Save the date folks! Tuesday, September 21st, at 7pm. Steve Smith, owner of the Drum School makes his return to the Georgetown to give another drum clinic. Don't miss it. And hey... It only costs five cents!

Last week someone at the Drum School showed me this fantastic ear training website. Test your skills today!

Good Ear

Ear training or aural skills is a process by which musicians learn to identify intervals, chords, rhythms, and other basic elements of music. Ear training plays an important part in singing, since one must be able to hear music in one's head and match pitch before it is possible to sing it reliably. Moreover, reproducing sounds by singing them is a reliable way to verify that they are heard correctly. One does not need perfect pitch to succeed at ear training; one goal of ear training is the development of relative pitch. (From Wikipedia)

Check out Ryan playing Monk's Bye Ya. Great stuff!

We recorded this cut for 'Wheedle's Groove Kearney Barton' put out by Light in The Attic Records.  Recorded by Kearney Barton the guy who recorded Louie Louie! I'm honored to have been a part of this project.

- Andy Sells Seattle Drum School Drum Instructor 

Overton Berry -piano
Bob Lovelace- bass
Andy Sells- drums
Dylan J. Frombach- shaker
Stefan Nelson- Wurlitzer, Fender Rhodes

It's August 21st and the first day of public school is just around the corner. There's a lot of schedule shifting going on in September. Most people want  lesson times at "prime time" hours at the Seattle Drum School which are weekdays from 4pm-7pm. Please call us and reserve you September lesson times. Hope you have a great weekend!

Regards,

Marc Fendel and Seattle Drum School Georgetown Faculty

Support our teachers! Buy it or listen.  (or in some cases download for free)

http://www.maktub.com/music.cfm

http://swampdweller5.bandcamp.com/

http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/septology-in-the-beginning/id321944709

Sign up today!

Drummers, Guitar Center's Drum-Off, the search for the top undiscovered drummer in the country, is back! Think you have what it takes? Do you have the skills, style and substance to be crowned the 2010 Guitar Center Drum-Off Champion? Here's what you need to know to get started.

Sign-ups for Drum-Off start August 1 and run until each of the 30 contestant spots per store are filled. You must be 16 years or older and a lawful, permanent resident of any of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States to compete in this year's competition. 214 Guitar Center stores across the U.S. will be holding competitions this year. See the complete list of participating stores online at www.guitarcenter.com/drumoff. You must sign up with a drum department sales associate at your local GC store. No phone or Internet sign-ups are available. You'll sign up for one (1) of the three (3) weeks of preliminary competitions.

COMPETITION DATES:

• Store Prelims: September 23rd, September 30th, October 7th
• Store finals: October 14th
• District finals: November 4th
• Regional finals: December 2nd
• Grand Finals: January 2011

Celebrate the best of the best as Drum Corps International presents its 2010 World Championship Quarterfinals LIVE on the big screen! Presented by DCI and National Cinemedia's Fathom Events, Big, Loud & Live 7, will be simulcast from Indianapolis' Lucas Oil Stadium into Thornton Place Theater at Northgate Mall
301 NE 103RD ST
SEATTLE, WA 98125
206-517-9943
on Thursday, August 12 at 3:30 p.m.

Come support our 4 months new SDS Drum Line that will be performing outside the theater at 3:00!
...On a personal note: I grew up on Drum Corps! It was an incredible experience that still resonates deeply with me. You'll never regret seizing the opportunity to catch this amazing display of precision, power and musical achievement. Hope to see you there!

-Steve Smith

Owner Steve Smith returns to the Seattle Drum School Georgetown Branch to give a drum clinic on Tuesday, September 21, from 7pm-8pm in The Slab. Hope to see you here. Here's a short preview...