VIDEO - Ringo Starr Drummer Gregg Bissonette Soundcheck Drum Groove Jam buff.ly/1wzHYnX The December issue of Modern Drummer magazine features first-call L.A. player Gregg Bissonette on the cover. Bissonette has been Ringo Starr’s live drummer for the past several years, and he recently released his solo album Warning Will Robinson! Earlier this year Gregg invited MD to film him during rehearsals with Ringo, and here we share a clip of him playing a favorite groove, which he elaborates on below. “The groove that I’m doing is kind of focused around keeping a shaking tambourine going throughout, which is made possible with my new signature DW Tambo Pedal. I play 8th notes with my left foot as if I were playing 8ths on my hi-hat, and this gives a 16th-note shaking feel. “As I was playing I was thinking of the song ‘Train to Willoughby’ from my solo CD Submarine. Then I started filling around, thinking of Ringo playing his famous eight-bar drum solo on the Beatles song ‘The End.’ I also threw in a few blushdas!” Pickup the December 2014 issue of Modern Drummer magazine here: buff.ly/1wzI0vU Subscribe to Modern Drummers YouTube Channel here: buff.ly/1wzHYnY
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 19:27:49 +0000
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