Chuck Drum
Dallas Themshirts
Aside from his work in the Canadian rock band Big Wreck, Chuck Keeping is also known for playing with artists like Suzie Mcneil, Fathead, Anjulie, Marshall Dane, Lee Oskar, Johnny Reid and Jeff Healey. He is also well known for his work as a session drummer for major labels such as Sony & BMG. Chuck endorses Sonor drums, Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth drumsticks and Remo drumheads.
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I am deeply saddened to hear about the sudden loss on May the 1st of Chuck Silverman, a great drummer and drum teacher notable for his amazing knowledge and love for Afro-Caribbean music (or Latin as we lesser mortals would call it) and expertise about the drummers of James Brown.
One whose work arguably takes the cake, though, in terms of its echo across years of drum corps history, and its continued usage and propensity for audience entertainment, was born in 1940, in the host town of the 2023 Drum Corps Associates World Championships, Rochester, New York.
Sixwire was founded almost twenty years ago and we just spent the last six years being featured on the music dramatic TV series Nashville, which aired on ABC and then later on CMT. We filmed our scenes on weekdays, between our weekend tour dates.
The amount of prep work it takes to prepare for these shows is immeasurable. Not only does each band member have to be an excellent reader, but also know how to listen and study the music and write your own detailed charts. The artists do not furnish detailed drum charts. At best, I might get a lead sheet with only the song form or arrangement, or a Nashville number chart, but they never have the signature drum fills or groove patterns written out, so I transcribe my own, note for note. I put in hours of music study and individual practice before I show up to rehearsal. You have to be totally prepared before you show up to your one and only rehearsal, which is usually the day of the show. One of the most important skills that we learned doing so many TV shows was being able to listen to a new song one or two times, make a chart on the fly, and play it back perfectly the first take, much like the way you would do in a recording session. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.defineSlot( '/134312942/MOD_ROS_DES_MPU', [300, 250], 'ad_300_250_10' ).addService(googletag.pubads()); );Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display('ad_300_250_10'); );
Oneway's heavy drum chucks are milled from solid aluminum stock, with smooth, rounded lips that seal well against convex, flat, or concave surfaces. Ideally, use the largest chuck that will fit your work; the 5-1/2" model offers the greatest versatility for general work. Each drum comes with a wrench, a firm 3/32" neoprene gasket, and a heavy aluminum former for shaping & seating the self-adhesive gasket.
Vacuum chucking is a productive turner's dream of instant, positive, non-marring holding power and instant release of the work at the flip of a lever. If your headstock spindle is through-bored with no cross holes, and is threaded at the outboard end, then you're ready to mount a vacuum chuck.
You'll need six components to complete the system: a Drum Chuck, a Rotary Air Fitting, a Vacuum Gauge Kit, a Vacuum Pump, and two Stronghold Mounting Adapters (one for your inboard spindle nose, the other outboard.)
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Chuck Treece was invited to our studio to record drums and percussion for my upcoming EP. The session ran from April 21st through the 23rd. To assist in the recording, I also invited David Ivory, Grammy nominated recording engineer, and, although not present but certainly integral to the success of this session, Chris Gately, a well-respected technical engineer, who contributed highly regarded microphones like the AKG C12 and D12 to help achieve an awesome drum sound.
Chuck Treece has over 30+ years of performing and recording experience and has worked with some notable artists such as The Roots and Urge Overkill. I was looking for an experienced drummer who was versatile in his stylistic approach and precise in his timing. True to form, Chuck elevated the performance of the basic rhythm tracks of my music with flair and finesse.
Our studio, located in the basement with a control room and recording room, has one particular challenge when recording drums: a low ceiling. Although not ideal, it does have a stairwell which leads to the first floor. One of the benefits of having a well experienced engineer like David Ivory present is his knowledge in achieving an optimum sound in a challenging environment.
After setting up the drum kit and microphones, David wanted to get a better snare sound. So since the kit was located just off the stairwell, he mounted the AKG C12 at the top of the stairs (see photo). After some heavy compression and gating, David achieved a great snare sound with depth and definition.
