Nung kapanahunan ko eh ginawa ko nirecord ko sa tape mga drum loops on different tempos galing sa mga keyboards . Eventually got a little roland drum machine kaya mas madali na kasi on the spot pwede ako mamili ng certain tempo and different click/percussion sounds.
Nung pinapractice ko mga double strokes, paradiddle, other sticking exercises and double bass para super accurate palo ko ayun nagprogram ako ng kanya kanya tunog kada sticking para marinig ko yung tunog on each limb. napaka gandang guide tlga para pumantay yung palo lalo na sa weaker hand na sya palagi nanggugulo sa flow ng rhythm.
Aside that a drum machine is an awesome tool to learn and hear certain fills, drum beats, bar phrasing, odd times etc etc notated on drums mags and books by simply inputing all the notes to the drum machine.
Nakakaadik din to mga bros kasi yung ibang cover songs namin eh nai-program ko sa drum machine kaya minsan sa rehearsals drum machine sinabayan ng mga kabanda ko LoL!
i even program a 7/8 click track and drum beat inside a 4/4 all notes permutated for each preceeding bar until the permutation goes back to one. wala kasi odd time function yung una kong drum machine kaya ganun muna ginawa ko kahit nakakahilo gawin LoL!
Check out PC Drummer to get into some drum machine software stuff bago bumili ng mas advance na hardware version nito.
Pero iba pa rin kapag mismong kanta sinasabayan mo. pag memoryado mo na feel at tempo ng kanta yung tipong naikakanta mo sa isip mo tyak mas kapit yung bpm nya once you're on a live gig and about to count-off the band in.
For technical drumming stuff ok tlga na may click track or any play along/rhythmic guide.
Pero mas masarap pakinaggan mga kantang human drummer tlga at human tempo ang ginamit.