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Warmup – worked stick control, roll, rudiment exercises on pad; sightread Les Parks’ rudimental snare solos Rip Tide Technique – double-stop 8th-note […]
percussionist, educator, noise maker
percussionist, educator, noise maker
Warmup – worked stick control, roll, rudiment exercises on pad; sightread Les Parks’ rudimental snare solos Rip Tide Technique – double-stop 8th-note […]
Warmup – worked through several Morello-style variations on paradiddle permutation on the drum pad; various stick control exercises Sightread – rudimental snare […]
Surface Drifts Warmup/technique – SI exercises; SA exercises = P4-M2 leading with both inside and outside mallets, up and down keyboard; DV […]
Surface Drifts Technique/warmup – SI/DV warmups; interval changing exercises m2-octave; chromatic scale exercises, focus on mallet combinations 1/3, 2/4, 2/3 for building […]
So, I had to take a few days off to recover from snow day shoveling inflammation in both my wrists and elbows. […]
Drumset Warmup/technique – Morello-style stick control variations with triplets, 16ths, 5s, 6s, 7s, 32nd, flams, etc.; paradiddle variations in feet (8ths) with […]
Rip Tide Warmup/technique – chromatic exercises (scales, m3/M3) with unison 8ths at 1/4 note = 160bpm; octaves as alternating 16ths at 1/4 […]
Drumset Warmup/technique – worked on several paradiddle variations from the drumset book I am reviewing; worked through several pages of Soph’s Musical […]
Surface Drifts Warmup/technique – DV exercises (m3/M3, different in each hand, moving in opposite directions); SI exercises – 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 2/4 […]
Drumset Stick control warmup with samba in double bass (right foot on down beat, left foot on pickup; and the opposite); exercise […]
Since I spent so much in studio, in performance and working with project collaborators these last few days, I didn’t get any […]
I was really busy over the weekend with orchestra rehearsals and performance, a recording session and a day of workshopping initial ideas […]
It is a windy 60 degrees out today. I opened the window in my practice room so I can accompany the wind. […]