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Re: DRUM INSTRUCTION DVD & BOOK REVIEWS
Somebody asked about Drums for Dummies earlier in the thread, and my two cents - I like it, it is a good book for beginners and it's what I used for the first year, year and a half, but it is very much a book interested in covering the basics. I'm in the process of trying to learn to play double strokes properly because DfD wasn't helpful there.
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Modern Rudimental Swing Solos for the Advanced Drummer
Charley Wilcoxon
Target Audience
This book can work for just about everybody
I didn't see anyone mention this one yet, so I thought I would share it. This book is a classic, although not without it its faults. It is a collection of snare solos, some really great and some less than stellar. Philly Joe was said to have practiced from it religiously, and in my experience it is a great way to start building up both rudimental vocabulary, as well as ideas for phrasing solos. It is also a real challenge to practice with brushes (Kenny Washington apparently has spent a lot of time on this). I do have some small issues with the way it is organized, and as I mentioned some of the solos leave something to be desired. But overall, if you haven't checked it out it is definitely worth your time as it is one of the better snare solo books.
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M&M II, Language of Drumming, Taking Center Stage
Todd Sucherman's Methods and Mechanics II is a great accompanying dvd to M&M I. It is all about tips and tricks on the road as well as going other particular grooves, odd times, and sticking. I strongly suggest if you enjoyed the first DVD. Though if you have not seen the first DVD then I would watch it before M&M II because it constantly is referencing techniques from the first DVD.
Benny Greb's Language of Drumming is excellent as well. Lots of different things in this DVD from playing on a breakfast nook table to a log in the woods. Very fun to watch and incredibly informative.
Lastly, Neil Peart's Taking Center Stage is one of the coolest DVDs I've ever seen. It has everything a Neil Peart and a Rush fan could ask for. Track by track break downs from the Time Machine tour, Drum cam footage from the Time Machine tour, rehearsal and sound check footage before shows, Neil's drum tech breaking down the nuts and bolts of touring. Interviews from the DW worker who created Neil's Time Machine and Hockey kits. And much much more. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
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How accurate are your transcriptions, and to what extent have you tested them out? I mean, did you get other players to go through the book and look for mistakes?
Hi, I'm Andrew.
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Has anybody got opinions on these two books?
66 Drum Solos for the Modern Drummer - Tom Hapke
Mind Matters - Overcoming Common Mental Barriers in Drumming - Bernie Schallehn
Hi, I'm Andrew.
My old band, come download our stuff
Re: M&M II, Language of Drumming, Taking Center Stage
I see that Todd will have a companion book and CD soon to MMI so i guess he'll make everyone "work for it" only on MMII. LOL!
You definitely want to have MMI first.
Max Roach did it, Elvin Jones did it, but Roy Haynes didit and didit and didit.
Last edited by Muckster; 10-24-2011 at 11:42 PM.
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NAME: "A Fresh Approach to the Snare Drum" by Mark Wessels
WORDED RATING: A unique, well thought out, well executed, and comprehensive course on snare drum playing. Highly recommended for any beginner looking to learn snare drum playing. Also perfect for an instructor who needs a syllabus.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Beginners, Teachers.
PUBLISHED BY: Mark Wessels Publications. Available only from the publisher's website.
DESCRIPTION: This book is unique in that it is a complete course, organized as 20 lessons, covering all aspects of snare drum playing. It covers, technique, rhythms, rudiments, and reading all in a natural progression. For example, on the topic of reading, it starts by introducing the staff, measures, and quarter notes in lesson 1. By lesson 6, it's up to odd time signatures and 16th notes. By lesson 13, it's up to dynamic markings, and by the end (lesson 20), it's covered alternate endings and Dal Segno. New rhythms and rudiments are likewise introduced in a logical sequence through the lessons. There's also a nice sequence of exercises that isolate specific movements and help develop, for example, accents and flams. Each lesson concludes with an Etude that incorporates elements from previous lessons. There's even a guide with recommended speeds progressing through the lessons. For example, the single paradiddle is introduced in lesson 5, at which point it recommends that it be played as quarter notes, starting at 90 bpm. By lesson 10, it recommends 8th notes at 140 bpm (quarter-note beat). By the end, it recommends getting to 16th notes at 100 bpm (quarter-note beat). Finally, on the Vic Firth web site and on iTunes, there are videos by Mark that accompany lessons 1-13.
Personally, I think that this is a great book, and Mark has done a great job being comprehensive and organizing the topics into lessons with a natural progression. I've been using this book to self-teach, and I expect that that would make Mark cringe, since I'm pretty sure that he intended this book to be used with an instructor, not to replace an instructor. (I don't disagree, and I do plan to get an instructor.) With an instructor, this book is a great way to learn. Moreover, as a framework, it can be nicely supplemented with technique DVDs and additional exercises from other great books such as Stick Control and Syncopation.
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The Groove Is Here, Steve Jordan
A great video for drummers interested in having an amazing, grooving sound.
beginning through advanced
Rittor Music
This is geared towards drummers who play or want to play multiple instruments and who may be interested in songwriting/production work. There aren't a ton of "contemporary" licks in it, but it's filled with classic licks that make for an epic drummer.
Here's an example of what you can do as a result -- http://youtu.be/tyzly-yM7Oc
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Todd Sucherman- Methods and Mechanics II
A great follow up to M & M 1 with a lot of great solos, ideas and song analyses.
Intermediate to Advanced
Hudson Music
Great lessons on ghost notes, beat displacements and odd phrasing, challenging hand exercises and breakdowns of songs that Todd has played on with Styx and Taylor Mills to put it all in a musical context. Some examples are notated on screen, others you'll have to write out yourself . Also features some great clips of Todd on the road with Styx, lessons about life on the road, and some more of the infamous "Quick Tips".
Antonio Sanchez- Master Series
A great insight into the playing of one of the premier jazz drummers of our time.
Intermediate to Advanced
Hudson Music
Unlike most drum instructional DVD's, this one is in a clinic format with a live audience on screen asking questions. Antonio plays several songs from both his solo album "Migration" and the Pat Metheny Group, and breaks down concepts covered in each. Antonio gives a lot of great advice about practice routines, technique, developing independence and other ideas for all around musical drumming. Great for anyone interested in advancing their jazz playing, or interested in left foot clave. Only gripe would be that the PDF ebook could have been much thicker.
