Drum Beat Project

Beat 248 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.16.24 Turn it UP! W/alt tempo, pic & notations. This started as a melodic idea on kalimba & when I began playing w/accomp. options for my RH on the kit, I decided to utilize @Sunhouseinc #sensorypercussion to get multiple sounds out of just the SD. The rim has it’s own sound, the center and edge have distinct pitches too, and the pitch changes when I move from center to edge as well - so lots of tones coming from that one drum! I rounded that out w/ BD & HH - which even though I wrote it w/HH on cts 2 & 4, due to the SD rim accent - I keep hearing that HH on the +`s of cts 1 & 3?! This beat is also the sibling to Beat #246 w/ @meinlpercussion kalimba replacing key chimes. The feet are basically the same as is the cadence & vibe - scroll down on my profile & check it out for yourself. Also, like beats #245 & #246 this features a one-of-a-kind mallet that my Mom helped me make in HS. Just a super light dowel wrapped at one end in duct tape w/a felt covering that she sewed - perfect for this beat, thx Mom! And yes, busted wearing my own #OnFillmore T-shirt... Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 247 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.23.24 w/alt arrangement & notations. Another quiet one! Got this cool sound a while back but lost it after I used it as a shaker on the 2nd verse of @wilco song “Sunloathe” from The Whole Love record. I finally found it again last week and was so happy that I thought I’d build a beat around it. Its kinda like a super-mini vibraslap that I strike, shake and use as a stick in this beat. The @promarksticks lightning rod worked perfectly in the RH since that instrument is so quiet. The drum part reminds me of @manukatche groove - specifically “Somewhere Down The Crazy River” with the upbeat ride bell, anticipated SD backbeat and tom hits. For the 2nd vid I hit it on the @meinlpercussion rebolo instead of my leg. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar @theoneandonlyvicsalazar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 246 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.16.24 w/alt tempos, sounds, notations & pics. Ok- got the key chimes out of my system w/this one, but included it mainly not just for those but also for the "hidden" shaker duo happening underneath. The keys elicit a nice melody w/the other limbs supporting it, but the shaker BD beater and "HH" Z-Shaker interplay is what I dig the most, especially since I`m playing as quiet as possible in order to hear the chimes. At this volume you can hear the BD shaker on the attack & rebound for a swung 16th rhythm on "+a1e+". I realized after the fact that the downbeat can be heard diff. 2 ways. 1.) as written w/cross stick on the upbeats or 2.) w/the x-stick on 2&4. Like last week I`m using an antique mallet to play the chimes - this one (pic included) is a home-made leather wrap over ? w/a small bamboo handle. Good vibes coming from that thing! Another pic of some of its pals too. I also tried this beat w/some diff. chimes - short videos of those near the end. Using Dem` sticks for that since some are fragile! Since those are all diff. materials, I also had to adjust the force of each stroke to work best w/each material = the beauty and challenge of multi-percussion. Btw, one of the chime combos is comprised of bottle cap chimes along w/several little tongs that I found in Mexico at a vintage shop & thought sounded good...Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 245 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.10.24 w/alt tempos, feels, notations & pics. This one is centered around my beautiful new @upcycledpercussion key chimes. I got a gorgeous set of rando key chimes in Brazil years ago that I`ve used on a bunch of records, so when I saw these much more portable and lighter ones, I had to grab them. It`s hard to tell from these vids, but they all have a distinct enough pitch to create a sort of collective chord progression for the beat. The RH is playing an active pattern on the kit w/a small one-of-a-kind homemade brush that I found in the Netherlands that`s perfect for this beat (pic after the vids), since the drums can`t drown out the chimes. I LOVE finding odd, homemade or obscure sticks & mallets when I travel. We drummers historically had to make our own implements until the advent of drum companies & modern manufacturing. So it`s in our collective DNA as creative types, to make things - including sticks etc. I`ve even built pieces around implements that I`ve made (see Fishing AM and my threaded spring rods - both available on my website). I have a whole collection of these antique or misfit implements at the ready for when their time comes - like it finally did for this little brush! (Tidbit: I only used antique implements on @wilco Ode To Joy record - I wanted to tap into their mojo). The BD needs to balance within the beat too, so I used a super unique rubber bass drum beater w/shaker shot in it (that pic included here too). It`s really quiet but more articulate than a bomber or puffy beater - perfect for this beat. And finally, LF is using an Upcycled rattle w/a @creative percussion HH mount that`s adding some nice rhythmic upbeats to balance the sustain of the chimes. This beat works both swung and straight, so I included versions of both as well as some tempo differentiation since the beat works within a range. Past beats at @glennkotche.com/projects check `em out! Scores for all solo pieces on my website and vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar New Saccata 4tet record out on @wejazzhelsinki #abeataweek #drumbeattheory #drumbeatimmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 244 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.22.24 w/alt mixes & notations. This one came almost immediately after loading a @officialCiboMatto sample into @Sunhouseinc Sensory Percussion and assigning it to the FT. The linear part fit nicely w/the rhythms of the sample. The video came super quick too, just a few passes with the sample at different volumes. 