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Jojo began his drumming career at 18, touring with Monty Alexander's group, playing major jazz festivals throughout Europe. This lead to back-up gigs with other jazz-greats such as Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone and introduced him to an international audience.
Jojo Mayer has performed and / or recorded with a great variety of artists covering a wide range of musical styles such as The Screaming Headless Torsos, Meshell n'dege Occello, Vernon Reid's science project, DJ Spooky, the Vienna Art Orchestra, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Harry Pepl, Gerald Veasley, Lunar Crush, John Zorn, Chico Freeman, George Adams John Medeski, Hiram Bullock, Leni Stern, Depart, Wolfgang Puschnigg, Friedrich Gulda, Harry Sokal, Steve Coleman's 5 Elements, Passport, Wah Wah Watson, and many more.
More recently, Jojo has been venturing into New York's Techno / Multimedia / Avantgarde / club scene by promoting his own weekly party event called PROHIBITED BEATZ. This new platform for live "Drum n" Bass", "Nu-Skool Breaks", "Speed Garage" and the latest stylistical hybrids and mutations in DJ culture, has also provided the back drop for his first solo project called NERVE. Described as an "endeavor in reverse engineering the textures and rhythms of the current stream of computer generated music into a live performed, improvisational format", NERVE and PROHIBITED BEATZ have created a reputation in the New York scene that already goes way beyond "a serious buzz". |
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Jojo Mayer (SJM)
Swiss drummer Jojo Mayer pioneered and leads the recent trend of live breakbeat drumming with his band NERVE. Jojo's design is a 5A style stick, but with thicker and shorter dimensions. It provides a big feel and full sound without a lot of length.
L=15 21/64" (38.93cm), Dia.=.577" (1.40cm) |
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One of the most comprehensive and detailed volumes
on hand technique ever produced, Jojo Mayer’s Secret
Weapons for the Modern Drummer is recommended
for drummers of every age, style and skill level. The
double-DVD, 3-hour set is available from the Limited
division of Hudson Music and covers a wide range of
information on drumming technique, from the most fundamental
to the most advanced. Yet, Secret Weapons is
more than just the ultimate instructional method and
reference guide, it also showcases the inspiring artistry,
musical philosophy and groundbreaking technical abilities
of one of today’s most progressive performers
and educators.
Filmed in crystal clear digital video and audio and
shot at a variety of locations in and around Manhattan, Secret
Weapons explains closely guarded and never before
published secrets of the great masters as well as Jojo’s
own approaches with special features like animated
graphics, practice exercises and troubleshooting tips
that will allow drummers to unlock the inner workings
and mysteries of even the most challenging hand movements
and guide them through easy-to-follow, step-by-step
instructions on how to understand and master them.
Among Jojo’s flawless demonstrations and in-depth
explanations, Secret Weapons’ various
chapters feature topics such as:
• A basic approach to technique and the physics of drumming.
• Analysis of hand positions, matched and traditional grips, rebound and
the fulcrum and
the Gladstone, Moeller and finger techniques.
• Highly-evolved, hybrid techniques such as the push-pull, drop-bounce,
reverse stroke and one-handed roll.
• Exercises to build Speed, Accuracy, Endurance, Power and Dexterity
• Concepts to troubleshoot and overcome technical barriers.
• Warm-Up
and Practice tips
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In 2005 , the world’s most prestigious drum festival relocated to the spectacular, New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and the combination of world class talent and a world class facility raised the bar for every other drum festival on the planet. Featuring 2 days of incredible performances, as well as full-length, in-depth interviews at pad kits, with detailed discussion and demonstration of drum technique, practice tips, this three-disc set contains over 7 hours of footage!
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Jojo performed at Modern Drummer Festival 2005 with his band NERVE. The band's lineup includes Takuya Nakamura, John Davis and Roli Mosimann. Nerve's basic goal is to cross-pollinate DJ culture with the concept of jazz interaction. Though it may be hard to believe as it happens, what you're about to hear is live drums, bass, keyboards and interactive sound processing, with no loops, sequencers, or pre-production.
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