Dave DiCenso - Lesson how to comedy drums - Universal Rhythms

Dave accepted to be a guest for The Drum Brother project sharing his experience and giving us a lesson from the Universal Rhythms book... DOWNLOAD THE PDF: www.megaupload.com www.facebook.com Dave DiCenso is a Boston-area drummer whose musicality and versatility has earned him a diverse list of playing credits. He also happens to be a drummer who can teach and has maintained a thriving practice throughout his playing career. Despite his success as a journeyman, of late Dave has mostly kept his sideman hat on the hook to spend more time with his family, put more of what he teaches to paper, and begin in earnest to scratch a long-standing itch to compose. As a child, Dave could be found playing his dad's 60's Slingerlands along with his favorite 45's and albums in the basement of his parents' suburban home. By the age of four, he was asking his dad, Dick DiCenso - a renowned teacher in the Boston area for more than fifty years now - for drum lessons. After holding him off for a year his dad gave him his first lesson. As it turned out, however, Dave proved to be a less-than-ideal student, frequently opting to play along with his Beatles, Stevie Wonder, and Kiss records instead of practicing his lessons. Despite his dad's expert tutelage and patience, Dave gave up on lessons after a few years and migrated toward another of his fascinations, guitar. Eventually of course, it came time to choose a career path and, well, we know which one he took... With a desire to learn more ...