2nd vid has it lower and 3rd vid higher in the mix. I feel the beat phrased as 8+5+3 in 8th notes. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar @wilco #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 243 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.12.24 - w/related beat & notations. The final installments of the idea that I’ve focused on the last 2 weeks. Both beats are again re-imaginings of the original idea (flammed mill followed by an inside paradiddle between feet & hands), these are w/the addition of pitched perc. though - same progression but at different rates. I was still having fun investigating this idea and exploring both the subtleties in orchestration (& creativity in the arr.) but also, focal points of concentration. As I mentioned last week, I try switching my attention among all of the little possible nuances in a beat (like bringing out the rebolo w/a more articulate stroke, or getting a consistent ring from the shot on the timbale snare, or how the HH part can stand out like a unique clave pattern by striking on the edge w/the shoulder of the stick, or factoring in balance between the RH w/stick & LH w/glock mallet, or just on the stroke direction and aim in order to hit the right crotale in the right spot for the beat sound…). I love to hone in on all those little things individually until they become natural, then move to the next, building on each of these little details until it feels, moves and sounds “right”. *The repetition affords this kind of targeted concentration & absorption. There`s also a slower take vid of each beat. BD,SD,HH / rebolo, timbale SD / crotales = multi-percussion drumkit (my happy place). Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki - & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar @wilco #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 242 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.13.24 - w/notations. This is an expansion of last week`s beats - using RH & LH versions of the same idea - but this week I re-orchestrated & combined them into a 1 mea. beat. To reiterate, it`s basically a flammed mill followed by an inside paradiddle between feet & hands - using shaker mallet in LH. I like how the HH is used for a punctuation and the “ride” part is instead on SD (RH) and Rebolo (LF). I love experimenting with implements as you’ve seen, but also like trying different grips and even mindsets - or concentration points (a specific subdivision or voice on the kit for ex.) to see how it affects the performance/sound/feel/ & overall effect. That`s why the 2nd vid is trad grip. Remember, it`s all about being creative w/the arrangement. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki - & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 241 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.12/14.24 - w/notations. Technically 2 beats but since their stickings are inversions of each other, they`re of-a-kind and connected. It`s basically a flammed mill followed by an inside paradiddle between feet & hands. 1st vid is orchestrating that between agogos, x-stk & toms and that wild @creative_percussion can shaker w/LF. 2nd vid (LH version) on toms & rebolo w/customized marching tenor mallets & adding @upcycledpercussion to the HH . Crazy how the same sticking idea can result in very different sounding beats depending on how the orchestration or voicing of the hand pattern is interpreted. *It`s all about being creative w/the arrangement. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki - & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 240 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.29.24 - w/alt tempo vids, pics & notations. The melody first came on glock and then transferred to kalimba (w/a bit of distortion). Then came the drum part - switching from HH to “ride” (pic of that one-of-a-kind cym at the end). I enhanced the drums with @sunhouseinc Sensory Percussion Nadir presets. 1st vid is 84 bpm, 2nd 80 & 3rd 93. I think it grooves the best slower. Also a pic of the @meinlpercussion kalimba and rebolo. 1st mea. uses the stacato rhythmic hits for punctuation contrasting w/the open HH and the 2nd mea. uses the toms for punctuation contrasting w/the cym. Both go with the 4 mea. melody: A,B,A,B’ form. The most challenging aspects for me was getting the changing mvt. of my right side to be second nature while I focussed on the kalimba melody. Also trying a new combo of HH - @zildjiancompany 14 ”Classic orchestral on top & K Custom crash on bottom. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki - & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 239 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.1.24 - w/notations. Vintage Leedy SD action! I’m working on a few ideas right now, but didn’t have enough time to get those together given their difficulty. So instead, I put this new-to-me Leedy SD (maybe free-floating model?) on the kit and came up with this beat. It was generously gifted to me after being unearthed from a farmhouse basement where it sat for at least decades. I put some new heads on it (original snares though) and decided to come up with a beat that incorporated some things that would’ve been played on it back in it’s day (maybe around 100 years ago?) like the press roll and stick shot. But I also wanted to infuse some modernity like multiple stack sounds, the electro-reco and fast BD/stack stutter figures in order to create a beat that’s historically minded for this beautiful instrument`s return to the music world. It’s a hybrid beat that’s a nod to the infancy of drumkit performance when this SD was first made but that also brings it up to date on what it’s missed all those years in hiding…