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Here's a fabulous book that I don't see mentioned yet, so I will.
Keith Copeland's Creative Coordination for the Performing Drummer
Fabulous for learning Jazz, Latin (Brazilian and Cuban), and Rock/Funk. Many of these ideas can be applied to books such as Syncopation.
For the advanced beginner drum set player and beyond.
Carl Fischer Music
Table of Contents:
1. Slow To Medium Tempo Swing
2. Bossa Nova Clave
3. Funk And Fusion
4. Samba Rhythms
5. Up Tempo Swing
6. Cuban Rhythms
7. Half-time Swing
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"Hands, Grooves, & Fills" for me, has been a Godsend. It covers Hand Technique exercises...and REALLY good exercises, short and sweet, that have helped my chops. The "Rudiment TAB System" has helped me to quickly put rudiments together in combinations..lots of fun
The Grooves section? 50 play along beats..ranging from Pop/rock style, to Funk/Fusion, to Brazilian Funk..Real beats that work, cool phrasing and accent variations...I also use the tracks to make up my own grooves and variations
Fills....THIS is where it does it for me...He breaks down various split 16th movements in the book, then shows the orchestrations and phrasing on the DVD..as well as sextuplet and ratamacue style fills I've heard Gadd or Weckl do..now I can do some of these and add my own..
He also does a pretty amazing solo..which is hear on DW, I think, and he plays all the tracks on the DVD
WELL worth it...5 stars, a great educational package!
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Started with Haskell Harr;
Gary Chaffee's sticking patterns;
Stick Control - the best for hand and working into drumset!;
The Paradiddle Workbook - great for measuring and gaining speed and improving hand and foot coordination. I had the hard copy and I downloaded it for my Ipad for traveling; Gary Chester's New Breed - same importance as Stick Control! This one is a must for independence!
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The Funkmasters - The Great James Brown Rhythm Sections 1960-1973
by Allan "Dr. Licks" Slutsky and Chuck Silverman
Includes: 144-page lesson book, with 2-CD audio representations of all lessons, performed by Chuck Silverman (Drums), Steve Beskrone and Jimmy Williams (Bass), and Alan Slutsky (Guitars)
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A great approach to breaking down and analyzing early funk rhythm sections, with great stories and historical references into this era.
Technically, this is a beginner-to-intermediate lesson book, but the great stories and interviews included will appeal to all skill levels of fans of this genre.
Alfred / Manhattan Music Publications, 1996/1997
Dr. Licks and Chuck Silverman break down an analyze the men and music responsible for 23 of "The Godfather of Soul's" most influential songs from the 1960-to-1973 era. They start by profiling the history of each song, followed by a combined transcribed score of key rhythm section parts that define the song. They then take this one step further by breaking down the drums, bass, and guitars in seperate, insightful pieces, all accompanied by their own individual tracks on the CD's.
(From the book)
"The Funkmasters" is a multi-purpose book that aims to tell a story and teach a musical style at the same time. As an historical text, it traces the evolution of James Brown's most important rhythm sections by profiling the lives and careers of ground breaking drummers, bassists and guitarists. It also supplies background information and inside musicians stories that, hopefully, will make hits like "Cold Sweat" and "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag" come alive for you.
The transcriptions - which form the backbone of this book - offer the first in-depth, charted documentation of what James Brown's musicians actually played on these monumental recordings. Aside from the raw notes that are printed on the page, the presentation of the arrangements is intended to be a musical tutorial that helps you play and understand these tunes by giving you a feel for the attitudes, concepts, and musical trends that went into their creation."
Another interesting approach of this book is that the author presents the tracks in a historical reference, starting with older tracks like "Think" (recorded in 1960), and "I Don't Mind" (recorded in1962), moving on to all-time favorites like "I Got You" (recorded in 1965), "Give it up or turnit a Loose" (recorded in 1968), "Get Up (I feel like a) Sex Machine" (recorded in 1970), and closing out with "The Payback" (recorded in 1973). By taking this approach, you really get a sense of how the music evolved through this time period as it opened up into a bigger, bolder, more intense and emotionally charged genre.
The lessons give great insight into JB's army of drummers from this era, including: Nat Kendrick, Clayton Fillyau, Melvin Parker, John "Jab-O" Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, William Bowman and Nate Jones.
(From the Book)
"I Got the Feelin", Clyde Stubblefield - Drums
Clyde must have been going through backbeat aversion therapy when he cut this track. With the exception of one solid hit on the second beat of the verse groove's second bar, every snare drum attack in this song is either ghosted or moved over to an upbeat. Downbeats on the kick drum are also a rarity. Their only occurance is on the first beat of each phrase. Add the upbeat accents of the open-and-closed hi-hat figures to this mix and it spells: Y-O-U N-E-E-D T-O P-R-A-C-T-I-C-E.
Because there is so little to hang on to in the way of solid downbeats, you must be constantly aware of where "one" is, or this groove falls off the table. It might help to start by learning the bridge pattern first as it's a simpler and more accessable version of the verse groove. Take your hat off when you listen to Clive playing on this recording. You're in the midst of greatness."
(this is followed by the transcribed music lesson).
All in all, this is an excellent resource for anyone interesting in deep-diving this musical genre, and is presented in a way that's educational, interesting, entertaining, and precise. While more experienced and accomplished drummers may only take a few sessions to work through this material, it presents a great foundation for teaching drummers of all levels to break down and analyze the music of this era and genre.
The only drawback for me is that it is an older instructional piece, and therefore the quality of the CD recordings does leave something to be desired. However, the examples are clear and concise enough to get their message across, and with the advent of "music on-demand" via YouTube or purchase tracks from Amazon or iTunes, cross referencing these lessons with the actual recordings can be almost instantaneous.
(Consider yourself a lot luckier than us old fogies who had to run to the record store to buy new music!)
And if you have an unruly bass player who tends to play notes that sacrifice the groove? I highly recommend this book!
- Ground Pounder -
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From perusing through the lesson book it looks like a fairly comprehensive course to get someone new like myself off and running.
