Dave has brought back his amazing "Weekend Hang"
livestream! The livestreams will run on a monthly basis
(as per Dave's busy schedule) and will be viewable by
subscribers to the Dave Weckl Online School:
https://daveweckl.teachable.com
Dave's livestreams are great. He broadcasts from his new
home studio in full HD with multiple cameras that cover
his fusion, bop, and "Buddy Rich" kits. He plays,
teaches, and takes your questions via chat.
Not a member of the school? Did you let your
subscription run out? It's easy to sign up.
Just go
here and choose a plan. Monthly
access is $30, six months is $165 and a full year is
$300. You can cancel at any time. Works on Mac/PC/iOS
app (Teachable) and contains more than 60 hours of
lessons. If you're on Facebook, you subscribers can join
Dave's private group to upload videos, get personal
answers from Dave, and enjoy the community.
Try it out!
From the "Tower of Inspiration" One Hour Lesson
Dave Weckl in India
October 13
Chennai Drum Fest
featuring Dave Weckl, Lydian Nadhaswaram, Gino Banks,
Steven Samuel Devassy, Siddharth Nagarajan and Ilai Kamarajar Arangam
Chennai, India
Click here for more information!
Dave Weckl/Tom Kennedy Project
European Tour featuring Eric Marienthal and Stu Mindeman
October 19 Tversted Jazzy Days - Klitgården
Tversted (DK)
Click
here for more information!
October 22 IF Performance Hall Besiktas
Istanbul (TK)
Click
here for more information!
October 24 Steinegg Live
Collepietra (I)
Click
here for more information!
October 26 Opole Drum Fest - The Music academy
Opole (PL)
Click
here for tickets!
October 27 Blue Note Jazz Club
Poznan (PL)
Click here for more information!
Make sure to check out the
updated 2024 tour page! Dave will spend the year
performing with Stanley Clarke, John Patitucci and Joey
Calderazzo,
James Genus, Kevin Hays, Til Bronner, Tom Kennedy, Stu
Mindeman and more!
NEW! "Struck By Lightning" Play
Along Now Available!
"Struck By Lightning" is a great
tune by Supersonic Tortoise featuring Dave,
Gary Meek (sax/keys/composer/producer),
Paul Pesco (guitar/co-producer),
Luis Conte (percussion) and Dan Robbins
(bass).
The play along version of this tune, including a one
hour video lesson + chart, is included in The Dave Weckl
Online School, which also features 60+ hrs. of lessons,
play alongs and more! Subscribe now:
https://daveweckl.teachable.com
Or, you can purchase the chart + play along mixes for
drums, keys, bass, guitar, sax and percussion
here!
Dave
Weckl Drumming Clinics + Intensives in Europe!
Dave is celebrating 40 years with Yamaha Drums by doing
clinics and Intensives all over the world!
Intensives will be limited to just 12 or less attendees, making
this an intimate learning experience.
Dave will focus on ergonomics, technique, and
musicality. All ages and playing levels welcomed!
Just bring your favorite sticks and, if you have them, a
practice pad and stand.
Upcoming dates:
DRUMMING
INTENSIVE!
October 23, 2023 House of Music
Revaler Straße 99
DE 10245 Berlin, Germany
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: €315
Limited to just 12 people!
REGISTER HERE!
DRUMMING INTENSIVE!
October 26, 2023 Bonzo Locales de Ensayo
C. Bruselas, 5D,
28232 Las Rozas de Madrid,
Madrid, Spain
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: €315
Limited to just 12 people!
REGISTER HERE!
DRUMMING INTENSIVE!
October 30, 2023 Acustica S.R.L.
Via Eduardo Scarfoglio, 75
80125 Napoli NA, Italy
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cost: €315
Limited to just 12 people!
REGISTER HERE!
Click here to
register! Hurry: registration is first come/first served.
Dave Weckl/Tom Kennedy Project:
Europe 2023!
The incredible Dave
Weckl/Tom Kennedy Project, featuring Stu Mindeman (keys)
and Eric Marienthal (sax), will tour Europe in April and
May, 2023. The band will hit Great Britain, Germany,
Austria, Belgium, and Italy!
