Lucas How many minutes to practice: 15-30 What to practice: This week Lucas I want you to keep playing the beats for Lesson 7 How to practice effectively: For Lesson 7, keep hacking at these a little bit more. Remember that its ok to go slowly and stop and start when you're practicing, but when you're playing for real you [...]
Sebastian What to practice: This week Sebastian I want you to write in the counts and practice the Lesson 3 reading and hand exercises How to practice effectively: Start with writing the counts above the notes for the rest of the Lesson 3 Reading we didn’t cover today. Then once you’ve written in the counts and double check they are right, [...]
Sebastian What to practice: This week Sebastian I want you to work on the Lesson 3 beats and reading as well as Another One Bites the Dust How to practice effectively: Good work today Sebastian! For Another One Bites the Dust, spend a couple minutes working on the beat by itself, then try putting on the music at a slow speed and [...]
Jonathan Recommended amount of practice time: 30 mins a day What to practice: This week Jonathan I want you to practice the Lesson 15 beats with variations and bring one of your own beats next week to workshop it on the drum set. How to practice effectively: Really great job today with the Lesson 15 beats! For the hi-hat variations try playing [...]
Sebastian What to practice: This week Sebastian I want you to work on the Lesson 3 beats and reading as well as Another One Bites the Dust How to practice effectively: Good work today Sebastian! For Another One Bites the Dust, spend a couple minutes working on the beat by itself, then try putting on the music at a slow speed and [...]
Jonathan Recommended amount of practice time: 30 mins a day What to practice: This week Jonathan I want you to practice the Lesson 15 beats and polish up the Amen Break How to practice effectively: Lesson 15 beats aren't too crazy, just try to get used to grooving with the right hand playing more notes than usual. If you're feeling adventurous, try playing [...]
Lucas How many minutes to practice: 15-30 What to practice: This week Lucas I want you to work on playing the beginning Seven Nation Army up through to the pre-chorus. HERE IS A VIDEO OF ME PLAYING THE PART! How to practice effectively: This is the transcription of Seven Nation Army and here is a link to the song. This is [...]
Jonathan Daily amount of minutes to practice: 30 What to practice: This week Jonathan I want you to keep working on Runaway, focusing on the hi-hat accents and ghost-note dynamics. (here is the transcription and the song live and the studio version.) How to practice effectively: So like we covered in the lesson, the hi-hat will have a slight accent or pulse on [...]
Lucas How many minutes to practice: 15-30 What to practice: This week Lucas I want you to play the first four beats of Lesson 5 8 times each without looking at the music the whole time, I know you can do it! How to practice effectively: First look at the beat, see if you can figure out how it might sound [...]