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Murray Gusseck is considered an innovator in the world of marching percussion. He started his career as a marching member of the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps (SCV) in 1988, aging out in 1992. He played tenors all 5 of those years under Ralph Hardimon, Glen Crosby, and Scott Johnson.
As a member of those SCV drumlines Murray helped start a new trend of drumline parking lot “events” by composing entertaining battery compositions that attracted large audiences outside the normal competition arenas. All of these compositions are currently published in a collection entitled Parking Lot Etudes by Tapspace Publications LLC (Portland, OR), a publishing company Murray co-founded with his friend and partner Jim Casella.
As a player Murray received many accolades for his tenor playing and for the extreme ability levels of the tenor sections and drumlines he was a part of during his tenure with SCV. As a staff member of the Santa Clara Vanguard, Murray has served as technician, caption head, and arranger. During his time with Vanguard, SCV has captured the Fred Sanford Percussion Trophy 5 times and the DCI Championship twice. He has also taught and arranged percussion music for various high schools and winter percussion ensembles throughout the country.
Murray attended San Jose State University where he studied world music systems and drumset with Royal Hartigan and Dan Sabanovich. He now resides in the Pacific Northwest where he enjoys the local food, beer, music, and even the rain! You might even see him playing around town with local bands occasionally.
Murray proudly endorses Remo drumheads, Vic Firth drumsticks, Pearl drums, and Zildjian cymbals.
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A La Carte Solos from "Violent Tenor Cream"
Top tenor solos & ensembles ranging from sick & twisted to clinically insane!
by Various Artists (compilation)
Level: Crazy insane!
Our price: $8.99
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Pick and choose solos or ensembles from your favorite quad gods. These are the pieces from the awesome new collection "Violent Tenor Cream," available a la carte for immediate download.
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Basic Strokes (downloadable)
Battery Warmup
by Murray Gusseck
Level: Advanced
Our price: $5.99
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Murray Gusseck and Tapspace bring you an entire warm-up sequence in one exercise. Basic Strokes 2004 was played all summer long by the 2004 championship Santa Clara Vanguard drumline. Lasting nearly six minutes, the exercise takes the line through a series of paces focusing on two stroke-types as well as providing the usual rhythmic interest and variety that keep SCV's...
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Double Beat 2004 (downloadable)
Parking Lot Jam as Heard Played by SCV 2004
by Murray Gusseck
Level: Difficult
Our price: $5.99
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Double Beat 2004 is Murray Gusseck's latest version of the immensely popular pre-show piece played by the SCV drumline. Murray and the guys take it up another notch or two with this extended version that contains new grooves and the same backbeat funkiness that has made this into one of the most popular drumline stand-alone pieces of all time.
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DoubleBeat 9000 (downloadable)
A groovy little battery jam.
by Murray Gusseck
Level: Advanced
Our price: $5.99
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From the mind of Murray comes another vehicle of danceable battery music for the drumline consumer—BUCKLE UP FOR SAFETY!
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Electric Wheelchair 2003 (downloadable)
One of the World's Most Famous Drumline Cadences
by Murray Gusseck
Level: Difficult
Our price: $5.99
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Electric Wheelchair was written as a street cadence for the Santa Clara Vanguard Drum & Bugle Corps in 1990 by Murray Gusseck, who was a marching tenor player at the time. Since then it has become a trademark piece for the SCV battery, and one of the most popular cadences of all time.
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Flash Gordon Henderson (downloadable)
Timing and independence with a twist
by Murray Gusseck
Level: Difficult
Our price: $5.99
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This exercise in timing and independence for the advanced battery ensemble will test the mind and the ears, as well as just downright make some folks uncomfortable. It's the latest concoction by Murray Gusseck and was heard throughout 2009 in DCI warmup areas around the country.
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Fresh Perspectives for the Modern Drumline
Ensemble Exercises and Music of the Santa Clara Vanguard Drumline
by Jim Casella & Murray Gusseck
Level: Easy to Difficult
Our price: $30.00
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The 97-page book containing official music of the Santa Clara Vanguard drumline.
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GO! (downloadable)
Technical Sequence for Battery Ensemble.
by Murray Gusseck
Level: Easy to Difficult
Our price: $5.99
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Clocking in at nearly 16 minutes in length, this sequence represents a complete warm-up package for the battery ensemble. With over 20 individual exercises in 9 different categories, this mammoth practice tool contains something for just about everyone.
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Krackus (downloadable)
A 60-Second Drumline Warmup Inspired by Drum & Bass Rhythms
by Murray Gusseck
Level: Difficult
Our price: $5.99
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Inspired by 'Drum and Bass' style beats, this is a 60-second warmup style piece requiring chops, finesse, and a healthy dose of sack!
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Parking Lot Etudes
Psychogenic Discourse for the Flam-Drag Fighter Pilot
by Murray Gusseck
Level: Difficult
Our price: $19.00
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A collection of popular pieces by Murray Gusseck, this book contains some of the most unique drumline cadences and 60 second warm-ups ever written for the Santa Clara Vanguard including "Martian Mambo," "Poof!, "Fat Mama Dancin'," "Electric Wheelchair," and "It's in 4."
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