Tarkus Drum Company

05/31/2023

Here is a short video from the legendary Gregg Bissonette talking about how he grew up with big band drumming and how he got his first big band drumming gig. He endorses Dixon Drums (Taiwan) and is currently touring with the Ringo and his All Starr Band.

In this episode I share my recipe for scoring a game changing big breakIngredients: A Ton of PreparationBuckets of PassionA Whole lot of PrayerThe 1981 Great...

05/26/2023

Order a Tarkus® aluminum snare drum and get an instant $50 rebate off the original $495 price and FREE shipping (lower 48 states), or stop by the Tarkus® showroom and get an extra $50 will-call rebate (SAVE $100). If you want that "CRACK" you gotta have Tarkus® Aluminum! Yeah baby!👍

05/13/2023

Another super successful, sold-out, Tarkus Drum Company & Duncan Moore collaborative jazz drumming workshop with special guest professional jazz bassist Gunnar Biggs.

04/02/2023

Jeff Porcaro (Toto, many sessions) was born on this date in 1954. He died on August 5, 1992, aged 38.

SESSIONS DISCOGRAPHY
Seals & Crofts – Diamond Girl (1973); Unborn Child (1974); Get Closer (1976)
Les Dudek – Les Dudek (1976)
Three Dog Night - American Pastime (1976)
Joe Cocker – I Can Stand a Little Rain (1974); Civilized Man (1984)
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic (1974) - "Night by Night", "Parker's Band"; Katy Lied (1975); "FM (No Static at All)" (1978, for the FM movie soundtrack album); Gaucho (1980) - "Gaucho"
Tommy Bolin – Teaser (1975) - "The Grind", "Homeward Strut", "Dreamer", "Teaser"
Jackson Browne – The Pretender (1976)
Leo Sayer – Endless Flight (1976) - "When I Need You"; Thunder in My Heart (1977); Leo Sayer (1978); World Radio (1982); Have You Ever Been in Love (1983)
Boz Scaggs – Silk Degrees (1976); Down Two Then Left (1977); Middle Man (1980); "Look What You've Done to Me" (1980, featured in the movie Urban Cowboy); "Miss Sun" (1980, released as a single, then included on the compilation Hits!); Other Roads (1988)
John Sebastian – Welcome Back (1976)
Carly Simon – "Nobody Does It Better" (1977)
Eric Carmen – Boats Against the Current (1977) - "She Did It"
Valerie Carter – Just a Stone's Throw Away (1977); Wild Child (1978)
Lisa Dal Bello – Lisa Dal Bello (1977)
Hall & Oates – Beauty on a Back Street (1977)
Lee Ritenour – Captain Fingers (1977); Rit (1981)
Diana Ross – Baby It's Me (1977); Ross (1983)
Colin Blunstone – Never Even Thought (1978)
Larry Carlton – Larry Carlton (1978); Sleepwalk (1981); Friends (1983)
Allen Toussaint – Motion (1978)
Linda Evans - "You Control Me" (1979)
Dave Mason – Mariposa De Oro (1978) - "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow"
Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy (1978) - "Nighttime in the Switching Yard"; Mr. Bad Example (1991)
Ruben Blades – Nothing but the Truth (1988)
Bim – Thistles (1978)
Jerry Williams – Gone (1978)
Al Stewart – Time Passages (1978) - "Valentina Way"
Marc Jordan - Mannequin (1978)
The Pointer Sisters - Energy (1978)
Rickie Lee Jones – Rickie Lee Jones (1979); The Magazine (1984)
Janne Schaffer – Earmeal (1979)
Lowell George – Thanks, I'll Eat It Here (1979)
Flyer – Send a Little Love My Way (1979)
Pink Floyd – The Wall (1979) - "Mother"
Aretha Franklin – Aretha (1980); Love All the Hurt Away (1981)
Mariya Takeuchi – Miss M (1980)
The Brothers Johnson – Winners (1981)
Peter Frampton – Breaking All the Rules (1981)
Bee Gees – Living Eyes (1981)
Char – U.S.J (1981)
Christopher Cross – "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" (1981); Another Page (1983); Rendezvous (1992)
Randy Crawford – Secret Combination (1981); Windsong (1982); Nightline (1983)
Al Jarreau – Breakin' Away (1981) - "Breakin' Away"; Jarreau (1983) - "Mornin'", "Step by Step", "Black and Blues"
Amii Ozaki – Hot Baby (1981)
Greg Lake – Greg Lake (1981)
Crosby, Stills & Nash – Daylight Again (1982); Allies (1983)
Eye to Eye – Eye to Eye (1982)
Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982) - "The Girl is Mine", "Beat It", "Human Nature", "The Lady in My Life"; Dangerous (1991) - "Heal the World"
Donna Summer – Donna Summer (1982) - "Protection"
Elton John – Jump Up! (1982)
Melissa Manchester – Hey Ricky (1982) - "You Should Hear How She Talks About You"
Donald Fagen – The Nightfly (1982)
Herbie Hancock – Lite Me Up (1982)
Don Henley – I Can't Stand Still (1982) - "Dirty Laundry"; The End of the Innocence (1989) - "New York Minute"
Michael McDonald – If That's What It Takes (1982) - "I Keep Forgettin'"; No Lookin' Back (1985); Take It to Heart (1990)
George Benson – In Your Eyes (1983) - "Lady Love Me (One More Time)"
James Newton Howard – James Newton Howard and Friends (1983)[15]
Lionel Richie – Can't Slow Down (1983) - "Running with the Night"; Louder Than Words (1996) - "The Climbing"
Paul Simon – Hearts and Bones (1983) - "Train in the Distance"
Randy Newman – Trouble in Paradise (1983) - "I Love L.A."
Russ Taff – Walls of Glass (1983) - "Walls of Glass", "Jeremiah", "Inside Look"
Chicago – Chicago 17 (1984) - "Stay the Night"
David Gilmour – About Face (1984)
The Jacksons – Victory (1984) - "Torture", "Wait"
Paul McCartney – Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) - "Silly Love Songs"
Joe Walsh – The Confessor (1985)
Eric Clapton – Behind the Sun (1985) - "Forever Man"
Peter Cetera – Solitude/Solitaire (1986)
Earth, Wind & Fire – Touch the World (1987)
Roger Hodgson – Hai Hai (1987)
David Benoit – Freedom at Midnight (1987); Shadows (1991)
Jon Anderson – In the City of Angels (1988)
Luis Miguel – Busca Una Mujer (1988)
Love and Money – Strange Kind of Love (1988)
Patti Austin – The Real Me (1988); Love Is Gonna Getcha (1990)
Dr. John – In a Sentimental Mood (1989)
Nik Kershaw – The Works (1989) - "Walkabout"
Poco – Legacy (1989)
Clair Marlo – Let It Go (1989)
Celine Dion – Have a Heart (1989)
Natalie Cole – Good to Be Back (1989) - "Miss You Like Crazy", "Starting Over Again"
Madonna – Like a Prayer (1989) - "Cherish"; I'm Breathless (1990) - "Hanky Panky"
Jude Cole – A View from 3rd Street (1990) - "Time for Letting Go", "Compared to Nothing"; Start the Car (1992) - "Open Road", "Tell The Truth"
Sandi Patty – "Another Time...Another Place" (1990)
Bruce Springsteen – "Viva Las Vegas" (1990, included in the collective album The Last Temptation of Elvis and featured in the movie Honeymoon in Vegas); Human Touch (1992)
Fahed Mitre – Toda la Verdad (1990)
Twenty Mondays – The Twist Inside (1990)
Bryan Duncan – Anonymous Confessions of a Lunatic Friend (1990)
Emily Remler – This Is Me (1990)
Michael Bolton – Time, Love & Tenderness (1991) - "When a Man Loves a Woman"
Cher – Mermaids (1990) - "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"; Love Hurts (1991) - "Could've Been You"
Dire Straits – On Every Street (1991) - "Calling Elvis", "Heavy Fuel"
Richard Marx – Rush Street (1991); Paid Vacation (1993) - "One Man"
Bonnie Raitt – Luck of the Draw (1991)
Rod Stewart – Vagabond Heart (1991) - "The Motown Song"
Curtis Stigers – Curtis Stigers (1991)
Ricky Gianco – E' rock & roll (1991)
B-52s – Good Stuff (1992)
Go West – Indian Summer (1992)
10cc – ...Meanwhile (1992)
Bruce Springsteen – Human Touch (1992) - "Human Touch"
Paul Young – The Crossing (1993)
David Crosby – Thousand Roads (1993)
Steve Porcaro – Someday/Somehow (2016) - "Back to You"

