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The inspiration for this week’s lesson came from my excellent students.
I was musing that once we have a shared understanding of the concept I’m going to share in this video, two things happen. First, their progress accelerates, and they feel like they “unlock” a bunch of potential energy. Second, they acquire the freedom to go in a much more “personal” direction, creating their own vocabularies. The number of “wrong answers” shrinks to near-zero.
And I’m spoiled to have the students I have, because when I look across the drum landscape, I see a lot of drummers who feel “stuck”.
It’s not that they can’t play. On the contrary - they’ve put in a bunch of work, and are often in working bands. It’s just that they’ve lost track of how to achieve their goals. Their forward progress toward playing like the players they look up to has “stalled”. (Or appeared to stall.)
And a big source of inspiration for my videos are things that seem ultra-clear to me, and even to my students, but which, for some of the drumming world, are opaque. The videos practically write themselves.
As subscribers to this list, you might have an inkling what I’m talking about. But when I say it it will be obvious. It’s attention to detail.
In other words, the “how” - rather than just the “what” - you do in the practice room.
If you’re attentive to the most important details, you can work on practically anything, no matter how fundamental, and still get growth.
If you’re oblivious, it will seem like you keep putting in time, but you’re just stagnating.
But the solution is simple! Just start paying attention to these key details I’ll share in this video (but which, if you’ve followed me for some time, won’t be a huge mystery).
Hope you enjoy this one, and see you soon!