Update: I have the course and have viewed the bonus CD and also lessons 1&2. I'm breezing through 1&2 because I've already been practicing these foundational beats. However, the instructor really presents the material well, is thorough, and has a great teaching style. This looks to be a great investment in my new musical journey. Highly recommended. Currently $95 through Amazon - 12 DVD's, 5 play-along CD's and a 112 page lesson book. Fantastic deal.
Last edited by SoCalSteve; 06-10-2012 at 05:15 AM.
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Rudimental Beats
One of the essential few instructional videos if you want to improve your hands.
All skill levels. Everyone using sticks: drum set players, concert drummers, marching drummers.
Bill Bachman
I am drum set player and pretty much an instructional drum video junkie! I love studying videos by masters such as Steve Smith, JoJo Mayer, Jim Chapin, John Riley, Tommy Igoe, and Dave Weckl. I watch these masters over and over and pick up something new each time. Plus, I have studied about 20+ other instructional drum videos. And while each video was worth the purchase price to me, lots of drummers just want to buy the essential one or two or few drumming videos.
In my opinion, this video, Rudimental Beats is one of the essential few. For me, it became an instant classic on stick technique while being the least well known of what I see as the best of the five-star videos. While there is no big promotional campaign to advertise this video, you might recognize the name, Bill Bachman. He is a columnist for Modern Drummer magazine and is becoming more widely known for excellence in teaching hand technique. He is also a Vic Firth artist. Bachman has been called, The Hands Doctor. I cannot argue with that. ...OK. Back to the video.
When it comes to a streamlined approach to improving stick technique, I like this video by Bachman as well or better than any other I have ever seen, including videos I have seen from the masters listed above. Overall, I like the way Bachman teaches hand technique within the context of common sense, physics, and physiology all while being able to clearly demonstrate his points with his own great hands. To highlight a few details: a) I like the way he teaches double-strokes and triple-strokes, b) I like his approach to developing speed, and c) His take on the rudiments is refreshing and spot on, for me.
This is a technical and practical video to help us get our hands happening by covering what to practice and how to practice. Last, but not least Bill Bachman's Get Good Quick Plan is both innovative and practical.
I hope this review helps you choose your next video.
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A bunch of HD lessons only available online from guys like Jeremy Hummel ex-Breaking Benjamin.
Beginner to advanced
New site that is taking the online lesson scene by storm. Forget Jared Falk and his limited approach. This site has many teachers from all different backgrounds so you can get a lot of approaches to learning the drums. This is helpful because not everyone learns the same way or connects with every teacher.
I use this site and others in addition to my in person lessons I am taking but honestly I am at a point were everything my in person teacher is telling me I have already seen on musicmuse. I can see where it might be tougher for beginners because they won't know for sure if they are playing correctly.
I'd still advise beginners to have in person teachers!
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A couple of recent acquisitions from Hudson Digital:
John Blackwell: Hudson Music Master Series
A great insight into the mind of a modern master with some great performances and solos.
Hudson Music
Similar to the Steve Gadd and Antonio Sanchez Master Series, this one is filmed in a clinic setting. John plays a couple of tunes with a band featuring bass master Gary Grainger, answers questions and demonstrates various grooves, foot techniques and stick tricks. John's teacher, Marcus Williams, stops by for a lesson on foot technique and plays a tune with John which ends in an incredible drum duel. I'd recommend this to anyone who's interested in funk, fusion and R&B drumming. John is very soft spoken, but comes off as very down to earth and has some very interesting stories. Whether you just watch the performances or try and integrate some of the ideas in your own playing, this is a must buy.
Jason Bittner- What Drives The Beat
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A very musical and accessible method to learn metal drums taught by one of today's premier metal drummers.
Intermediate to advanced
Hudson Music
Shadows Fall drummer Jason Bittner presents what I have found to be by far the most musical and accessible method of learning metal drums. The DVD starts off with Jason presenting his pre-show warm up routine, and goes on to cover rudimental ideas (shown in the context of the song "Redemption"), skank beats, double bass, blast beats, two handed riding, fills and soloing. The DVD concludes with Jason's "metalfying" approach in which he demonstrates how to use a wide variety of styles in a metal context. For someone like me who's only a casual metal fan, I found this DVD to be far more accessible than the Derek Roddy or George Kollias DVD's- although someone with more extreme tastes would probably get more out of those. Jason is a fantastic teacher who is very dedicated to his craft, and he has presented a fantastic method for learning metal drums. If you're just getting into metal or want some new ideas to spice up your metal playing, I highly recommend this one!
Last edited by drummindan8484; 08-31-2012 at 05:04 AM.
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Derek Roddy's - Blast Beats Evolved
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Awesome instructional DVD and very informative.
Not for complete beginners, you might need some experience.
Hudson Music
I recommend this DVD to people who like to become metal drummers in the future. It explains everything regarding to Blast beats (types, variations etc.), Skank beats, accenting blast beats, metal fills, building speed and endurance etc. There are lots of play alongs in the DVD, so you can see how you can play along to the tracks in the CD. Derek also plays lots of solos, they will surely spice up your drumming with some creative ideas. Awesome DVD!
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The Black Book - An Introduction To Creative Metal Drumming, by Randy Black. 2-DVD set. Total running time: 3 hrs. 25 min.
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Great tutorial on how to apply rudiments on the drums in a metal context with a lot of tips & fills. Rounded up by a documentary on Randy's drumming career, an interview, performances, various slo-mo parts.
Basically any level (although hard for beginners), to advanced. Pretty much any drummer could get fresh ideas and inspirations from this DVD.
Hudson Limited (2009)
Initially Randy wanted to record a few songs in pro quality for promotional purposes but in the process this fully-fledged 2-DVD set came out as a result.
Disc 1:
* Exercises/Tricks/Gear (the gear section isn't up to date as Randy has switched from Mapex to Pearl drums/pedals/hardware and changed some of his (Sabian) cymbals)
* 3 Solos (+ slo-mo parts)
Disc 1 includes (as reads on the back cover):
- Basic Rudiments on the Practice Pad
- Advice to young drummers
- Hand grip & technique
- Stretching & stick tricks
- Applying arious rudiments on the kit
- Hi-hat foot technique
- Independence exercises/moving accents
- Various fills & rhythms from Randy's recordings
- Crossovers
- Applying different styles to metal music
- Tools of the trade
- 3 solos - pad/studio/live
Disc 2:
* Documentary/Interview (on past and present band activities)
* Drum performance of 7 songs (+ slo-mo parts)
Those songs have been selected for interesting drum parts to be broken down for learning purposes and are very different (within a hard rock/heavy metal context).
