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John Kerr

About Me



Drum Set/Percussion performance & instruction .

... Article at Vater.com, Rudiments Are Related .

...Article at Vater.com, Mad, Mad Modulation.

...Drum Set transcriptions published in Modern Drummer magazine:

November 2008
Manic Depression, Jimi Hendrix
(Mitch Mitchell, dr)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 08/04/2007
Band Website: www.johnkerr.net
Influences: Nursery rhymes, mostly. I feel that when I am musing 'Pop Goes the Weasel', I am at one with my soul and destiny.
Sounds Like: Ethel Merman and a full-grown mountain gorilla making sweet love in a meat grinder.

In a nutshell, "boom", "crash" or "thud".
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Educational article by JK on Vater.com

An article I wrote called 'Rudiments Are Related' is now posted on the Vater Drumstick website in the Lessons section.  Hopefully something for the curious drummer out there.Thanks to Chad Brandolini ...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:23:00 GMT

New JK transcription: The Police, 'Every Little Thing..' on DRUMMERCAFE

A transcription I wrote for The Police tune 'Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic' is now on www.drummercafe.com - a great site for drummers replete with educational articles, transcriptions, video...
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 21:25:00 GMT

Rush: 'Digital Man'

Best drum fill intro ever.[A very, very, VERY close second - so close I must mention it is Iron Maiden, 'Where Eagles Dare'.]This has been the latest installment of 'The World According To John'. The ...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:51:00 GMT

Point to ponder

Are grammys given out at the drop of a hat and for every single facet of music existence?  Isn't there a grammy for tuning or most thorough RGB color distribution upon the retinas?  For best tie?  For...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 08:51:00 GMT

How is it ...

...I have always thought Felix Mendelssohn was Italian? (he was German)... How has that evaded me all these years?  Weird.  I mean I don't care sort of, but statistically speaking it's interesting.Tha...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:44:00 GMT

Jim Weider's ProJECT PERCoLAToR at Natick Center for the Arts

I saw Jim Weider's ProJECT PERCoLAToR (with fantastic drummer Rodney Holmes) last night at the Natick Center for the Arts....great little venue by the way.One thing I love is when I go to a show and k...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:12:00 GMT

New JK transcription: System Of A Down, Toxicity on drummercafe.com

A transcription I wrote for the System Of A Down tune Toxicity is now on www.drummercafe.com - a great site for drummers replete with educational articles, transcriptions, videos and an informationa...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:34:00 GMT

Bill Miller

I just read at drummercafe.com that Bill Miller, editor-in-chief at Modern Drummer passed away this last Friday. I had no idea that he was ill (and only 47) and I am really shocked and sad. I reme...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:21:00 GMT

The future of drum solos

This gentleman picks up where Bonzo left off...The peak is at :50-1:50. This man is ahead of his time!
Posted by on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:35:00 GMT

Mitch Mitchell

...is dead.That sucks and you should feel bad and then watch this drum solo he did in 1969 so you see & remember that he was amazing: It would make him happy.
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:45:00 GMT