Over the past week I have been practicing drums for at least a couple of hours every day. I have been building on my foundations i.e rudiments, stick control, co-ordination etc. When I oractice the drums i always practice with a click track (metranome) which i believe helps to improve my playing expinentialy. I have been gigging inand around dundee a lot over the past week aswell, I think this also improves my playing with regarads to confidence and experience. Not only have I been working on my first instrument i have also been working on my second instrument which is singing, I often sing and play drums at the same time or at diferent time when I am gigging. Time signatures are things I hae been looking into at the moment with regars to identifying them from listening to tracks and trying to learn the drum beat, which a lot of the time requires me to write them down first. I think working with iregular time signatures is one of the starting points at becoming a more versitle performer aswell as learning different styles. Aswell as gigging I have found myself practicing inbetween times with multiple bands (4-5) to ensure a tight and well excecuted performance is delivered. This requires me to be punctual and make sure I am attending the practices at the correct time if not early to provide time to set up and warm up.
Here are some links of me playing gigs where i use my vocals and drums togather and seperate. The last two were not recorded within the last week however I do these things on a regular basis. If you are following me Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoy the videos. :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDSRRqUn-ss
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx6QXo86RIk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGW1Ia5k3os&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUV8sBnedU0
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