Disc 2 includes (as reads on the back cover):
- Documentary/interview
- Drum performance of 7 songs:
- Seven Seals/Primal Fear
- Hit You Harder/Skew Siskin
- Blood On Your Hands/Primal Fear
- Heart Of A Brave/Primal Fear
- Blackened Beauty/Marcus Forstbauer
- A Promise From Underneath/DuskMachine
- Cold Blooded/Annihilator (cover version)
This tutorial comes with a 10-page booklet (no notes/transcriptions). The overall artwork/design of the cover, DVDs and booklet has a very professional look and is very pleasing to the eye. The sound quality is superb, Randy underlines that there was no movement or quantizing of his playing after the recording was done.
Randy is also a drum teacher, this really shows in the way he's explaining things and demonstrating stuff. He has a powerful playing style which takes - but also provides - quite some energy. He's using a mostly symmetrical drum setup and open-handed playing a lot. A great deal of his patterns are symmetrical.
The basic rudiments section starts off with briefly explaining the origin of traditional grip. The grip Andy is using is matched grip. The rudiments section covers the essentials & more for metal context.
What might be considered a weakness of this tutorial is that Randy doesn't cover double bass technique/runs in detail and/or doesn't provide e.g. broken bass drum patterns (except for those used in a fill/hands & feet context). His bass drum playing is mostly either 'regular' patterns or switching to 8th/16th notes. His footwork fits the demonstrated contexts/ideas perfectly though and doesn't leave anything to be desired sonically, just be aware that it's not a hardcore tutorial on foot/bass drum technique explicitly.
Here's a YouTube promo clip:
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Aquiles Priester- The Infallible Reason For My Freak Drumming
Excellent insight into the mind of one of today's premier metal drummers, full of great performances and exercises.
Intermediate to advanced
Mel Bay
The primary feature of this DVD is Aquiles performing a set of songs from his bands Hangar and Freakeys along with 2 drum solos and a cover of Death's "Symbolic". The DVD also includes 2 lesson segments. The first is mostly at a practice pad, where Aquiles demonstrates his slightly unconventional yet highly practical hand technique through a series of exercises-most of which are based around paradiddles. The 2nd lesson is on double bass technique. Aquiles runs through a series of exercises for making both feet even, demonstrates his favorite double bass grooves and discusses his pedal settings. Also included is a rundown of his gear and an in depth interview, which I can not critique because I haven't watched it yet. The instructional segments are great exercises for any drummer, not just metal drummers. Aquiles is very clear in his explanations of everything and does not do anything simply for the sake of showing off. The performances really showcase Aquiles' speed, precision, independence, creativity and musicality. The music that he performs is much more accessible to a non metal fan than the music featured on most metal drumming DVDs, so I would recommend this to anyone who's not even normally a fan of metal drumming. One major word of caution: English is not Aquiles' first language, so unless you are a fluent Spanish speaker, make sure you turn on the subtitles before watching.
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I want to get an instructional book, and I am looking at "The Black Book" by Randy Black. but I am not sure if it is a book or just DVDs. Is it better to learn from a book than DVDs? Are DVDs dependable for studying? I personally like reading exercises written in notation but I am not sure how well DVDs can teach me. anyone here work well with DVDs?
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I've reviewed that tutorial in this thread - see post #343.
DVDs vs. books - there's pros and cons to both forms. I think a combination of both is great - not meaning that you have to have the same tutorial both as DVD and book/PDF although this is an extremely nice package which does exist on the market. Recently some tutorials have been accompanied by the book version with the DVD published first (e.g. Todd Sucherman's 1st DVD, Benny Greb... and some more I'm not aware of).
Here's some feedback on Randy Black's tutorial:
Personally I have a lot of benefit from DVDs. They also get a lot of motivation across by just _watching_ those phenomenal drummers play or merely admiring their technique etc.
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Hi guys!
I want to introduce myself through my pages.
Here is the trailer of my drum instruction DVD:
I attach my newest video. Please watch this at least.
This was made for promoting the well known and high quality percussion instrument brand, called NATAL in Hungary.
Hope you will enjoy it :)
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TITLE: 100% Drumming
AUTHOR: Oliver Zisko
PUBLISHER: Own
PLAYING TIME: 2 hours
COMMENTS: First of all I would like to inroduce myself. Oliver Zisko, from Hungary/Europe. I want to make a short review of my drum educational DVD.
Unfortunately this issue is not a well known one. The trailer of the film has only about 2.500 watching on youtube. It was came out in 2009 and published only in my local area.
For this I think noone of the readers has a copy of it and can make a review, so I must to do it by myself :).
It contains 19 drum solos and 6 videoclips.
In short details it contains drum tips for modern drummers (useful tips for fusion ,jazz-rock, progressive rock, prog metal drummers). Hand and foot development exercises, warm up exercises, improvisational models, horizontal and vertical playing, rudimental solos, fast playing using moeller strokes with feet and hands, double bass double stroke rolls, polymetric playing. Contains full songs in videoclips where I tried to show how each technical ideas work in music. Hope you're interested and watch the trailer:
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TITLE: The Drum Master Key
AUTHOR: Florian Alexandru-zorn
PUBLISHER: Alfred Music
the Volume is published worldwide and comes both in a german and english version
A Compact Guide to Complete Musical Manifestation
This volume is the distillation of all studies I have undertaken up to the present day. I practice these concepts in intricate detail on a regular basis. It has taken me several years to complete the process of writing this book and I am now looking forward to being able to share these practice techniques and concepts with others.
The Drum Master Key can be utilized within a wide range of styles and is therefore timeless. I consider it essential not to limit the focus to a single genre or playing technique.
Each new vocabulary enriches our own individual mode of expression and simplifies conversation with fellow musicians. We percussionists occupy a special role in music; our primary focus is on rhythm and phrasing and we devote our concentration to these two areas to a substantially greater degree than most other instrumentalists. For this reason, I consider it essential to practice exercises not only within binary and ternary fields, but also to incorporate quintuplets, septuplets etc. into our daily vocabulary. This knowledge and the associated thinking outside the box will reinforce our playing technique and permit us to become more open-minded for new paths.
