Josh Shuster

Keep working on “Livin on a Prayer,” focusing on the ride cymbal groove for the chorus, as well as the fill right before the guitar solo.

How to practice it most effectively: Practice the chorus (Ride cymbal) groove with and without the music! Maybe practice the song from YouTube at 0.75 playback speed.

Myles Jubé

Practice “Dreaming” on drum set – the full song now! And for next week try to play through what we’ve done for “Dreaming” on xylophone so far. Next week we’ll also try some new stuff!

How to practice it most effectively: have fun with it!

Finnian Romero

Keep working on “Livin on a Prayer,” focusing on the groove for the chorus, and the fills.

How to practice it most effectively: Practice the chorus (Ride cymbal) groove with and without the music! Maybe practice the song from YouTube at 0.75 playback speed.

Francisco Garcia

Use the link in your Drive to practice the groove in the first 4 bars of “locked out of heaven.” Try to figure out the kick groove and get the groove as fast as you’re able to. No pressure to make it as fast as the song yet, I just want to see if you can play / loop the groove correctly at whatever speed you can make it.

How to practice it most effectively: see if you can play on YouTube with the playback speed reduced.

Jared Portus

Keep doing what we were doing before – grooving along to songs, playing with the swing of the hi-hat or ride cymbal, and the loose-ness of the snare and kick hits in relation to your right hand. Come up with fills as well!

Practice the “throw / grab” motion when playing 16th note grooves on the hi-hats / ride (song to practice this to – Chelsea Reject “Kidulthood”)

Songs we played along to: 

MF DOOM – “Figaro”

J Dilla – “Time: The Donut of the Heart”, “Don’t Cry” (has tempo changes that make it maybe not the best song to play along to)

Jacob Collier – “Time Alone With You (feat. Daniel Caesar)”

D’Angelo – “Devil’s Pie”

JID – “Money”

Albums to listen to if you have some time!

J Dilla – DONUTS

MF Doom / Madlib – Madvillainy

D’Angelo – Voodoo

A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory

 

Koel Rayner

Keep practicing the groove for “Squabble Up,” make sure you’re playing the hi-hats correctly. Try to find where in the song the variations come in on the kick drum. We’ll try a new song this week.

I know you have exams coming up so absolutely no pressure if you don’t have time to practice this week.