Just in time for the Holidays, new gear available at our new online store! The perfect gift for those people in your life who are artistically minded. New products are being added as well.
This Is Your Brain On Drums: Clinical Study Reveals How Playing Drums Increases Brain Development
A recent article caught our attention, and that was a clinical study of the enhancements in brain activity and development of drummers. Yes, drummers specifically were studied, rather than all musicians. Typically you see a more generalized study group from across all instruments.
To paraphrase the conclusion of the study, students who are trained drummers from an early age develop more communication structures across the corpus callosum, which is the structure that separates the right and left hemispheres of the brain. The right side of your brain tends to control your artistic and creative ability, and your left side of your brain controls your analytical ability. Drummers who start training early can more effectively simultaneously engage both their right side and left sides of their brains across the board.
Drumming for All Ages, Part II.
One of my friends from back in the Crossmen days dropped by today to improvise a bit… this is a long video, but this is how ideas are developed…by exploration.
Drumming for All Ages.
People may think that studying at grooveKSQ is something for younger students. However, many experienced players drop by the studio to work out also, and the results are a lot of fun, and occasionally really loud....
If you are an adult that played drums in the past and want to get back into it, or a working drummer that wants to change some things up, let's talk.
Programming announcement: Tuesday Night Vinyl
CALLING ALL RECORD COLLECTORS AND ENTHUSIASTS!
On Tuesday, January 14th, grooveKSQ will host our first Tuesday Night Vinyl… a get together for music lovers who want to share their favorite records with a group of like minded people. This is a great opportunity for indie artists to bring their own work and share what they have created!
grooveFEST Spotlight: Thomas L
Thomas always makes highly adventurous musical selections when we choose songs to work on in lessons. This is no exception. This last event had a bit of everything: a marimba adaptation of a pop song, some jazz piano trio performance, and a 1980’s metal anthem, Van Halen’s Hot for Teacher. Anyone who is familiar with this track knows that the double bass drum shuffle runs throughout the entire track, and requires a LOT of concentration, especially so during the opening drum intro.