The Art of Brush Playing with Jon Arkin

Brushes are among the most effective and essential tools available for drummers when playing in an acoustic jazz context. This workshop provides an overview of brush techniques and concepts, including basic time patterns, variations, accents, textural possibilities, articulation, and finger control, and in moving beyond the fundamentals, covers the ways that brushes can open one’s playing up to new ideas, dynamics, and interactive possibilities. Open to all drummers, as well as any musicians interested in learning basic time playing with brushes.

Jon Arkin

$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop