janzen@tiger.DEC (Tom J. LMO4-2/B5 279-5421) (10/21/85)
Did you see Rock School on TV? It's a 7 part or so series. You missed a good beginning. it was on channel 11 durham newhampshire late friday night and on channel 2 Boston maybe sunday afternoon. It is really jampacked with info. The first one was on guitars,drums,basses,and how to play three different styles of music on them. The rest of the programs must just be filler. I'm wastching it because, sophisticated knowledgeable musician as I am, I know nothing whatever of rock music. Watch the public television listings. Everyone sounds British on it. They discussed cymbals, reggae, fretless guitars, hard rock, hum bucking pickups, you name it. Tom Posted: Mon 21-Oct-1985 13:16 EST To: @CLASSICAL
rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen) (10/24/85)
> Did you see Rock School on TV? It's a 7 part or so series. You missed a good > beginning. it was on channel 11 durham newhampshire late friday night and on > channel 2 Boston maybe sunday afternoon. It is really jampacked with info. > The first one was on guitars,drums,basses,and how to play three different > styles of music on them. The rest of the programs must just be filler. > I'm wastching it because, sophisticated knowledgeable musician as I am, > I know nothing whatever of rock music. Watch the public television listings. > Everyone sounds British on it. They discussed cymbals, reggae, fretless > guitars, hard rock, hum bucking pickups, you name it. It's nice that real music appreciation, allowing people to learn something about modern culture, makes itself available in this way. Seriously, I saw the last half of what I think was the second installment, and I was impressed. If it does anything, it will serve to demystify rock music both for fans and complete neophytes. The "lesson" on tuning drums was most interesting, especially the way he related it to acoustics and the tuning process for a classical tympanist. The reason it sounds British is because it was made by the BBC. Herbie Hancock made an appearance, but most everyone else seemed to be British (Ian Paice of Deep Purple and Carl Palmer of ELP/Asia discussed their feelings about drums, tunings, damping, sticks, etc. as did Sly Dunbar, of Sly & Robbie, Jamaican (?) reggae percussionist). The "house band" closed the show with a piece offering examples of the concepts learned, including bass harmonics, use of cymbals, etc. -- "Mrs. Peel, we're needed..." Rich Rosen ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr