Right around Christmas I got a message from the prolific drum book author, Joel Rothman, introducing himself and asking if I'd like to check out some of his books. I was already familiar with some of Joel's work, and had used his book Basic Drumming back when I first started teaching as a good catch-all book that would cover a lot of topics and last beginner students for a couple of years. What I didn't know, however, was that not only has Joel been living in London for the last 40 years, but he lives a mere 15 minutes from me.
So, a few weeks ago, Joel invited me to his home and we spent a couple hours talking about drumming, teaching, living in the UK as an American, etc. etc. And he very kindly gave me a great selection over his more than 100 books. I'm looking forward to spending some time with them. I hope work my way through some of them in the coming months and will let you know what I find.
You can find out more about Joel on his website, www.joelrothman.com, and many of his books are available from Hudson Music.
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