Derrick playing Ditty (Blue Devils)

[djp132]

Ditty is a great little minute-long chop-blaster.

www.derrickpope.net/djp_ditty.mov


And what do you think about the brick background? Thats a full-wall fireplace in my bedroom. I might use it as the background for some of the dvd.



Derrick

[NUTHA JASON]

man derek. you're just cool. the facial expressions at the end ...lol. but great drumming as usual. you got 'carried' away.
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[Just Drums]

Pfpfpfttt!

Nothing to it. I can do that with my feet.......


NOT!


Good job! Got a transcript? I'd love to hear it on a real snare.

[djp132]

I'll transcribe it while I'm watching this zombie movie. Ditty is almost as hard to write out as it is to play.

Zombies rule. I just like the word zombie. I'm gonna make a zombie movie one day.

[somedrummer]

That's great stuff. I'd also like to see a transcription.

I enjoy making that kind of stuff up when I'm on a pad, just seemingly random rudimental beats, etc. That stuff can sound really cool.

[fusssion]

You certainly don't look like it's something hard to play! WOW,....that's something else!

[Class A Drummer]

that was great. id love to see the music on that. I thought it was pretty funny at the w/ your face right as you exhaled really hard lol.

[Just Drums]

Zombie! Zombie?

(Zombie)

Zoooooommmmbbbieeeee.

ZOMBIE!

zomBIE.

ZOMbie.

zoMbiE.

[djp132]

Sloppy, I know, but I had other things on my mind while I was writing..... like zombies....

Enjoy

PS - I cant remember who wrote this originally, it would probably be wise to give him some credit.

http://www.derrickpope.net/ditty_trans.jpg

[djp132]

I already see errors... grrr... missed a few flams in the beginning... oh well

[Backwards Marathon]

Awesome video Derrick.... as usual. Thanks for the transcription. ill try my best to read it lol. where did you learn that solo?

[Drummer Karl]

Respect man!
Great video, great chops, awesome (yeah, as usual)!
hahaha, and I really love this end with this "Pfffff"....great!

Karl

[TonKpilS_657]

excellent!!! im a huge Blue Devils fan and this is awesome. great job!

you should do The Vanguards Rockin double beat. that is a groooovy excercise.

[jazzsnob]

It's way easier to trust someone's teaching methods if they have awesome technique. I mean that as a compliment.

[somedrummer]

Ok... Looking back at it while listening to you play it, it doesn't actually seem to be that hard! I'm sure if I started out slowly enough, and took some time figuring out the odd-time parts, I could have it down in a week or so. In any case, though, it's a wicked cool piece.

[FunkTional Art]

Sweet pad work. Would like to hear it on a snare.

Keep Sheddin ...

[TopCat]

Great as per usual, your facial expressions cracked me up.

[djp132]

It's way easier to trust someone's teaching methods if they have awesome technique. I mean that as a compliment.

Thats a great compliment. Made me feel real good. Thanks bro!

D

[brittc89]

Derrick thats so awesome. Do you have corps experience?

[radiofriendlyunitshifter]

this is the second video that i've not been able to see by you derrick! i don't know why it

won't load. if you could upload it under a different format that would be awesome, but if

not, i can wait for the dvd.

[Class A Drummer]

Derrick thats so awesome. Do you have corps experience?
he must have corps experiance. He is too good not to have any heh.

Edit- o yeah i remembered somthing... in his video where he shows us the stick tricks he talks about a pastime in the corps.

[peacepiper]

Hey nice drumming and videos. How many hours a day do (or did) you practice? How long you been playing?

[superbatmat]

Great performance...
But I want to see you playing with a little acoustic kit in a small jazz club !

Your technique is great but music is not technique and performance !

[skippy]

i love this peice. you did excellent. nice job dude. cant wait for the dvd.

[jmontroy]

That was pretty awesome. Your facial expressions made it much better though, hehe.

Just surfed your website (well-designed too, by the way) and I saw this!
http://www.derrickpope.net/images/devin.jpg
You met Devin Townsend?! Agh, you lucky jerk! Hah, Devin Townsend is probably my favorite artist...ever. Great drumming, good web design, good taste in music...damn.

[stairway2dvn]

Is that a different variation of Ditty? I've seen the backsticking added in certain places (in some cases, exactly where you did). Here's the snare transcription of it from 1995, I'm 99% positive BD has never deviated from it aside from the 3 shots in the 15/16 bar, which were later changed to 2 shots. You'll notice a bunch of different stickings. Nice job though, Derrick :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/stairway2dvn/Mditty.gif

[slingerland755]

Hey Derrick,
Could you repost? It's not loading.