Each chapter of this book opens a further door to a wide range of musical dimensions. Beginning with fundamental rhythms and dynamics and proceeding to polymeters, displacements and daily workouts, I have attempted to compile all essential elements for independent practice. I find it fascinating to observe how each individual percussionist has a different sound although we are all united by a single factor: the rhythmic foundation on which all our playing is based. This master key has been conceived for all percussionists who are individually free to decide how this material can be best employed to enhance their own personal style.
Children provide us with a good example.
They enjoy playing with building blocks and, depending on their whim of the day, produce the most amazing variety of constructions: towers, castles, dragons or diggers. Some times they simply build whatever comes into their head.
All utilize the same starting material, but produce different results every time.
If you have a precise vision of what you want to play, you will succeed in combining all these building blocks differently every time with the aid of this book, thereby extending your abilities and learning how to employ them flexibly.
If you do not have a clear picture of what you want to play, I advise you to work systematically through the concepts towards the point at which the previously fuzzy image will gradually come into focus and reveal its clarity.
Now enjoy this musical voyage of discovery!
It is not important to proceed through this volume in chronological order.
Each chapter is devoted to self-contained work fields which are imperative for all percussionists. A solid foundation always is the ideal basis for a stable learning process: this is provided in the first chapter "The Key to Time".
The other chapters can however be worked through in any order. It is in fact advisable to jump back and forth between the different chapters to gain new insights into the individual exercises.
Where possible, the concepts in this book are deliberately reproduced in tabular form. This means that the individual parts have to be assembled mentally which will in turn ensure that the material is memorized better and you will be quicker in developing the ability to retrieve this material at any time.
Progress through the exercises one by one and attempt to play through each section until you are even able to continue playing if your attention starts to wander.
According to new scientific studies (status 2012), the human brain requires around 160 repeated attempts to memorize something permanently. Here this will take around 15-20 minutes at approx. 100 bpm per 4/4 bar.
The principle of repetition is however only one aspect of reinforcing something which has recently been learned. I attach even greater significance to the question of how the acquired knowledge is to be used. It is therefore first necessary to know how to go about learning something, but equally important to recognize the purpose of learning.
Here is a concrete example:
Can you remember back to your first day at school or the route you took during your driving test?
Older persons are able to recall situations, emotions and scents which sometimes go back several decades: how is this possible?
The solution is extremely simple: the intensity of a particular situation. This is not merely dependent on repetition, but also on the individual attitude and associated degree of motivation with which exercises are performed. It is therefore necessary first to recognize why something has to be practiced as this will make actual practice significantly easier. My guiding principle is that I feel privileged as a musician simply by being able to play.
To get an impression I have produced this little video today. I really hope you enjoy it!
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Here's my review of
"The Drum Master Key by Florian Alexandru-Zorn
(book, 50+ pages, approx. 15 Euros)
Florian Alexandru-Zorn is the author of several books (on brush playing, jazz standards and drums on famous music scores) and also published his superb DVD The Brush Secret (actually a 2-DVD set) in 2012. The Drum Master Key is his newest book.
When I tried to order the book I was told its not available yet so I addressed the author himself (the book hadn't hit German/European stores at that time yet but Florian had a few promotional copies at his disposal), and Florian was so kind as to send me one copy for free how cool is that! For a minor return service though he asked me to write a review, and here it is ;-)
At first I was surprised by the book having a mere 50+ pages. But then I realized that the book is designed to provide concepts, not specific exercises. The book contains handful of exercises though, as examples of how those concepts can be applied. Theres just a couple chapters.
The 1st chapter is The Key To Time (including the Pyramid Stickings concept which in itself is a kind of Stick Control in mini format as that pyramid system of stickings allows for a huge number of combinations, and when written out, those would produce several pages of Stick Control). The time pyramid also contains groups of 5 and 7 to fill up the typically used subdivisions from quarter notes to 32nd notes. Applying various stickings to those subdivisions creates an abundance of possible combinations.
The 2nd chapter, The Master Key explains the concept of various aspects like timing, sticking, accent studies etc. adding up removing anything that could limit ones playing. This chapter also applies the various subdivisions to stickings and accent patterns so again, numerous combinations are created. Theres also some examples of how those concepts can be applied in a groove context. The patterns themselves can be played on the same drum or across various drums, using hands and/or feet etc the user is encouraged to take this approach and come up with his own way of applying them to the drumkit.
The 3rd chapter discusses accented note groups (of 3, 5 and 7) applied to various subdivisions including the 5 and 7 rhythms, polyrhythm/polymetrics and also a few blank pages (read on).
I already encountered some of the concepts in the online lessons that Florian is offering (Ive been a member for a few months now), and I clearly see the huge potential of those concepts as they can be applied to so many situations. E.g. when working on some rudiments, those can be played in unusual subdivisions or with different accents, enormously varying up ones practice and creating quite some challenge.
Finally theres a section on polyrhythms/polymetrics (a total of 10 patterns) plus a few blank pages for the user to determine how to assign the accented vs. unaccented beats within a pattern to specific drum elements. So many (rather: endless) possibilities.
Ultimately this is not the typical xy amount of exercises book, everything is based on concepts. Applying those concepts calls for creativity so everybody would get various results out of this book. I like the versatile concepts discussed a lot but frankly, I havent fully gotten accustomed to those concepts yet. Thats because my other drum books usually focus on providing specific examples which is great but a somewhat different approach.
Check this book out if you have a chance. I can recommend it but the sheer number of variations takes a serious amount of independent learning/applying which is rather different from many other tutorials. It takes some time to experiment with those concepts but the benefit will be deep.
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Hey amigos,
my drum books are always available in paperback and ebook on lulu and amazon...
you're most welcome to check them out !
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Probably on of the best books I've used is Groove Perspectives by Darryn Farrugia.
Amazing book and great if you want to work on dynamics and grooves!
The book's now sold in a double pack with the play along, but Darryn is an awesome player. Had the honor of being taught by him when I was studying in London! He's also on TUDW10 with his band 'Logic'
Check it out
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Hi all
Are ebooks allowed in this thread? I've written a beginner course PDF ebook, but if that's for other threads I'll include it there. Don't want to offend...
