siguro kung may pad ka, tas limitado praktis mo sa kit, mas ok practice ka ng rudiments or whatever patterns you may have thought of or learned. para maging malinis. no such thing as practicing singles/doubles/rudiments enough.
one thing i like practicing to get my doubles clean at different tempos is
R-l-r-l-r-l x4 then RR-ll-rr-ll-rr-ll x4
(same tempo)
i forgot what this one's called. anyway, it's basically counted as triplets on the leading hand (in this case right hand) with accents on the captial letters. example: you can count one measure as "1-ta-ta 2-ta-ta" or "1-e-a" or "1-2-3" etc.
sa una mahirap siya isabay sa metronome at diff tempos but it's worth it.
anyway, ayun, pag nasa kit naman, practice ka nalang sa pagkalat nung patterns. of course, don't focus on that alone. dapat yung practice routine mo iba-iba ang focus, but not too much as to overload yourself. quality, not quantity.
it also helps if you immerse yourself in music. you don't necessarily have to copy what you're hearing, just hearing alot of music is already an inspiration by itself.
personally, wala na akong practice pad kasi binenta ko na drum mutes ko, although i'm hoping to have a pad that i can strap to my knee. also, i regularly practice finger control exercises from jojo mayer's dvd since i play french grip almost exclusively ([grape] ako sa german grip). also, i'm not a fan of practicing to songs. i have never practiced to a song and gained any good from it. i feel it's just limiting one's self creatively. kung gusto mo matutunan yung kanta mas ok pa nga na pakinggan mo nalang tas feel mo and/or make notes on the counting, groove, etc.
opinion lang naman lahat to. works for me, might not work for anyone else. ymmv.
