Thursday 28/06/18 5pm

Warm up with the ex below to build up your bass drum technique. Remember to not start too fast focus on syncing the hands and feet. 

Here is the groove for the intro to smells like teen spirit to look at for next week: 

Thursday 28/06/18 4:30pm

16th note Double bass drum warm up to focus on this week. 

Look at the groove for get out my life woman by lee Dorsey. Focus on a relaxed even hi-hat all the way through and make sure your playing each hit of the double bass drum! 

Thursday 28/06/18 4pm

Keep working on the groups of 5 and 3 fill ideas. Try some different applications to tracks! 

Have a go at the accent pattern below. Work on the up stroke to down stroke transition. 

Monday 18/06/18 7pm

Two consecutive or "Double" bass drum ex: 

Aim for a relaxed even hi-hat and an "up-down" feel to the double. 

Monday 18/06/18 18:30pm

Below is another snare and bass drum exercise to practice for next week. Remember counting is your friend! 

Here is the first fill for boulevard of broken dreams. Really well played this week. 

 

Monday 18/06/18 6pm

Good wrk today guys. 

Below is he groove for cissy strut. You both did really well with this. See if you can get it the point where you can do more than two repetitions for next week! 

Also have a look at the linear 7's exercise. Take your time and see if you can get it feeling comfortable for next week. 

Monday 18/06/18 5pm

Have a look at the groove for James brown's funky president. Two things to focus on. Number 1 is that your hi-hat plays even 8th notes all the way through. Number 2 is that the ghost bites are ghosted! 

Monday 18/06/18 4.15pm

Warm up this week wth the fill sticking below. Make sure that you use the correct sticking! 

Below is the first fill and groove for up town funk. Practice the transition and the rim click flam technique for the intro:  

Thursday 14/06/18 20:00

Below is the groove for the cissy strut that we looked at to support the linear hand to hand wirk fir the groove at D in space future. Really good work this lesson. You are so close to having thus groove down ! 

Thursday 14/06/18 7pm

This week focus on lesson 10 ex 5 and 7. Really work on the speed as much as you can. 

The groove fir up town funk is really spot on now. Again it's the tempo that needs to be increased if you can. 

Also you finished the fill in the first line of the chorus. Here it is to remind you 

Thursday 14/06/18 6.30pm

Have a go at the linear phrase from this lesson. 

RLRLB,RLB,RLRLB,RLB  5:3:5:3

Try this as fill phrase then see if you can re-order each part to create a new stickin eg 5:3:3:5 

Thursday 14/06/18 6pm

Have a look at the first three lines of tech study 2. Try and focus on the phrase and feel. 

First 8 bars of London Town to practice.  you can play the hi hat part spot on now so try working to the track 

Thursday 14/06/18 5pm

Stick control have a go at the first page. Pick 4-6 ex's loop each one 4 times then go straight on to the next one. 

Keep looking at the fill and groove from the track last week. Make sure you are playing heel up bass drum doubles. Below us an exercise to help you get this feeling relaxed and secure! Use it as 1 bar fill to a backing track! 

Monday 11/06/18 7pm

Warm up with ex 13 from syncopation. The sticking for each beat should be R RL and the aim is to get the right hand moving on to the next tom as the left hand plays the last nite of the group. 

Have a listen to the intro to come together with the the sextuplet phrases. Remember not grip the stick too tight or hit too hard as you play this. It should be soft even and smooth as you roll over the toms! 

Thursday 14/06/18 4pm

Page 1 of stick control: re cap the transitions from ex 1-4. Okay each one for ten reps as 8ths at 140bpm. 

Linear phrase: 5:3:5:3 accent the first nite if each group on the toms. 

Try rearranging the groups 5:3:3:5 

Monday 11/06/18 6:30pm

Warm up this week with ex 1-3 

Above is the groove we looked at have a go to the track for next week! Well played today. 

Monday 11/06/18 6pm

This week go over the broken hi-hat patterns from "foot prints" and "footsteps in the dark". 

Experiment playing each groove hand to hand on the hi-hat and all with the right hand as well. Hear the difference in texture!

Finally have a go at the linear groove (marked track 97). Remember these grooves rely on crisp clean time flow for the 16th notes and accurate internal dynamics. 

Have a listen to ebony jam for next week! 

