JANUARY 2010

B. BURGESS & BEN KOPEC TO COLLABORATE ON WORLD CATHEDRAL

 

 

 

BRUCE BACK IN THE STUDIO  

 

 

Bruce Burgess will be collaborating with composer Ben Kopec for World Cathedral. World Cathedral will be a radical combination of Progressive Orchestral movements meshed with dynamic drum layering. Bruce Burgess will be going into the studio this Spring to finish recording the project. Ben Kopec is an amazing composer who has several albums to his credit and has written for the likes of Sony Pictures, Fox Sports, and MTV. He brings to the table an amazing writing style that is extremely dynamic, melodic, and full of suspense. No doubt World Cathedral will be a far out musical experience from start to finish. Unofficial release date - Summer 2010.

 

 

 

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World Cathedral

Dark Ages

Curse of the Crescent Moon

Revolution Number Nine

Crucible

Tale of two Cities

Devils Triangle

Eye of the Needle

Tempest

Dragons Gate

Standing next to a Sleeping Dragon

Torture Chamber

Kill the King

Voyage to Middle Earth

Enclave

Oracle

Song for Future Demigods

 

 

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 JANUARY 2010

BRUCE BURGESS TO RELEASE INSTRUCTIONAL DRUM LANGUAGE DVD

 

 

Bruce Burgess has begun work on his first Instructional Drum DVD entitled Drum Language. This amazing 90 minute Instructional video is designed to help both intermediate to advanced drummers. Topics include: warm-ups, drum set assembly, mic'ing techniques live and in the studio, double-bass techniques, odd time signatures, grooves and phrasing, advanced syncopation, linear drumming, and much much more. Bruce also explains in great detail how he took traditional rock drumming and applied it to world music, like he did on the debut Drum Dynasty CD. Bruce will be performing several songs off of Drum Dynasty, and will walk you through how to fuse both acoustical and electronic drum elements together into a single syncopated layer. It's a technique Bruce likes to call Drum Language. Release date of Drum Language Summer 2010.

 

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APRIL 2009

BRUCE ATTENDS 2009 WORLD RHYTHM FESTIVAL

 

 

BRUCE AUTOGRAPHS A CD

 

 

 

 

The 16th Annual World Rhythm Festival (2009) located in Seattle Washington is finally over. Drummer Bruce Burgess was on hand to meet fans, sign autographs, and of course check out many of the live performances and workshops happening over the weekend around the Seattle Center. Also in attendance with Bruce was Katavi Arts Producer Cyrus Rhodes, Film Composer Kevin Christensen of Moonsounds, Studio Engineer Joel Martin of Pigboat Recording Studios and of course many of our friends including percussionist Arturo Rodriguez, Artie Hull, and Raquy & the Cavemen. It was an amazing weekend. See you next year.

 

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JANUARY 2009

DEBUT DRUM DYNASTY CD RELEASED

 

 

 DRUM DYNASTY DEBUT CD

 

BUY CD

 

Drummer Bruce Burgess recently teamed up with Seattle percussionists Arturo Rodriguez, Marco Zonka & film composer Kevin Christensen for Drum Dynasty. This is a cutting edge drum CD that showcases advanced odd measure drum rhythms meshed with world music. This self titled double CD explores African, Algerian, Haitian, Greek, & Arabic rhythms with hints of Yanvanlou, Masmoudi, Adowa, Hemiola, & Santeria along the way. Drum Dynasty is a must gem for any high-end drummer out there, but can take anyone down the primal path of indigenous drumming & intense world rhythms. Seattle Mixer Sam Hofstedt of Studio-X who has worked with the likes of Pearl Jam, & R.E.M mixed this Double CD. 

 

Below is a list of songs on the debut Drum Dynasty CD:

MYSTIC SUNRISE - A mystical journey that takes the listener through parts of Southeast Asia including the Middle East. This disk is extremely melodic, passionate, and spiritual. Song order listed below.

Mystic Sunrise

Al Jabr

Anuket (Goddess of the Nile)

Kazi

Karma

Dance of the 7 Veils

Twenty Drawings

Sandstorm

Dajari

Damsels of Brindiban

Abraxas

Nine Tomorrows

Nectar of Rasa

Massalama

 

DARK CONTINENT- Takes the listener through the Dark Continent of Africa, specifically it's Western region. It explores many of the ancient tribal rhythms of the legendary Yoruba culture. This disk is dark, primitive, intense, & is centered primarily around the drums. Song order listed below.

Dark Continent

Middle Passage

Possessed

Katavi

Hemiola

Warfare

Khodomodumo

Rainmaker

Voodoo Rain

Shango

Dance of the Flies

Fanga Alafyia

Santeria

Song for Elegua

 

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ABOUT THE COVER ART The Persian Roundel was crafted by the Achaemenid goldsmiths during the Achaemenid Period (404-359 B.C.) during the Reign of Artaxerxes in a territory know today as Iran. It depicts a snarling winged lion worked in gold repoussé, and showcases the exceptional skill of the Achaemenid goldsmiths. The back of the horned feline's body and the slender twisted cord that surrounds it bear sixteen tiny loops for attachment to a garment or textile. Greek writers often speak of the tremendous wealth of the Persians, and Herodotus writes that King Xerxes' troops "were adorned with the greatest magnificence, glittering with gold." The Persian Roundell is on display at the Oriental Art Institute of Chicago, which prides itself in it's rich collection of artifacts from Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, Syria, Palestine, and Anatolia.

 

 

PERSIAN ROUNDEL

 

 

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