As promised, video from each of our performers is below. These young people did an outstanding job. Enjoy!
Story Time: Why Was the July Practice Challenge Important?
In the final video of the July Practice Challenge, Bryan talks about the two goals behind the Challenge, and also there’s a bit of philosophy of why the studio exists and how it helps its members, beginners or advanced.
Improvisational Exercise, long form
Routine in our practice is a valuable thing. There is value in staying organized and focused in our quest to improve. However, too much routine can be detrimental to your growth as a drumset artist. This is an example of a long form improvisational exercise that I use with my students - I'll hold down a pattern (this one happens to be in 12/8), and the student's job is to not think - just create. It takes some time to free oneself from your own headspace. I recommend trying this for at least 15 - 20 minutes. Once you can spend a hour continuously in this headspace, some interesting things can result.
In this video, David Robinson comes up with some interesting ideas over the 12/8. Spend some time with this video and you will see what I mean.
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New Video Lesson: 7/8 Punctuation
This is an exercise in 7/8 time signature that is designed to build dexterity in both hands, and enhance the ability to create some interesting “big endings” using a rudimentary base and some advanced hand speed. As with everything, start this slowly and build your speed up until you can play this with some fluidity. Good luck!
7/8 Punctuation Exercise by Bryan Tuk Drums on Scribd
Student Video: Thomas L.
Here at groove, we use video a lot, because it is the single best tool for self analysis. Check out this play through video from Thomas L, covering “Rosanna” by Toto. This is a difficult song to play from both a technical standpoint and a feel standpoint, and takes a long time to get under control.
