DRUMMER CAFE

Drummer Cafe TV is just like a State Fair, "bigger and better each time"   

The Chicago Drum Show segment was my favorite part of this episode and I always enjoy Zoltan.  I like the short clip format rather than one long run on segment.  The Demo is a worthwhile feature and I look forward to more of those.  Great job Bart! 

We're all a very serious bunch here. 

How can you view past installments?  I missed the first one.  Forgive me if I'm asking a stupid question or the answer is right in front of my nose.

Thanks for the encouragement Billy, and thanks again for your support and allowing me to record your clinics and interview you.

The Billy ward stuff is (honestly) quite fantastic.
I always love to hear people performing songs in their clinics, but on from that, all the stuff about woods, shell construction etc was insanely good.
I'm in my late 40's and I'm learning this stuff from Billy now.
There was nothing[/b] like this when I was in my formative drumming years.
And you are both (Bart and Billy) giving it out free. 

In the late 70's, drum clinics were thin on the ground. In the early 80's they really took off, but the ones I attended almost always featured sections of 20 minute drum solos, not much in the way of education IMHO.
When I started doing studio work engineers asked me why I'd arrived with a certain kit or cymbals and I had no answer. I knew nothing.
25 years later I know less than the last couple of generations of working drummers.
Congratulations on an excellent feature.

To answer both of your questions ... I'm going to archive a lot of the footage (not all) for VIP Members to have access to 24/7.

Things that WILL be archived:

• Lessons
• Interviews
• Zoltan segments

I'll also archive some performance footage, but not all since arrangements have been made to show the footage on DCTV only. Clips from DVDs will be made available to everyone as I get the product pages up; many with reviews.

The concept is to get people to watch every week. This will also (hopefully) attract some advertisers for DCTV. Also, archiving the footage and making it available to VIP Members only encourages (again hopefully) people to become VIP Members and support this site. 

Bart, I love the Chef hat!  That is awesome!  Nothing like a good chuckle to start my Sunday.

Great work!  Keep 'em coming!

Bart,

That Complicated Drumming Advert is hilarious. The 1st one I thought might have been because some dude paid you a lot to run it and maybe it was one of those English as a third language thing ;>)  Then the 2nd one with the famous drummer quotes just added to the LOL.

Unfortunately I can identify too much with the Bill Cosby discussion trying to play too fast on the ride beyond your capabilities. ;>(

Boomerweps

I like the idea of a semi regular 'Classic Drum Licks' segment.

Thanks for the feedback. After Chris had posted the "50 Ways" clip, I realized I should create not only lessons ... breaking things down further and/or different than the masters who created them, but actually have a regular segment on DCTV showcasing these licks/grooves ... hence the Legendary Drum Licks.

I already had the Meters' "Cissy Strut" planned to demonstrate and notate for DCTV, but will go ahead and feature more of this kind of stuff in the future. DCTV viewers will be able to click on the screen to be taken to a full lesson on the groove/lick.

The Zoltan stuff is just crazy; good laugh.

The PercaDu performance is nice as well. I'm in contact with these guys to hopefully get some more from them.

I haven't heard any comments about my "Care & Feeding" photo ... I shot that this morning ... thought it was a funny ... treating my Pork Pie Popcorn Snare like a caged animal; feeding it a banana. I'm sure most of the footage is 'old news' to me, but there are a lot of young players that need to know these basic techniques.

I've got some surprises on the horizon with additional contributors adding to the mix of DCTV.