In 2002, I flew from Sydney to New York for a three-month sabbatical that included taking lessons with Jim Chapin and Joe Morello. About a year ago, my buddy Jeff Doukakis started a podcast series of interviews with Australian drummers called The Deconstructed Drummer. Jeff and I chatted here in my ...

Loved that!

Hey electrizer - great topic! Some great words from Jeppe, Arne, and bensdrums here! In my opinion, an undivided combination of playing with virtuosic instrumental skill in accord with one's aural and theoretical skills describes musicality here. By virtuosic, I don't mean a flagrant, all-out displa...

Hi folks, Haven't chimed in here for a while, but I always like to drop in and see what's up. Thought I'd alert you quickly to the fact that I've edited and re-uploaded the video that's at the beginning of this thread from a couple of years ago. I thought it needed tightening up, as well as a remix ...

Good job on that, really nice playing and great sounding cymbals! The track had a Steve Reich vibe! Thanks percusski, I appreciate that you heard the Reich thing man - it was totally unintentional and just came out like that. It was all for piano initially, but after I heard Pat Metheny with his Un...

Hi guys, Here's brand new footage of the full studio version of one of the tracks from the clinic I posted earlier in this thread. The track is called 'Entelechies' and it's a lot of fun. I hope you enjoy watching. Also, I'm doing another clinic here in Sydney in a couple of weeks - details and tick...

Hi guys, Thanks so much for your warm reception all around - I appreciate it, and I really do hope you're able to get something out of it. Wow! I learned more from that than a lot of other vids I've seen! Thanks so much for sharing your talent. PLEASE post more! Hey Dave, Thanks for posting -- good ...

Hi everyone, I'd like to share some highlights from a small clinic that my friends at Bosphorus sponsored a couple of weeks ago just outside of Sydney. In the clinic I talked about some cool ways to construct triplet figures for oneself based on syncopated 8th-note rhythms. These ideas are extension...

VD had a MASSIVELY successful career as a freelance drummer down in Melbourne and sometimes also here in Sydney from the late '70s right up until he moved to LA in '95. I saw him live with a pop band called Southern Sons several times and he was the perfect rock drummer. I also saw him on TV a lot w...

Love it Paul