Schist, I must say I am left with a feeling you don't really want to be contributed to. When someone like Matt comes along and gets interested in you, you tell him off right quick. It tells me the problem is not time (it actually never is...), but your approach to involving your surroundings (family, neighbors etc) in getting what you want.
I assert you can have twice as much practice time at least if you take on being open to people in general, and what they have to offer.
This said with the only wish that you get the extraordinary drumming results and experiences YOU want!
Casper
In the 2 years that Schist has been a member of this forum, he has started over 20 different threads, requesting assistance for problems that almost always come from shortcuts taken while trying to play fast. I know this because the majority of these threads begin with a discussion of 200+ bpm.
A sample of Schist's
need help threads include:
Having trouble with clean multi-tom rolls?
Offbeat note spacing problem
Building power in left foot
Double bass flams!
Yet another blister complaint
Tom Roll Help
Double-bass lower back ache
Is regression cyclical?
Bass drum practice pad help?
Shoes Advice
French Grip Help etc.
When discussing Schist's hand technique, there is this one underlying theme that always goes back to holding sticks too tightly/ blisters etc/ deriving from a lack of suitable preparation, including but not limited to appropriate warmups, alongside never understanding that all prep elements are directly related to the other. In other words, if you don't warm up properly, then devote appropriate time towards relaxed hands via multiple repetitions, then yes you will always need
French Grip Help, Tom Roll Help, and have ongoing regression issues. That won't change simply because you start a new thread or rephrase yet another version of the same question. As for participating in such a farce, I know better now.
I am actually writing this for others who may harbor similar thoughts about drumming. Unless you are something very unique, you're simply going to have to work at it by putting in the required hours. If you don't want to do that, then don't aspire to play the very things that demand the time and effort you're not willing to devote.
It's as simple as that.
Like others here, I often grow weary of the shortcut crowd who think all this technique stuff happens overnight, while continually on the lookout for the right book or catchphrase they hope will make that journey shorter, while never understanding that the journey itself is one of the main reasons we work at music.
Perhaps DW should entertain placing a limit on the number of times one poster can start an advice thread. Too many $50 answers for free probably dilute their value.