Thursday 22/02/18 9pm

Neil: fills for eye of the tiger are coming together nicely. Well played to the track, just watch fir the bass drum pattern at the end if the fill in the first time bar. Stay relaxed don't practice to fast and really focus on the way you want the fill to sound. 

Ben: check the groove variations on the first page. You are reading them well but the feel still needs to be more thoroughly established. Tighten up the drags on the intro so your fill sounds crisp and in time. Keep thinking "how do I want this to sound?" 

Thursday 22/02/18 8.30pm

This week practice the 8ths to 16th note sticking pattern. Try not to pull the strokes when you p,at the 16ths. 

Seven nation army was better this week. Now try to focus on the transition between each groove. P,at four bars of one and then a smooth change in to the next. 

 Especially look at the fill in bar 13 and 14

Thursday 22/02/18 8pm

Warm up: 

Flam paradiddles and paradiddlediddle. Start with the mechanics of what you are trying to do. Once you have this then start thinking about your technique, playing clean relaxed doubles,letting the stick rebound enough to get a strong flow to the excercise. 

Mohair mountain: up to section C to the track. Again once you are happy with the mechanics of the various grooves and fills, start to develop your technique (think about grip and releasing and tension while you play) 

Pop it in the top: start working on the first page to the track. Your goal is a tight pushy feel so not over hitting or tending up will be key to achieving the correct sound and feel for the genre. 

Thursday 22/02/18 7pm

Great work on don't say nuthin from last week! You really got inside the feel and sound if the track. Thus week's break is "Chinese Chicken" on P25. Things to focus on: be really careful where the accented and ghosted snare drums are placed. Notice the way the groove is shaped almost the same in bar 2 and 3 and how this affects the feel of the whole phrase. 

Use ex 1-7 on page 29 to develop your 16th snare doubles. Watch the hi-hat does not dominate and both snare hits are even but not tense/ forced. 

Played it right: intro much better this week. Good relaxed approach, clean and well phrased sound. Now try working the simplified groove (essentially minus the snare ghost notes) into the first verse, again focus on the feel, don't over hit the hi-hat! 

Thursday 6pm 22/02/18

Tech study 1: first two bars looking much better. Remember to relax when you play the five stroke roll. Visualise how you want the stick to move and the shape of sound you wish to produce! 

 Warning: fill in bar better. You are aiming for a smooth triplet feel to this phrase. 

The groove at bar 9 has a swung 16th feel. Listen to listen to Steve Jordan on room for squares. "My stupid mouth" and "neon" are great examples of this feel. 

Thursday 22/02/18 5.30pm

Good on the Matt McGuire track this week. Work on all the groove changes and fills up to the pre chorus. Use the video of the fills to help you if you a reminder of how it should sound! 

Well done thus week Bo, your grip and control have improved massively 

Thursday 22/92/18 5pm

Chop Suey: intro and transition fill can now be played to the track. 

Focus on the groove at section c for next week. Make sure you play this groove with a crisp 16th not feel not a swung 8th note.

 Below is each groove written out: