tcollins412
Junior Member
Hey there!
I'm relatively new to drumming. I used to play when I was younger, and then I couldn't play anymore. But now 6 years later, I'm picking it up again. I've been playing snare this year in school. An hour a day five days a week. I go to an art school so we practice a lot. I've been playing the set for about two or three months. I can read music pretty well. And I can play rock beats. I can't do fills to save my life, and my speed leaves a lot to be desired. I can't play and jazz or swing which I'm very interested in.
I have this practice regime that I'm going to start daily, with the occasional day that I might be a bit too busy:
Drum warm up (working from: http://www.onlinedrummer.com/forum/index.php?/forum/59-morning-warm-ups-with-andy-ziker/) - 5 minutes
Excersises/reading (working from: Ultimate Realistic Rock by Carmine Appice) - 25 minutes
play with time/reading drum charts/working with variations (working from: Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials 1.0 book) - 25 minutes
Fastest way to get faster (working from: http://www.drumeo.com/) - 25 minutes
Jazz (working from: The Art of Bop Drumming and Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials 1.0 book) - 20 minutes
100 minutes total practice time.
If anybody has any ideas or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks to all of you!
I'm relatively new to drumming. I used to play when I was younger, and then I couldn't play anymore. But now 6 years later, I'm picking it up again. I've been playing snare this year in school. An hour a day five days a week. I go to an art school so we practice a lot. I've been playing the set for about two or three months. I can read music pretty well. And I can play rock beats. I can't do fills to save my life, and my speed leaves a lot to be desired. I can't play and jazz or swing which I'm very interested in.
I have this practice regime that I'm going to start daily, with the occasional day that I might be a bit too busy:
Drum warm up (working from: http://www.onlinedrummer.com/forum/index.php?/forum/59-morning-warm-ups-with-andy-ziker/) - 5 minutes
Excersises/reading (working from: Ultimate Realistic Rock by Carmine Appice) - 25 minutes
play with time/reading drum charts/working with variations (working from: Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials 1.0 book) - 25 minutes
Fastest way to get faster (working from: http://www.drumeo.com/) - 25 minutes
Jazz (working from: The Art of Bop Drumming and Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials 1.0 book) - 20 minutes
100 minutes total practice time.
If anybody has any ideas or suggestions, please let me know. Thanks to all of you!