Drum Clinic for Non-Drummers. A clinic and talk about how to express and explain what you want for your songs.

The Drum Clinic for non drummers will be presented by Loren Weisman on Saturday, September 26th, 2009 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm at Elliott Bay Recording Company in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.

The purpose is to help those that do not play drums communicate better with their drummers or the drummers that they hire when creating, performing and recording songs.

Many musicians and songwriters often complain about drummers not playing the right part or not playing the song the way they want it. This clinic/ discussion is designed to empower and teach artists to use and extend their vocabulary of drums in order to better describe, explain and ask for what they want in a song or songs.

The clinic will include explanation as well as demonstration of...

• Different styles and mixture of styles.

• Different patterns and approaches.

• Different feels and applications for them.

• Fills, embellishments and dynamics.

• Ostinatos, Stickings and Linear playing simply explained.

• The basic 3's of motions, embellishments and dynamics.

• Supplementing and complementing ideas for songs.

• Busy vs. Simple playing and Loud vs. Soft playing

• Tuning ideas and creative set ups to get the sounds you want.

• How different drummers, drums/heads and cymbals can effect
  the sound.

• A brief overview on how to mic drums and where to record
  them.

• When should you rent drums and what kind

• Using sticks, brushes, rods, mallets, hands or mixture of tools.

• Hiring or finding the right drummer for your music.

Also in this clinic/discussion....

• The best phrases, words and ways to get the point across about
  how you want your song to sound along with working with a drummer on combining your ideas and their ideas to create the best song possible.

• Simple and easy to understand terminology to give the artist a better vocabulary, understanding and comprehension of the drums and how to explain what the artist is looking for in the easiest way possible.

Bring your note pads, recording devices and cameras to get the most out of this event. Make sure to bring a pair of ear plugs too. This will be a mixture of talking and drumming demonstration.

A great event for any artist that has ever felt frustration, confusion or a lack of knowledge in trying to communicate what they want with their drummer or a drummer they want to hire.

Again, this is a drum clinic for non-drummers, for artists that work with or hire drummers and want to communicate better to get across what they want in their songs. This will give each attendee the tools to ask for what they want as well as a variety of ideas, terms and approaches that can be applied in the songwriter process.

Extra Notes

• Parking can be a challenge in this neighborhood, so get there early.

• The studio is located underneath Moss Alley Motors

• Bring your laptops, note pads, cameras or video recorders. This information will be a good reference point for the attendees but also to share with drummers when you are looking for something specific.

-Loren Weisman is an accomplished music producer and drummer based in Seattle, Washington. Having worked on over three hundred albums, Loren has also worked on numerous television, film, video game and radio productions, from New York to Los Angeles, Boston to Seattle. Loren spent many years as a session, touring and substitute drummer for major and independent artists. Loren is the founder of Brain Grenade Entertainment LLC, and the author of the Freedom Solutions Recording Plan. Loren has also written “The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business”, a book to help independent musicians achieve self sufficient and sustainable success.