As a young drummer I was very frustrated by double stroke rolls and the comment from my first drum teacher that "you just hit the drum twice with each hand instead of once." Today, I am very aware that there is more to the technique of a double stroke than just hitting the drum twice.
I was looking for a drum teacher. I had seen ten or fifteen different drum teachers, taking only one lesson with each, looking for someone, anyone, who really knew how to play the drums, and more importantly, how to teach me to play the drums.
One night I was out watching this great little jazz quartet. The drummer, Michael Brandeburg, was amazing. I ended up taking a few lessons with Michael and every week he kept telling me about his teacher, Chuck Brown.
Chuck Brown had studied with Max Roach. Chuck Brown had taught Dave Garibaldi & Terry Bozzio! The technique that Michael was showing me, that Chuck had taught him, was intelligent, organized, brillant! This was the first time a drum teacher I met who actually understood at a precise, intricate, detailed level, exactly what was going on in his drumming and could explain it to me.
Soon after I started studying with Michael, my family moved to Sacramento. At that time, I could not find a teacher in the Sacramento area that had studied with Chuck. I decided that if I had to commute two hours to study drums with a Chuck Brown student, I might as well commute two hours to study with Chuck himself.
I called Chuck on a Tuesday evening at 4:00, he said, No, sorry, the waiting list is already too long - try calling me again later. The next week I called again on Tuesday evening at 4:00, again he said, No, sorry, call me again later.
Chuck also taught me a process for learning, and mastering, very complex drum patterns, breaking down difficult tasks into small simple elements, mastering each element, and then very slowly building them back up into complex patterns through a regulated, incremental process.
Below is a groove idea that I wrote out for my friend Jace D at N.A.M.M. a few years back. We were talking about drum grooves of the 1970s, and how adventurous they were. Even in pop songs. Even the drum fills.
Place the chuck roasts on the smoker and cook until they reach an internal temperature of 165F. This usually takes me around 3 hours, but the total time can depend on your smoker, the weather, and the size of your chuck roasts.
Next, our second stage of cooking! Just a few hours to go! So, pull the meat off of the smoker and place it into a large foil bin. To the foil bin, add beef broth, light beer, and sliced white onions. Make sure there is enough liquid in the bin that 50% of the chuck roast is covered. Add more or less as needed.
Cover the bin with foil, then place it back onto the smoker. Cook for another 3-4 hours or until the internal temperature of the roast is 205F. It should be tender to probe and easily shreddable. Pull the foil bin off of the smoker and let the meat rest for 20 minutes.
Derek is the driving force behind Over the Fire Cooking. He started cooking with live fire in 2016 and decided to start a social media page so his friends and family could follow the journey. Fast forward to today and Over the Fire Cooking has spread across multiple platforms with millions now following Derek's fire cooking journey. He's a southern fellow who enjoys everything from classic BBQ to Central and South American inspired dishes. Whatever he's cooking up, it's guaranteed to be so freakin' delicious!
Turned out amazing! Cooked on Large BGE. Tossed a halved onion in the coals for the smoke annd added a chopped jalapeno in with the onions for the second half of the cook. Pulled like butter and tasted delicious! Great recipe.
Made by Oneway Manufacturing, the drum chuck provides a holding solution for vacuum chucking. This drum chuck is made out of high quality aluminum and features a self adhesive neoprene seal. The seal is formed to the rounded top edge of the drum chuck with tailstock pressure pushing on the forming plate that is included. To use the Drum Chuck a separate vacuum source is needed as is an adaptor like the E-Z Vacuum Adaptor.
Of the three diameters available, the 5-1/2" is the most versatile, the 8-1/2" is great for larger work and the 3-1/2" is perfect for smaller work. Remember that the larger the surface area contacting the wood the stronger the holding power, so always use the largest size of Drum Chuck possible.
Shortly before I was to graduate high school, my dad somehow talked a local bar owner into hiring me as the leader of an as-yet non-existent band. Soon a beginning drummer was on the phone, putting together a band of professional musicians. Amazingly, the night went well and was repeated weekly. I recorded a few of these gigs and used the recordings to go about hunting down further gigs, which, also amazingly, I was able to land at most of the top local jazz venues.
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