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Funk Drumming Series-Future Sounds Book Part 1

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Here is the first episode of a video series exploring the David Garabaldi book Future Sounds. This is one of my favorite drum set books, and I use it daily in my teaching and practicing. In this first chapter, I talk about the book and show you the dynamic level concept that you need to master in order to get the most out of the book. I also play through the exercises on page 9 Time Stamps: 0:00 Introduction 2:34 Dynamic levels and ghosting 7:23 Permutation explanation 8:58 Page 9 Part 1 11:20 Page 9 Part 2 Here is the equipment I am using: Peavey Radial 1000 Bass Drum 22"x 18" You can see the full set here https://youtu.be/-wfcbmk2Rjg Dunnett James Trussart Stainless Steel Snare Drum 14"x 6.5" You can learn more about this drum here https://youtu.be/NNbzogxsIYw Cymbals: 15" 1960's A Zildjian Hi Hats Two 18" 1960's A Zildjian Crash Cymbals 14" Sabian Artisan Hi Hats (to my right) Sabian 20" Jack DeJohnette Signature Ride Sticks are my Vic Firth Signature stick in maple Microphones are two Neumann U 89 overheads and a Shure Beta 52 on the bass drum. Headphones are GK audio (thanks Gordy) Metronome is a Yamaha Click Station

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