Click here
for all the information on the tour page!
SOLD OUT!
Detroit Area! Come to Dave's Three
Hour Intensive!
June 25, 2023 The Detroit School of Rock and Pop Music 1109 S. Washington
Royal Oak, Michigan 48067
1:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Cost: $249 (plus $10 credit card fee)
Dave Weckl will be running
an amazing small group Intensive on June 25, 2023. The class will be limited to just 20
attendees, making this an intimate learning experience.
Dave will focus on ergonomics, technique, and
musicality. All ages and playing levels welcome!
Just bring your favorite sticks and, if you have them, a
practice pad and stand.
Click here to
register! Hurry: registration is first come/first served.
Study with Dave at Drum Fantasy Camp
2023
Dave Weckl will join Larnell Lewis,
Gary Husband, and Dave Garibaldi,
plus a world-class band at Drum Fantasy Camp:
August 4-8 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel
in Los Angeles, CA!
You spend one full day in a class of just 20 with each
drumming instructor. At night, you'll sit in with a band
that features Hagar Ben Ari (bass), Chrissi Poland (vocals),
Stu Mindeman (keys), and Vinny
Valentino (guitar). There's also an opening
concert that features all four instructors sitting in
with the band.
LIVE on October 23: The Dave Weckl
StL Big Band Contingent!
Dave is excited about the very
first concert of his new big band! The all-ages show
will take place in his hometown of St. Louis on October
23 and feature the area's best jazz players!
Pattonville High
School
2497 Creve Coeur Mill Road
Maryland Hts., MO 63043
Check out some footage of the band's very first
rehearsal, below!
NOW AVAILABLE! Dave Weckl Band Live Album
The Dave Weckl Band is back
with a new live album!
The show was recorded in Dave's home town of St. Louis
in the summer of 2019. A featured act at the
Chesterfield Jazz Festival, the band featured
Dave Weckl (drums), Jay Oliver
(keyboards), Tom Kennedy (bass),
Buzz Feiten (guitar), and Gary
Meek (saxophones).
This is a digital release available on all major
streaming platforms! Go
HERE for direct links to this
album!
Two videos from the performance are below. The full
video is available right now as part of the Dave
Weckl Online School. Subscribers ($30/month) can find it
in the live shows are of the school. Click
here to subscribe!
01 The Zone
02 Big B Little B
03 Mud Sauce
04 101 Shuffle
05 Tribute
06 What Happened to my Good Shoes?
07 Song for Claire
08 Rhythm-A-Ning (Live/Drum & Bass Duet)
09 Synergy
10 Tower '99
11 Access Denied
12 The Chicken (Digital Only Bonus Track)
The Zone
Big B Little B
Private Zoom Lessons with Dave
Weckl!
Dave Weckl is offering
private one-on-one lessons on Zoom. Drummers of all ages
and playing levels are welcomed!
You can work on anything you want! Have Dave assess your
playing and come up with a plan. Or, tell him what you
want to work on. It's an amazing opportunity to get
invaluable insight into improving your playing.
Click here to
learn more and to request a lesson with Dave.
NEW! Songs and Play Along Packages from Dave
Weckl
Dave has two NEW tunes that
he has released during the COVID-19 pandemic. Both are
available as play along packages in both the
Dave Weckl Store
for $4.99 each. These package are also included for
subscribers in the
Dave Weckl Online School!
The first tune, entitled "In 5," features the great Steve Weingart
on keys! The second tune is "Songo Mikele," a remake of
a tune from the Dave Weckl Acoustic Band release "Of The
Same Mind."
The play along packages include play along mixes (with
and without click) and a chart. If your subscribe to the
Dave Weckl Online School, you also get a 90 minute
lesson on how to play the tune!
Go here
to download the full play along package! Go
here to subscribe to the Dave Weckl
Online School, which features this package and 40+ hrs.
of instructional content!
"Songo Mikele"
"In 5"
Dave Weckl Band Live in St. Louis
2019!
