ISSUE #39 \__\__\___THE____/__/__/ Mar 5, 2000 _____________TEMPO DISPATCH _____________ Newsletter For Drummers and Drumming Enthusiasts Copyright Bill Powelson 2000 all rights reserved. ____________'IT'S ALL ABOUT DRUMS'__________ Tips * Tricks * Hints * Ads * Freebies * Lessons * _________NOW 2,600+ SUBSCRIBERS!___________ FREE DRUMMERS NEWSLETTER From:  Bill Powelson's HOMESTUDY INSTITUTE OF DRUMS On The Web * Where Beginners Learn FREE http://www.studydrums.com/drummers/bphome01.html E-MAIL: drums01@att.net _____________________________________________ Removal Instructions For instant REMOVAL, simply hit reply and type REMOVE on the subject line. _____________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS: What is in this issue? 1. Feature Article:      PRESS ROLLS & RUFFS 2. Advertisements 3. Drum Instructors Wanted! 4. Hidden Website News (For paid members) 5. Humor ______________________________________ |__________FEATURE ARTICLE___________|            MASTERING PRESS (or Crush) ROLLS AND RUFFS   Beginning students will need a general understanding of the 16th Single Stroke Roll (or fill) before studying this lesson.    You can get the Single Stroke Roll lesson for free, by going here: http://www.studydrums.com/drummers/fillos01.html   If you are already playing and using 16th Singles as you jam . . .  read on. LEARNING TO USE 'PRESS' OR 'CRUSH' ROLLS:      This is a tough lesson to put into words!  'Pressing' and 'crushing' tricks almost need to be seen.      WHAT'S A 'CRUSH' ROLL?    Someone wrote-in the other day, asking me to describe how we play the 'firing-squad' roll.  Though I had never called 'press' rolls by that name . . . it occurred to me that this guy had hit on the most descriptive name of all.  Thanks for a great description and a great question, Mr. Mark!    I hope none of you have witnessed a REAL firing-squad execution . . . but if you've ever seen one on tv or in the movies . . . you've probably heard a drummer (or two) in the background . . . playing a long 'crush' or 'press' roll.        What follows is the reply I sent back to the student. I hope it may help some of you . . .     The public school (N.A.R.D.) method of teaching this roll has caused much confusion.  I could write pages and pages concerning all this . . . but I think I'll 'cool it', haha.      NO controversies!  That's my motto.     We'll just move on . . . and I'll avoid the tar and feathers that might result!  :>)     To keep it simple . . . think about it this way:     Forget about all the open double-stroke, mama-daddy', R R L L stuff you may have heard about.  The open double roll IS IMPORTANT . . . but NOT if you want to master a crush roll.     Master the 'open' Double Stroke Roll, later! HERE'S THE EASIEST WAY TO MASTER THE 'CRUSH'!     * Master and learn to use the 16th Single roll first . . . Build it to maximum speeds.  The faster you can play and use that roll . . . the easier it will be to master and use the 'crush' or 'press' roll.      The trick is to crush . . . or press your singles.  You'll CRUSH every note.      In a half bar of singles (in 8th 4/4) there are 8 notes.  These are 16th notes but we are only playing a half bar.  Remember to place a bass drum note on the FIRST of every 8 notes.  This is important if you hope to use this roll at the kit as you jam. (SEE: Rudiments, Rolls & Fills: Part I.) http://www.studydrums.com/drummers/fills01.html    ANYWAY . . . as you 'CRUSH' each note . . . you will (in effect) be playing 16 notes to the half-bar . . . or 32nd notes to the full bar of 4/4.  It's very easy to do with a little practice . . . THE 'QUICK' SECRET . . .   Just GRIP THE STICKS TIGHTER and allow them to 'buzz' on the head of the drum.  Do this with each stroke and you will be effectively doubling the number of notes being played.  Your 16th-note Singles will become a 32nd CRUSH roll.  This is the 'crush', 'press', 'buzz' or 'firing squad' roll.     It'll probably be pretty sloppy at first . . . just keep practicing!      Once the half bar version has been mastered to perfection . . . double it to create a whole bar version (You'll actually be playing 16 Sixteenth-notes notes, crushed into 32 Thirty-Second notes.) NOW, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC . . .    If you are having trouble with this . . . SLOW DOWN!!!!! DO THIS AS YOU READ . . .     * Grip the (right-hand) stick between the thumb and forefinger . . .     * SQUEEZE the stick as though you want to squash it with those two fingers (only.)  Your other fingers should NOT be touching the stick. This would only deaden the 'CRUSH' effect we are trying to achieve . . .     * Throw the stick onto the head of the drum and MAKE IT GROWL.  You want to hear a Brrrrr sound. (Right-handed students, use the right-hand first.)     *  Practice doing it over and over, with the right-hand ONLY for a few minutes . . . like you are playing a one-handed roll.  