Ang cool ng story mo Sir. killikillers na touch ako, slight. I never had thought of renting drums instead of playing in amusement centers, if had just done that, but anyways. Ako kase tinuruan lang talaga nung 18 ako, rudiments, pag read and write ng music, pati mga tipo ng tugtugan. Dati kase rockers ako nung wala pa akong alam sa drums tapos nung naturuan ako nag iba din yung mundo ko bigla.
Nag start ako sa mga klase ng grip : french, german, chaka traditional. Tapos : single stroke, double stroke, 5 stroke, 7 stroke, 9 stroke, chaka paradiddle. Tapos: VHS ni Dave Weckl na back to basics, serious moves ni Dennis Chambers, Jeff Porcaro, chaka yung kay Alex Acuña. Tapos : Yung rubank elementary method na libro, stick control na libro, rubank na intermediate, chaka yung single suface learning na libro ni Chet Mccraken. Sa mga nasabe ko, hanggang ngayon novice paren ako sa drums, on and off kase ako tapos wala na rin akong kit.
Sa ngayon pag nag prapractice ako, nag sstart muna ako sa hita puro random combinations mostly exaggerating the moller technique and I also do a bit of phrasing so kahet papaano may konting musical idea form singles to doubles, diddles, flams, double stops, even buzz stroke sa hita. Tapos hita sa practice pad naman, binabalot ko sa t-shirt yung pad para muffled yung tunog at the same time less bounce. Ganun lang ako mag practice, I never bothered myself practicing to songs and the worst part of my regimen is that I don't practice my FEET, puro kamay lang. The only thing that I do to with my feet when practicing is constant tapping to 8th notes sometimes 16th and the triplet pattern K L R, K R L, on so on...
Experience ko naman sa formal lessons nung nag sstart na ako mag expect ng advancement sa drums regarding Sir. hen8's message, way way back teacher ko date si Sir. Jay Gapasin (radioactivesagoproject) ang damot magturo pero galing sobra kaso ang tinuro lang niya saken accenting single strokes chaka solid na drouble strokes. (Di nga rin gaanong broad)
Ang masasabe ko kay Sir. mendrics, since hinde naman ako magaleng chaka di rin ako band drummer pero just a thought try mo praktisin yung trip mong kanta just the hi-hat, snare, and bass drum. Utilize mo yung buong dynamic range ng tatlong yun chaka laruin mo lang yung kanta. In that way you get to loosen up and get more ideas. Chaka hangga't maare try to play it in memory yung kanta para di mo na kelangan masahado ulit ulitin pakingan yung kanta tapos try to chunk the song like just the verse, you would play the verse inside your head and just play the verse and so on... I hope it helps.
