Steve Smith on The Playful Musician Podcast Check out this great podcast with Steve Smith! Steve Smith: From The Practice Room Steve has been distancing at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. But during this time, he has been creative and productive.Steve has been posting videos as part of a series called "From The Practice Room." The series includes videos about brush playing, Indian konnakol, and much more. We will be updating this page with more and more videos from Steve's practice room. Make sure to follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube for the latest! You can see the entire "From The Practice Room" playlist on Steve's YouTube page. From The Practice RoomInstaLessonZ: Part 1Steve filmed a series for Zildjian that focused on hand technique using flam taps, eventually getting into flammed diddles & phrases of 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, & 9. Good for your chops and improv vocabulary. Steve uses four version of matched gripo as described in his "Pathways of Motion" book (Hudson Music). Download the PDF, below! Flams PDF From The Practice Room:A Drumset Application of Konnakol and South Indian Rhythms Pt. 1 Steve Smith teaches about South Indian rhythms and applies them to the drumset. Download two helpful PDFs, below, for a transcription of what Steve played in this video - and to learn about konnakol syllables, suggested stickings, and the form of the Korvai (rhythmic composition).The Paul DeLong transcription PDF features the konnakol and drumset transcriptions used in the video, below. The Ram Swaminathan transcription PDF features more traditional spelling of the konnakol syllables, suggested stickings and the form of the korvai (rhythmic composition) is notated. This PDF is also based on Steve's video, below. Paul DeLong Ram Swaminathan