The Dave Weckl Band reunited
at the Chesterfield Wine and Jazz Festival (St. Louis)
in June, 2019. The lineup featured Dave, Jay Oliver,
Tom
Kennedy, Buzz Feiten, and
Gary Meek.
You can stream the entire 11 song HD oncert in the Dave
Weckl Online School. One tune, "Big B Little B,"
has a full lesson and play along package in the school.
Streaming is just $30/mon and includes the concert and
more than 35 hours of lessons, play alongs, and more.
Go
here to learn more and subscribe.
You can canel at any time.
"Big B Little B"
Spring 2020 Clinics and Intensives
Dave will be conducting
large group clinics and small group "Intensives" on the
West coast this spring.
In each city, the first day will be a traditional large
group clinic. Day two will be a small group "Intensive"
limited to just 12 people. Attendees will have the
opportunity to work closely with Dave in an intimate
setting.
The cost for Intensives will be $395 for the day. All
ages and playing levels welcome!
SPACE IS LIMITED! Click
here to learn more, register, and pay.
NEW! Recording/Mixing Course Added
to the Dave Weckl Online School!
The Dave Weckl Online School
continues to grow! The latest course:
Recording and Mixing Your Drums.
Dave is well-known for achieiving a great recorded drum
sound. But he is also in demand for mixing and producing
music. With more than four hours of content, this course
puts you in the studio with Dave to cover his entire
studio process!
In the Recording section, Dave goes over his approach,
sets mics, checks phase, gets sounds, adjusts tuning,
and then records a track. The Mixing section puts you
behind the board with Dave - mixing a NEW Tom Kennedy
tune and paying attention to all instruments (not just
drums). You'll even explore Dave's approach to using
plugins. It's deep!
Click
here
to learn more/subscribe to the Dave Weckl Online School!
The school features more than 30 hours of content, from
setup and tuning to hand/foot technique, musicality,
full play alongs, guest teachers, live footage, and
more!
AccessCuba with Dave Weckl
Dave completed an incredible trip to Havana that took
place January 13-18, 2019!
The trip was a "musical exchange" where Dave and a small
group of travelers met and listened to amazing Cuban
musicians. Dave performed at three concerts during the
trip and did a great clinic that included a duet with
the great Dafnis Prieto!
You can read more about the trip and view dozens of
photos
here!
The Dave Weckl Online School is NOW OPEN!
The Dave Weckl Online School offers a comprehensive and
completely updated HD video curriculum for drummers of all
levels!
It includes lessons on hand and foot technique,
ergonomic drum setup, tuning, guest
instructors, play alongs, exclusive tour footage (with lessons
from the hotel), and a private Facebook group so that you can interact
directly with Dave, industry pros, and fellow members of the school!
Drummers: click
here
to learn more and subscribe! Instructors: click
here to
learn about Dave's valuable affiliate program!
Dave Weckl Play Alongs Dave has created several play
along packages that allow drummers to practice to Dave's tunes
and record their own versions. They include: the song, a chart,
a play along mix, and a video of Dave's actual session! Click
here to purchase
products recorded with Jay Oliver, Gary Meek, Oz Ezzeldin, Oz Noy and Will Lee,
and George Whitty with Ric Fierabracci!
Dave Weckl Online
School
Preview Dave's amazing subscription-based learning site!
(Learn more and subscribe
here!)
Dave Weckl and Jay Oliver Flies On The Studio Walll DVD Preview
(Purchase the full DVD here!)
Dave Weckl Akoustic Band LIVE Dave has an amazing live DVD of his acclaimed Acoustic Band
performing at Catalina Jazz Club! 11 tunes, including seven
original compositions and a full drum solo piece! Click
here to
learn more and purchase the DVD and album CD!
Flies on the Studio Wall
DVD and Blu Ray Go behind the scenes with Dave and Jay Oliver as they compose,
rehearse, and record their 2014 CD Convergence! You'll
see the making of "Higher Ground, " Jay's trip to Ireland, drum
solos from each tune, and biographical backgrounds on Dave and
Jay. Raw, funny, and very entertaining with more than two hours
of footage! Click here to learn more and purchase!
