Gavin Harrison’s book, Rhythmic Designs, has been awarded no less than five stars in the latest edition of Modern Drummer. Exploring and explaining the rhythmic ideas and concepts behind his albums with bassist / singer 05Ric, Drop and Circles, the reviewer notes “The package is very well thought out. Harrison meticulously explains, dissects, and performs examples from each track on the double-sided DVD, while the book helps you follow and learn the written notation of each complete drum track, painstakingly transcribed from the original CDs by Modern Drummer contributor Terry Branam.
Harrison is articulate and entertaining as he recounts the construction of his advanced odd-meter and oddly grouped groove patterns. There are also MP3 play-alongs on the DVD. This is an affordable, educational journey into heavy concepts from the creative mind of a modern-day rhythmic genius.” Copies of the book are available from the PT store .
The second album with 05Ric, Circles, is also being remixed for 5.1 surround sound and being reissued on K-Scope. Find out more details and pre-order, here.
In the meantime, we have a copy of the stereo version of Circles to giveaway. If you’d like to win this one all you have to do is give me the name of the album on which Gavin collaborated with 05Ric prior to Circles, and which featured a contribution from Robert Fripp.
If you’re not sure of the name you could check out Gavin’s website for a clue. Once you’ve done that send your answer along with your postal address in an email marked GAVIN (lest ye be spammed out) to competitions@dgmlive.com.
We’ll announce the winner on Sunday 8th August. In the meantime you can read my take on the album over on the blog.
Harrison is articulate and entertaining as he recounts the construction of his advanced odd-meter and oddly grouped groove patterns. There are also MP3 play-alongs on the DVD. This is an affordable, educational journey into heavy concepts from the creative mind of a modern-day rhythmic genius.” Copies of the book are available from the PT store .
The second album with 05Ric, Circles, is also being remixed for 5.1 surround sound and being reissued on K-Scope. Find out more details and pre-order, here.
In the meantime, we have a copy of the stereo version of Circles to giveaway. If you’d like to win this one all you have to do is give me the name of the album on which Gavin collaborated with 05Ric prior to Circles, and which featured a contribution from Robert Fripp.
If you’re not sure of the name you could check out Gavin’s website for a clue. Once you’ve done that send your answer along with your postal address in an email marked GAVIN (lest ye be spammed out) to competitions@dgmlive.com.
We’ll announce the winner on Sunday 8th August. In the meantime you can read my take on the album over on the blog.
