This is my new friend, George. I like his boots but I think that kerchief is a little over the top. He's kind of dull and monotonous and he has no sense of humor but if you stick with him you'll get some killer skills in your box of tools. Spent an hour yesterday with my shime and metronome in the space just doing drills by myself. It was so nice. I'd like to do more work on small drums, but I guess before I can do that gotta practice on the fundamentals. I never learned how to do a proper roll, much less a 7 or 9 stroke roll. I don't know if rolls and bounces are in the general taiko vocabulary. I'd like to learn those next but me and George are still working on single-beat sticking drills and he insists I learn those before moving on. Guess I better listen to him.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
My Friend George
This is my new friend, George. I like his boots but I think that kerchief is a little over the top. He's kind of dull and monotonous and he has no sense of humor but if you stick with him you'll get some killer skills in your box of tools. Spent an hour yesterday with my shime and metronome in the space just doing drills by myself. It was so nice. I'd like to do more work on small drums, but I guess before I can do that gotta practice on the fundamentals. I never learned how to do a proper roll, much less a 7 or 9 stroke roll. I don't know if rolls and bounces are in the general taiko vocabulary. I'd like to learn those next but me and George are still working on single-beat sticking drills and he insists I learn those before moving on. Guess I better listen to him.
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Hey, do you know about the "30 Days to Better Shime" thing that Kristopher Bergstrom from On Ensemble is doing throughout June? He emails daily drills and excercises (w/ sound files available on his site k--b.org/30days.) You can sign up on their web site to be on the mail list.
That is so awesome! Thanks for the tip! I'm signed up now, but have some catching up to do. What a great idea.
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