Drum Beat Project

Beat 194 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.19.23 w/alt vids & notations. The pattern is a continuation of last week’s beat (see a detailed explanation there) but instead centered around pitch that’s controlled using @sunhouseinc #SensoryPerucssion - which ends up also determining voicing - hence me counting this as a distinct beat from #193. So, using 2 zones (pitches) on each drum (center/rim or center/edge) w/ one pitch for each foot. All of which are @morfbeats gamelan strips that I sampled. 1st vid has HH; 2nd & 3rd vids use a LF trigger - 3rd is slower. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - plz subscribe! 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 193 of my #DrumBeatProject 9.13.23 w/alt vids & notations. It’s a 4 bar thunder-toms beat this week. Back home from tour for a minute & got a sec to work out some coordination patterns & transitions from my piece “Stones Flow”. HH is the anchor w/the 12/8 feel, BD implies the duple (6/4) feel for the first 2 cts. of each mea. & triple (12/8) feel for last 2 cts. RH is playing the primary 2-tone/2-drum riff & LH switches from that riff (mea.1 & 4) to the 2nd & 3rd upbeat subdivisions of the 3 note group (mea. 2 & 4). It’s a fun to play, so give it a try! Xtra vids are just slower tempos/grooves. Using some customized @promarksticks marching tenor mallets for great tone w/max articulation. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - plz subscribe! 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 192 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.7.23 w/alt vids & notations. One from earlier this summer since I’m still wrapping the @Wilco Euro tour.
The whole idea behind this one is the exchange between the SD and HH, which trade off being the “lead” voice w/the HH echoing the SD. The HH opening delineates the start of each mea. and the BD bookends each mea. as well. The trickiest part imo is the “e” of ct. 4 in the 1st mea. w/the SD & BD unison. It can be challenging at first to get those to land nicely together on that weak beat - but a fun challenge. 2nd & 3rd vids are with snares off - 3rd a bit slower. That’s a @Tackle_instrument & dragonfly_percussion stick topper on my left sig. stick which not only gave a nice round tone but really balanced the stick in a way that actually made it easier to pull off the 3 consecutive SD 16ths - love those things! Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - plz subscribe. 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 191 of my #DrumBeatProject 11.28.22 w/duet vid w/ @brendanbuckley & notation. The real treat here is duet version that Brendan absolutely knocked out of the park. I made this one originally for his ongoing #DrummerPlusDrummer series - it’s an honor to be included! The solo version relies on the toms to create the harmonic motion with the crotales on the @TheMillerMachine providing tonal reinforcement - that device is an invaluable asset! The SD is keeping the backbeat and the HH is augmenting by sounding the 16th before each SD which gives some nice left side weight against the busier right side - and a little funkiness. Brendan brought such cool ideas & sounds into it - a perfect contrast of dead and ringing drums and rhythmic punctuation that elevates the drone qualities of the beat and takes it to a whole new place. His SD breakdown part in the middle is so incredibly funky and tight, hats off to Brendan!!! His jingle shaker locks everything in so nicely too. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - plz subscribe. Scores for all solo pieces are on my website. Past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard @wilco @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 190 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.7.23 w/notations & progressively slower vids. Grabbed this one earlier in the summer and since I’ve only been behind a kit for the actual shows these last couple of weeks while on tour w/ @Wilco in Europe, there’s been little chance to explore new ideas, so this one’s time has come! The biggest detail is the BD part shifting a 16th between the two mea. Subtle detail, but it creates a nice bookend to the phrase - the BD part also establishes a low-end cadence against the high mid-beat peak of the open HH. Throughout the beat, there are imbedded 3 note groupings as well, between the HH & SD x-stick w/ @Creative_percussion shaker mallet - which adds a nice polyrhythmic flow. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - plz subscribe. 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 189 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.16.23 w/alt angles, notations, Hexbug vid! & pic. On tour w/ @Wilco in Europe, so my backstage “kit” is just this snare - a beauty tho. Using a @HexBug in my LH on a contact mic to get the buzz and controlled feedback. RH is using a super ball mallet in 2 areas on the head to get the moans along w/new @promarksticks heavy brush slides (which feel & sound amazing). I added some foot percussion: @meinlpercussion cajon jingle tap & toy jingle bells, to make it a proper beat too (pic of those at the end). It’s a linear pattern beat using 6 sounds, a small glimpse of some of the sound possibilities available from a single drum. That’s a magnetic @Creative_percussion MFX jingle bell ring on the rim - I get a lot of mileage out of that one. Thanks to @Mikaeljorgensen for the expert camera work! Last vid is the @Hexbug set free! Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - plz subscribe. 