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!