Britchops Drum Tuition
Britchops Foundation Drum Course
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Hey amigos, the english version of my drum book for beginners is now available on lulu...
You're very welcome to check it out... (-_^)
Hudson - Spanky McCurdy - Off Time/On Time
George 'Spanky' McCurdy - Off Time/On Time
Nicely produced but ultimately covers topics that are covered more completely in other books. A DVD that didn't need to be made.
Intermediate - Funk/Gospel players
Hudson Music
The DVD aims to cover the idea of playing with the illusion of being off time but still remaining in time.
It is the usual high quality Hudson production and sounds good (Spanky has some interesting choice in cardigans) but is ultimately let down because all the topics covered are covered in other material in a much more details and thought through manner.
In a similar way to the Aaron Spears DVD, Spanky knows what he plays but can;t communicate that effectively enough. His playing doesn't grab me like Aarons does and as such the DVD isn't massively entertaining either.
As i could workout 'Off time' to spanky means either displacing the beat by whole quarter notes or a combination of polyrhythms and syncopated phrases in the hats and or snare which are then mirrored in the kick.
If these topics are something that interest you i would check out the Gavin Harrison books and dvds and also possibly some stuff by Pete Magadini or Thomas Lang.
Spanky isn't a bad player, he has to be good to play for Lady Gaga, but like lots of dvds and books out there...it didn't need to be made.
Dave Major
Professional Drummer
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Eric Shepard pours molten metal from a ladle into a furnace at the Vermont Castings Foundry in Randolph.For consumers, Vermont conjures up images of quality, craftsmanship and integrity.
Now the Paris, Ky., parent company of wood stove maker Vermont Castings is taking full advantage of that image, changing its corporate name from Monessen Hearth Systems to Vermont Castings Group.
Dan Clifford, president of Vermont Castings Group, said the name change reflects the fact that Vermont Castings is the anchor business of the corporation.
I think the Vermont Castings brand for us stands for craftsmanship, tradition, Made in the USA with pride, he said. It has a number of a number of attributes that have really stood the test of time.
With its range of products, Clifford said that as the company moves forward its important that the Vermont Castings name carries more prominence.
It resonates with our trade, but more importantly it is very well known to consumers, he said. And so for us, its going to continue to be a source of investment.
Vermont Castings has its manufacturing plant in Randolph, with offices and distribution center in nearby Bethel.
Not only does Vermont Castings make top-of-the line wood and gas stoves, fireplace and fireplace inserts, but it has also added gas barbecue grills to its line.
Two years ago the company relocated its barbecue-grill manufacturing from China back to the United States and to Vermont, Clifford said.
So we think theres tremendous growth available to our portfolio of brands and products to all our facilities across North America, Clifford said. But we think in describing that portfolio its appropriately anchored with the Vermont Castings brand.
Joan Goldstein, executive director of Green Mountain Economic Development Corp., said the corporate name change speaks to the value of the Vermont brand.
The recognition that its not only a USA-made product. which I think is more and more relevant now, and the fact that we put the Vermont name on that, is doubly good, Goldstein said.
She said bringing grill manufacturing back to Vermont from China will also help balance the seasonal nature of the stove business.
The state has a consumer protection law, CP120, that lays out when a company can label something a Vermont product. The law was established primarily to address consumer confusion over the origin of food products.
Assistant Attorney General Wendy Morgan said that although the company is based in Kentucky, Vermont Castings Group is in compliance with the law because the company has a manufacturing presence here.
Vermont Castings represents the companys premium brand, followed by the mid-tier Majestic brand with its focus on fireplace and fireplace inserts; the Monessen brand also has a niche in the fireplace market. The Majestic and Monessen brands are manufactured in Kentucky and Mexico.
The company also owns Ambient Technologies, which makes remote fireplace and thermostat control systems.
Vermont Castings wood stoves retail between $1,039 and $3,830; gas stoves range from $1,680 to $3,600; outdoor grills are priced from $600 to $2,500.
Because its cheaper to heat with wood, stove sales spike when the price of heating oil spikes. But Clifford also said there is a market segment that also prefers the ambience that a wood stove adds to the home.
Clifford said sales of Vermont Castings wood and gas stoves are comparable to a year ago.
He said the company should benefit as it expands its distribution network.
The company already has distribution centers in 24 foreign countries.
Our international stove sales with Vermont Castings have been a huge source of growth here over the last couple of years, and we expect that to absolutely continue, Clifford said. We are growing rapidly in Europe and Asia.
A competitor to wood and gas stoves is the pellet stove, which has gained in popularity. But Clifford said the company has no immediate plans to add a line of pellet stoves.
We continue to eyeball the pellet-stove business and I think while its tempting to jump into that space, I dont think we would want to do it until were convinced that we had product that was worthy of the Vermont Castings name, he said.
The overall structure, size and organization of the company remain the same, with headquarters remaining in Kentucky. No personnel changes are expected as a result of the corporate name change.
Vermont Castings Group (www.vermontcastingsgroup.com) employs approximately 700 people, including 200 at its Bethel and Randolph locations.
Monessen Hearth Systems purchased Vermont Castings in 2008 after the Canadian parent company, CFM Corp. filed for bankruptcy.
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Yay, congrats fush! Glad you finally got a signed copy.
The cover-work looks amazing, I clicked on the art samples link but had to close it down when I read it may reveal spoilers. Not before seeing the first piece of art, though. Is it just me orI wish I could justify buying one of these books, but at the moment I can't.
does the man in it look like Nicholson's portrayal of good ole Jacky~Boy?
I wonder how he's fixed for a bag of old toenail clippings?
...he has a stable of old hags that keep him well supplied...
- like Fran Drescher on the old show "Nanny". P.S. Good show fushingfeef. It's worth the money.
Welcome to the wonderful (and very, very, very expensive) world of fine book collecting!! Better start saving up for the next one to come down the pike.........just a head's up there. I am really very happy for you! You will have to let us all know what your thoughts are when it arrives in the mail, you've got it in your hands and are able to actually touch it and feel it and savor the art work and see KIng's and the artists signatures and, yes, even smell it. There just about nothing better in the world than this.......
She actually was happy for me, believe it or not. I guess she knows by now how much the SK universe means to me. Although she did remark that it was going to be tough to make the convention this year, but we haven't been certain about that for some time now...still hoping to find a way to make it work.


