Josh

ACDC: Back in Black
–Great work!
–Now work on everything up until verse three: Chorus section! Add in crashes on the “1”, and on the words “Back in Black”
–Great work playing along to the recording, and fitting the crashes into the beginning of the beat
Visual Drum Method: We’ll start on this book next week.

Myles

Warmups:
–Flam Paradiddles (rL-R-L-L lR-L-R-R)
–8 on a Hand, goal tempo= 130bpm using a metronome
Drumset Musician: 12/8 Exercises (in google drive Frequently Used folder)
–Learn the first 7 exercises
–You can count this either “1-2-3-4-5-6-…” or “1-trip-let 2-let”. Which one do you find easier?
QOTSA: Keep Your Eyes Peeled
–Begin learning the main groove (on the handout in your binder)
–Leave the open-hihat splashes out of it for now

Noah

Warmups (1min each per practice session):
–Triplet Exercise (1mm RH, 2mm LH) @ 95bpm
–Sixteenth-note Exercise 75bpm
Green Day: American Idiot–up to the end of the second line on p3**
–Great work!
–Make sure to keep the sixteenth-notes on the floor tom in time–tricky! but you can do it
–Add in the next verse, and work on the new fill in the second line of p3: go slowly, playing only quarters on the floor tom

Finn

Warmups (30sec each):
–Single Strokes
–Double Strokes
–8 on a hand
–Try playing these at three different speeds (slow, med, fast)
Basic Beat Level 2:
–Great work!
–Make sure you’re only getting one contact per stroke. Don’t crush the stroke! Bounce like a trampoline
–If it gets tricky, remember two strategies: 1) slow down! 2) break it down into smaller chunks
***Basic Beat LEVEL 3
–Same as Level 2, but the Bass Drum plays on “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4”
Queen: We Will Rock You
–Nice job!
New SONG!!! Survivor: Eye of the Tiger
–The main beat for this song is Basic Beat level 3. Try playing that beat along with the song!

Francisco

Warmups (30sec/ea., find goal speed):
–8 on a hand (140bpm)
–Singles (sixteenths at 140bpm)
–doubles (16ths at 90)
–Paradiddles (16ths at 90)
Bon Jovi: Livin On a Prayer
–Excellent work
–Open hihat with those three snare hits in the second ending for the verse
–“4 +a” on hihats should be hand-to-hand (R-L-R). This should make it much easier!