So a couple of weeks ago, I took to the Instagram.
I had two “collaborations” in the hopper:
One with Joel Turcotte on quintuplets and the relationship between four and five...
...and one with Andy Prado on...whatever you call what Andy does;)
Anyway, I learned two things on the internets that day.
The first was you all want some more Marcus Gilmore love.
Done. Next.
The second is the next person who approaches me about a "collaboration" needs to make his/her half of the video first;)
In All Seriousness...
It's been a couple of years since we've dealt with Marcus, and in that time a bunch of new YouTube porn has come out.
(My favorite stuff is the Chick Corea trading.)
But the fundamentals haven't changed.
And, given that I've done 2-3 videos on the various licks or kernels of Marcus' playing...
...I thought that this time around I'd make an attempt at a structure through which to approach getting a little more "Marcus" with your vocabulary.
Many of the videos in the hopper, instead of directly transcribing another drummer, or dealing with a lick, are distilled versions of stuff I realized is coming out in my playing a lot as I play various exercises.
(One such exercise was inspired by "rolls" in BJJ, and has given rise to a bunch of new ideas. I might add it to my course as a bonus module.)
Anyway, the Marcus Framework is no different.
As I say in the video, I can trace the roots of a big chunk of what I do that's different from other players, directly back to Marcus.
And this lesson is an attempt to give you a "foot in the door" so you can practice some of the same stuff.
Without further ado, here it is.