Drumming for the Song

How to find any polyrhythm!

Today! At 7DL Studios!

Knowledge Commons DC / Everyone’s a Drummer: Breaking Gender Stereotypes in "Male" Genres Knowledge Commons DC (KCDC) is a free school for thinkers, doers, and tinkerers - taught anywhere, by anyone, for everyone.

Check out part 3 of this conversation between two DC drummers--Asha Santee and Ben Tufts, on Hometown Sounds website this morning:

“Based On Love” Part 3 – A Conversation With Asha Santee Catch up on Parts One & Two! In this third part of the interview, Asha and I discuss gender issues in music and life, and where inspiration for her music comes from... Ben: Which artists inspir...

Had a blast at the clinic this afternoon. Thanks to everyone who came out!

What are your cymbals made of?

http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2011/10/what-you-need-to-know-about-cymbal-alloys/

What You Need to Know About...Cymbal Alloys | Modern Drummer Magazine Familiarize yourself with the basics of cymbal alloys and you’ll be well equipped to make the correct cymbal purchases for the type of music that you play.

Mike Smirnoff and Ben Tufts Percussion goofing around a bit at rehearsal last night, for the Drumming of Dave Grohl tribute clinic 4pm Sunday at 7DrumLessons.

You can still get advance tickets online--there will be two short clinics discussing his playing on records by Scream, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Killing Joke and Them Crooked Vultures--and then a performance of favorite songs with special guests Derek Evry, Matt Berry of Classified Frequency and Aaron Mason of Sound Masonry Recording!

Get your advance tickets to reserve a seat:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1367274

Ben Tufts & Mike Smirnoff, Dave Grohl tribute rehearsal

Check out Part 2 of the "Unsung Drummers" podcast, hosted on ChunkyGlasses!

http://www.chunkyglasses.com/content/episode-107-unsung-drummers-part-2-of-2

Episode 107: Unsung Drummers - Part 2 (of 2) It’s the conclusion of our two part series on Unsung Drummers! Picking up right where we left off earlier this week, Adam Dawson, Ben Tufts and Mike Smirnoff dive even deeper into the drummers that influenced not just them, but a whole generation of musicians. Earl Palmer, Billy Conway, Russ Kunkel …

Take a listen to ChunkyGlasses's latest podcast episode, Part 1 of the "Unsung Drummers!" Ben Tufts Percussion, Mike Smirnoff and Adam Dawson square off about their favorite drummers you may not have heard of. This morning you'll hear about Jim Gordon, Yuval Gabay, Jay Lane, Ronnie Verrell, Todd Trainer and Kenney Jones. --And if that's not enough for you, Part 2 will go up in just a few days. Take a listen!

http://www.chunkyglasses.com/content/episode-106-unsung-drummers-part-1-of-2

Episode 106: Unsung Drummers - Part 1 (of 2) On our latest podcast we invite some of DC’s hardest working drummers to the basement for a super-sized, multi-part exploration of UNSUNG DRUMMERS. In part one of our two-part extravaganza, Ben Tufts and Mike Smirnoff join Kevin and Adam to shine a light on some drummers that you probably don't know…

Go check out Ben Tufts Percussion and a number of other great local drummers, as they help recreate the original 33 song set The Who played 2/14/1970 at Leeds University. 9pm tonight at IOTA Club & Cafe!

https://m.facebook.com/events/750569018370270/

Read Ben Tufts Percussion's interview with Experience Drums, LLC, about the The Who tribute concert Saturday at IOTA Club & Cafe in Arlington, which will contribute money to The Craig Tufts Educational Scholarship Fund.

http://experiencedrums.com/voices/

Experience Drums - Experience Drums really loves Ben Tufts. He’s a passionate performer, teacher and clinician who is considered to be one of the busiest players in Washington, DC’s music scene.