Jonah Recommended practice time: 20+ minutes/day What to practice: Keep adding variety to your drum beats. Combine everything I showed you today and try to use it when playing with music. You can test it out with uptown funk. How to practice: The app I mentioned today is called "drum dictionary." It is a free resource on Apple devices and [...]
Samson Recommended practice time: 10-30min/day What to practice:practice the fills we worked on and try to add them in the context of a drum beat. Stabilize the jazz beat as much as possible. How to practice: Remember to relax when playing quickly and slow down if something is giving you trouble. Lucas Recommended practice time:10-30min/day What to practice: keep working [...]
Charlie Recommended practice: if you can get your hands on a practice pad, try practicing alternating single strokes and paradiddles at a comfortable speed. Turn on the metronome and let the exercise be relaxing but try to even out your hands. Nice meeting you today!
Jonah Recommended hours of practice:10-30min/day What to practice: keep working on the rock beat and start learning the jazz beat. How to practice: Remember to play fills every 4 bars. Try making as many different fills as possible, what you did today was good keep at it! Don't forget to land on the crash cymbal after a fill. You can [...]
Hi Everyone, Good work today! Hopefully, the new school year/work season is treating you well. Here are your assignments for the week: Lucas Recommended practice time: 10-25 min/day What to practice: Work on the exercises from your book I showed you today: (paradiddles, basic rock beat, and the other rock beat variations if you're feeling ambitious). How to practice: Remember [...]
Hi Jonah Good work today on the drums! Recommended practice time: 20-30 min/day What to practice: Keep playing uptown funk and any other songs you remember or want to learn. Try listening to some Jazz this week such as Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, or Duke Ellington (or just search "jazz" on youtube). I'll show you a basic beat next week. [...]
Hi everyone, Nice meeting you all today! Here are your assignments for the week: Lucas Recommended practice time: 20-25 min/day What to practice: Here's a basic rock beat: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zEseEPD8pBX6eY7liOL7fvYGSkSjKOee/view?usp=sharing. Just keep repeating the pattern and try to add a crash cymbal hit on downbeat (beat 1). How to practice: Try to use a metronome to work on making everything even. [...]