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After 2 months I’m back!
May 16th
So it’s been a while since I posted on here and that’s because I have had a lot going on. First I had to take my SAT (2100), then I had some standardized testing then I had my ACT (30 with my writing score, 31 without) then I had my AP testing, all along with my other stuff including school project essays and of course jazz band. As far as Jazz band goes I’ve had 2 or 3 performances. Our Jazz combo and big band both played at the Fullerton Jazz festival in March (the combo got 3rd and the big band got 5th), where I had a pretty off day. More >
Drummer Todd Walker – Polyrhythms “5 Over 2″ and “7 over 2″
Mar 20th
These are just really cool lessons. I haven’t added them to the video section yet because I have to make a new page for miscellaneous videos. But check out his drumming faces! BEAST!
Posts, or rather the lack of posts…
Mar 1st
Sorry I haven’t been posting that much recently. I have been swamped with school work and I just haven’t had time to write. Even now I should be finish a history project so I have to wrap this up. Look for a new post on Thursday (hopefully).
Not really drum related, but still important
Feb 21st
http://www.mdgmonitor.org/index.cfm
“The MDG Monitor shows how countries are progressing in their efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). With the 2015 target date fast approaching, it is more important than ever to understand where the goals are on track, and where additional efforts and support are needed, both globally and at the country level.” – The MDG Website
Cool Music Suggestion Tool
Feb 21st
http://audiomap.tuneglue.net is a website 
that let’s you type in an artist or group. Then it you can click expand and it will show you some related artists or groups. In this picture I typed Miles Davis, expanded it, then expanded Coltrane. It’s really helpful if you are looking for new music.
Spirit of Jazz
Feb 21st
I just thought this was a cool slideshow that Getty put together showing jazz through pictures.
The Chinese Mythical Beast Versus the Russian
Feb 16th
If you understood the title of this, than you know I’m going to be talking about tempo. More specifically dragging (dragon) and rushing (Russian). There is never really a time when you should being doing either of these things, and I think that they often get mixed up with playing in front of or behind the beat. When you are playing ahead of or behind the beat, you still have a solid, unchanging sense of where one is, as opposed to dragging or rushing, when you actually quicken or slow down the tempo. As a drummer the most important thing should be the tempo, so dragging and rushing are habits that must be eliminated.
Video Section!!!
Feb 15th
So the video section actually has something in it now. I just finished adding 18 videos to the Jazz section, but I hope to get at least 100 videos up throughout the categories by next week. It’s almost 2:00 AM here in Southern California, and my cognitive abilities are slowing down. So I’m going to go to bed now. I should have more videos up tomorrow (well actually later today), providing I can finish my Math and History homework early. Feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Layout changes
Feb 12th
If you are a regular to this site you’ll have noticed that there have been lots of changes within the past couple weeks. I’m trying to fix some bugs right now, so please please bare with me. And I should have that video archive up and running by Monday. Thanks
Being Relaxed, and update information
Feb 1st
So it’s been a while since I last really posted on here. And when I mean post I don’t mean any of those short little dinky posts I put up that have almost no content or have promises that I haven’t completely lived up to. But don’t worry I will try to post more often and I will finish that video page.
I really want to get that video page up because i think that there are a lot valuable resources out there that aren’t always easy to find. And what’s more, most of them are free, especially on YouTube. However, when I go to look things up I almost always get the same few channels like Freedrumlessons.com, or Mike Johnston’s videos. And don’t get me wrong, these are great videos especially Mike’s because they really make you work hard. But I know there are other people out there that post great videos, and I want to make a place where people can access them a lot faster. I especially want to make it easier to find stuff based upon skill level and genre. So today I want to see if I can get at least a few videos up. In the meantime, I’m going to talk a little about being relaxed.
