The Dave Walsh Podcast - Drums In The Shed

Hey everyone, I hope you're doing well.  Charlie Watts just passed away. RIP you legend.  So I decided to record this quick episode and share some thoughts.  Sorry about the audio issue in the middle. No idea why the mic lead suddenly started making that hideous sound. I didn't want to scrap this because I wanted it to be 'in the moment'. So I've published it anyway.  Peace and keep safe everyone....

Welcome back every 'one' (literally)  I decided to take some time off. I did flirt with the idea of a big 'Welcome back to Season #2 etc...' but this just ended up feeling like a continuation of the previous episodes. Like an old friend, you can go years without seeing/hearing from them, and when they suddenly come back in to your life, it's just exactly the same as it was.  So, more rambling musi...

Hi there, I hope you're having a nice weekend. This episode is a ramble about being interested in things and not being interested in things. Sounds like a load of nonsense, well listen on, and hopefully it'll be of some use to you. It's all very interesting.... Keep safe and well.

Welcome back. Sorry there was a gap. I wasn't able to record an episode in the past couple of weeks. Today I'm talking about some news books I've bought in the past couple of months and also some exercises I've gone back to from old books. Hope you enjoy. THanks for listening.

Happy Easter everyone. I hope you're having a nice long weekend break. This episode is a bit rambly and doesn't really get in to anything until about 20 mins in. But the main topic today is transcription concepts. Are there other ways to use the information from a transcription to personalise your approach to the information. Discuss. Have a great week.

Hello everyone, I hope all is well. Sorry this is late. I just didn't get time to post it after recording it on Sunday night. There's not much to say really. EP#50 is nowt special. No big anniversary with the number 50. EP#49 was such a momentous occasion that I thought I'd make sure this was a low-key affair. Hope you're doing well and have a good week.

Hi there, I hope you're doing well. A year on... what can I say. Well, have a listen and find out. Keep safe and have a good week

Hi friends, I hope all is well. I hope you are keeping safe. This week I apologise (again) for not being 'regular' with the episodes. And I talk about why I keep a practice diary. There is also quite a bit of rambling, and some strange tangents. So, business as usual. Have a good week. Take good care. Keep drumming! (or whatever else you do, keep doing!)

Hope you're all doing OK. This week is an interweaving ramble about how all things lead to new things. Kind of obvious right? Well ... There you go. But the specifics are personal to us all, and it's good to be aware of this when learning. This episode also coincides with me finishing my Rudiment Foundations Snare Drum Study Book (pamphlet) Have a good week.

Hi all, Simple title this week. I'm chatting (very randomly) about how learning new things opens new doors. Kinda obvious right? Well, probably. Keep safe everyone.

Happy New Year everyone. I hope you're well. This is a slightly different vibe than normal. I'm taking about what I'm hoping to achieve this coming year. Setting a few goals and sharing them with you. A few things are potentially going to change, but this podcast won't! Hope you're well and keep safe, wherever you are in the world.

Hi Everyone, I hope you're well. This episode is about what's on your music stand at the moment? What are you working on? What are you NOT working on? Has something been sat there for a while that you've been meaning to get on with but not had the headspace to start? Or are you just too scared of facing the demon! I know that feeling. That's what I'm rambling on about in this episode. Maybe some o...

Hi there, Just as it says on the tin. Nothing specific in this episode, except some general rambling about practising and being positive about new things. Also, some drums shed DIY nonsense. Keep safe and thanks for stopping by.

Hi there, It's been just over a year since my first podcast was shared via this great platform (Podomatic). This is an episode about how/why it started and also another visit to the world of the pad. Enjoy.

Hi everyone, I hope all is well. This is the long awaited followup to the interview I did back in March. We chatted about the many roles of the modern musician/artist. His relationship with two drummers, Richard Spaven and Luke Flowers. This was done just before stricter lockdown rules came in for Greater Manchester. We managed to do this face to face in Stuart's back garden and it was a bit chill...

Hi All, It's been a few weeks since I last posted. Things have been rather busy and I also hadn't had time to actually post this episode, even though I made it nearly a week ago. This was framed, 'The Three C's', but there's actually a forth, 'Concentration'. If you want to know more, listen on to this latest rambling. Hope you're all doing well. Keep safe.

Hi Everyone, I hope you're well. It's been a reflective week for me. Thinking about the 'ins and outs' of learning, focus, practicing, playing etc... Carrying on in this non-prepped format, I share some of the thoughts I've had this week on being aware of how I'm working. It jumps around a bit, but as always, follows a flow to a gentle conclusion. Keep safe and thanks for listening.

Hello again, I hope you're well. Following on from last week's 'non planned' theme, I wanted to (try) bring together some thoughts I've had this past week about technique. These ramblings and ideas came about because of some observations I'd made when watching a few different drummers playing. It's also because I'm getting back in full-on 'teaching' mode again, with the start of the academic year...

Hi there, I hope all is well. This is my first post in a couple of weeks. It's been a busy time and tricky finding the headspace for this, with everything that has been going on both at work and home. Anyway, this week I answer a few questions I've had over the past month or so (Mainly on Instagram). Topics include, favourite things to play along to, having a balanced practice routine and some dru...

Hi everyone, welcome back. By (mild) popular demand, I thought I'd do another episode about brushes. This time I'm at the kit and I'm talking mainly about vertical playing. There's some info here about how to inprove your technique and how to think about way to embrace brush playing instead of playing with sticks. I also talk a bit about which brushes I use and how I've chenged their setup over th...

Welcome back. Nothing specific this week. Just some rambling thoughts about collaborations and also technique. No real plan, just a stream of conciousness. Have a great week.

This week I talk about some soloing ideas. It's kind of abstract but it's just another angle. If you've not listened to episode #21 yet, it might be useful to listen to that first. Keep safe!

Hi everyone, Thanks for coming back. This week I had the pleasure of interviewing a great drummer and extremely nice chap Christian Alderson. Here are a few links to some of the projects he's involved in. https://theunitama.com/ https://m.soundcloud.com/the-long-lonesome-go https://thelonglonesomego.bandcamp.com It's a long one and but it'll fly by. We chat about projects, his unique approach to d...

Hi everyone, sorry about the late post this week. I had some issues publishing the episode on my host. Maybe they're trying to tell me something... Who knows. Anyway, I hope all is well. This week I continue on a similar vibe as last week. I'm mainly talking about playing in 7. I'm suggesting a few ideas just to get familiar and more relaxed with the concept of space in the time. Looking at things...

Hi everyone, I hope you're doing well and keeping safe in these slightly improving but still challenging times. This week I'm taking you through how I was practicing this 23/8 (or 23/16) time signature. I had a few questions about it so I thought I'd record a episode at the kit to discuss how I've been trying to get better at this kind of thing. It's really outside my comfort zone, so it's great t...