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 188 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.1.23 w/alt take & notations. Like last week, this is another old idea that I found and wanted to play around with again. It’s rooted in a shuffle with the right side BD & FT as the anchors, but most of the action is in the LH A/B melody. A = SD swell that utilizes a Moeller stroke to get the accent and B = stutters/buzzes that align with the HH. The HH is doing a cross-rhythm of 1/4 notes over the dotted 1/4 pulse of the 12/8 meter, creating a cool 2 over 3 feel. 1st vid has a Creative_percussion Klacker for that residual rhythm along w/ @upcycledpercussion @stack_ring_percussion & @meinlpercussion attachments on HH and a CP shaker stick on FT. 2nd vid loses the klacker. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - plz subscribe. 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 187 of my #DrumBeatProject 8.1.23 - w/2 BD var. beats & notations. Having fun w/mini stacks! I found an old video of me playing around w/this and wanted to try it again. I’m using the free-hand technique in my RH between the two stacks to create a fast triplet “ride” pattern. The LH is doing a cross-stick-scrape on the Creative_percussion guirostax, & the BD in the 2nd half acts as the answer to the LH scrape part/question. I have several pairs of old Verisonic aluminum sticks (LH here) that I keep around for specialty situations like this - those have been around since I was a kid. Each of the 3 vids has a slightly different BD part - any combination works though. Lots of great percussion on the HH too, so with everything together, it sounds like a cool percolating percussion line over a funky foundation. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - plz subscribe. 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 186 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.25.23 - w/2 var. beats, xtra vids and notations. Lots happening here! Using @sunhouseinc #SensoryPercussion on the toms for some extended tones. The SD part w/brand new @davedeming Jazz Broom sounds more like part of the “ride” line along w/the 1/4’s on the stacks and so the HH acts more like a backbeat here imo - w/a nice delay effect from the super cool Creative_percussion Klacker on the HH!
Getting a nice tone on the toms w/the @tackle_instrument Stick Topper on my @promarksticks sig stk. And using 2 different treasured @Zildjiancompany mini stacks to create a tonal difference & cadence to the beat as well. 2nd vid has 8ths in the RH, but I call it a different beat since that change completely alters the feel & groove. 3rd vid opens the RH to just whole notes so it’s easier to hear the linear exchange of the other 3 limbs/voices - again 1 simple change = very different sound. 4th vid eschews HH flair so it’s easier to hear the cool interplay between the stacks and HH. Again 1 simple change yields a totally diff. result. And 5th vid w/shaker mallets caused me to slow it down and swing it more, that’s why I love trying little alterations, preparations, revoicings, implement changes, tempos and subtle feel explorations with a single beat to reveal a WORLD of possibilities and new beats. Btw, these vids are the first time playing the SD from my beautiful new @sonordrumco SQ2 kit which I’ll bring out this fall w/ @wilco! Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - plz subscribe. 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 185 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.17.23 - 2var. vids start this week & main beat = last 2 vids. I was playing around w/the idea of an expanding beat & came up w/this: 2 bars each of 5/8, 6/8 & 7/8 then repeat. I found the Vari-Tone rototom vintage kit version w/Korean Kkwaenggwari & @rootseq on SD the most compelling, so put that var. 1st. One meter per tom & using trad. Korean mallets for that too. 2nd vid is on my @Evansdrumheads db One practice kit - I’m hitting the hi stack on each downbeat to show the shifting meters more clearly & adding HH 8ths w/ @promarksticks brooms. Last 2 are as written w/HH openings on reg. kit. / trad & matched grips. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - subscribe! 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 184 of my #DrumBeatProject 7.13.23 w/related beat, diff. tempo vids & notations. Fresh back from Korea, I’m trying out some new sounds that I collected there (& some new versions of ones that I got there 24 years ago). Shamen bells in the LH playing stack_ring_percussion as SD w/ @drumgees - temple “clacker” stick in RH on FT’s, antique horse bells draped on HH and 2 small temple bells denoting the beg. of each phrase. 2nd vid is a “normal” drumkit version / vids 3-4 are diff tempi & views & 5th vid is ala #OnFillmore - so more deliberate - but w/the clacker stk it’s also reminiscent of our piece “Cricket Conquers Cave”
@daringraymusic - Can be written as 7/8 + 6/8 or just 13/8. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - subscribe! 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 183 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.19.23 w/notations & diff tempo vids. Utilizing lots of staccato stack sounds here to create a nice melodic line from diddle sticking permutations. The BD part provides some nice low-end contrast & a bit of space to give the 2-bar beat balance & cadence. I love seeing the natural arm choreography that results unintentionally (sometimes…) That’s @stack_ring_percussion on the RT & the left side sounds are enhanced by @meinlpercussion @upcycledpercussion @creative_percussion -
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Beat 182 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.20.23 w/faster takes & notations. This is a continuation of last week’s beat (full description there), but with the LH now playing a 12 note crotale melody. RH using
@promarksticks bamboo timpani mallets & @tackle_instrument stick toppers in the 2nd vid.
