Hi students and parents! Great job today! Ezra: Great job making up ghost note grooves today. Syncopated ghost note grooves like the ones you came up with today are the essence of funk drumming. KEEP MAKING THOSE UP AND PRACTICING THEM. You can practice this using your sticks, your knees, and your feet. You do not need a kit to [...]
Hello students and parents, I'm posting this from a mobile device so please forgive the lacklustre formatting! I was unable to come in to teach at ABC this past Monday, April 17th, and that will also be the case next Monday, April 24th. Last lesson, Jonny, who I have faith in as a capable drummer and teacher, subbed for me. [...]
Hello students and parents, Chloe - Play the basic rock groove for 3 bars and a fill for one bar. Make up a new fill each time! When you crash on beat 1, make sure you only play beat 1 once! Try to get on the kit at least twice this week! Brad - Practice the basic rock groove. Practice our [...]
Hello students and parents. I'd like to apologize for slacking on the homework posts lately. It has been a slow couple of weeks at ABC and a busy couple of weeks everywhere else, so I let this slip a little bit. But these posts are back for the duration! Ezra - Please work on the worksheet I gave you RE: Ghost [...]
Hi students and parents! Remember that we don't have a lesson next week! I'll see you all in TWO weeks! Jacinto: Practice the figure we talked about, and COUNT in sixteenth notes while you do. You will not always have to count out loud but it really helps at first. See if you can count out loud while playing along to [...]
Hi students and parents! Here's what I want everyone to be working on: Jacinto: Play along with Back in Black, paying special attention to the figure we talked about. If playing along with the track is not comfortable yet, it is okay to play without the track. Slow practice makes for clean execution. It's always good to practice slow. Asher & Ezra: Please [...]
Hi students and parents! It was a slow week. I hope the kids who were feeling too sick or tired to come to their lessons feel better soon. Jacinto: Play Back in Black up to the beginning of the chorus. Remember: the pattern for the part you were having trouble with is "LR LR LR LR". Whenever you play a crash [...]
Hi students and parents! Although everyone is doing well, no one read the homework posts last week. So this week I would really like to ensure that this gets around to all students, so if you’re a parent reading this, please print out the relevant parts (or the whole thing) and give it to your child, or leave it on [...]
Hi students and parents! Although everyone is doing well, no one read the homework posts last week. So this week I would really like to ensure that this gets around to all students, so if you're a parent reading this, please print out the relevant parts (or the whole thing) and give it to your child, or leave it on [...]
Hi students and parents! Everyone did really well this week. I always love to hear you play, and you're always impressing me. Jacinto: This week, I need you to practice playing an 8th note groove with your hands, and placing the bass drum in the 8 different spots on the 8th note grid (1, 2, 3, 4, + of 1, [...]