veecharlie
Senior Member
I'm just wondering out of curiosity. For me, was the understanding of rudiments as well as displacement + subdivision. Have a lot to still develop but would like to know how did you guys do it.
The only 'technique' I know of is to do something over and over until it sounds and feels good.
I'm just wondering out of curiosity. For me, was the understanding of rudiments as well as displacement + subdivision. Have a lot to still develop but would like to know how did you guys do it.
..Listen to lots and lots of music. Don't just hear the music. Listen very hard and deep..
..Start slow, be patient, and get enough sleep (sleep helps with muscle memory and just memory in general)..
That's a wide description and means different things to different people.
It's do, not did.
Really, no matter what I practice it's about an end result, how I wan to sound and the reasons for developing specific exercises is when something in there doesn't flow. It's almost all like that now, because there's little reason to do the rest, which of course is important before you get to that point. Still working on basics, just work it in a different way.
Lots of practice with sub-divisions and a steady sense of time.
Practicing specific fills over and over is stupid and for the most part makes you only good at those fills.
Practicing your placement of all the different ways to sub-divide the beat will get you ready for any fill you might want to play.
totally agree!!! I remember asking this same question when I was a kid. This is exactly what my first drum teacher told me lol. More practice and it will come alone...Not sure I understand the question. But my process has always been just that: putting in the time over years of playing. There is no magic bullet that will get you there other than you sitting at the instrument and doing. If you also sit and do at the instrument with other musicians simultaneously that’s even better.
With these 2 things a lot of things in a (musician's) life will be set..
Regarding (difficult) fills..
They are sometimes nice to learn/study and that process will never hurt someones playing..
That being said, i think is important to realise that playing difficult fills within the majority of lets say 'popular music', rarely adds something musical and in most cases is just a way to impress fellow musicians a little..For the avarage listener in the audience a fast single stroke 16th note fill during a few bars from tom-1 to tom-4, is just as impressive as any 'difficult' fill..
Powerfull fills in my opinion are fills that really say something..
Like for example in this one..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLYqTZKEpvs