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Monday, October 11, 2021

Different Paths with Ed Soph and Steve Houghton

Chris Smith, author of The Jazz Drum Hang took the time to produce this extensive series of interviews with Ed Soph and Steve Houghton, two very important and prolific drum set teachers. This is an incredible resource and I encourage anyone who is interested in teaching drums to check this out.

Here is what Chris had to say about this project:

These interviews revolve around indepth essays that Ed and Steve wrote about their backgrounds, influences, teaching styles, suggested listening, common problems on the drumset, and how to become a serious player. 

A treasure trove of information that is free for you and available at the Google link below:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folder...

This project is about two friends (Ed Soph and Steve Houghton) both highly regarded drumset teachers, players, and authors, who recently retired from teaching. What became clear after numerous personal discussions was that education, as well as early and ongoing musical experiences shaped their teaching methods and lesson content, creating a very wide menu of drumming ideas and musical concepts. The common thread of course was always jazz drumming.



For further information from Ed and Steve follow the links below:

Featured Tracks

• (Steve Houghton) Steve Allee: Three Hip Mice 

• (Ed Soph) Joe LoCascio Trio: The Days Run Away  https://youtu.be/OUGI4TriqlI

• (Ed Soph) Woody Herman: Be-Bop and Roses 

• Steve Houghton Trio: A Beautiful Friendship https://youtu.be/YO1kyQII0Mg


More From Steve Houghton: 

• Website: https://www.houghtonmusic.com/

• With Lyle Mays: 

• Interview: The Happy Musicians Podcast 

• Vic Firth Education Series 


Interviewers:

Hannah Johnson - Part I: Backstories and History 

Tanner Guss - Part II: Influences 

Chris Smith - Part III: Teaching















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