A lot of very interesting stuff. I can clearly see how it relates to the experience I have had as (always) a drummer and later getting my masters in classical percussion. An interesting thing I have come a cross and correlates to this is an perceived actual positive effect on drumming from learning how to spin sticks/things in between my fingers (on both hands). I figure it has separated the "pathways" to every finger to develop neurologically and not only physically the way I previously thought about it. Another thing is the different ways of learning and there are a lot of different opinions among educators, some even argue there is no such thing as a "visual" or "physical" learners. From my experience getting rid of bad habits and learning some insane (my specialty) modern percussion solos, there is mainly one, not so secret, way of doing it. It's mainly a mater of the numbers of "good" repetitions vs "bad" repetitions. How ever you get more/only the good ones "in the bank" is a valid way of learning. Slowing down, breaking it down, learning it backwards, using sheet music, etc. Popular quotes like "Perfect practice makes perfect performance" has some level of scientific truth to it (there are some very interesting studies/papers on this) but is obviously neglecting other mental aspects of performance situations. Another quote is "Amateurs practice until they can get it right. Professionals practice until the can't get it wrong." Implicating that that way of practicing is mainly for the "next level" stuff and maybe not for everybody.
I've definitely experienced my brain "combining" (for lack of better word, the opposite of "differentiating" as stated in the video) my limbs when playing beats. For example, playing a common 2-4 beat does not feel like 3 limbs doing different things, but rather they all feel like they are doing 1 movement in coordination with each other. While that "combining" may be more efficient for the brain, it seems to work against getting to be an advanced drummer. I can'e see how poly-rhythmic drummers can improvise without their brain 100% differentiating between all their limbs. A good next video would be to go more in depth on how to "force" the brain to differentiate limbs, rather than "combine" limbs into a single movement (simplifying here but hope you know what i mean).
Difficult, you have great fitness tips(for me lower back , and between the shoulder muscles). But you have to adjust and balance a lot of fitness makes you sore and takes the focus out of drums.. Matt Garstka(Animals as leaders) has also great advise in this field..Or Kenny Aronoff he''' s 71 ! Has fitness and yoga routines..
This conversation was absolutely amazing, thank you guys for sharing your thoughts, experiences and passion.
Brilliant.
This is absolutely fascinating
Thank you! I think so too!!
Amazing advice. So much to ponder!
Glad you think so! I loved this episode
Definitely do a part 2! This was fantastic! 😎
Will do!!
A lot of very interesting stuff. I can clearly see how it relates to the experience I have had as (always) a drummer and later getting my masters in classical percussion. An interesting thing I have come a cross and correlates to this is an perceived actual positive effect on drumming from learning how to spin sticks/things in between my fingers (on both hands). I figure it has separated the "pathways" to every finger to develop neurologically and not only physically the way I previously thought about it.
Another thing is the different ways of learning and there are a lot of different opinions among educators, some even argue there is no such thing as a "visual" or "physical" learners. From my experience getting rid of bad habits and learning some insane (my specialty) modern percussion solos, there is mainly one, not so secret, way of doing it. It's mainly a mater of the numbers of "good" repetitions vs "bad" repetitions. How ever you get more/only the good ones "in the bank" is a valid way of learning. Slowing down, breaking it down, learning it backwards, using sheet music, etc. Popular quotes like "Perfect practice makes perfect performance" has some level of scientific truth to it (there are some very interesting studies/papers on this) but is obviously neglecting other mental aspects of performance situations. Another quote is "Amateurs practice until they can get it right. Professionals practice until the can't get it wrong." Implicating that that way of practicing is mainly for the "next level" stuff and maybe not for everybody.
Thanks for the comment! Love the thoughts
I've definitely experienced my brain "combining" (for lack of better word, the opposite of "differentiating" as stated in the video) my limbs when playing beats. For example, playing a common 2-4 beat does not feel like 3 limbs doing different things, but rather they all feel like they are doing 1 movement in coordination with each other. While that "combining" may be more efficient for the brain, it seems to work against getting to be an advanced drummer. I can'e see how poly-rhythmic drummers can improvise without their brain 100% differentiating between all their limbs. A good next video would be to go more in depth on how to "force" the brain to differentiate limbs, rather than "combine" limbs into a single movement (simplifying here but hope you know what i mean).
Thank you for the feedback! Will do
Difficult, you have great fitness tips(for me lower back , and between the shoulder muscles). But you have to adjust and balance a lot of fitness makes you sore and takes the focus out of drums.. Matt Garstka(Animals as leaders) has also great advise in this field..Or Kenny Aronoff he''' s 71 ! Has fitness and yoga routines..
Thanks for sharing!