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Buzz Contacts 2.0 for iPhone review
Buzz Contacts by savvy apps has received a major update that makes the already awesome contacts app even more awesome. Some of the features include integration with Agenda Calendar, themes, the ability to share contact info, and a new and improved Dialer. Buzz Contacts is essentially a replacement for Apple's built-in Phone app -- and an awesome replacement it is!
One of big changes to Buzz Contacts is to bring the focus back to the Dialer. Now before you roll your eyes and exclaim that dialers are way too "old school" for you, let me assure you that Buzz's Dialer is anything by old school --it's highly functional and efficient. The first difference you notice about Buzz's Dialer versus, say, Apple's keypad is that it emphasizes the letters associated with each button instead of the numbers. That's because you can use the Dialer to type in the name of contacts. Actually, you can type in names, initials, or phone numbers and Buzz will instantly show all types of matches as you type. It's awesome. Seriously.
In addition to the Dialer, Buzz Contacts also lets you create groups of contacts. For each contact, you specifically choose which method of communication you wish to use: voice call, text message, email, or FaceTime. You can view your groups as a list or as 2x2 grids. The groups are awesome for quickly interacting with contacts you frequently communicate with. Between groups and the dialer, Buzz is worth the measly $0.99, but there's more.
There is a somewhat hidden feature of Buzz Contacts called the contact detail view. At any screen that displays contacts in a grid or a list with arrows beside each contact (groups and Dialer), you can double-tap the contact (or tap the arrow) to make a special menu appear. From here you can choose a type of communication to engage with the contact from the bottom toolbar, view contact information, add the contact to a group, or send contact info via email or text or schedule a meeting with Agenda Calendar (also made by savvy apps) or Due. This integration with Agenda and Due is a great convenience if you use either of those apps.
New to Buzz 2.0 are subtle themes that give the app personality. These themes are simply a change to the color of the tool bar. You can change the theme by swiping left or right on the title bar, or you can view all the colors at once in Buzz's settings to choose your favorite. I really like the swiping feature because it allows me to frequently change the theme for variety. My only complaint about the themes is that out of the 14 available colors, none of them are pink!
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- No pink theme :P
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Buzz Contacts 2.0 is a remarkable phone app for the iPhone. I tossed Calendar aside a long time ago in favor of savvy apps' Agenda Calendar, and now Apple's Phone app has been kicked to curb for Buzz Contacts. My only complaint is that I must still use the built-in Phone app to check voicemail -- a restriction of Apple that is beyond savvy apps' control.
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It's automatically synced with iPhone Contacts! It's a two-way sync, too. So if you make changes to a contact with Buzz, it will update Contacts, which consequently updates in iCloud and any desktop client you may use.
Yes, you can have as many groups as you want. You create your own groups and name them whatever you want. Although "frequent" and "outgoing" are presets that you can't get rid off. Yes, any contact can appear in as many groups as you want. Each group is independent of the others.
Does incoming calls register too? Or is it an iOS limitation?
No. Incoming calls come through the phone app. Yes, that's a limitation of iOS.
I'd have liked large resolution contact pictures instead of the plain square with names on the screen, but that's just me


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When local baby boomers talk about some of the best basketball players to ever come out of the area – the name of Matewan's Jerry Epling is sure to pop up.
Epling was a sharp-shooting guard who suited up for the Tigers from 1962 to 1966.
Epling was known to be one of the best long distance shooters to ever come out of Mingo County. He went on to play at the University of Georgia in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
"I lived right across the street from the old gymnasium in downtown Matewan," Epling recalled. "I practically lived in the gym from the time I was 7-years old."
Epling became a 'gym rat' and learned and practiced his craft on the old Magnolia High School hardwood.
"I just loved basketball," Epling said in a phone interview from his Georgia home. "It's all I wanted to do."
Epling said he really wasn't interested in any sport other than basketball. So it was nothing to see him dribbling a basketball down the street. He practically slept in the gym.
As he got older the coach gave him and his brother a key and there were constant pickup games in the historic gym.
By the time he reached the 9th grade at Matewan, he made the varsity squad. His coach was Jim Melmige and the assistant was the late Jack Elkins.
"He was the best I ever coached," Melmige said. "If they would have had the 3-point shot back then, it's hard to tell how many points he would have scored."
Epling averaged around 35 points per game his junior and senior seasons. A knee injury slowed him some during his final year of high school, Melmige recalled.
"He was a great player and so was his brother Terry," Melmige said. Terry Epling also received a college scholarship and played four years at Pikeville College. "Terry was a great player too."
Jerry and his older sibling Terry got to play one year together in high school. Terry was a senior and Jerry a freshman in 1962.
After his senior season at Matewan, Epling played in the premier high school all-star game in the country, the Dapper Dan Classic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He started in that game with future All-American and NBA star Calvin Murphy. Many other future college and NBA greats played in this nationally known all-star game.
Epling said his team scored well over 100 points and beat the other team, which was made up of all-stars from the state of Pennsylvania.
Melmige recalled one game when Epling fired in 49 points against Class AAA Logan. That Wildcat squad went on to win the state championship.
After graduating from Magnolia High in Matewan, Epling decided to attend Georgia.
He briefly thought about attending Pikeville College to play with his brother, but the lure of playing Division one hoops in the famed SEC was too much of a draw for this country boy from the tiny town of Matewan.
He was recruited by a lot of schools including West Virginia and Marshall, but he said Georgia wanted him more than any other school. So how did Georgia hear about a player from a small rural school in the mountains of West Virginia?
Epling gives the credit to former Matewan teacher and coach Denny Jude. "He was taking classes down at Georgia one summer," Epling recalled. "He saw some of the Georgia players playing." Jude told the college coach that he knew a player back home better than anyone he had playing for the Bulldogs at that time.
So Georgia contacted him and continued to pursue the Mingo County native. "I got more interest from them than any other school," Epling said.
So the rest is history. He went to Georgia and was All SEC by his junior and senior seasons in 1969 and 1970.
He averaged 18 points per game as a junior and 12 as a senior. He became more of a point guard his final season, according to Melmige.
