McGerr Shuffle

Hey Friends!!

I've been really busy out there all summer working on all kinds of stuff. 

Today I really worked on the Grapevine Fire shuffle.

For many moons I thought that it was just a "Purdy" shuffle, or a half time shuffle. 

Jason McGerr plays an awesome variation of this beat, check it out:

The hihat placement is gnarly!!

Try it! It's a brain work out for sure, but you will be happy with the results.

Drum Lessons

Hello!

Hello everyone!

For those of you who know me, thank you for checking out my drummer site!

If you have just stumbled upon my page or have been referred here by someone, thank you for taking the time to check me out.

I have been playing drums for 12 years and teaching drums for the last 3 years. I love drumming and teaching drums and I am very excited to take on new students!

I play lots of styles of music. Anything from punk to jazz and lots in between. I am a lifetime learner and continue to further my music education as frequently as possible. I have a degree in Women's Studies and I am currently working on a degree in History. I study music outside of the academic realm.

I write about drums for Tom Tom Magazine. Check them out!

I play drums for a few different bands and artists. Gigs section will be posted soon.

I repair and restore drums. I love working on gear! I also tune them.  Repair page with before and after will be posted soon.

I volunteer at the Rock n Roll Camp for Girls,Portland and Los Angeles!
Every summer I volunteer and teach at the Rock n Roll Camp for Girls in Portland and Los Angeles. Some friends and I are working on getting together an Orange County, CA version of this same program.

I do consulting for drum companies!
For 6 years I worked in a drum shop and learned everything there is to know about drums and the drum business.

If you are interested in any of my services please send me an email and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
candacelhansen@gmail.com

As for drum lessons, I do in home or in studio lessons. Rates vary, please contact me for details!

Grrl Fair is just around the corner!

Spring and Summer are my favorite times of the year!!

 One of the reasons for that is because people seem to come out of their houses and come to cool events. When I was in high school the go to event was Warped Tour, now that I can't stand to be within a mile of a Warped Tour I am so glad that Grrl Fair exists to fill that festival void in my life.

Grrl Fair is an awesome organization that seeks to promote women in the arts in Southern California, and more specifically Orange County.

A typical Grrl Fair hosts artwork from girls/women, local female vendors, workshops and more!

Some things to look forward to at this year's Grrl Fair are:

2PM: Really Really Free Market!
Bring stuff you don't want anymore and barter with other people. You can't get anymore DIY and progressive than that :)

2PM: Record Swap Meet with Mass Media Records

2PM: Cleansing Drum Circle with Aly Miguel

All day: Workshops in the "Workshop Village" including speakers, feminist clubs from various colleges, and much more.

Bands!

Some bands I am excited to see at Grrl Fair this year are:

The Death Valley Girls a garage-y Cramps-y feeling band from LA.

!Las Feas a surf punk band from the Coachella Valley

Tigersnap an electro-punk-hiphop act from LA

May 11th Y'all, did I mention that there are going to be food trucks???

Ladies Rock Camp coming to Orange County May 18th and 19th!

As a lot of you know, I volunteer at the Rock n Roll Camp for Girls programs in Portland, Los Angeles, and now in Orange County.
Lots of women get excited when they hear about the girls program (learn an instrument, form a band, write a song and play a show!) and say that they want to do it too, so many of the girls rock camps have formed ladies rock camps as a way to provide this program for the 18+ crowd as well as raise funds for the summer camp program.

                                    Check out this video to seek what it's like to be at rock camp!

In OC the Ladies Rock Camp program will be May 18th and 19th in Downtown Santa Ana at El Centro Cultural. It's $50-$100 sliding scale and worth every penny!

To sign up follow this link to the application:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XIb86aVDL1QFYpt5e3m6f9BjyEc1LBLiqCy6nMhoe-w/edit

Gearing up for jazz band!

Hey everybody!
Sorry I haven't been posting lately, I have been really busy working on so many different things.
Rock n Roll Camp for Girls OC is finally off the ground with a fiscal sponsor, and school is back in session.

I joined the Jazz Band at Santa Ana College and have been practicing my butt off reading charts and getting comfortable playing jazz and latin jazz.

We are doing one of my favorite swing songs, Sing Sing Sing! It's a really cool swing song that Gene Krupa played on back in the day.

The cool tom part can be played with a second line pattern. Try it!

RRL RRL RL

Swing it when you play

Play 2 and 4 on the hihat

The kick pattern should be an ostinato-ish

Check out this video that is a quick tutorial on Second Line jazz drumming:

Try it at home or with your band!

Help Tom Tom Magazine win a Scion grant!

Hi friends!

Sorry I haven't posted lately!

The beginning of the semester is always a crazy time.

I received many great questions for the Q and A's portion, those answers will began being answered next week.

In the mean time, check out this video made by Mindy Abovitz, the editor of Tom Tom Magazine about a Scion grand they just applied for.

If you can comment or like the video, it will help them get further to winning.

Lets help out this amazing resource for women all over the world.

Viola Smith video released today!

Hi everybody!

Between NAMM show and the start of the semester I have really had a crazy week!

The exciting news this week is that Tom Tom Magazine has released the interview with drumming legend Viola Smith that I worked on over the winter.

Check it out, it came out better than I expected!!!

Thanks to my good friends Rhianne, Maria, Annie and Melissa for helping with this awesome story as well as the awesome Professor Julie Davis for helping me get everything together and interview ready. And of course Mindy from Tom Tom for putting it out!!

If you have any questions about anything in the video feel free to send me an email.