CODE of the Road:Selling yourself and general Musicians Etiquette FUNK: Derived from Rock, Soul and Motown to name a few... we look at the approaches to developing the right feel for the song. Neither a straight eighth groove or sixteenth groove but normally somewhere in-between. Funk grooves are achieved by taking straight eighth's and breaking it into sixteenths without taking into a full sixteenth note groove. FUSION: The term Fusion comes from a fusing of styles. Probably the first form derived from the late 60's early 70's Rock & Funk bands with the patterns they developed by musicians with inventivemess such as; Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, ... really an amalgamation of American Jazz-Rock, R & B, etc. groups in which traditional instruments were augmented by electronic equipment. There were quite a few bands that began a 'shift' to this style of music during the 70's and fortunately Martin was able to pioneer in this style with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. A form based on a blend of two or more styles ... 

Jazz/Rock ... Jazz/Funk ... Latin/Jazz/Rock LATIN: A style of music that spans not only over the usage of drum kit, but also percussionist instruments and professional dance. This is a definite ethnic style consisting of: Brazilian .... Cuban ... Caribbean ... Afro-Cuban ... Contemporary-Fusion RUDIMENTS: Rudiments are the paintbrush to an artist ... and an artist using that paintbrush would need the proper strokes and technique to accomplish a desirable result of their artistic feelings and abilities. Applying a reality of one's brain patterns to a public result. Tuition of rudiments is an ongoing learning process skill of practical tips for 'speed and fluidity' and all other practical applications.

STUDIO TECHNIQUE: Learning to work in a more clinical situation. A technique all in it's own class and any serious player who possesses knowledge of it's usage will benefit from more session work. Martin's lectures cover: volume control playing within limitations headphone technique count offs working to a click general ethics working with producers

CONCEPTS & STYLES: Linear patterns; a co-ordination of drum voices played individually [linear], instead of being played simultaneously [layered]. Exploring linear patterns includes: grooves, soloing and the usage of rudiments for most concepts POLYRHYTHMS: What is a polyrhythm? Smaller or larger denominations of grouped notes as opposed to straight rhythms being the normal accepted groupings. Each line of music might have its own system of meter signatures and bar lines, resulting in a multi-layered rhythmic activity, or Polyrhythms. The effect of polyrhythm was written into music that used no meter signature or bar lines at all. There are those pieces of music that adhere to traditional rhythmic organization, and they exist along with those that experiment with new systems of rhythmic organization.

THE STUDY OF TIME: Working your 'inner clock' GROOVES AND FEELS

BRUSH TECHNIQUE: The proper grip & usage of brushes applied to the various styles to include; Jazz, Latin, Funk and Fusion. Also covering Rudiments, Control and Sticking.

CONTEMPORARY STYLES & TECHNIQUES: Covering all aspects of modern day drumming. The usage of most concepts in; Grunge Fusion Heavy Metal House Thrash Indie Double or Single Bass Drum Techniques HI Hat Techniques Acid Rock Country Hard Rock R & B Improvisation Rock & Pop and numerous other examples

RHYTHM SECTION SKILLS: Working with the Bass player whilst listening to others in the Rhythm Section. This covers; interpretation, timekeeping, forward motion, phrasing and grooves. JAZZ: Emerging from three primary styles; a secular vocal style, rhythmic activity drawn from African and Caribbean dance rhythms, and improvisation. The vocal style, which was also imitated by instrumentalists, reflected great flexibility and individuality of expression in tone colour, intonation, and the beginnings and endings of notes and phrases. When we attach to this style the underpinnings of the harmonic tradition of European music and form based on a consistent number of measures, the word jazz finds a structural definition. The infinite subtleties brought to the music by each talented musician provided the impetus for a style that is still treasured today: improvisation extemporisation musical awareness expression spontaneity co-ordination cool jazz forward mothion hard bop/funky jazz

APPROACH TO LEARNING, PRACTICE AND PERFORMANCE Tuning and Care of Instrument: How to keep all of your equipment ready to use at a moments notice for that all-important gig. Preservation of a fine musical instrument for years to come. Remember, drums can last for many years if properly cared for. Tuning correctly can save you those expensive heads.

How to Structure Practice Sessions: Staying motivated and disciplines

Questions & Answers: Probably the most difficult thing for any artist is critique, or seeing one's weaknesses or faults. This is when there is time for all those technical bits you never seem to ask. In an atmosphere you can ask anything about anything appertaining to drums and the profession

Shuffle Concepts: Shuffle - if you sing to yourself; 10-to-10-to-10- to 10 ..... This gives you the pattern known as a shuffle. Therefore, tuition will cover usage of a shuffle in: Rock, Blues, Funk, Fusion, Linear, Country, etc. Every type of music can have a shuffle side to it.... therefore, applications.

Hip Hop: Pop culture movement of the 1980's comprising of Rap Music, Graffiti, and Break Dancing. Generally achieved by keeping straight eighths on the hi hat whilst shuffling any subdivision.

Soul: Is a jazz style since 1955 focusing n the introspective style of the blues as applied to jazz Ethnic Music: This is music of particular races or groups of people who inhabit different geographical areas.

We constantly cover styles of: Brazilian [Samba] Cuban [Salsa] Caribbean [Calypso, raggae, Socha] Afro-Cuban [Mozambique, Naigo]

Contemporary-Fusion R & B [Rhythm & Blues]: This was an urban black synthesis from 1935 -45 of rural blues, gospel and urban jazz influences characterised by strong rhythmic support for either vocal or instrumental soloist Suggested Listening: Steeley Dan, Tower of Power & Eric Clapton

Bebop: Jazz rhythm style from about 1945 based on the sound of cymbals, snare drum and bass drum with improvised solos in dissonant and complex patterns, said to sound like "be bop, re-bop, oo-bob-shbam" improvisation extemporisation musical awareness expression spontaneity co-ordination forward motion