Sebastian What to practice: This week Sebastian I want you to keep working on playing beats with fills like we did today! Here are some other ones you can try as well. How to practice effectively: For fills the important thing is to count when you start and make sure that you land on beat one. Try starting the fill on beat [...]
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, [...]
Jonathan Recommended amount of practice time: 30 mins a day What to practice: This week Jonathan I want you to practice beats 4, 5, and 6 of the Lesson 15 beats with the variations we worked on and keep practicing your last beat on the drum set. How to practice effectively: So for the Lesson 15 beats, play them with these hi-hat [...]
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 [...]
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: Good work today, I think we covered just about everything with the Lesson 15 beats, just remember to go slowly and count. For the Amen Break, just try [...]
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 [...]
Sebastian How many minutes to practice: 15-30mins What to practice: This week Sebastian I want you to work on the Lesson 3 beats and reading. How to practice effectively: Good work today Sebastian! If you can see if you can get a hold of the book we're using, its Joel Rothman's Reading, Rudiments, and Rock Drumming. This week, write in the counts [...]
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 [...]
Sebastian Missed you today Sebastian! How many minutes to practice: 15-30mins What to practice: This week Sebastian I want you to play 8-8-16 and Stick Control Exercise every day as well as working on the beat for Lesson 2 beats and reading. How to practice effectively: Good work today Sebastian! If you can see if you can get a hold of the [...]