Bradastronaut
Senior Member
Ok so my predicament here is this...
I suck. I never used to, i used to be (well in my opinion) decent...my teacher would have said so aswell but i spent near enough a year away from a kit, and i had only been playing for a year to start off with, which probably makes it worse.
Now im back on my kit, but am getting realy frustrated at how i cant play any of the stuff i used to, i still know HOW to play it, but it seems my technique on the drum set has just dropped rediculously. Like i can still do everything on the pad, infact my rudiments are a lot quicker and accurate than they used to be since i have still had my pad to work on , but on the kit is a completely different story.
all i want out of my playing is a SOLID, energetic and silky smooth punk rock/reggae/ska style. Although i would like do delve into drum and bass, linear grooves and afro cuban, but i dont wanna go into them until i am completely solid and fluent in the styles of music i listen to most. However...
I DONT KNOW HOW TO GET THERE.
i have several problems i would like to address which stop me from getting there.
my fills between the toms and snare are horrible, i just cant do them, sticks fall out my hands, not getting enough power out the hits on the toms, missing the toms even! i only have one 10" and a 16" floor tom and i just wanna master getting around them so i feel comfortable doing rolls on and around every part of my kit.
I keep missing the hi hat and cymbals coming out of and inbetween fills! this isnt often, but its often enough to frustrate me, i dunno what it is cause i know where they are and i use them plenty!
How long should i practice a beat or fill for at a time until i move onto another? should i start off rediculously slow (like 60bpm) and move up to the speed in which i will need to play it at (such as 210 max)
and would it be possible to acheive the style i want by 6 months time if i have an hour a day practice and maybe 2/3 hours on weekends?
I suck. I never used to, i used to be (well in my opinion) decent...my teacher would have said so aswell but i spent near enough a year away from a kit, and i had only been playing for a year to start off with, which probably makes it worse.
Now im back on my kit, but am getting realy frustrated at how i cant play any of the stuff i used to, i still know HOW to play it, but it seems my technique on the drum set has just dropped rediculously. Like i can still do everything on the pad, infact my rudiments are a lot quicker and accurate than they used to be since i have still had my pad to work on , but on the kit is a completely different story.
all i want out of my playing is a SOLID, energetic and silky smooth punk rock/reggae/ska style. Although i would like do delve into drum and bass, linear grooves and afro cuban, but i dont wanna go into them until i am completely solid and fluent in the styles of music i listen to most. However...
I DONT KNOW HOW TO GET THERE.
i have several problems i would like to address which stop me from getting there.
my fills between the toms and snare are horrible, i just cant do them, sticks fall out my hands, not getting enough power out the hits on the toms, missing the toms even! i only have one 10" and a 16" floor tom and i just wanna master getting around them so i feel comfortable doing rolls on and around every part of my kit.
I keep missing the hi hat and cymbals coming out of and inbetween fills! this isnt often, but its often enough to frustrate me, i dunno what it is cause i know where they are and i use them plenty!
How long should i practice a beat or fill for at a time until i move onto another? should i start off rediculously slow (like 60bpm) and move up to the speed in which i will need to play it at (such as 210 max)
and would it be possible to acheive the style i want by 6 months time if i have an hour a day practice and maybe 2/3 hours on weekends?