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Osami: Thanks for writing. I am very happy to hear that you are getting a good response to the material from your book that is now running in Modern Drummer. The first article ran in the April issue and there are three more which will run in the May, June, and July issue. I knew you would get a good response, and I am certain you'll hear from alot more drummers as the articles continue to run. Alan was well-loved by drummers the world over. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to reprint your material in Modern Drummer. Finally, feel free to use the name "Dawsonisms" as the title for publication in Japan. Best regards, Ron Spagnardi Editor |
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Illusions
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 The book titled "Illusions in Rhythm for Drum set" to teach "Superimposed Metric Modulation releases on 9/28, but can be preordered now! ----International
Order There is a distributor in Japan. Name : OSAMI OFFICE,Inc Address: 2-17-12 Otsuka, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 112-0012, JAPAN TEL : +81-3-3943-8200 If some reason, dose not work, |
It was in 1987 when I first heard the word "Superimposed Metric Modulation." Superimposed Metric Modulation was a new drumming method introduced on a magazine for American percussion industry by Vinnie Colaiuta, who has been one of my best friends since both of us were studying with Alan Dawson in the mid '70s. Soon after that he came to Japan
and demonstrated this method using a sequencer...but
at that time most of the people couldn't understand
what he was doing. Briefly, Superimposed Metric
Modulation is a kind of "key change" Vinnie made this concept more
Rock-friendly to make it his own method. Today
more and more drummers such as Steve Smith, Virgil
Donati and Horacio"El Nego" Hernandez
are using this concept. That means the "key
change" in rhythms is no longer maniac technique
and is now becoming popular among drummers. |
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| Alan
Dawson Drum Method
(Japanese edition only) And The Beat Goes On. This book is dedicated to the memory of my teacher, Mr. Alan Dawson. |
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this book I tried to pass on Alan's method, thoughts,
and words, explain basic data and new theory including
5, 7stroke, and Compound Rudiments, which are based on older the 26 rudiments. This book offers a new approach which arranges the large number of rudiments into various categories. |
Every
time he threw a pair of sticks and listened to
the sound of them dropping….during a drum clinic,
Alan demonstrated by firmly stating, "This is the sound of a flam." He would go ahead and demonstrate and show how one should practice them. According to Alan, people, who do not think that they know rudiments, actually know and use it subconsciously. On the other hand, people, who think that they are always playing with rudiment and are tired of doing the same drum licks over and over again, should learn and study variations. I want to share the valuable advice, trade secrets, and vast amount of information that Alan passed on to me in the twenty years that I knew him. |
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With Steve Smith (Aug.15,1997)
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----International Order ----As for the books "Alan Dawson Drum Method Vol.1 & 2." Dear.Sir, Thanks for asking me the Alan
Dawson Drum Method Vol.1 & 2. Name : THEODORE PRESSER COMPANY If not some reason, dose not
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