The funnest aspect for me was switching fulcrum positions mid-beat. I start with a closed fulcrum in the RH for a meatier buzz roll in the 1st mea. and switch to a French grip / open fulcrum for the stutters to better articulate those. It was also fun to play around with touch - how light or hard I was hitting to see how that impacted the performance & sound. The most challenging aspect was all mental - just keeping track of when to play each of the 9 instruments in this pattern-oriented beat: that was dizzying at times! Lastly, this beat seems reversible & sounds right starting w/either mea. btw (or mid-bar even). New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki - & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 238 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.24.24 - w/alt takes & notations. Unlike last week’s beat, this one came together in minutes. It’s inspired by a beat that I recorded in 2020 and recently came across while doing some housekeeping. I was basically just messing around w/different techniques and sounds & the pivot stroke between HH and SD stick-shot on ct. 3 was a result. I added the BD double / HH / flammed stick-shot figure going into ct. 2 to set that up. It’s almost like a 4-stroke ruff that when played slightly relaxed & open, gives a little LILT for a nice, elastic feel which is a great contrast to the pushing vibe of the pivot stroke figure right after (that interesting feel shift is why I chose to include this beat). The subsequent vids are investigating sounds with snares on & off and using 3 different types of sticks - my current favs: my sig. #activewave570 of course, the finesse 718’s & @scottj_scojo light sticks - the marching sticks on kit worked best imo?! All @promarksticks btw. That`s my @sonordrumco sunburst jungle kit btw. New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki - & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 237 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.12 & 7.14.24 - a composite beat, w/slower & faster takes & notations. This one has been a slog. It was composed on paper and adapted at the kit, but for some reason, kinda difficult for me to get super consistent w/out sounding like micro-phrases pieced together.
I did several takes of it searching for the best tempo - from 87 -111 bpm & decided the slower/groovier takes felt best. I know the meter doesn’t help with the flow aspect: 2 mea. of 7/8 and 1 mea. of 15/8, but it revealed some deficiencies in my playing that I wasn’t aware of which was frustrating, but in the end, one of the best aspects of this whole project. Instead of giving up, I practiced and got better at something I never would have invested the time in otherwise... One of the many upsides of this whole project I suppose. The trickiest part was the BD since it’s based in samba but skewed due to the meter. I’m using a homemade threaded rod (available on my website) in the LH so I can get that scrape on the @stack_ring_percussion w/contact mic & bedazzled with @creative_percussion at the end of the phrase. That’s a CP shaker mallet in my RH. I love how the Black Beauty SD sounds a bit electro with the attack from that. I don’t even like this one that much but felt I had to stick it out for personal growth… I like it most when just focussing one 1 voice at a time like HH or toms. Curious if folks dig it slower or with a little juice? Also a CP shaker beater on the BD. New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki - & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel, link for my newest piece, a Max Roach tribute, The Thunder That Smokes, in bio. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 236 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.10.24 w/slower vid, isolated sound vids & notations. Lots of layers to unpack here. I`ll break it down by explaining how it came about. This beat was composed at the kit but not improvised. I didn’t have anything in particular that I wanted to explore this week so just grabbed the super unique #KeoPercussion flutter stick and decided to use it as a sort of intermittent ride on ct. 1 of each mea. Then grabbed a Korean temple clacker-stick for my LH. I played around w/that on SD x-stick vs. the BD or HH (LF) - liked both, so decided to break the beat up in halves - cts. 1&2 w/BD & cts. 3&4 w/HH. Then decided to move the LH to the HH top for cts. 3&4. I then saw the @percussion.wtf Reco Electro sitting there and decided to place that on the RT w/the @creative_percussion guiro stack - both kept in place w/the genius @drumgees bungee. I loved that sound so made it a 2 mea. beat - subbing that in mea. 2 where the LH plays HH in mea. 1. Then decided to sub a @rolandglobal electro BD (triggered via SPD foot pedal) in mea. 2 to go along sonically w/the reco. To keep the 2nd bar distinct, I added the seed pods to flutter in on ct.1 as well. Finally, I felt it needed a resolution - so added the @meinlpercussion wind chime crash at the end. Form is basically a,b,a’,b’. That description is a bit much - sorry! New Saccata Quartet LP is out on @wejazzhelsinki - & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website & vids on my youtube channel, link for my newest piece, a Max Roach tribute, The Thunder That Smokes, in bio. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighboru ...

