Work One on One with a professional recording engineer
in a private setting to learn how to:
Capture, Edit, Affect, and Mix Digital audio
using Pro-Tools Hardware & Software
Topics Include:
Fundamentals of Hard Disk Based Recording
Create Sessions/Work with Tracks/File Management
Keyboard Shortcuts/Basic Tracking/Overdubs/MIDI Recording &
Editing/Import/Export Audio & MIDI Files/Editing Basics/Advanced Editing/Crossfades
Auxiliary Inputs/Mixing Sub Mixes/Automation/Bounce to Disk/ Mic Placement/ Working with Clients
in a private setting to learn how to:
Capture, Edit, Affect, and Mix Digital audio
using Pro-Tools Hardware & Software
Topics Include:
Fundamentals of Hard Disk Based Recording
Create Sessions/Work with Tracks/File Management
Keyboard Shortcuts/Basic Tracking/Overdubs/MIDI Recording &
Editing/Import/Export Audio & MIDI Files/Editing Basics/Advanced Editing/Crossfades
Auxiliary Inputs/Mixing Sub Mixes/Automation/Bounce to Disk/ Mic Placement/ Working with Clients
INTERESTED IN LEARNING HOW TO PLAY
DRUMSET, PERCUSSION, STEEL DRUM, OR DIGITAL RECORDING?
DOWNTOWN SOUND OFFERS ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH NICO G. A PROFESSIONAL DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST/STEEL DRUMMER, AND RECORD PRODUCER, WITH OVER TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE TEACHING, PERFORMING, AND PRODUCING
FROM NEW YORK TO L.A.
DRUMSET, PERCUSSION, STEEL DRUM, OR DIGITAL RECORDING?
DOWNTOWN SOUND OFFERS ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH NICO G. A PROFESSIONAL DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST/STEEL DRUMMER, AND RECORD PRODUCER, WITH OVER TWENTY YEARS EXPERIENCE TEACHING, PERFORMING, AND PRODUCING
FROM NEW YORK TO L.A.
Learn to explore your musical ideas on drumset
Topics Include:
* Basic stick control and technique:
Matched Grip,Traditional Grip, French Timpani Finger Technique
* Drum music reading fundamentals
* The rhythmic scale
* Snare drum & drumset rudiments
Styles Include:
Jazz-(Progressive Independence, Brush Technique, Chart Reading)
Blues-(Shuffles, Country Shuffles, West-Coast Swing)
Rock & Funk Drumming
Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset-(Songo,Guanguanco,Bembe(6/8),Cha Cha Cha,Cascara,Palitos,Mambo & Bongo Bell Patterns)Brazilian Drumming & Concepts (Samba, Bossa Nova, Partido Alto)
Books To Work From:
Stick Control by George Lawrence Stone
The Complete Drumset Rudiments by Peter Magadini
The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as taught by Alan Dawson by John Ramsey
The Drumset Musician by Rod Morgenstein and Rick Mattingly
The Commandments of R&B Drumming by Zoro
Progressive Independence by Ron Spagnardi
Timba Funk by David Garibaldi & Talking Drums
Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset by Duduka Da Fonseca & Bob Weiner
Topics Include:
* Basic stick control and technique:
Matched Grip,Traditional Grip, French Timpani Finger Technique
* Drum music reading fundamentals
* The rhythmic scale
* Snare drum & drumset rudiments
Styles Include:
Jazz-(Progressive Independence, Brush Technique, Chart Reading)
Blues-(Shuffles, Country Shuffles, West-Coast Swing)
Rock & Funk Drumming
Afro-Cuban Rhythms for Drumset-(Songo,Guanguanco,Bembe(6/8),Cha Cha Cha,Cascara,Palitos,Mambo & Bongo Bell Patterns)Brazilian Drumming & Concepts (Samba, Bossa Nova, Partido Alto)
Books To Work From:
Stick Control by George Lawrence Stone
The Complete Drumset Rudiments by Peter Magadini
The Drummer's Complete Vocabulary as taught by Alan Dawson by John Ramsey
The Drumset Musician by Rod Morgenstein and Rick Mattingly
The Commandments of R&B Drumming by Zoro
Progressive Independence by Ron Spagnardi
Timba Funk by David Garibaldi & Talking Drums
Brazilian Rhythms for Drumset by Duduka Da Fonseca & Bob Weiner
Learn the Art of Afro-Cuban drumming
Topics Include :
* Basic Hand Technique-Heel Toe Technique, Mano Secreto
* Sounds of the Conga Drum- Bass,Closed Slap,Tone, Mute,Open Slap
* Conga Drum Rudiments-Basic Ride, Single/Double Stroke Rolls,Paraddidles,
* Clave/Bell Patterns
Rhythms Include :
Popular : Cha Cha Cha, Mambo, Bolero, Calypso, Bembe, Mosambique, Samba,
Rumba Guanguanco, Pilon, Songo, Comparsa, Merengue.
Folkloric: Rumba Columbia,Palo,Yuka,Makuta,Gaga,Guiro,Vodu,Iyesa,
Books To Work From :
Timba Funk by David Garibaldi & Talking Drums
Afro-Cuban Folkloric Ensemble Rhythms by Gary Greenberg
The Essence of Afro-Cuban Percussion & Drumset by Ed Uribe
Giovanni Hildalgo
Chanquito
