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Tiger Bill Reviews It's About Time By Fred Dinkins Book and CDs ![]()
One of the major differences between average drummers and professional "artist" drummers is in their approach to playing "time." Top drum pros always seem to play the perfect time feel for any song regardless of musical style, time signature, or tempo. They instinctively know whether they should play directly on, slightly on top of, or slightly behind the beat. While this ability comes naturally to some, most drummers find it most difficult to comprehend. Drummer /performer/teacher Fred Dinkins realized that this was a widespread problem and wrote this book to help drummers understand, improve, and control their sense of time. (Included are two audio CDs with an all-star band performing all of the backing tracks.) Let's take a look at Fred's book/audio CDs, It's About Time, from Alfred Publishing. Grooving With Independence Subdivisions: Keeping It Even Playing the Space Also included are "Middle Changes," which are exercises to help you get used to maintaining solid time when changing grooves. This commonly occurs when playing from verse to chorus in a song. Exercises include practice in Middle Changes on upbeats and Advanced Middle Changes. A Play-Along chart combines all prior "space" examples into one exercise for review. The Drum Fill Workout Playing the Hits As important as any "hit" is the way you "set-up" your hit on the drumset. A set-up is a rhythmic pattern drummers play that leads into the hit and complements the actual hits. A good clean set-up is another sign of a true artist drummer. If you want to hear a master at this, listen to any of Buddy Rich's big band recordings. Another Play-Along drum chart follows for review of hits and set-ups. Time Movement and Feel The Time Maze Grooving in 3/4 Fred's Musical Recommendations Audio CD Index
It's About Time: The Bottom Line I give It's About Time the thumbs up. If you want to take your playing to that next level, I can't think of a more useful guide than this book. It's definitely "about time" that someone wrote a comprehensive step-by-step guide that enables anyone to master the secrets of playing effective time. Time that's always solid, time that always cooks. After all, isn't that really what drumming is all about? It's About Time is useful for drummers of all experience levels. The book retails for $24.95, which is extremely reasonable considering that it comes with two audio CDs. Purchase the Book with both CDs at a discount online: It's About Time
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