Here at Prepared Sounds we will be regularly featuring items from our extensive catalog. Today we start where it all began, with John Parker’s first large-scale composition for percussion ensemble “The Journey” Commissioned by the Ferny Grove State High School percussion ensemble way back in the year 2000, The Journey was first performed in […]
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“Progressive Steps to Better Drumming” by Australian drummer/ educator Dave Sanders. What makes this book different from all the others? The answer is a practical approach that is focused on musical application. The author Dave Sanders claims that “This isn’t a book for the beginner drummer… it is aimed at the drummer who already has
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Composers and Co-founders John & Sean have been very fortunate to receive funding from the Australia Council to commission works for Jazz Trio and Percussion Ensemble. This has taken the form of nine new exciting works composed by Sean Foran, John Parker, Samuel Vincent, Thomas Green and Catherine Likhuta, performed by Jazz trio Trichotomy and
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For 4-8 percussionists Downloadable PDF – Score, Parts & Audio – available here Watch the video here: Info about the piece: This piece was written during 2017 for the Marist College Ashgrove Percussion Ensemble 2. It was composed to “rock out” like John’s other tom pieces, but for a beginner to intermediate skill level group. It
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Check out these Amazing videos of Australian drummers Darran Muller, Dave Sanders and Daniel Farrugia busting out some of the grooves from Steve Powell’s new book “Beat Roots”. Beat Roots is available now from the Prepared Sounds store. and selected retailers
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We have some really exciting news! We’ve just put out a brand spanking new drum book by Brisbane drummer and funk scholar Steve Powell. It’s entitled “Beat Roots“. Read on! Many years in the making, Beat Roots is a collection of well-known and rare R&B/soul, funk and rock drum beats from the late 1960s to
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