How fast can you go with ONE hand?     *  NOW DO THE SAME THING WITH THE LEFT-HAND for a few minutes.  Crushing every stroke and building speed.  Work on it with each hand separately for quite awhile (at first), until you gain a 'feel' for the 'crushing' trick involved here. SPECIAL NOTE:     It is (sadly) VERY COMMON to find this easier to do with one hand than the other.  You'll need to pay SPECIAL attention to the weak hand . . . and work a little harder getting that hand up to snuff with your good hand.     * WHEN BOTH HANDS SEEM ABOUT EQUAL, try 'crushing' this set of 8th Singles: CRUSH EVERY STROKE . . . R L R L R L R L    <--- Snare (both hands) B                  <--- Bass (right foot)      * CRUSH every note!  Start slooooooow and build speed gradually!      * Don't ignore that bass drum note!  You'll need a habitual 'feel' for the bass when you drop this FILL into your beat patterns.  Learn to play the bass with each rep . . . Go as slow as you have to go at first.  The speed will usually occur within 8 to 10 minutes.  Be patient and repeat, repeat, repeat!      Think about this!  What good is this roll if you can't play it with a song?      The bass drum note works as a counting mechanism . . . and will allow this roll (fill) to be as easy to use as the Single fill.  It works with all the dancebeats in exactly the same way as all the fills! IF YOU ARE STILL HAVING TROUBLE . . .         Here in my private classes, If a student seems to be having difficulty with the crush roll . . . we back up and learn to use the 'RUFF' (or 3-stroke roll.)     Once Ruffs have been mastered . . . the 'crush' roll is a breeze, since both rudiments employ the same crushing or pressing technique. PLAYING RUFFS:         The RUFF is two 'crushed' notes (played quickly) with one hand . . . followed by an 'almost' simultaneous SINGLE note played by the other hand. DO THIS NOW (on a snare or practice pad)     *  Throw a right hand 'crush' to the head of the drum.  Make it growl as we learned earlier.     *  Follow that (almost simultaneous) with one single note played with the left.  This left-hand note needs to be right on the heels of the right hand crush, so that 'burp' sound is produced.  Maybe they should have called this the 'burp' roll, haha.     It'll sound like the drum is saying 'Rruff'.     * NOW, reverse the pattern . . . Lead with your left-hand . . . crushing . . . and following through with a single right-hand note (making the same Rruff sound.)      You've just learned to do alternating Ruffs!  Practice them all month.  Get GOOD with them!        Next month I'll show you one of the hottest rock/funk licks on record, using the LEFT-HANDED RUFF.     You'll love it . . . GUARANTEED!  _____________________________________________________ ORDER MY COMPLETE, 70+ LESSON, ONLINE DRUMMING COURSE, FOR ONLY $49 (In US funds) To order now, with your credit card, from anywhere in the World . . . go here: https://secure.catalog.com/drummers/ccard.html ................................................. MESSAGE FOR FOREIGN STUDENTS . . . The credit card companies will perform any necessary currency conversions automatically. BUT . . . IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE CURRENCY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN US DOLLARS AND ANY OTHER COUNTRY . . . Check the currency exchange rates, by visiting Xenon Labs The Universal Currency Converter(tm) TO USE IT . . . Enter $49 and USD at the top of the form, then find your own currency in the 'INTO' box below that, and click on 'Perform Conversion'. A few seconds later, you'll see how much the course will cost in your own currency if you live outside the U.S. .................................................. If you aren't a paid LIFETIME MEMBER yet . . . What's the hangup? _______ENROLL HERE AND NOW!__________ *** Become a LIFETIME member *** COMPUTERIZED DRUMSET LESSONS ** $49.00 (US) (Lifetime Membership) STUDY DRUMS AT YOUR COMPUTER ANYTIME! * It's like having a pro helping you at home. * Study at home anytime via password authorization (hidden site.) * E-MAIL HELP Questions ENCOURAGED & WELCOME 24 hrs a day, ALWAYS! * DRUMSET TECHNIQUES, Beginner thru ULTRA-ADVANCED. * For ALL ages 10 to 90 . . .(almost) * Student sets the pace & the schedule. * Optional downloadable zip file of COMPLETE web site drum course lessons (for offline study). * BONUS!!!! 