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Solo Drums [VHS]

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Terry's style is like no other drummer in the world. His type of solo drum performance borders the classical, with lots of power and technique. Huge drumset with plenty of gadgets to hit. Blazing fast chops. Really worth checking out, even if you're not a Bozzio fan.

Most proffesional drumset players have good rythm and beats, but extreamly sloppy hands. Terry Bozzio shows the rest how important of a quality it is to also have rudimentary skills on drumset. Shurely one of the Best Drummers of this century.

If, like me you're a large FZ fan, then you will more than likely enjoy this video. However if you're buying this with hopes of gaining some intuitive insights from Mr. "Hands With A Hammer" himself, good luck. Don't misunderstand, there are some true nuggets in here, you're going to need to bring a bucket and an axe though in order to mine them out. Terry does a much better job showing you how he does what he does than articulating how he does it. He especially struggles through several attempts to explain complicated meters and time signatures but proceeds to just beat the ... out of an awesome drum kit. There is however one previously unsung virtue of this romp through Mr. B's theories on percussion technique and that is Terry's hair. It very much dates this work as a symbolic testament to the outrageous hair of the 80's, and for that reason alone make this an enjoyable excursion. Enjoy!

I have always been a fan of Zappa (may he rest in peace). Now I am mastering the fundamentals Terry used to master the wizardry Zappa expected of a master drummer. Terry is indeed a Master. His posture, setup, hand and feet technique amazes me..yet i find that day by day, hour by hour, one day...i will get there and beyond.......one day soon :-)

Hey where can I find the Ted Rudy book "Progressive Steps to Syncopation"?

As Zappa said "Out of all the drummers I have worked with Terry Bozzio is my favourite. What better compliment could a drummer have.

John Mackay Drummer for koathanger

This has to be one of the best video I've seen in a long time. I will recommend it to all my drum buddys. from Detroit ; glennray ;