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NashvilleDrummer

Helping White People Groove Since 1978 !!!!

About Me

Hi,Thanks for checking out my page my name is Louis Newman,and I am 29 years old and originally from London England now residing in Nashville T.N Genres of music I most commonly play are funk, rock, and pop-country, but I try to be as versatile as possible and play any kind of music . Currently I am touring and playing sessions. My Drumming Influences are mainly John Bonham,Vinnie Coliauta,Virgil Donati, Dennis Chambers. and Buddy Rich...My Musical Influences range from Stevie Wonder to Miles Davis to Pantera. I am always searching for new creative ideas and outlets. If you have any yourself, let me know! My newest conquest is producing Gwen Sebastian, the album just got released so get your copy at GWENSEBASTIAN.COM . Just started doing online lesson's on Youtube so be sure to check those out too, just look up Louis Newman Hope to see ya soon.
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Member Since: 12/24/2005
Band Members: NEW ONLINE LESSSON'S AT YOUTUBE.COM JUST SEARCH LOUIS NEWMAN
Influences: John Bonham,Vinnie Coliauta,Dennis Chambers,Virgil Donati, and Animal
Sounds Like: A mouse got caught in the Ferris wheel
Record Label: YO MAMMA'S RECORDS
Type of Label: Major

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Things to consider

Miles Davis once said that groove is defined as the respect of space. Finding your place can be tricky as a drummer due to the lack of melody in the instrument.. Try stripping your groove down to the ...
Posted by NashvilleDrummer on Sat, 08 Apr 2006 12:34:00 PST

Double bass technique

I get questioned on my double bass tech. often so here is what I know, Virgil Donati is the best and study him often !!!!! But for the meen time try playing 5 stroke rolls with your feet while playing...
Posted by NashvilleDrummer on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:27:00 PST

Tuning Ideas

As a drummer there are alot of different schools of thought on tuning. Lately I have been puting in to place, top head for feel bottom head for note and concerning myself more with what the projected ...
Posted by NashvilleDrummer on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:22:00 PST