This blog is an autoethnographic experiment in learning: learning by ear verses learning from instruction books. My thesis is this: that which we struggle by ear to learn will "stick better" and be easier to recall in performance because it engages our auditory, kinetical, and visual senses differently. From ear to hands, not eyes to hands is a different cognitive path.
Monday, March 30, 2020
Monday, March 9, 2020
Drumming plans 2020-2030
The next 10 years...
- Jazz drumming with an emphasis on Modern jazz, New Orleans, snare drum solos, Latin jazz and New Music.
- Continue to seek out great mentors and teachers.
- Enjoy being inspired through personal contact with world class musicians.
- Play music with my friends.
- Compose duets and trios for snare drum for my students.
- Lots of published works on YouTube and similar venues.
- Drum teaching studio.
- Reach my potential as a drummer and musician.
- Have fun.
- Enjoy the slow and steady progress that started a decade ago.
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This will be the death of me. I will need to spend more time on this one. In the meantime here is some rough sketches. David