Latest Stuff…
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Low Volume Portable Drum Kit
Last night I scored a Pearl piccolo snare off FB Marketplace for $120. Pretty pumped about that. I see people playing break beats on YouTube and I immediately think: I want to do that! But.. I’m far from being able to, though I have the snare for it now. Still, the piccolo will make this
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Started Using Clap Counter
Halfway through today’s hour long practice I started daydreaming and remembered I have an app on my phone (Clap Counter) to track clap sounds that can be used to count strokes on a practice pad. In the time remaining I logged 2002 strokes! I think it’s more fun to track number of strokes than number
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A Thousand Hours of Music Practice
I like to track things. And another idea flew into my funnel. Yesterday I decided to set a timer to incentivize practicing for an hour a day. And now I asked myself, how many hours do I want to do? The 10,000 hours thing is way, way beyond what I need to feel accomplished. I
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Doodle Practice Jams
My puppy bringing the light show to left hand control drum practice…
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Music is an Hour a Day
I think a lot. With the number of ideas I get in a single day, I wonder why I’m not a billionaire? Today’s idea is to practice music every day. Not a new idea, I know. It’s more like a decision. Today I made this decision to solidify exactly how many minutes I will practice
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Splatoon 1 Drum Intro
Today I took a pass at the Splatoon 1 Game Intro. I’m not doing it right, but I’m pleased with my first attempt. I tried it without the trashy crashes but it didn’t sound good at all. Maybe I’m just masking my mistakes, heh. I still feel like a beginner at this. But I’ve always
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Strumming While Drumming
Today I had a thought: hey, could I strum a guitar while working the pedals of a drum kit at the same time? And to my delight, I could! This is a breakthrough for me. As a self-taught guitarist, one thing I never learned to do is tap my foot to the beat while strumming.
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DIY Backing Track Practice 2
Day 2 of trying my idea of using the Ableton Move to come up with simple loops for practicing my drums to. I’m happy with the loop! My drumming still needs a ton of work though. Some super bad fills in there but hey, I’m improvising and practicing at the same time. And still a
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Found the Perfect Use for an Ableton Move
I’ve had the Ableton Move ever since it came out a year ago. And frankly, I never used it. I really only played with it for a few days. Even though I’m happy to have it and I thought it was super cool, I never get around to doing anything with it at all. But
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Does Cannabis Reveal What Has Always Been in Front of You?
So last night I had some cannabis. 2mg. Pretty much a microdose. At some point into it, I decided to open a window. And when I did, a blast of wind hit me right in the face. And it was right then, in that exact moment, that I realized the word “window” must come from