Drum It With Brummet

  This video of Jesse Cook's 7-piece band was recorded for the Walks of the Night DVD . This amazing concert showcases numerous guest performers and a couple of fantastic rhythm jam-out sessions.  https://youtu.be/6343H42j_YI?si=saM59KySr0dv_zjL The second link we are sharing today is Jesse's Closer To Madness - One Night At The Metropolis  (2007).   https://youtu.be/XvrkEWvr1ro?si=CC52zQaoVM4oCHlh There are numerous, powerful performers especially the one fellow who plays piano, violin, accordion, guitar, wind instruments and sings harmony as well.  The theatrical, artistic approach to the DVD video left us with the impression that Jesse was implying he was on stage alone in an empty theatre, and that the concert we just saw was all in his head.  The level of dynamics in these performances is amazing and Jess's guitar playing is something to witness. Another thing we noticed was the excellent sound quality, everything came through crystal clear i...

Drum soloing – some drummers are very adept at them. When I was younger, I often felt like I just fell  on my drums when I am pushed to do one.  It was never a priority on my list of things to practice when  alone with my drums as I was usually busy working on songs to play in a cover band. Recently, we saw live music get a reboot after the COVID shutdown had people realizing how much  they missed seeing a live band in a club setting. The weekend rock band I was in at the time saw the  potential of this and put together a very energetic rock set list that had me playing harder and faster  than I had – ever! This group also required me to do a drum solo that I was dreading.  It had been  probably more than thirty years since I had done a long solo and, as you know, I had always disliked them. It’s not that I  don’t like drum solos that other guys do, in fact I love them - when done well. I just felt that  I wasn’t in that category probabl...