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Beat 181 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.13.23 w/alt takes, notations & Sibling beat. This started as a RH melody (it’s more natural for me to use 2 mallets for patterns like this but 1 is fine too). The LF HH upbeats established the feel and then the LH & RF just fell into place. 1st vid: LH w/ @davedeming rods on @meinlpercussion timbale snare, 2nd vid: prepared w/ @stack_ring_percussion - 3rd vid: adds a stack crash, 4th vid: LH rhythm is split between 3 pitched @sonordrumco temple blks & RH using customized @promarksticks mallets - 5th vid: w/ @dragonfly_percussion super soft mallets & 6th vid: faster w/tried and true MT3’s & w/ @upcycledpercussion & @creative_percussion on the HH scene. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - subscribe! 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 180 of my #DrumBeatProject 6.12.23 w/alt takes, notations & related beats. The Zombies inspired this one - specifically Hugh Grundy’s amazing pattern beat from “Time Of The Season”. I did my version of the beat (5th vid) for an Audrey’s show last month & am still having fun messing around with it. 4th vid is that same beat but superimposing the other beat from that song on top - so the stack is covering the SD part on ct. 2 and the + of ct. 3. I then added a sextuplet lick at the top for the main beat (vids 1-3) to morph it into something else - but the original is still totally audible in there imo. 3rd vid substitutes doubles for the singles on the opening 6tuplet. I love re-imagining existing beats & turning them into something fresh but w/ancestry at the core - a great exercise for drummers at any level. Loving my new @sonordrumco Kompressor SD! That’s a @creative_percussion Z shaker on the HH along with @meinlpercussion @upcycledpercussion & @stack_ring_percussion -
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Beat 179 of my #DrumBeatProject 5.30.23 w/alt takes & notations. I’ve played kokoriko overdubs on a few sessions this past year so decided to see how it worked in a beat setting. It’s the LH anchor here w/the other 3 limbs playing a drum part that originated from beat 156 and is re-orchestrated here using more space but sill retaining the 2 mini-stacks & displaced LF HH part (I love how that works w/the SD part). That HH part is the trickiest element since we’re so used to playing it on 2 & 4. Other main challenge is starting the kokoriko motion early so it sounds on the beat. @davedeming Wild Rod in the RH btw & @creative_percussion on the SD. Xtra vids are other kokorikos & diff tempos. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - subscribe! 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 178 of my #DrumBeatProject 5.24/25.23 w/2 alt versions & notations. This is live from a recording session at the @wilco loft for my longtime friend & musical brother, Craig Christiansen, who I’ve been playing w/since age 15! 1st vid is the main beat for the song, 2nd one is a variation w/snares off and more toms & the 3rd vid has a alt FT part at the end. Left stack = 2 @zildjiancompany cyms w/ @stack_ring_percussion jingle ring. Check out the 1st batch of tunes that I did w/Craig, link in bio or here: https://music.apple.com/us/album/puzzled-single/1690119680. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, subscribe! 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 177 of my #DrumBeatProject 5.24.23 w/alt versions & notations. This originated from hopping on the amazing @creative_percussion kit at the @ChicagoDrumShow and improvising this beat = 3rd vid, by Kevin. I developed the ABBC 4 bar form a bit more at home, concentrating on mea. 2 & 3 where the action flows from the RT to the SD to the BD. Lots of SD buzzes and some nice SD/BD double stops in mea. 1 & 4. 2nd vid shows a var. w/HH playing through the break - several other var. present themselves too once you start playing this one. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - subscribe! 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 @wilco ...

Beat 176 of my #DrumBeatProject 5.1.23 w/notations. @wilco Loft recording vid here. Nothing technical or fancy, but an appropriate & fun part - imo - to a new song. The HH takes the backbeat instead of the SD - which plays a displaced backbeat instead...The toms embellish the phrase and add some cool dry tones. BD = 4 on the floor. TY Mark Greenberg @loft_relics_guitar_straps for the camera work! Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - subscribe! Scores for all compositions & past beat vids & notations at GlennKotche.com/projects check ’em out! @clark.hubbard @ashwin_deepankar #ABeatAWeek #DrumBeatTheory #DrumBeatImmersion #loveyourneighbor ...

Beat 175 of my #DrumBeatProject 4.27.23 w/alt takes & notations. Last one from the last tour backstage @wilco rehearsal room - this one at the @TnTheater in beautiful Knoxville. You can see my high tech av set-up here (phone taped to a gtr stand). This is ABAC form w/the defining feature being the SD 16ths on the back half of the A parts. Each section —also has the BD-HH-FT 3 note grouping - kinda the theme of this beat. 2nd vid is a slower variation w/SD added on the + of ct. 4 in the 1st mea. 3rd vid w/brooms & @davedeming rods. That’s a @meinlpercussion ankle waterfall rattle on the cym btw. Solo pieces are up on my youtube channel, link in bio - subscribe! 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 ...