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Watch this one through to the end (he starts to do some improv soloing that is just…just priceless)

A lot of great lessons in here. Well worth the 20 minutes

This is from the 2009 Brazilian Music Institute in Gainesville, Florida. Little spoon is Cecilia Siqueira and big spoon is Fernando Lima.

Keep your eye on the left 35 yard line …

From IUP’s website:

“Dr. Jack Stamp is Professor of Music, Chairperson of the Music Department and Director of Band Studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where he conducts the Wind Ensemble and teaches courses in graduate conducting. Dr. Stamp received his Bachelor of Science in Music Education degree from IUP, a Master’s in Percussion Performance from East Carolina University, and a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Conducting from Michigan State University where he studied with Eugene Corporon.”

Bravo, Dr. J. And as drumFunny can strongly attest, 95% perfection isn’t quite good enough in the marching world, either:

Playing the triangle has never been this cool (the end is especially awesome).

drumFunny.com has managed to obtain a screenshot of the upcoming Sibelius plugin “Rip-A-Lick,” a free, downloadable extension of Sibelius that let’s you rip off your favorite ensembles with only a few clicks.

Plugin creator and Sibelius programmer Art Vandelay had this to say about the upcoming plugin: “As an arranger, writer, and drummer myself, I’ve always felt we’ve been doing a disservice to all those percussion arrangers out there who spend painstaking hours watching Youtube trying to MANUALLY transcribe these high quality, copyrighted parts. We hope Rip-A-Lick will help fill a much needed gap in the percussion arranging ripping market.”

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