The performing drummer’s guide
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 in Guides and Resources
Hello drum community! For the past 6 months months I have been very busy. I’ve been doing lots of things with my band – releasing our debut album, recording, touring, and playing live radio sessions. I wanted to share some of those experiences. In this special edition of our blog, Elephant Drums teacher Dan Peranic gives an insight into life as a gigging drummer. He gives us some handy...
Read MoreDrumming for Film and TV
Posted on Aug 5, 2011 in Guides and Resources
Choreographing a Drummer. One of the services we provide is drum coaching for films, TV, adverts and other visual media. It involves training actors who have not played drums before to look like a convincing drummer on screen. Essentially, it’s drumming ‘choreography’ – just like training a dancer to do the right moves, except instead of dancing it’s drumming. The...
Read MoreEnemy Number 2: Fear
Posted on Feb 18, 2011 in Guides and Resources
Picture this: You are in your practise room. Everything sounds immaculate. Hands and feet are comfortable, you feel you can play anything you want. You are on fire! Just then your mate comes in and says he wants to film you and suddenly everything comes down like a deck of cards. Hands are not flying effortlessly, you start feeling stressed and your playing goes well under the level you...
Read MoreDrumming in different musical styles
Posted on Dec 21, 2010 in Creative Concepts, Guides and Resources
What’s the key to becoming a versatile musician and being proficient in one or more musical styles? Simply – listening! That implies: Listening to the music, researching and studying the history of the genre and understanding what makes those performers sound the way they do. That’s the starting point. Afterwards comes the challenging part of assimilating the skills required to develop...
Read MoreEnemy Number 1: The Click
Posted on Nov 18, 2010 in Creative Concepts, Guides and Resources
“I don’t need that, I’m in a band!” Whatever you may think of it, the majority of recording/performing industry today revolves around that ‘annoying tiny beeping’ sound and it’s more than certain that you’ll be asked to work with one sooner or later. Click tracks can be your best friend and your worst enemy. In this article Dan Peranic examines what it means to play with...
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