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What Archetype Of Drum Set Drummer Are You Happiest Being?
Larger Than Life (Neil Peart, Mike Portnoy)
Hip Hop (Quest Love, Anthony Allen)
Basic Back Beat (Charlie Watts, Mick Fleetwood)
Im Only Here For The Video Games (Wii, Rock Band, Guitar Hero)
Sophisticated (Carter Beautford, Vinnie Colaiuta, Chad Wackerman, Tony Royster Jr.)
Jazzer (Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Peter Erskine)
Pit Maestro (Broadway and Orchestra Pits Drummers)
Driving Rock (Travis Barker, Dave Grohl)
Check List For My Drumming
Playing my beats steady? Yes No
Mixing the volume of my hands and feet in my beats?Yes No
Playing Cool & interesing fills?Yes No
Making smooth transitions from beats to fills (and back)?Yes No
My playing complements the musicYes No
Awareness is critical to your sounding great!
Solutions For Common Drum Set Problems
Problem: tendency to rush fills and then beat starts going faster too
Solution: Practice your fills with a click beat and record or video yourself
Problem: When I play my fill, I don't know where I am in the beat and lose my place
Solution: See if you can write out the notes and figure out what is happening on each beat -
understand what is really happening in the fill
Problem: I can't get the coordination of this beat!
Solution: 1) look at the notes and understand it 2) take it super ultra slow and play all hands and feet at the right times -then gradually speed up and get your coordination
