When you rWhen you really think about it playing the drums or any instrument for that matter is a huge undertaking.
There are so many styles, so much vocabulary and so much technical development to be undergone that it can be easy to get a little overwhelmed at times.
Just when you think you have that tricky over the bar line rudimental based fill together comes the horrible realisation that you haven't spent enough time working on your Latin feels lately.
Especially when all you really wanted to do was play the music that you love!
I think this is one of the major causes of young intermediate students becoming disengaged with drum lessons at one point or another.
SO what do you want to do?
Why do you want to do it?
What tools do you need to get there?
You have to get organised!!!
Organise your practice sessions into short achievable goals. A collection of 'little victories' that will lead you to your goals and help keep your spirits up along the way.
It's also very important I feel to decide what is relevant and needed for your playing TODAY.
Is that cascara pattern going to help your gig in the orchestra on thursday?
Or would your time be better spent working on your buzz rolls and dynamics?
If your playing some metal on Saturday hadn't you better dust off the double pedal and put away that funk book?
Again by doing that I'm sure the end result ie the gig will be better so you'll feel a sense of improvement quicker in your playing and therefor feel the desire to practice more!!
I encourage my students to keep a practice log of some kind so they can organise there practice in this way.
On the days when you feel you need a drumming 'pick me up' it can be revitalising to turn back to the first few pages of your practice log and realise something you were once really struggling with is now a fully usable part of your playing vocabulary.
Give it a go.
Happy drumming
There are so many styles, so much vocabulary and so much technical development to be undergone that it can be easy to get a little overwhelmed at times.
Just when you think you have that tricky over the bar line rudimental based fill together comes the horrible realisation that you haven't spent enough time working on your Latin feels lately.
Especially when all you really wanted to do was play the music that you love!
I think this is one of the major causes of young intermediate students becoming disengaged with drum lessons at one point or another.
SO what do you want to do?
Why do you want to do it?
What tools do you need to get there?
You have to get organised!!!
Organise your practice sessions into short achievable goals. A collection of 'little victories' that will lead you to your goals and help keep your spirits up along the way.
It's also very important I feel to decide what is relevant and needed for your playing TODAY.
Is that cascara pattern going to help your gig in the orchestra on thursday?
Or would your time be better spent working on your buzz rolls and dynamics?
If your playing some metal on Saturday hadn't you better dust off the double pedal and put away that funk book?
Again by doing that I'm sure the end result ie the gig will be better so you'll feel a sense of improvement quicker in your playing and therefor feel the desire to practice more!!
I encourage my students to keep a practice log of some kind so they can organise there practice in this way.
On the days when you feel you need a drumming 'pick me up' it can be revitalising to turn back to the first few pages of your practice log and realise something you were once really struggling with is now a fully usable part of your playing vocabulary.
Give it a go.
Happy drumming
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