Beat 235 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.25.24 w/alt tempo vids & notations. This one also originated while rehearsing for @solidsoundfest
- trying to come up with a live part for "Tell Your Friends" - one we`ve never played live before.
I ended up doing something different, but liked this one enough to include in the DBP. That`s a custom hand-held marching machine that I`m playing the FT`s with. The HH`s are the backbeat & are splashing to contrast the heaviness of the FT & BD vibe. The SD brush slide adds another balancing texture as well as some rhythmic stability. Those gorgeous hats btw are 2 - 14" @zildjiancompany Kerope top HH`s and as always, w/an 8" Trashformer in between & inverted, resting directly on the bottom cym. New Saccata Quartet out!!! On @wejazzhelsinki - & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 234 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.24.24 w/notations. This one originated while rehearsing for @solidsoundfest the other day from a sticking pattern which I think of as basically 2 flam taps & a Swiss triplet. I then split that up between HH & SD and added the BD punctuations. The trickiest spot imo is the "e" of ct. 3 where the 3 limbs are in unison - but if you just think of that BD lining up w/the start of the RH Swiss trip instead of the 2nd note of the preceding LH flam tap, it`ll be much easier when you work it out. Enjoy! Thx to @mikaeljorgensen for the camera work. New Saccata Quartet out!!! On @wejazzhelsinki - & new @wilco EP too - listen! Scores for all solo pieces are on my website. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 233 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.18.24 w/var. beat & notations - marching machine madness! I think I might be the foremost proponent of bringing the marching machine into the mainstream (or at least indy rock mainstream).
I used it extensively on the @Wilco Ode To Joy record and on several recordings since. I first saw one of these used by @scvanguard when I was a kid and it blew my mind, so I got one eventually and found that they work gr8 in contemporary music and not just to emulate soldiers marching. I’m using one-of-a-kind hand held & foot pedal operated ones here thanks to the ingenuity of @colindcampbell and @ashwin_deepankar (also the cameraman) who brought my requests to life - and far better than I originally envisioned. This is a linear beat based around the LF, LH, RH, RF sequence that happens twice. I love that the RH really sounds like some sort of 3/4 clave - but none that I know of… This can easily be played sans mm too - LF = HH & RH = anything. The xtra beat (3rd vid) is the exact same but starting in a different place which completely changes the melody & cadence if it. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link for my newest piece, a Max Roach tribute, The Thunder That Smokes, in bio. Scores for all solo pieces are on my website. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 232 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.12.24 w/var. beat & notations. I’ve been revisiting some past @wilco beats in case they get included in our “deep cuts” set @solidsoundfest in a couple of weeks and was trying to come up with a live version of “Just Say Goodbye” - not sure if this will be it, but I like enough to include in the project - mainly because of the subtle challenges. The sticking is a RH single / LH single / & 2 double stops repeated. The LH alternates playing positions from SD center to edge to imitate the delay on the track (in the 2nd vid from SD to RT) and the RH moves from 1st FT to 2nd. The BD is playing a samba foot pattern underneath and the HH (maybe the trickiest part?) moves from playing 4 UPBEATS (do you hear them as upbts?) on the @meinlpercussion foot cabasa to just the upbeats on cts. 1 & 3 with HH / tambo attachment (@keplingerdrums custom one here). Interrupting that element is tougher than it seems. But between the LF part, the orchestration of the hands and the double stops - this one presents enough interesting challenges to make it a lot of fun and worth exploring imo. I`m combining 1 bar each of the verse & chorus parts for this beat btw. The last vid is just a faster attempt. I began working on this the other day in Milwaukee but @ashwin_deepankar took these vids @saltshedchicago . Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link for my newest piece, a Max Roach tribute, The Thunder That Smokes, in bio. Scores for all solo pieces are on my website. