DW's TRAVELING GALLERY WITH BILLY WARD CLINIC COMING 09/8/2011
John Good founder of DW Drums (Drummers Workshop) is presenting Billy Ward for a evening of entertainment and fun. The clinic will be held at Rainbow Guitars at 2550 North Campbell Ave, in Tucson, Arizona which is one of my favorite music stores.
The clinic is sponsored by DW, Mackie and Shure. I would highly recommend attending any clinics that come to town. Make sure to call Clay at Rainbow to sign up in advance as seats will be limited.
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Billy Ward has performed in clinics and master classes all over the world and as a drum clinician, he emphasizes a more musical approach to drumming while at the same time re-enforcing the importance of drumming fundamentals. He offers a very articulate “real world” approach in his teaching.
For five years, Billy’s been writing the much acclaimed “Concept” articles for Modern Drummer Magazine. His book, “Inside Out... Exploring The Mental Aspects Of Drumming” is available through Modern Drummer Publications. The drum instructional, Big Time, has a completely new fresh approach and received the Modern Drummer Magazine Reader’s Poll Award for Best Drum Instructional of ‘05.
As a performer, Billy Ward has toured and recorded with Joan Osborne, Carly Simon, Robbie Robertson (The Band), The Knack, Ace Frehley, Bill Evans, Yoko Ono. Last year, Billy played on B.B. King’s Grammy Award winning album, “80”. All told, Billy has played drums on more than 60 albums and 60 film soundtracks. His first solo album, “Two Hands Clapping” got a (perfect) 5 star rating in Modern Drummer which called the record “Album of the Year”. “Voices In My Head” is the title of Billy’s second Instructional DVD, which has just been released through DW Drums DVD.
