Mika Säily
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Dear folks!
My name is Mika Säily (Mr.), a Finnish drummer and educator. I am happy to announce that I have recently released a new instructional book on brushes.
The Essentials of Brushes; basic movements, figures, and combinations; accessible, interactive e-book.
As the title suggests, the book focuses on the most important activities with the brushes. The concept originated from rudimental thinking, the four basic strokes. What are the basic gestures with the brushes?
I also ended up with four basic movements: (1) continuous movement, (2) contact motion with direction change, (3) detached brushing, and (4) brush stroke. The four basic movements generate nine figures, and 27 subchapters combine these figures.
To finish the concept, I composed 10 pieces to benefit practice brushes. The styles range from a Jazz ballad to fast Zydeco and include swinging rhythms in different tempos and grooves. The play-along tracks are the entire studio recordings with tenor sax, piano, and double bass. The pieces are recorded using a click track to make the practice more enjoyable. The lead sheets are included.
My own experience with the book material is deeply positive. My students enjoy practicing exercises in a group, especially with musical pieces. In addition, my students have been encouraged to play more with the brushes than before. I am also delighted with how students have learned to use their imagination to fit into the groove using figures and combinations.
I am also a little proud of how The Essentials of Brushes can inspire further exploration of the possibilities of the brushes, regardless of the style. Also, to strive for the value of the brushes to prevent them from disappearing from the drummers' toolbox.
The book is in PDF. An e-book is easy to distribute because of its downloadable nature.
The Essentials of Brushes is an interactive, dynamic e-book with bookmarks for comfortable navigation within the book and external links to videos attached to the Vimeo streaming service.
The book is also accessible to visually impaired people. Apple’s VoiceOver can read all the texts, find the links, and read alternative texts from the photos or musical notations. Adobe Acrobat can read out loud, except for alt text.
The Essentials of Brushes is also released in Finnish as an e-book and a spiral edition.
You are welcome to watch the promotional video and check my YouTube channel for the extra material on this book.
If you are interested in purchasing the e-book, the description of the video contains a link to my Etsy shop.
Thank you for your interest,
Mika Säily
My name is Mika Säily (Mr.), a Finnish drummer and educator. I am happy to announce that I have recently released a new instructional book on brushes.
The Essentials of Brushes; basic movements, figures, and combinations; accessible, interactive e-book.
As the title suggests, the book focuses on the most important activities with the brushes. The concept originated from rudimental thinking, the four basic strokes. What are the basic gestures with the brushes?
I also ended up with four basic movements: (1) continuous movement, (2) contact motion with direction change, (3) detached brushing, and (4) brush stroke. The four basic movements generate nine figures, and 27 subchapters combine these figures.
To finish the concept, I composed 10 pieces to benefit practice brushes. The styles range from a Jazz ballad to fast Zydeco and include swinging rhythms in different tempos and grooves. The play-along tracks are the entire studio recordings with tenor sax, piano, and double bass. The pieces are recorded using a click track to make the practice more enjoyable. The lead sheets are included.
My own experience with the book material is deeply positive. My students enjoy practicing exercises in a group, especially with musical pieces. In addition, my students have been encouraged to play more with the brushes than before. I am also delighted with how students have learned to use their imagination to fit into the groove using figures and combinations.
I am also a little proud of how The Essentials of Brushes can inspire further exploration of the possibilities of the brushes, regardless of the style. Also, to strive for the value of the brushes to prevent them from disappearing from the drummers' toolbox.
The book is in PDF. An e-book is easy to distribute because of its downloadable nature.
The Essentials of Brushes is an interactive, dynamic e-book with bookmarks for comfortable navigation within the book and external links to videos attached to the Vimeo streaming service.
The book is also accessible to visually impaired people. Apple’s VoiceOver can read all the texts, find the links, and read alternative texts from the photos or musical notations. Adobe Acrobat can read out loud, except for alt text.
The Essentials of Brushes is also released in Finnish as an e-book and a spiral edition.
You are welcome to watch the promotional video and check my YouTube channel for the extra material on this book.
If you are interested in purchasing the e-book, the description of the video contains a link to my Etsy shop.
Thank you for your interest,
Mika Säily