DRUMMER CAFE

  Hey Rogue,
 
    I own Marco's book and think that it's awesome! I've only went through the warm-up exercises (they're hard enough as it is!) and I would learn two limbs and then add in the third part and then the fourth part. For example, I would play the foot pattern and then add the ride cymbal part and then add the snare part. Then I would do it again but this time starting with the snare & hi-hat pattern and then add in the bass drum part and then the ride cymbal. That way I was learning how all the parts went together. This took a lot of time (& frustration) to do but I feel that it helped me a lot. I'll probably never get to go through the actual book itself but the warm-ups alone can do amazing things for your independence.

     That book is two lifetimes of work (unless you're Marco Minnemann!) so good luck with it!

I do not have Marco's book, but have been working on my own ideas along these lines. What I do is learn the hand parts, then add the feet one foot at a time.

I work it up slowly of course and focus on extact beat placement. If I have to, I'll add the foot part one note at a time until I have the whole figure. I find this very helpful.

I like to add or subtract the parts at will. It sounds cool to start with one part and then add another, and then add another. People listening are like 'hey, how the heck can he do that?'.