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drumdojo

Stick twirling is not a percussive action.

About Me



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I teach private drum lessons in the Des Moines area by house call or in studio. I've studied under Katherine Brooks, whose drum mentor was Charlie Adams, who also mentored Jimmy Chamberlain. I've also taken private lessons with Joe Morello. I endorse and play Trueline drumsticks and Axis pedals. I play Paiste cymbals, Sonor drums, & Evans heads. I teach many practical methods for developing hand and foot speed, independence, and creativity; my forte lies in teaching weak limb development through some exercises I've created, and in form and stroke development via the Moeller method. Drum on... Al

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/5/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/andgodblessedignorance
Band Members: AlanDomer
Influences: John Bonham, Tony Williams, Danny Carey, Vinnie Colaiuta, Gary Chester, Billy Cobham, Manu Katche', Keith Jarrett, Pat Mastelotto, Lenny White, Simon Phillips, Horatio Hernandez, Dennis Chambers, Terry Bozzio, my students
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My Blog

on art and music

"Although people are not yet generally aware of the subtle influences that Crowley has been instrumental in focusing, nevertheless the breakdown of obsolete religious formulae, the abrupt change in va...
Posted by drumdojo on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:30:00 PST

self realization

"Before the secret can be openly divulged and employed, man must have achieved a degree of freedom from mere psychic and physical bondage that enables him to rise above the petty ambitions engendered ...
Posted by drumdojo on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:22:00 PST

a tidbit of info

"Moreover, there is Mary, a blasphemy against Babalon, for she hath shut herself up; and therefore is she the Queen of all those wicked devils that walk upon the earth, those that thou sawest even as ...
Posted by drumdojo on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:18:00 PST

almost here

The Shift in Human Consciousness By Sol LuckmanAre you aware that a Shift in human consciousness is occurring even as you read these words that employs celestial triggers such as supernovas and Earth'...
Posted by drumdojo on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:56:00 PST

old recordings of our songs

I just put up old recordings of 3 of our songs...
Posted by drumdojo on Fri, 05 Jan 2007 12:56:00 PST