Monday 11/06/18 6pm

This week go over the broken hi-hat patterns from "foot prints" and "footsteps in the dark". 

Experiment playing each groove hand to hand on the hi-hat and all with the right hand as well. Hear the difference in texture!

Finally have a go at the linear groove (marked track 97). Remember these grooves rely on crisp clean time flow for the 16th notes and accurate internal dynamics. 

Have a listen to ebony jam for next week! 

Monday 11/06/18 5pm

This week your warm up is a coordination excercise looking at taking the left hand around the kit. 

The first one the left hand plays the snare and tom 1 in a 2 beat phrase. 

The second one is a more froove based idea with a backbeat on 2 and 4 

The third one is a 3 over 4 poly rhythm. 

Revise the groove for human from last week (check last week's post!) 

Monday 11/06/18 4pm

Warm up this week with 8th s and 16ths around the kit. Keep it controlled but see how fast you can take it!

Y'all: recap the fill in bar 10 watch out for the rests and count carefully. Play the whole transition through to beat 1 of bar 11. 

Look at the open hi-hat groove in bar 12. Take care to close the hi-hat in time! 

Thursday 07/06/18 9pm

Ben 

Ex 3 bar 1+2 (check video if you need to remind your self how it sounds) 

Ex 2 ruffs much better just check your voicing the phrases correctly. 

Reggae muffin: dynamics need to be clear and watch you don't rush the solo at the end! Over all a really strong performance well done! 

Neil: well played today. The swung rhythms for London calling looked much more secure and confident. Apply the counting to all of the fills and grooves on the first page for next week. 

Thursday 07/08/18 8:30pm

Have a go at ex 1-5 and no 7. Start on the snare then try playing around the kit. 

When this feels comfortable try a bar of groove and then use one of the exercises as a fill. 

Also have a go at the bass drum variations (first dropping the bass drum on beat 4 then afterward on beat 2) 

Thursday 7/06/18 8pm

Warm up: are the two grooves from the break beat bible you played today (1+2) 

Space future: first four bars at D. The right hand should lead and play all the snare drums. Don't rush,as  you will anticipate and speed up! 

Thursday 07/06/18 6.30pm

Technical work: paradiddle diddle, pattaflafla and ratamacues all need practice. 

Also the first two lines of the funk technical study. 

 Razor Head: groove at bar 81, adjust your bass drum pedal if you need to and practice at 140bpm. Same goes for section e. Be able to play from memory and focus on your right foot and hands being super relaxed. It's the tension that's affecting your coordination 

Thursday 07/06/18 5pm

I write sins: good work with first the groove to the track. Below is the first fill into the chorus. Remember to keep your bass drums nice and full sounding. Don't let your right leg tense up and choke on the double bass drums. 

Also here is the groove for the 2nd verse to start working on. 

Thursday 07/06/18 4pm

Warm up: page 1 of stick control read down the first column 20 bars of each excercise at 120bpm

Keep working on the 5:3 linear phrase from last lesson. Practice grouping and voicing the hand pattern around the kit. TRay starting out in a structured way and then as the pattern starts to become more familiar you can improvise over it. 

Monday 04/06/18 6pm

Warm up: is 16th note patterns over a 1/4 note foot pattern. This is a great independence exercise. Start slow. When it is comfortable start moving the accents around different sounds on the kit. 

Toby: focus on the accent pattern for p3 of rolling. You can now play this cleanly with the crash on 1 and with the correct foot pattern. 

Seb: tech study 1 first three lines are getting there. Relax your left hand dir the 32nd note doubles. Don't fight it! If it is a little untidy for a week or two that's ok as long as it is relaxed! 

Monday 04/06/18 5pm

Warm up: paradiddle phrasing showed no development from last lesson. It is really important that you practice the technical work that we cover to build a solid foundation for more advanced material. 

Listen through to Humans by the killers. Practice counting the bars fir the intro, first verse and chorus. Listen to where the hi-hat parts come in. 

Below is the first half of the bridge to learn for next session 

 

Monday 04/06/18 4.15pm

Dora and bootsy: over all good progress. Open hi-hats in a) are mostly secure but still need to be spot on everytime! 

Practice each fill and transition until you have memorised. 

You can all now play the last line of page 2 slowly. Over the next week start bringing it up to tempo. 

Y'all: practice the fills in bar 11 and 18 for next week!