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How a simple rock beat can sound so appropriate by applying some simple technical variations.

Butcherbird Collective with Jamie Harrison and how a simple rock beat can sound so appropriate by applying some simple technical...

Playing slow tempos with the golden 'S' rules of keeping it 'Solid, Steady and Simple'...

Playing slow tempos with the golden 'S' rules of keeping it 'Solid, Steady and Simple' ...and this time using maple hot-rods producing a...

Sound-checking ‘Solid Rock’ at Airlie Beach Festival Of Music back in 2021...

Sound-checking ‘Solid Rock’ at Airlie Beach Festival Of Music back in 2021 without Shane Howard who got stuck in Melbourne due to a Covid...

Why does this groove work so well?

Laying down the beds for Butcherbird Collective’s rearrangement of Little Feats’ ‘Willin’. Playing with nylon brushes creates that grainy...

Playing the outro to the rearrangement of The Who's 'Behind Blue Eyes'...

Playing the outro to the rearrangement of The Who's 'Behind Blue Eyes' entailed quite a number of hi-hat techniques well worth...

Sixth in the series of sessions for the Butcherbird Collective this time of Ray Lamontagne’s‘ Jolene’...loving the ‘feel’ here.

Holding down that ‘pocket’ using brushes to a click at 60 bpm with a ‘natural’ fade (by just playing quieter)...a beautiful effect....