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2-mallets/Rip Tide Sightread – Bach partita Warmup/Improv/Technique – improvised in dorian scale over a C# drone, focus on incorporating double strokes that […]

Morning reading: The Percussionist’s Art, by Steven Schick – Intro, and started the first chapter, Because the World is Round 2-mallets/Rip Tide […]

Morning reading: Alcantara’s Indirect Procedures – Conclusion   2-mallets/Rip Tide Warmup/Improv/Technique – within range of Rip Tide, played around with singles and […]

Morning reading: Alcantara, Indirect Procedures Chapter 18 – Stage Fright   Snare/Drumset Warmup/Improv/Technique – Going in, my intention was to work on […]

Morning reading: Alcantara, Indirect Procedures, Chapter 17 – Integrative Practice Strategies. This chapter reinforced many strategies that I already use in practice […]

Morning reading: Indirect Procedures, by Alcantara, Chapter 16: Daily Practice (again) Sightread Bach Violin Sonata, to ‘clear the air’ 😉   Snare drum/drumset Warmup/Improv/Technique […]

Morning reading: Alcantara, Indirect Procedures Chapter 16 – Daily Practice   Snare drum/drumset (not drum pad!!) Warmup/Improvisation/Technique – I decided to do […]

Morning reading: Chapter 15 from Alcantara’s Indirect Procedures Snare Drum Improvisation/Warmup/Technique – rudimental style with sections including focus on flam rudiments – lots […]

Morning reading: Indirect Procedures, by Pedro de Alcantara, Chapter 14-Aesthetic Judgement   Snare drum Warmup – Improvised starting with flam rudiments, and […]

Morning reading – Indirect Procedures, by Pedro de Alcantara (re: Alexander Technique) Chapter 13: Technique   Snare drum Warmup – improvised in Lt. […]

Today is my first day back to teaching after a semester (and summer) sabbatical. The day I finished teaching last fall was […]

Snare Drum Warmup – 8s, stick control with clave accents, metronome at 100bpm Played thru Surface Drifts RH/LH rhythms on snare, metronome […]

Snare drum Warmup – 8s, stick control triplet-style Played thru RH/LH rhythm of Surface Drifts on snare drum… not as easy to […]

I decided to take a day off practicing yesterday. I needed a mental break, and my left wrist was a little swollen/bruised/tender…I […]

Snare drum A few days ago I rearranged a mirror in my practice room at home to a space next to my […]

Snare drum Warmup/technique – 8s, stick control 16s at 116bpm; controlled bounces 2, 3, 4 into rolls at 71bpm. Sightread Les Parks […]

My goals for the day are to work through all of Rip Tide, and to get four-mallets in hands for at least […]

Snare Drum Warmup/technique – 8s, 16/32nds, stick control 1-8 no accents, 16th-note triplets with various accents – metronome at 97bpm Sightreading – […]

Snare Drum Warmup/technique – singles/8s/8-16s/doubles, metronome on at 83bpm-playing triplet based rhythms, shifting between fingers and wrist as the primary motivator Sightreading […]

Well, it has been a few weeks since I’ve posted my practice. I have been intermittently practicing between last minute summer travels, […]