While playing at Georgia, Epling went up against the NCAA's all-time leading scorer in "Pistol" Pete Maravich. He also played against Kentucky and their All-American Dan Issel and many other greats in the SEC.
Epling recalls his team going up against Adolph Rupp, the legendary coach of the UK Wildcats.
Epling played in what many call Maravich's greatest game. On March 8, 1969, LSU and Maravich was playing Georgia. Pistol Pete scored 58 points in a 90-80 double-overtime win over Georgia. But Epling recalls how the Bulldogs held Maravich in check the first half.
The LSU All-American came in averaging 43 points per game. He only had 16 in the first half.
Georgia had a 15 point lead early in the second half.
But in the second half, Maravich, coached by his father Press Maravich, took over the game for LSU.
He scored 17 points in a row, mostly on long-range jumpers from all over the court to give LSU a two-point lead. The Bulldogs were able to extend the game only because of Epling's long-range jumper with four seconds left. Then, after playing to a 78-all tie in the first overtime, Maravich made a basket and tied the game. Maravich scored 11 of the Tigers' 12 points in the second overtime. If there had been a 3-point shot at that time, many think Maravich would have scored 75.
He finished the game by dribbling out much of the clock with his mastered ball-handling skills.
Epling is now retired and he and his wife Beth have been living in Georgia for 39 years. He has worked in real estate and in the insurance business.
They will soon be moving back to the Athens, Georgia area, which is where the University of Georgia is located.
Epling has many fond memories of his days growing up in Matewan.
He doesn't have any memorabilia from the 1960s. He recalls how his family's home was inundated by flood waters from the Tug River back in 1963.
"My family lost everything we had," he recalled. He remembers coach Melmige opening his home to him after the flood. He went to stay with him for a few nights in Williamson after the disaster.
Epling was surprised when told that his name still comes up when locals talk about the high school basketball legends from years past.
But he shouldn't be – Epling was one of the greatest to ever play on the local hardwood courts. And he will long be remembered.


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Apple Inc has asked for a court order for a permanent U.S. sales ban on Samsung Electronics products alleged to have violated its patents along with additional damages of $707 million on top of the billion-dollar verdict won by the iPhone maker last month.
Having achieved victory in the Californian patent trial against Samsung Apple is now asking for further damages. Interest on the damages already awarded, damages for the continuing sales that are ongoing and so on. However, here's what I thought was the interesting part:
"The harm to Apple was deliberate, not accidental," Apple attorneys said in court papers filed Sept. 21 in the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California. Samsung "willfully diluted its trade dress, taking billions in sales in the fast- growing U.S. smartphone market at a key moment in the transition between feature phones and smartphones," attorneys said.
I'm not surprised that this is what they're thinking, it's just interesting to see the point being made openly. This isn't a fight about who sells what telephone hardware: it's a fight about who gets to dominate the future ecosystem.
Every so often we get to a break in a technology. When the incumbents find themselves faced with disruptive insurgents. Examples abound: the move from horses to cars meant that those providing energy for transport found that their incumbency protected them not one whit. For that energy for travel moved from hay and oats, or perhaps teams of horses, to the provision of petrol. So there was no value any longer in that supply chain that provided horses, hay and oats. And no incumbency value either: that you had such a chain, that an insurgent would have to spend a lot of capital to build one, didn't help you either.
Here we've got this move from feature phones to smartphones. Nokia and RIM were perhaps the incumbents in that earlier world. Apple clearly faces competition from Android in the smartphone world. And the battle isn't just to make sure that the current generation of phones sold come from Apple. It's to make sure that the dominant ecosystem is Apple's. That's what they're pointing to in this "at a key moment in the transition". They want to make sure that competition (as they allege from copying) doesn't allow a second provider. For it is at this very moment of technological transition that many forms have an opportunity to establish a market beachhead. Once we've made the transition, to the point where the smartphone market is largely a replacement one rather than users adopting one or other design for the first time, then it will be very much more difficult for a new market entrant to successfully compete.
That's really what the battle is about at present. To a reasonable level of accuracy those who go with one smartphone ecosystem or another, Android, Windows, Apple, are likely to stay with it through their lives. And this transition point is precisely when an entire generation of customers is up for grabs. Something that's unlikely to happen again if truth be told, this ability to gain a lifelong customer without actually having to persuade them away from another ecosystem.
That's why the fight is being fought so aggressively. There's decades of profits riding on who gets how many of this first generation of smartphone customers now.
Rather like there was with Apple and Microsoft's Windows for PCs those decades ago. And I have a feeling that's a comparison they ruminate on in Cupertino. Along with a "Not this time!".


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I can do sometesting on a bolt and trunuon but it will be awhile before i get to it. I need to really get my shop in better order so that this hobby is not a s much of a chore and more fun. Im going to have a 243 up and runing very soon how ever and it will be a screw build so I suspose I could swap in your spare trunion with some sort of a barrel on it to test pressures. one of those sarco barrels would be good for that or for that matter a 308 barrel would work its not like im likely to hurt the barrel and if I did so what.
the tricky part would be estimating the pressures and what were really testing. It would be nice if there were poroof loads you could just buy. Or if there was some published data that had those loads listed. maybe some one with the load from a disk can help there. i will need to round up a chrony as well that way i can verify the speeds. if the speeds are high and the primmers are flat and the cases are starting to stick Im guessing ( only guessing ) that we would be in the 68,000 + range. a 22-250 can run as high as 65,000 PSI with out flat primers or other issues so it would be a start.
Id be happy if I could run 52,000 PSI with any of the 308 family of rounds as that is the middle of the road for most of them. and those pressure will perform very well in at those pressures. in fact id be surprised if maony factory commercial loads were close to that number. I cant even get close to many of the max loads in my lyman book with out flatening or blowing primers so why worry abut it? 52,000 is pleanty or even 50,000 PSI for that matter. hell the 300 savage with only 45,000 PSI will move a 130 grain bullet at about 2850 FPS . that is around 400 FPS faster than the x39 with a slightly lighter bullet. AT 50,000 PSI ( above 300 sav Sammi specs) it will give well over 3000 FPS. give that round 50,000 psi with a 150 grain pill and your going to do close 2800 or so. that is pleanty for any thing that walks around in north america
If you wantto send me a bolt and trunion ill load it till some thing moves or blows and report back.