“PETER FRSKIME rm Try rl onMaster Classes PETER ERORINE drum concepts and techniques By PETER ERSKINE Produced by John Cerulto esoySera Cristian Medrano, Cover Photo by Darren Young ivy, Book Copyright 1987 by 21st Century Music Productions, In, [AIRighs Reserved, Any unauthorized duplication ‘ths book or contents is a violation of copyright ans, Distributed by Hal Leonard Publishing Corp.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Inthis book, I've attempted to translate my pedagogical method into print. ‘This ‘methodology has been largely experiential and verbally oriented. My work in teaching and staring whatever tips and insights I've gained over the years with younger drummers has not relied on the use of too many drumbooks; [ hope, then that this book will, by virtue of some intrinsic value, justify its own existence and find a place in the drum world. Many hanks to: Rck Matngly, who so expertly helped to put much of the text together, John Cerllo, who gave: me the opportunity to write and present these ideas; Masamichi Asis of JazzLife Magazine; my mother and faher, who originally inspied this and most of ry musical ideas; Frank Balu for his help wih the transcriptions; Bill Ludwig TI and Steven Ross & Associates, who helped provide photographs; and Mutsuko Mano, for giving mea quict place and a computer with WordStar with which to work (actualy, this book was vwiten largely on the Macinash compute). Toall ofthe above T express my gratitude and share of any credit; for any esors, {alone ‘cept responsibilty. This book is dedicated to the memory of Shelly Manne, Collin Walcott, and Buddy Rich,