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Joe Rodriguez: Posted on 24 January 2013 13:46
Hi Guys,
IHope that you are well and that the new year has started in a positive way for you.
I am just posting this blog as a tribute to my former student and friend Joe Kent who sadly passed away on the 15th of January after having been assaulted without motive by three strangers.
I don't want to spend time discussing the lowlifes that ended Joe's life so prematurely and needlessly....not when there is so much to say about the positive, kind and amazing person that he was.
I taught Joe for a relatively short time (around 7/8 months on and off) however in this time I had the pleasure to working with a truly genuine and motivated young man who loved his wife, his family and his friends and also had a burning passion for music that still makes me smile. |
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Posted on 12 November 2012 15:08
Hi Guys!,
Its been a busy old year so far and I just wanted to take a bit of time to congratulate all of my students that are making such excellent progress in their grading preparations - its not easy, but the work is really starting to pay off.
I am in the process of planning some video lessons at the moment in response to student requests and hope to have something up in the coming months.
I will be posting some more pics from our recent demo session at assault and battery with my wonderful wife and our top bass playing buddy Dave Pugh - we had so much fun working through some of the tracks for the album and are enjoying working with such a stripped down line up. |
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Joe Rodriguez: Posted on 02 October 2012 11:05
Hi Guys,
Another week goes by and what a week it has been!!
I am very happy and excited to say that we finally began the recording process for a new band that we are putting together and the preliminary session has been a real success. We will be going to Assault and Battery studio's later this week to continue with the development of the tracks with a view to getting a full album together over the coming year.
I will be posting some photos of the session shortly on the gallery page and cant wait to share the recordings once they are completed. |
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Joe Rodriguez: Posted on 13 September 2012 13:54
Hi Guys,
It has been a crazy couple of months since I last posted on the blog!
I have since got married and had an amazing honeymoon with my beautiful wife Sarah - thanks to all of you who have sent gifts and kind messages, they are all very much appreciated!
On a very exciting note, my brother has just become a published author after putting out his awesome Sci-Fi novel "Ascension: The Sword Warp Series" - it really is an awesome read and I would recommend picking up a copy from the Amazon Kindle store. |
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Posted on 07 April 2012 22:03
Hi Guys,
I hope that all is well in your world, it has been a busy few weeks and it has been crunch time for several students who have been working towards their gradings...
I am very proud of Michael Bradley, Holly Shields and Lee Bates who have all managed to achieve distinctions in their recent Rock School Gradings!! - excellent work all round... now onwards and upwards to the next challenge!!
Also big respect to the guys and girls of the Stantonbury "Beats and Pieces" club who performed their first public performance last month under the guidance of Caedmon Salter (an excellent drumming teacher that I have had the pleasure of working alongside for the last 7 months at Stantonbury School) - it has been a great start and we will have more fun times ahead. |
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Posted on 14 March 2012 11:14
Hi Guys!,
Sorry that it has been a while since my last blog entry - things have been very busy between setting up a new company and planning a wedding.
Firstly I would like to congratulate Michael Bradley on achieving a distinction in his grade 1 examination - hard work and focus has really paid off for Michael and I look forward to working through grade 2 with him.
Also a quick mention for Lee Bates and Holly Shields who both sat their grade 1 exams on the 10th of March - I am certain that they will have both done very well and look forward to hearing more news on their results in due course. |
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Posted on 22 September 2011 16:15
Hi Guys!
It has been a while since my last post and a great deal has happened in between!
I have started working at Stantonbury Campus as a music practitioner supporting their year 10 and 11 BTEC music students.
This job has been a huge amount of fun and as given the the chance to work with fantastic students who have a wide range of talents and musical tastes!
Highlights have been coaching guitar players in the subtleties of Reggae (keep OFF the 1!) and re-arranging "Stand By Me" in a Hip Hop style. |
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Posted on 22 August 2011 15:06
Hi Guys,
I hope that all is well out there!!
I have had a whirlwind couple of weeks, between playing copious amounts of country music, playing at Robin Gibb's house for a charity function (yep thats Robin Gibb of the Bee Gee's!) and teaching privately has been manic!
I will also be starting a new role as an on site music practitioner for Stantonbury School which is very exciting - the job is a mixture of in class assistance, one to one tutoring and group coaching.
The video's that I have been promising are going to be arriving soon - I haven't committed anything to the site as yet because I want to ensure that I provide the best quality production that I can (so stay tuned and it will be here. |
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Joe Rodriguez: Posted on 05 June 2011 18:02
Hi Guys!,
I hope you are all well!
I am really happy to announce that JR Drumming is now offering a new service that has been a good few months in the making!
I will now be offering an online session drumming service that will allow bands or individual artists to have high quality drumming tracks recorded for their songs.
This means that musicians no longer have to travel to expensive studio's in order to record a drum kit for their projects - they can simply handle the whole process over the phone, via e-mail or over Skype! |
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Joe Rodriguez: Posted on 06 April 2011 11:31
Hi Guys!,
Just wanted to let you know that I will soon be posting some on line instructional videos to help with some of the fundamental rudiments that I often get asked about in lessons.
I am hoping that this will help with the practicing of these patterns and that it will allow students to revisit these lessons at their leisure (I know that ensuring that you are practicing the techniques correctly can sometimes be tricky especially for new players).
Good news as well regarding our charity track! |
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