - Swipe for notations. It’s slippery in a way that I wasn’t really sure of the time sig. until I notated it. Built around 3 RHhh’s answered by 3 x-stack-stick hits, twice. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #drumbeattheory #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 27 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.30.20 Swipe for notations. Alternate-sticking-broken-triplets voiced into a beat. Past beats at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #loveyourneighbor @wilco
Beat 26 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.19.20 swipe for notations. Unfinished @zildjiancompany raging ride, hh on primary backbeat, lots of RH Lead = fun. Past beats @GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco #loveyourneighbor
Beat 25 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.18.20 - past posts at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #drumbeattheory
Beat 24 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.15.20 - swipe for notations - upbeat kick & triplified paradiddles, A,B,B’,A form. See past posts at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco #loveyourneighbor
Beat 23 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.7.20 swipe for notations. Another Max Roach influenced beat from “We Insist: Freedom Now Suite” var. of last week’s w/staggered hh openings & sd embellishments. All past posts @ GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco #loveyourneighbor
My hero, Max Roach’s, “We Insist! Freedom Now Suite” inspired beat 22 of my #DrumBeatProject - I was hesitant to post a beat this week until encouraged by some trusted friends. Mr. Roach - legendary drummer & @macfound Genius was always an outspoken warrior who fought for equality. He’s the father of solo drumkit performance among so many other things - check out his solo to MLK’s “I Have A Dream” speech - & anything else he’s done. His legacy looms large... Swipe for notations. Past posts at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat 21 of my #DrumBeatProject 5.18.20 swipe for notations. 2 bar linear beat w/left side stack. ABAC form. Past posts at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat 20 of my #DrumBeatProject 1.10.20 swipe for notations. Dbl stack, @morfbeats & upbt bd = fun! Past posts at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat 19 of my #DrumBeatProject 4.21.20 Swipe for notations. Inspired by #VinnyAppice fill at 1:29 on "The Last In Line" by Dio w/some tag-team hihat sticking - past posts at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat 18 of my #DrumBeatProject 1.7.20 swipe for notations - stick shot & morf perc. See past 17 posts at glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat 17 of my #DrumBeatProject swipe for notations 4.21.20 stack instead of snare. Past posts at GlennKotche.com/projects #DrumBeatTheory #ABeatAWeek @wilco
Beat 16 of my #DrumBeatProject -3.5.19 easy drum melody. Past posts at GlennKotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco #stayhomeanddrum
Beat 15 of my #DrumBeatProject 4.14.13 Swipe for notations - from an unreleased Loose Fur song recorded 7 yrs ago in Japan. Obvious @brendancanty @fugazi bell influence here! Past beats at glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco @dragcityrecords
Beat 14 of my #DrumBeatProject 10.30.18 - swipe for notations. rebounding rods - past posts at glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #Drum#BeatTheory @wilco - Stay inside and Drum!
Beat 13 of my #DrumBeatProject - 11.19.18, swipe for notations - see past posts @glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat 12 of my #DrumBeatProject, 11.18.18 Swipe for notations. It’s trickier than it looks! I’m trying out some custom samples w/ @sunhouseinc Sensory Percussion here, see past posts at glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory - stay home & drum!
Beat #11 for my #DrumBeatProject 3.18.20 swipe for notations, pre-dawn groove in 5. See past beats at glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat #10 for my #DrumBeatProject 2.19.20 swipe for notations. Trying different implements and grips always yields fresh results - See past beats at glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat #9 for my #DrumBeatProject 2.28.20 swipe for notations, quick improv beat in 5. See past beats at glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat #8 of my #DrumBeatProject - swipe for notations - 3/14/19 #ABeatAWeek #drumbeattheory @wilco
Beat #7 for my #DrumBeatProject 2.6.20 Swipe for notations. New maracas from MX meet my circa 1918 kit! (most of it: sans hats & some perc) See past beats at Glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat #6 for my #DrumBeatProject 2.6.20 - swipe for notations - brooms & rods & 15/16! Past posts @ glennkotche.com/projects @promarkbydaddario implements #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @wilco @alfred_music
Beat #5 from my #DrumBeatProject - 4.5.19 swipe for notations, messing around w/ 1/2x hh splash over reg. beat & upbeat ride while rehearsing for #Fishing @massmoca last spring. Past beats & notations @ glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek @alfred_music #DrumBeatTheory @wilco
Beat #4 of my #DrumBeatProject - 4.26.19, Swipe for notations. Voicing inside diddles around the stacks and snares. Past posts & notations at Glennkotche.com/projects -loving these @zildjiancompany stack combos! #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #activewave570 @alfred_music @wilco
Beat #3 for my #DrumBeatProject 3.16.19 - swipe for notations, more at glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory @meinlpercussion @alfred_music @wilco
Beat #2 for my #DrumBeatProject - a new arr. of an old idea - 1.11.20 video in my prev. post - more at glennkotche.com/projects #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #activewave570 @promarkbydaddario @meinlpercussion @sonordrumco @zildjiancompany @evansdrumheads @meinlpercussion @majesticpercussion @sensorypercussion @wilco @alfred_music