I am writing this thread with a little frustration of the constant practicing out of drum books for the past 40 years, and after all that time, how much of the stuff that I practice do I really use on the bandstand. Think about it. At least for the music that I am usually playing is just standard jazz tunes in lounge type bands.
Out of most of the rudiments that I practice, I usually just resort back to either paradiddles, double paradiddles, five stroke, six, and seven stroke rolls. Some ruffs added in and that's about my whole vocabulary. And with some embarrassment, I still can't pull some of them off when playing. Maybe I just don't practice enough, but I usually at least to put a hour a day in. I know that's not a lot, but I have been playing a long time.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, that for every new piece that I practice, I usually don't use it on the bandstand. So why bother? I have already been thru Chapin, Lawrence Stone (stick control), Ted Reeds Syncopation. They have all been beneficial to some extent, but any of the books that are solo exercises, I have never used on the bandstand.
I am thinking the only book that I have to practice out of on a daily basis is Wilcoxon's (All American Drummer), and the Ted Reed book, and Stick Control. You really don't need anything else. I think I just need to sit down and play some more to CD's and just trying to work out my own organized solos over a jazz form. I think I would probably get more benefits this way. At least this is what I am going to try.
martinbr
Why bother with books?
Out of most of the rudiments that I practice, I usually just resort back to either paradiddles, double paradiddles, five stroke, six, and seven stroke rolls. Some ruffs added in and that's about my whole vocabulary. And with some embarrassment, I still can't pull some of them off when playing. Maybe I just don't practice enough, but I usually at least to put a hour a day in. I know that's not a lot, but I have been playing a long time.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, that for every new piece that I practice, I usually don't use it on the bandstand. So why bother? I have already been thru Chapin, Lawrence Stone (stick control), Ted Reeds Syncopation. They have all been beneficial to some extent, but any of the books that are solo exercises, I have never used on the bandstand.
I am thinking the only book that I have to practice out of on a daily basis is Wilcoxon's (All American Drummer), and the Ted Reed book, and Stick Control. You really don't need anything else. I think I just need to sit down and play some more to CD's and just trying to work out my own organized solos over a jazz form. I think I would probably get more benefits this way. At least this is what I am going to try.
martinbr
