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I can help but wonder how many people are like me and struggle to get their practice time in during the holidays. I normally practice 5-6 times per week. Lately, with the holidays, I have not done as well.
Also, since I don't actually play in a band, all of my playing time is practice time. So I am wondering of those of you that play in a band, how much practice time do you get in and what does your practice time consist of? Do you have material that you work on that is not related to the music your band plays, do you practice the music that your band plays or both?
I will open a new forum on this but would like to have some posts on the subject, simply click on add comments below and I will post your comment.
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I put up a new poll today asking how many of you were able to actually read music or how many of you learned to play by ear. My first year of learning to play was exclusively in a book named ‘a fresh approach to the snare drum’ by Mark Wessels; so I learned to read music as I went through the book. I am really glad I did (thanks Jeff) because I believe that it has drastically increased my learning and I don’t think I would be anywhere near where I am (which I admin isn’t far) without it. However I have met several awesome drummers who still don’t know how to read music.
I will start a discussion on this topic in the forum.
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I have been getting into an older Counting Crows CD lately named August and everything after. One of the songs that I really like is called Anna Begins. I got into the lyrics but also thought that the drum pattern sounded really cool. I sat down to learn the pattern and, as it turns out, it is based on the old classic rock beat with the backbeat on 2 and 4 and the bass on 1 and 3:
The only difference is that the backbeat on 2 is shifted back by one 16th to the ‘a’ of 1 as such;  This changes everything and sounded very cool and is just another reminder of how very simple changes can make the entire beat sound so much different. It also turned out that this is a common pattern used in many rock songs and just becomes another tool in the toolbox.
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