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Drummers Wanted (Dallas)
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It's amazing what hard work and proper practice skills can do for your drumming dreams!
Let's go BEYOND the routine, boring "classes" you may have taken in school or at the music store.
Rock, Blues, Country, Pop, Jazz, Gospel, Marching Band, Orchestral, take your pick!
You can quickly recognize the right beat to play for any song. You'll amaze your bandmates, family, and friends with your new improvisational skills!
How do you get the most out of practice? What to do to advance quickly?
Is it possible to NOT drive others nutz while practicing? This is the main reason most students quit. Don't become a "STOP that noise!" casualty.
You can get basic experience playing in a band, you should know how to effectively audition!
Want to be in a band? There is simple, basic drum notation to use to chart lots of songs quickly and blow em away at the next session!
You can learn to play hand percussion with tambourine, maracas, and lots more.
Quickly improve your meter, cadence, and rhythmic skills, beat creation, no matter if you're just starting out or want to learn new, complex rhythms.
Specialize in double bass pedal technique, ride cymbal differentiation, polyrhythms, and DYNAMICS. Take your drumming to the next level and BEYOND!
Do you sing? How about drumming and singing simultaneously? Let's find out if you have natural talent.
Want to develop your own unique style? You came to the right place!
Check it OUT!
"Don's Drum Rudiments"
1) The Three Basic Beats:
A) Boom Chick- first one to learn and most frequently used
B) Leading- Boom Boom Chick (Rock)
C) Following- Chick Boom Boom (Blues).
2) Eighth Notes (right hand) on the Hat, Sixteenth Notes (both hands) on the Hat
3) Twelfth Note Rhythm on the Hat (both hands)
4) Swing Beat (following doublets on ride cymbal on the bass notes)
5) Latin Beat (using a Funky Rhythm with doublets on a tom following the snare note)
6) Chelsea Beat
7) Doublets and Triplets on the Double Bass Pedal
8) Three Four Time ("one two three, one two three"), used in Country Music
9) Slow Blues Ride Cymbal Technique with Leading & Following Doublets
10) Five Four Time, Seven Eight Time
11) Jazz Style, Jazz Riffs
12) Funky Rhythms, Syncopation
13) Double Bass + Toms Roll
14) Drum Fills
15) Riding on the Floor Tom
16) Don's Proprietary Drum Notation
17) How to Play Drums in a Band
18) Counting Intros and leading the Outros
19) How to Learn to Play Songs
20) Sticks, Rods, Brushes, Mallets
21) Dynamics!
22) Courteously Playing With Others
23) Singing While Drumming
24) Muting Your Drums (for quiet practice!)
Reply via CL email relay or call Don and we will talk. Let's discuss your drumming experience, aspirations, and expectations.