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Hello everyone! I’m here at www.billyward.com as well as facebook.com/billywarddrums.
As I envision this unfolding series of blogs, future topics will include the following and likely more:
- Technique. Both physical as well as “life chops”
- Gear. Possibly how to record drums as well as drums (I’d appreciate feedback on that)
- Occasional rants :)
- True stories from my career. Some funny, some simply odd...
Hi everyone. I'm going to be writing a few tips every once in a while. Feel free to respond with your opinions here or on my facebook page "billy ward drums".
Now to it... Music is a part of my life everyday. Here's three things I do that maybe you can get into and incorporate it into your daily or weekly activity.
ONE. Listen to music. I go to my music service online (so far it is Tidal but I may change at some point) and float around with searches and see what I can find that I've not heard. Sometimes it's yet another jazz record from the 60s or 70s that I once listened to, such as Jimmy Smith Trio with George Benson - highly recommended for tasty feels to copy as well as understanding when to do that fill... Other times it's something I haven't heard - today was the Luminaires. Pretty sweet record.
Thinking about music and how to approach it as an author of drum parts is crucial for growing...
We found the following buried deep inside the old website I hope you enjoy it. BW.
While we were building the new site, I put together these questions to keep on top of what drummers need help with.
If you haven't done so already, please do take some time to answer a few questions...
Hi everyone!
Welcome to my new site.
There's lots more to come, but for now, I'm off to NAMM for a few days to hang out.
Please say hi if you see me there.
Until then, please have a look around, connect with me.
You can hear all about what I've been up to in a recent interview...
Here’s a couple of stories that might influence you in some way. I’ve made plenty of mistakes, but wouldn’t change any of them because, well... here I am. There isn’t an artist out there who doesn’t have a list of failures equal to his list of accomplishments. Your drumming heroes may not speak of the failures but they happened. So… two things...