10/17/2022

A Tarkus aluminum snare drum at a recent gig! Courtesy of Jon Hoffpauir The Knuckleheads in Escondido, California! (tap photo to enlarge)

09/11/2022

Hello Jazz And Rock Drummers!

Half-Day Jazz Drumming Workshop With Master Jazz Session Drummer Duncan Moore!

No Prior Jazz Drumming Experience Needed!

INSTRUCTOR: Duncan Moore
HOST: Tarkus Drums
DATE: Saturday November 12, 2022
TIME: 1pm to 5pm (4hrs)
LOCATION: Fallbrook, CA
CAPACITY: 8 Students

***ONLY 3 SEATS REMAINING***

Over the last 40 years, Duncan Moore has performed or recorded with well-known jazz musicians such as:

Pat Metheny
Tom Scott
Ray Brown
Kenny Burrell
Joe Farrell
Les McCann
Ernie Watts

and various pop artists such as:

Kenny Loggins
America
Ricki Lee Jones

Other Artists: Mose Allison, Karrin Allyson, Brian Bromberg, Joe Chambers, Billy Childs, Curtis Fuller, Holly Hofmann, Eric Johnson, Geoffrey Keezer, Albert Lee, Little River Band, Art Neville, John Pattitucci, Bob Sheppard, Peter Sprague, Tierney Sutton, Mason Williams, Steve Wilson, Mike Wofford.
This master educator will personally instruct a hands-on, half-day jazz drumming workshop covering:

JAZZ STYLES:
*Swing/Bebop
*Latin
*Fusion

TIME KEEPING:
*Ride Cymbal
*Bass Drum Feathering
*Hihat Technique

SOLOING:
*Trading Fours
*Over Forms
*Open Solos

POLYRYTHMIC CONCEPTS:
*How To Practice
*Over The Bar Line
*Maintaining Form

Reference and summary materials for home use will also be provided.

There will be voluntary kit time for all attendees with one-on-one instruction and corrective notes from Duncan.

This jazz workshop is $150 for 4 hours and is limited to 8 people. There are 4 seats remaining.

The venue is Tarkus Drum Company in Fallbrook just off the I-15 and Mission Rd Exit.

You can see the educational events calendar at www.tarkusdrums.com or call/text Kurt at 760-576-7157.

Cheers!