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 231 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.5.24 w/var. beats & notations. Was checking sounds at a recording session this week and this one came about. It’s a straight fwd pattern beat starting w/flams that then open up into LH lead broken triplets. So many possible alternate variations for voicings with this - a couple of which are in the xtra vids. I hardly ever have an additional FT off to my left, but this beat illustrates how changing up one small element on the kit can lead to new discoveries and things that you wouldn’t have played otherwise - that’s part of the beauty of our instrument - it’s malleability. Btw - I`ve had that SD since 8th grade! I guess that makes it vintage?! Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link for my newest piece, a Max Roach tribute, The Thunder That Smokes, in bio. Scores for all solo pieces are on my website. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar @wilco #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 230 of my #DrumBeatProject 5.28.24 w/var. beats & notations. Investigating paradoxical odd couples. The idea of using double pedal for the first time in my DBP came while listening to the wonderful @vanderbiltpercussiongroup perform the @clark.hubbard composition, Stardust (gr8 vid on youtube btw). Around 1:20 there’s a super cool vibes/drums unison figure that I decided to try on the kit. I got it wrong here (maybe a future post tho) but this is close! I decided to try it quiet since (and I’m no expert here but…) in my experience, dbl bass is almost always played loud w/full-on intensity. I don’t know of m(any) situations where brushes or quiet shaker are used in conjunction w/dbl kick. So I thought it’d be fun to explore these odd couples as well as pairing a slower 8th note feel brush/shaker part against the fast 16ths on the BD’s. I switched between puffy bomber beaters (1st vid) my usual @lowboybeaters (2nd vid). I put a contact mic on the @meinlpercussion tar so it was more audible in the room and then ended up trying one of my quietest shakers too (3rd vid) - finally did double time (16ths) w/ the brushes & the @out_of_the_drawer_percussion shaker. Besides his compositions (be sure to check out SodaSong - amazing!) and co-directing athletic bands at Vanderbilt, Clark has been putting all of my handwritten beats in Sibelius for me the last few years, #invaluable. Thanks for the inspiration Clark! Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link for my newest piece, a Max Roach tribute, The Thunder That Smokes, in bio. Scores for all solo pieces are on my website. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @ashwin_deepankar @wilco #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 229 of my #DrumBeatProject 5.21.24 w/xtra related beat & notations. Yet another one in 7?! (I’ll move on soon). This is an outgrowth of the xtra beat from last week’s post - keeping the same RH drum part but moving the LH from @zildjiancompany frying pans to a new @meinlpercussion kalimba melody this week (still subdivided as 2+2+3). The 2 vids = diff. tempos/feels, but both using a distortion pedal to add that fuzz that I love to the kalimba. Vids 3-5 are this week`s xtra beat which is the same melody as the main beat kalimba part but moved to @majesticpercussion glock & the RH part moves from the stacks & SD to just drums. Each of those vids are just diff. mallet combos in the RH (a few customized @promarksticks marching tenor mallets and a @dragonfly_percussion insanely soft mallet). My fav part and reason for posting this one is the happy accident/cool interplay between the HH and the 2 stacks. I also wanted to show how one idea can be re-orchestrated / re-tooled many ways to create new and very different sounding beats. These border on being short musical phrases or micro-pieces but I still think of them as complex drum beats since they started as beats. New record w/Saccata 4tet coming in June - check the @wejazzhelsinki site for info and sneak peak. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link for my newest piece, a Max Roach tribute, The Thunder That Smokes, in bio. Scores for all solo pieces are on my website. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar @wilco #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...