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#Reposting @drummerjoshberrios with @instarepost_app – I should be here more often. 😕 I’ve been trying lately. Ever since hanging with @cartermac he has inspired me. #practice #practicepad #drumpad #drums #drummer #drummerscorner #drummers

Nina Mae McKinney and Emmett “Babe” Wallace in a scene from the short 1936 film, “The Black Network.” McKinney (1912-1967) was the first Black performer to be signed to a long-term contract by a major Hollywood studio (A five year contract with MGM in 1929). Emmett “Babe” Wallace (1909-2006) was an actor, singer and composer who had a lot of juicy (and sometimes uncredited) parts in vintage Black movies, most notably as “Chick Bailey” in “Stormy Weather” in 1943. Ms. McKinney is featured in the women’s edition of “Vintage Black Glamour” and Mr. Wallace is in the men’s edition, “Vintage Black Glamour: Gentlemen’s Quarters (May 2016).

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6 Exercises For Improving Your Time on Drums

By: Steve Such

To a drummer, solid time is everything. It’s possibly the single most important role we have when playing behind the kit. But how can we develop our time BESIDES working with a metronome?

In this article, I’ll address six common problems that can cause drummers to play with bad time, and I’ll offer specific action steps that you can take in order to fix each of these problems.

PROBLEM #1 - ADRENALINE HAS GOTTEN THE BEST OF YOU.

During a performance, has it ever felt like all of the songs seem SUPER slow? It’s most likely because your adrenaline or nerves shift the way that you PERCEIVE tempo. This can cause all sorts of timing issues for drummers.

The good news is that you don’t have to just experience this phenomenon on the gig; it’s possible to practice playing with adrenaline away from the stage as well.

SOLUTION #1 - THE “DRUM AND RUN” EXERCISE

During your next practice session:

1)  Play any groove you’d like, but play along with a metronome.

2)  After 1-2 minutes, get up and run around your building 2-3 times. The idea is to increase your heartrate so that you’re almost out of breath.

3)  Come back into the room and immediately play the same groove you played earlier, along with your metronome.

What do you notice in this moment? Does the groove feel slower now?

By practicing this way, you can prevent adrenaline from getting the best of you during the performance.

PROBLEM #2 - ONE OF YOUR LIMBS ARE INCONSISTENT.

Are your backbeats ALWAYS placed on the same part of the pulse, or are some backbeats slightly late? When you crash, does your bass drum foot line up exactly with your right hand or is it a little different each time?

 It’s these types of subtle inconsistencies that can cause significant fluctuations in solid time-keeping.

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A radiant Lena Horne performing “The Lady Is a Tramp” in the 1948 film, “Words and Music,” which was (very, very) loosely based on the professional partnership of the great composer Richard Rodgers and the lyricist Lorenz Hart.

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Beautiful.

How to Survive A Mass Shooting

Know your exits whenever going someplace new

Practice situational awareness

If you believe an attack is imminent or under way, alert others around you

If a shooting occurs evacuating the area should be the priority

Fighting back or sheltering in place are distant second options but may be necessary

If you choose to fight back look for an opportunity where the attacker is distracted or reloading

If you decide to fight back, alert other bystanders if possible

If you choose to shelter in place find something solid (preferably concrete) that you can hide behind - if it can’t stop a bullet, it’s not protecting you

Interested in staying alive? Get off your phone and pay attention. This is not the time to film video or get on social media

Sure you’re safe or well-hidden?  Call 911

*  If you’re willing to accept the risk of being shot (especially if you’re a person of color) by a cop in addition to the risk of being shot by the bad guy, and are properly trained, you should take action against a mass shooter. If you’re unwilling to accept reality and irrationally expect perfection from people struggling to do the right thing in the worst situation they’ll probably ever face, keep your distance and only worry about yourself and your family.

This is Ryan Van Poederooyen’s kit. NICE VIEW 👀

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