Todd Bishop on Playing Well

 in Lessons

You can’t be a writer if you haven’t read a lot of books, and you can’t/won’t be a musician if you haven’t put a lot of other people’s music in your head. When drummers who otherwise have some stuff together, but don’t know what to actually play— or sound disconnected from the music, or feel “uninspired”— this is usually the… Read more →

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Graphite at LVB, 9/18/2015

Set 1

  1. Improvisation
  2. Space is Limited
  3. Brofoya
  4. Ricky Loves Lulu
  5. HipiPOTamus
  6. Somewhere East of Omaha
  7. Jamangatu
  8. Ballad for My Grandmother
  9. In a Whirled World
  10. Siphersun (Improvisation from Audience Title)

Set 2

  1. Solar Reflections
  2. Just One
  3. Chasing the Mantra
  4. Watching Water
  5. Dachshund Dementia
  6. 30 & Counting
  7. F.O.U.
  8. Song for the Children

Photos from LVB 7/10/2015

 in News
Vic Dillahay Photo by Karan Bishop
Graphite Addiction Photo by Karan Bishop
Pete Ehrmann Photo by Karan Bishop
Tim Carmichael Photo by Karan Bishop
Graphite Addiction with Hakim Ghabour
Pete and Vic Photo by Karan Bishop

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Graphite Addiction at La Vita Bella, 7/10/2015

Photos

Set One

  1. Improvisation #1
  2. Change
  3. Building a Better Tree
  4. Dachshund Dementia
  5. Message for Becky
  6. 30 & Counting
  7. HippiPOTamus
  8. Improvisation #2
  9. Space is Limited

Set Two

  1. Improvisation #3
  2. Just One
  3. Brofoya
  4. Looking for Mediocrity
  5. I Dig It
  6. Somewhere East of Omaha
  7. Jamangatu
  8. In a Whirled World
  9. Ballad for My Grandmother
  10. Song for the Children

Pedalboard as of June 2015

 in Gear

MPS Pedal Pad XL Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2 Voodoo Lab Iso 5 Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive T-Rex Mudhoney Suhr Riot Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus Ehx Ring Thing Ehx Deluxe Memory Boy Roland EV5 (Control for Memory Boy) TC Electronic Polytune Ehx Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai EB6166 Maxon AD-900 — Discontinued, sadly. Read more →