Tag: drum instructor

  • Listening experience.

    As I have mentioned in earlier post, I now routinely sit down and listen to some music. I do nothing else: I relax, eyes closed and open the cabbage leaves on each side of my melon to explore the garden of sound proposed to my attention (we are in the fall, which is the gathering…

  • The 3 maybe 4 big ones.

    I’ve been getting some CD box sets lately. I Got the George Szell one, for example. That was after I purchased the Vladimir Ashkenazy one. We are talking about classical music, here. George Szell was a conductor who directed the Cleveland Symphonic Orchestra. Ashkenazy is a pianist who’s taste and interpretation happen to coincide a…

  • Amadeus

    We were watching yesterday the movie “Amadeus” with my Sweetie. We were presented with the Director’s cut, a version I hadn’t seen yet. Two scenes, previously unknown stood out. The first one is when Mozart wife Stanzie agrees to delivers sexual favors to Salieri in order for her husband to be able to teach young…

  • The business.

    As I live my life as a musician, I realize that there are many more aspect to said life than I thought at first. I went into it assuming it will be mainly playing the drums or the piano for an attentive crowd, or talking and explaining things to an attentive student (my audience is…

  • Injuries

    It is not easy to hurt yourself on the piano or the drums… at the beginning. It is not easy to get a tendon or nerve disease while practicing the piano or the drums… when you start. It is difficult to get a long term condition related to the activity of drumming or playing the…

  • Let it go.

    Let it go.

    Sometimes it’s important not to fret it, so to speak. You’re someone who’s decided to learn an instrument. You’ve been diligent and organized about your practice. Every day but Fridays (or Tuesdays, if you’re a Tuesday person), you will sit down and try to progress on them keys or on them drums. You’ve been very…

  • Camping

    We just went to the Michigan Upper Peninsula with my Sweetie. It is the land of the cold and harsh winter. It is the land of the frozen trees where summer heat is just a respite before the snow covers it all. By the end of September they expect the warm temperature to pack it…

  • What do you need?

    What is the equipment you need for you first steps into drumming? A lot of people assume that before you take a lesson, you’re going to need a drum kit. I do not recommend it. Look, if you got an instrument that’s great, congratulations! But it could also mean you bought something without knowing if…

  • How long does it take to learn drums?

    Good question! A rock rhythm doesn’t take long. Usually in a few minutes one can already get the basics and play along a straight forward song. Learning a fill requires even less time and it’s a lot of fun. You fly on the toms, making noise and smiling, then you land on a big old…

  • Adding music in your life

    When someone start an instrument it could be for many different reasons. Usually, in case of an adult, the burn has been going on for a long time, the desire has had time to mature. In any case, the person has been listening to music with the strong intent to, one of these days, get…