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Hi John, This is Mark Eeftens, drumteacher and editor for the Dutch drummers magazine Slagwerkkrant. I interviewed Eric Harland a few days ago and he spoke with much acclaim about your method to learn "speedreading" as I believe you call it. I'm very curious about it and I would appreciate if you could tell me more about the subject. Did you write any books on this and if not where should I begin? Best regards!
by Mark Eeftens (Breda, Netherlands Europe)February 27, 2008 5:17 AM
hi John, I'm Arno from France, I would like to know if you've the project to come in Europe soon, to play or to make a clinic. Congratulations for your book and the advices in it ! sincerely, I hope to meet you one day.
by arno le meur (montpellier France)February 12, 2008 12:12 PM
hello john, in the past 25jears i have written a whole lot of stuff for snare drum, and also for the drum set. in the end of 2007 i brought the material in a systematic order, a thing that i allways wanted to do. Now i will write a prototype of drumbook, because in the moment i cannot find a bigger firm printing notes. so- perhaps later. To me, it happens all the time when i am writing, i got so many sub- ideas, that i can write for hours, an receive so much material, that i really have to select. that costs a great bit of time.- what is your experiance, do you allways find the right exercises at once, or do you also have to write a lot, to get a kind of essence of it.-thanks to you, spending time to read my mail, yours sincerely- matthias
by matthias rumpf (unna / germany)February 4, 2008 3:50 PM
Hello John, thank You for this wonderfull book, that deals with be- bop drumming. You should have written it 50 years before...laugh- when I was starting drums, there really was no literature out on this high level . Eventhough the Book of Jim Chapin is also from high Quality. I wish You all the best for the future, thanks again, Matthias
by matthias rumpf (unna / germany)January 28, 2008 12:43 PM
Hi, John. I'm a drummer from Barcelona (Spain). I will be in NYC from 2nd to 12th of February. Can we meet to do a lesson(s)?
by Alfons Bertran (Barcelona)January 25, 2008 1:21 PM
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