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Morgenthaler wrote:These day I don't have the time to keep my hands in as good shape as I'd like. They used to be ok.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxXe3_SN6nM

Looks like you have enough time there.

This is something I did in the summer of '18. Overall I give myself a 6.5/10, lol. Needed to lay it back more, mostly on some fills that are a bit too forward. Have been practising a lot since then and have worked specifically and pretty much exclusively on those things. Staying relaxed and getting better consistency of spaces between strokes. Anyway, here it is warts and all..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZnKHd9LeaI

Transcription I wrote for myself.
https://postimg.cc/0MYNJh68

Hard for anyone to recreate Purdie's (not Rick Marotta) playing. Good stuff!

All of your videos have been really good Rudy. Hats off. And great transcription!

sounds and feels good! as w most dan songs, they are deceptively hard to make them sit right. i believe it was purdie on that one.

NICE Rudy...SD tunes are great for repetitive play to nail that groove...
respect for recording yourself...we are our worst critics...i always ask
"How far do i go on a song?" what really is good? now the OCD part of me
can lock onto it longer than needed lol Well done...

Thanks fellow hod'ers. Yeah, there's me trying to copy Bernard Purdie's feel. I mean what could possibly go wrong! Wearing my purdie t-shirt only helped a little

I did my first live Q & A on YouTube. Check it out if you have extra time during these difficult times.

Hey gang,

Here's some recent stuff from my Instagram . Really trying to work on some stuff I'm less comfortable with in all this free time:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9xXI_mnZ4H ... _copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NiqY-H9b9 ... _copy_link

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-aCcTjgwoh ... _copy_link

Also got Paul Francis to ID a vintage Zildjian Pang I've had for years:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-KdHdPgsRU ... _copy_link

Rudy_Ment wrote:This is something I did in the summer of '18. Overall I give myself a 6.5/10, lol. Needed to lay it back more, mostly on some fills that are a bit too forward. Have been practising a lot since then and have worked specifically and pretty much exclusively on those things. Staying relaxed and getting better consistency of spaces between strokes. Anyway, here it is warts and all..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZnKHd9LeaI

Transcription I wrote for myself.
https://postimg.cc/0MYNJh68

Beautiful playing, Rudy. That’s such a great song and my personal favorite SD album.