Hi everyone! This is just a note to say how much I have really enjoyed getting to know each one of you and being your drum teacher. I appreciate you all so much and I’m sincerely going to miss seeing you every Thursday afternoon/evening next year. For a number of reasons, I have to move on from my position at [...]
Hi everyone, By now you have all heard that I won’t be returning as a regular teacher at ABC in the Fall of 2023. June will be my last month as I don’t have any students continuing through the summer. I wanted to let you all know that I have really enjoyed having each one of you as a student [...]
Hi everyone, By now you have all heard that I won’t be returning as a regular teacher at ABC in the Fall of 2023. June will be my last month as I don’t have any students continuing through the summer. I wanted to let you all know that I have really enjoyed having each one of you as a student [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice playing along with the backing track for Autumn Leaves and listen to a few different recordings of the song this week. How to practice it most effectively: Remember to listen very closely to the “head” of this song—this [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Focus this week on practicing “Comp Example 2.” How to practice it most effectively: Pick out some of the comp examples that incorporate the middle note of the triplet and practice playing them with the right hand and foot [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Keep working on your comping rhythms from the new pages provided and practice playing them along with the jazz backing tracks: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pjkCZ1jfMdjwRqFBMaPIG_hKMb3gQGz?usp=share_link How to practice it most effectively: With the second page of comp examples, you will encounter rhythms [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice at least four new comping rhythms from the new page provided and practice playing them along with the jazz backing tracks: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17pjkCZ1jfMdjwRqFBMaPIG_hKMb3gQGz?usp=share_link How to practice it most effectively: Start by figuring out the rhythms in the comping patterns. [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the drum fills that we worked on in your lesson together with the jazz rhythm patterns that are in your folder. How to practice it most effectively: Practice playing four-bar phrases that end in a fill. This means [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Practice the two-bar snare rhythms together with the ride cymbal pattern and foot pattern and work on adding in fills. How to practice it most effectively: Follow the same process that we did in your lesson: first play the [...]
Hi everyone, Here are your assignments for this week: Will Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Review the one-bar jazz rhythms that we have been working on and practice the new two-bar phrases. How to practice it most effectively: Focus on maintaining the accent on the ride cymbal all the time when you’re playing jazz. [...]