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mateus

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What to practice when you're without your drums...

« on: May 13, 2002, 12:51 PM »

I mean, what to practice when you have to travel or by any means get a lot of time away from a drumset... Just with a pad and sticks... And continue developing your technics...

Ok guys Huh


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sidereal

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Re:What to practice when you're without your drums...

« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2002, 01:00 PM »

I don't. And I felt the effects of my vacation during this weekend's gigs. Lips Sealed

When I'm away I take a mini cassette recorder with me as I did this last time. When I get a beat idea in my head, I'll "sing" it into the recorder. I came up with this cool groove in 7 that had some nifty shifting feels for verse and chorus changes.


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mateus

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Re:What to practice when you're without your drums...

« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2002, 01:24 PM »

Quote from: sidereal on May 13, 2002, 01:00 PM

When I'm away I take a mini cassette recorder with me as I did this last time. When I get a beat idea in my head, I'll "sing" it into the recorder.

I do this a lot too... Some time ago I have done some cool grooves when I was away of my drums... And I forgot them all... @$%# I didn't wrote them...


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Misenko

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Re:What to practice when you're without your drums...

« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2002, 04:08 PM »

When your without a kit? good god man, how would you live??? Grin

I have it on good authority that practicing rudiments of the drums as well as on helps control, say on a pillow or your lap. So i do that when I'm not at my kit. But man, I just tap everything anyway! Wink

Misenko.


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mateus

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Re:What to practice when you're without your drums...

« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2002, 06:42 AM »

Yep, me too misenko... And this is the problem...

But what I wish you all to help me is: "What to practice when you only have a pad". Wink


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Re:What to practice when you're without your drums...

« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2002, 08:05 AM »

rudiments, rudiments, rudiments, and rudiments. if you have sticks as well, only a pad wont get you anywhere hehe

playing along with songs you hear on the pad is nice


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iluvatars_dog

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Re:What to practice when you're without your drums...

« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2002, 07:07 AM »

Don,t foget to tap away with you feet aslos.Do them rudiments with you feet.
Great when you Watching TV show. On a bus or train . Mind you don,t do then when you driveing a car Wink

Sitting typeing at a desk. Siting in the pub with you freinds, you can tap away under the table . And heck if music beening play in the place that can be use as a metronome.
Aslo really great for you double bass parts. And any of yours who don,t have much time at the kit as they wolud like.