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Monday, October 30, 2023

October 28, 2023 - 31st Sunday Of Ordinary Time

https://youtu.be/ 3uYRdF6rA98 - Me Playing Drums at STM ... and you can see me!

Thursday, June 15, 2023

Proud of This Tune

Okay, I'm going to tell you to click the link - https://youtu.be/bOlMOMuBmL0?t=1172 instead of watching the embedded video - to listen to an amazing tune with an amazing vocalist. I am playing drums.This is from 5-28-2023.

https://youtu.be/bOlMOMuBmL0?t=1172 - Proud of This Tune

Friday, November 11, 2022

Missing out on Playing Good Tunes

I am going out of town on Saturday and will return on Sunday. While I'm gone, at Saint Thomas More, the following tunes will be played and I have to say, the fact that I am not playing these tunes this week is sad for me. Each of the tunes listed below is a hyperlink to a YouTube version, but I'm not embedding the tunes in this post.

November 12-13, 2022 - 33rd SOT

I absolutely adore playing "In the Day of the Lord" now that I can play the recurring bar of 6/8, as shown in red in the first graphic below, while the 2 measures in the yellow box, as shown in the second graphic below, is probably my favorite part of the entire tune because it's probably one of the trickiest parts of any tune we play during Mass. Also, the final tune, "Lead Me, Lord" is the tune that I typically play an "Enter Sandman"-inspired tom pattern instead of playing straight time with the hi-hat and snare, which acts as a counter-balance to the medley, which is all quarter notes, as shown in the red box and then, also in the third graphic below in the purple box, the refrain has eighth notes, which is when I switch to playing 4 quarter notes on the ride, the bass on 1 and 3, and the snare on 2 and 4. The bottom line, and what I'm trying to convey is that in the verse without syncopation, my drumming is syncopated and in the refrain with syncopation, my drumming is without syncopation. I think I've seen the word "dissonance" used to describe what I am playing, but I may be using the word incorrectly to describe my drumming theory for "Lead Me, Lord" so don't take it as Gospel.

Thursday, September 1, 2022

Decision Day: Could I Commit for 30 Days to Improve my Drumming

https://prhmusic.blogspot.com/2022/08/could-i-commit-for-30-days-to-improve.html

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Could I Commit for 30 Days to Improve my Drumming?

$97, 15 minutes a day, for 30 days to improve my drumming. The obvious question is, "Could I commit for 30 Days to improve my drumming?" It's September 5th to October 5th.

I'll set a reminder to return to this post on Thursday, September 1st. As of this moment, it sounds interesting and, frankly, it may be the right time to do this. As of today, Tuesday, August 16, 2022, R of RP is in CO and his return date to Iowa is not set. During the 30 days between September 5th and October 5th, I will play drums at Saint Thomas More 2 out of 4 weekends (September 17 and 24) - the weekend of September 10th, I will be in Elkader and the weekend of October 1st, I will be in northern Iowa at a wedding.

I'm not going to speculate further - sign up through the website - https://www.drumeo.com/drumshop/30-day-drummer/ - or don't. Decide.

Monday, July 18, 2022

When will I Take my Drumming Seriously Enough to Play Better?

Within the past couple of years, I have been inundated with drumming improvement courses. I get emails all the time from reputable drummers that I know about through YouTube. Each of the emails promises, as a sales email should, to make me a better drummer in a specific area. The email from today led me to the Drumeo website where I can purchase a "Hands and Feet Bundle" for $200, which includes $450.94 in "FREE Bonuses" - by the numbers, a deal I cannot pass up.

Or can I pass it up? My answer to that question is multi-layered.

I can easily pass it up because I don't have $200 burning a hole in my pocket.

Although, I have purchased dumber things that easily could add up to $200

I am not going to practice drums on a routine basis.

I have promised myself that I would practice drums on a routine basis, but when push comes to shove, I don't.

Obviously, I have been down this path before. I have a list of reasons why taking the initiative to improve my drumming won't work.

So, I sit in this loop, a hamster wheel.

I want to be a better drummer
I won't practice, which is what would make me a better drummer
Go to #1

What do I do to break out of that loop? For one thing, I need to have performances on my schedule. I didn't touch a drumstick until I knew that I was playing at 515 Mass on 7-16-2022 Saturday night. In the same vein, knowing that I am playing drums at 515 Mass on 7-23-2022, I will be motivated to sit down at the Yamaha electronic set in the den and play along to one of the recorded tracks in the drum "brain" for at least 10-15 minutes. Also, I reached out to Randy to jam on Wednesday evening, which is a tentative yes, depending upon whether Randy trades in his car, which if he does, he may be heading to CO, where he has family. This means that I will likely practice drums tonight, after work. I know we are going to go see Jurassic World: Dominion tomorrow night so I likely won't have time to practice drums. I thought empty-nesting was supposed to make life not as busy?

I am not going to purchase the "Hands and Feet Bundle" for $200, but I am going to practice drums tonight in anticipation of possibly jamming with Randy on Wednesday and, if that would not work out, for playing drums at 515 Mass on Saturday night.

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

STM Mass from June 6, 2021 - The Most Holy Body And Blood Of Christ

I thought about back-dating this post to 6-6-2021, but I realized before I clicked Publish that it would throw off (by one) any stats I have accumulated about posts per month and, unfortunately, I would be bothered by the discrepancy. Thus, here's a Saint Thomas Mass video from 6-6-2021. As a reminder, when you hear drums, you hear me!

https://youtu.be/Hxbujr9sFUs

Played Drums Last Weekend at STM

Because this STM Mass video is set to be "made for kids," I can't include it in my STM Mass playlist within youtube.com.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp7eTbmcu28

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