Thursday 03/05/18 8pm

Warm up: ratamacues are taking shape. Be mindful of your stick heights using a clean upstroke to execute the accent. 

5 stroke rolls now need to be more articulate. 

Space future: first page sounding good. Keep polishing for next week. 

Below is a linear phrase fir you to start playing around with. 

 

Thursday 03/05/18 7pm

3:4 phrases start playing with these and vary the hi-hat part (use some 16th variations) 

Also practice the RLB linear phrase over different subdivisions (8th triplet-32nd notes) 

Dance dance dance: some great playing this week. A few things to think about:

-keep the groove simple. It needs a solid driving funk groove to feel good. 

-listen out for other parts you can reference or embellish (synth lines, brass parts) 

- have a go at working on the opening phrase for this song. Below is some example of how the notes can be grouped. Use this as a frame work to come up with some simple single stroke 8th note fill ideas. Try not to over think it! 

Thursday 03/05/18 6.30

Rudiments needs more practice. Paradiddle diddle and pataflafla to focus on for next week. 

Below is a fill by Gavin Harrison that uses a linear paradiddle diddle variation. 

Razor head: better this week. Smoother transitions and I got the impression that you are understanding the overall shape if the piece. Your bass drums still need to be more present and consistent. Practice each section (a,b,c etc) separately to a click at 145bpm to start with focusing on an even full sound. 

Thursday 05/03/18 17.30pm

Good work on the groove to finesse. 

Thus week your task is to look at the linear fill from the breakdown before the last chorus. 

Warm up with the sextuplet linear phrase before you start to build your hand foot coordination and speed! 

Thursday 03/05/18 5pm

Good work on the grooves for numb this week. As you work this to the track remember to think about your dynamics. Open hi-hat for the intro and choruses and a really strong snare drum and then a closed hi-hat and solid bass drum for the verses. 

Thursday 03/05/18 4.30pm

Party people: the first three bar groove is sound. Just try to feel it as one long phrase as much as possible. 

You also made a great start on the open hi-hats for the groove in bar 17 

Focus on both feet landing together on the beat. 

Reggae muffin: solo section coming together nicely. Just watch out for the up beat flam in the first bar of the last line. You are often starting this bar a beat too late. 

Thursday 03/05/18 4pm

Warm up: use the accent studies from last week. 

Below us the new one we looked at starting with a full stroke (all the way down all the way up) 

Here are the 16th note double bass drum grooves from the Break beat bible. Your bass drum control when playing 16th note doubles is much improved. Watch out for rushing the doubles in above the clouds.