Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Latin rhythms/beats and the jazz/swing rhythms. How to practice it most effectively: With the Latin beats, practice playing just the left hand part together with the feet. Play it very slowly at first, ensuring that each note is [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Son clave and Rhumba clave rhythms along with the foot pattern and eighth notes on the ride cymbal. How to practice it most effectively: We made a lot of progress with the son clave rhythm in your lesson [...]

Hi everyone,Here are your practice assignments for this week:AidanRecommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per dayWhat to practice: Son clave and Rhumba clave rhythms along with the foot pattern and eighth notes on the ride cymbal.How to practice it most effectively: First play just the clave rhythm by itself with a cross stick on the rim of the snare drum. [...]

Hi everyone, Next week I will be away so you will have a sub. His name is Louis Pino. He is part of the ABC team and has subbed for me before. I will fill him in on what each of you are doing. Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan ***I noticed on the ESA audition requirements [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Recommended minutes to practice: 1 hour-90 minutes per day until your audition. What to practice: The new fills in Verse 2 and the pre-chorus of Arabella by the Arctic Monkeys. Also, your major scales and the D Major reading exercises in your xylophone book. How to practice it most [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: The half time shuffle beat with the ghost notes on the snare and the triplet accent patterns. How to practice it most effectively: First practice the hi-hat shuffle pattern with the ghost notes in the left hand. The [...]

Hi everyone, For those of you playing in the recital this Sunday, have a great show! You’re all very well prepared. For those of you not playing in the recital, please consider showing up to listen and support your peers. It will be a great opportunity to experience live music and hear some other drummers that are around your age. [...]

Hi everyone, Next week, on Nov. 22nd, I will be away. You will have a substitute teacher named Mateen. He is a colleague of mine from U of T and is really great guy. I will be back the following week on Nov. 29th. Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Beats #7-12 on the sheet I gave you. How to practice it most effectively: Continue to strive for consistency with each of these beats. Playing them once or twice in a row and then stopping is not a [...]

Hi everyone, Here are your practice assignments for this week: Aidan Recommended minutes to practice: 20-30 minutes per day What to practice: Beats #1-12 on the sheet that I gave you. How to practice it most effectively: For beats #1-6, continue to work on playing the beats faster, but be very careful to keep your speed consistent. You don’t want [...]