Introducing: The Drum Library
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by Steve Goold
3y ago
Well, the Drum Library is finally live. Check it out. It’s taken me WAY longer than I hoped, but this drum lesson website I’ve been dreaming up for years is finally alive and kicking. I haven’t announced it on social media yet. You guys, my blog readers from all these years, are the first to know about it. It feels really strange. I’ve never put my own name on a product other than my private drum lessons or master classes. The artists I’ve worked with always talk about how vulnerable they feel when they release an album. It’s their heart put into their songs and nobody else has to like it, bu ..read more
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Ben Rector DrumCam
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by Steve Goold
3y ago
Happy New Year, everyone. My new lesson site is coming together and will hopefully be done VERY soon. In the meantime, here’s another DrumCam video from this past Fall’s tour with Ben Rector. There’s a lot more where this came from ..read more
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Stevegoold.com
The Steve Goold Blog | Drummers are musicians too…
by Steve Goold
3y ago
Blog readers… I have a big announcement… Basically, I have long wondered how I could incorporate video elements into the “Drummers Are Musicians Too” blog, and some recent developments in my life are giving me the chance to really explore the potential of online drum lessons. I’m dialing back my private teaching schedule and replacing it with new effort on video-oriented blog posts. In July I did a full shoot with hours of lessons and solos. The stevegoold.com site is under construction. I’m going for it. I’ll put together an official promo video soon (the clips above are just some soundcheck ..read more
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MaSSs
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by Steve Goold
3y ago
I’m in an instrumental band called “MaSSs” and we are releasing a record called How I Killed A Bear on September 1. Here’s the story… In 2012 I was touring with Owl City and my friend Jasper Nephew was playing guitar. Jasper and I would often jam at sound check – just noodling around with ideas. Most of the time we would quickly come up with something that we both thought was pretty cool, and at that point we would usually lament the lack of time during soundcheck to document and preserve the improvised compositions. We concocted a plan to someday go into the studio and jam with mics up ..read more
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Tour De Compadres – Gear Post
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by Steve Goold
3y ago
On March 14 I received an invitation to play in Ben Rector‘s band for his slot on leg one of NeedtoBreathe’s Tour De Compadres, which ran from April 16 – May 16. I had never heard Ben’s music or even met any of the guys in his band or the other bands (NTB, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Colony House), but the experience proved again why the music world is so rad: I really loved playing music with Ben and his band (Cody Fry on guitar, Kevin MacIntire on bass). They are all great players/vocalists, and Ben is a masterful songwriter and front man. On top of that, the hang was incredible… not jus ..read more
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Inspiration and Possibility
The Steve Goold Blog | Drummers are musicians too…
by Steve Goold
3y ago
I was having a coffee discussion today with my friend (and fantastic bassist) Kevin MacIntire about what drives musical/artistic progress in individuals. We spoke and thought about the various forms of work ethic in young musicians, and also our own journeys as instrumentalists. As a somewhat regular private lesson instructor, I can speak from experience in saying that there is a noticeable difference between students who desire accomplishment/status in the music industry vs a skillful relationship to their drum kit. It’s like the love of money vs the love of the game. Which makes someone work ..read more
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Jason Gerling
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by Steve Goold
3y ago
A few months ago Twin Cities local CBS news channel WCCO ran this story (video) on my friend Jason Gerling. He’s an inspiring and contagiously encouraging guy with an amazing story and a deep passion for music and drums. He’s also a great player with a rad vision for a kick drum shell sub woofer. Jason’s kit features a 22″ bass drum that is actually an 18″ speaker cabinet, with the speaker facing the drummer and the ports facing the reso head. A handful of misc triggers are placed around the rest of the kit so the kick samples can be fired from different locations, with some of them even ..read more
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My In-Ear Mix Philosophy
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by Steve Goold
3y ago
Hey there, faithful blog readers. Every time I post anything here I am hit with two realizations, simultaneously: 1) A drum blog is an unbelievably geeky thing to have 2) I wish I had time to post stuff EVERY DAY. I love blogging. I guess that makes me a geek. If you’re interested in my geek perspective on in-ear monitors and how I go about dialing in a mix on a gig, then head over to the Alclair blog and check out my recent guest post. That crew builds some incredible monitors and partnering with them has been a really great thing for me. Also, if you live in the Twin Cities then you should m ..read more
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Hearing Musical Time
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by Steve Goold
3y ago
Jacob Slichter, well-known music writer and drummer for Semisonic, has written a brilliant 5-part series called Hearing Musical Time. The articles capture and comment on elements of groove, tone, Drummer Disease, listening perspective, playing to a click, and a boat load of other important concepts. All five parts are worth reading if you’re the kind of person who likes getting wiser. Part One is linked above, others below… Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five ..read more
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Rational Funk
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by Steve Goold
3y ago
If you know anything about Dave King then you’re not at all surprised at the nature of Rational Funk, his new series of drum instructional videos. Deep musical truths couched almost unidentifiably in humor. Funk lives, and is rational. Ants on a log. I like it ..read more
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