COMING SOON ON DVD!!
An Interactive Play Along Method: Tunes, Charts, Insight Interviews,
Performances and Additional Instruction by Top International Players.
A Brief History of the "Inner Clock" Concept
Conceived at P.I.T in Los Angeles around 1995. While teaching the Big Band and ensemble technique courses there, I noticed a huge gap in
student’s abilities to turn charts into music. While many of them were good readers, they could not make the jump from the page to the heart!
So I put together sequenced parts of musical phrases that gave them the most trouble. They could now play over them and read the figures as
many times as needed. Well, the little sequenced parts were a hit and soon all the students started asking for them! With time we zeroed in
on the problems and discovered it was not reading so much as...a lack of experience with subdivisions and phrases that gave drummers trouble.
Internalizing rhythmic figures and interpreting them meant of course returning to some basic principals of music. Mainly for the drummer, this
is “sense of time” and a deep knowledge of..........Rhythm.
Through experimentation, the sequences turned into songs. And with the collaboration of many very generous players, the method was born. The first book
“Working the Inner Clock” (Published by Hal Leonard) is used in drum schools and conservatories worldwide. The book is loved by all drummers who work
with it and has proven to be a most effective tool in many areas of drumming.
Inner Clock 2 Preview!!
Topics
In the original book there were many topics related to “Inner Clock” work that I assumed everyone knew. But, it turns out that the depth of this kind
of work escapes many students. Also, it was not possible to convey these concepts in a book.
Technology has taken giant leaps since the release of the
original book. The DVD format is now so strong that books alone have almost taken a backseat in the minds of drummers.
The DVD format will now cover
everything related to this method and more!!
1. What is Time
2. What is Rhythm
3. The Inner Clock Concept
4. Effects of subdivisions on time and music.
5. Feeling vs. Counting
6. Song / Drum part analysis and breakdown
7. Specific Independence for each song
8. Specific Rhythmic analysis of each song
9. Creating music on drums - The “Arches” system of song development
The Music
The songs / exercises have a concept to them. They are not randomly selected tunes. They are written with specific exercises in mind.
Each one has exercises “built in to them” which makes working on target goals a BLAST instead of drudgery.
Styles - Besides the work specifically for “Inner Clock” studies, the tunes take us around the world through different musical styles.
Why? It was proven through the initial experimentation with the sequences, that to develop a truly strong sense of time and phrasing, the
phrases and subdivision exercises had to be played in different feels and styles to be most effective. One example = Dotted quarter note + eight note.
There is a huge difference in this phrase if you go from a rock style, to shuffle, to 6/8 to Funk to Afro Cuban Afro Brazilian and Fusion.
The vocabulary on drums totally changes. This method gives you an opportunity to develop language in different styles while benefiting from
the “Inner Clock” specific exercises.
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Musicians or fans! You can now preorder your copy of Working the Inner Clock - Part 2!
"Working the Inner Clock - Part 2" : The DVD follow up to my popular and widely used book. Working the Inner Clock.
Basic Pre Order - "Working the Inner Clock-Part2" - $20.00 US
With this preorder you will recieve my CD "changes" as Mp3's to listen to right away!
And of course an autographed copy of the DVD when its done.
- "Working the Inner Clock-Part2" - $50.00 US
With this preorder you will recieve my last DVD on Hudson - "Afro Cuban Drumming"
Afro Cuban Drumming
And...Your choice of 2 online lesson videos from my online lesson series.
Online lessons
Of course, also of course a complementary autographed DVD when its finished.
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- "Working the Inner Clock-Part2" - $100.00 US
This is a special deal where a photo of you will be featured in the "Thank you Section" - Also you will recieve both of my CD's.
"Changes" and "The New York Köln Latin Jazz Project" - And if you are a drummer, you will recieve my last DVD on Hudson - "Afro Cuban Drumming"
Afro Cuban Drumming
And...Your choice of 2 online lesson videos from my online lesson series.
Online lessons
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