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.