35+ additional lessons (TD Archive.) * THESE PROVEN METHODS REALLY WORK! * This course in drumset techniques also includes FREE additional MONTHLY LESSONS via this E-mail newsletter. * No scheduling hassles and no rush hour traffic. Getting to your drum lesson is easy. Just turn on the computer! * UNLIMITED PRIVATE E-MAIL HELP TOO, with your instructor, Bill Powelson. * Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. No hassles. * Don't you owe it to yourself to learn all you can? TO SEE THE COMPLETE LIST OF LESSONS GO TO http://www.catalog.com/drummers/contents.html All for one SPECIAL price. * * * * * * $49.00 (IN US FUNDS) WILL BUY IT ALL!!! LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP . . . * Complete Homestudy Course (70+ total lessons) * BONUS #1 Old Drums Into New Money (E-Book) * BONUS #2 Tempo Dispatch Archive (32+ lessons) * Complete 65+ lesson download. * Unlimited E-mail help and assistance. I become your personal online drum instructor! EVERYTHING ABOVE INCLUDED, ($49.00 US) https://secure.catalog.com/drummers/ccard.html ($97 is the NEXT PROJECTED PRICE INCREASE and it could occur at anytime.) I am currently and always adding new lessons. Buy now and get everything (all electronic updates) at this limited one-time low price . . . (or wait and pay more.) ___________________________________________________ OTHER WAYS TO PURCHASE . . . HOW TO PURCHASE (Method #2) US RESIDENTS May pay instantly with an . . . ******************** ELECTRONIC CHECK ********************** US residents! Now you can pay by check via E-mail. Any of the drum school products or services will be on their way to you in NO TIME! Send an E-mail enquiry to: . . . Mention 'E-Checks' to get details on how to pay instantly, electronically with an E-mail check. _______________________________________ HOW TO PURCHASE (Method #3) REGULAR MAIL $49.00 IN US FUNDS WILL BUY IT ALL!!! SEND CHECK, CASH or MONEY ORDER in US FUNDS to Bill Powelson 107 Douglas Dr. Holly Hill, Fl. 32117 NOTE Please include your E-mail address. FOREIGN STUDENTS: Visit your local bank and have them prepare a check or money order for $49 in US funds to Bill Powelson, then mail it to the above address. _____________________________________ Ad #2_________BEATBUG______________ DISCOUNTED SPECIAL!!! ($199.00 value) NOW ONLY:  $139.00 (US FUNDS) If you purchase a BEATBUG through the school, I will include the entire $49.00 HOMESTUDY PACKAGE (above) for FREE. TRIVIA QUESTION What is a BeatBug?? DON'T KNOW? Find out here . . . Http://www.catalog.com/drummers/z.html Or order your new BeatBug here https://secure.catalog.com/drummers/ccard.html *** SPECIAL OFFER *** BUY A BEATBUG ($139) AND GET MY ENTIRE $49 COURSE (Including Lifetime Membership) FREE! ________________________________________ AD #3 "OLD DRUMS INTO NEW MONEY" E-MAIL BOOK & BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY This new book is a motherload of buying and selling tips! The music dealers hate me for writing this! Turn old drumsets into fast cash and big profits! Discover how to gain a strangle hold and squeeze BIG discounts from your neighborhood music stores. This book contains too many secrets to mention here. LEARN MORE BY visiting this quick-loading page http://www.catalog.com/drummers/oldrums.html IT'S FREE with purchase of the HOMESTUDY COURSE OR A BEATBUG! BUY IT SEPARATELY FOR. . . $18.00 (US) Via Secure Credit Card https://secure.catalog.com/drummers/ccard.html "Old Drums Into New Money" __________________________________________ AD #4 *** A UNIQUE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY *** (Unrelated to drumming) The Information Freeway $14.00 (US) $14.00 could put you into a very lucrative Internet business! Take it from me, this one works! It is not a MLM! I will provide you with your own information product! You will be in business for yourself almost instantly. Learn how to do it at http://www.catalog.com/drummers/ifreeway.html TO PURCHASE WITH AMEX, MASTER CARD OR VISA NOW, GO TO . . . https://secure.catalog.com/drummers/ccard.html ******************************************************* AD #5 Join Over 11,000 Drummers and Percussionists World Wide. DrumNetwork.com - A Place for Rhythm Nuts. Send email request to... drummers-request@list.to Leave Subject line BLANK and enter the word SUBSCRIBE in the body of the email message. or Visit Us: http://DrumNetwork.com ************************************************** ________________________ |____Train yourself to___| TEACH DRUMS *** THE DRUM INSTRUCTORS GUIDE *** If you have some stage experience,why not TEACH DRUMS? Teach my methods in your locality. I WILL SHOW YOU HOW! Great income potential in most areas. TO ENQUIRE: Mention The Instructors Guide in a note to Bill Powelson ______________________________________ YES!!! YOU CAN *** MAKE MONEY *** on the Internet http://www.a2zmoney.com/drummers/money/a2zmon01.html ______________________________________ *********** HUMOR??? *************      2 men walking through the forest came upon this bright red toad sitting on a rock.  The older man bent down for a closer look.      To his surprise the toad said, "Please kind sir help me.  I was a princess until 3 years ago, when an evil witch turned me into this toad.  The only way I can reverse the spell is if a man kisses me.      In return I will do anything you want.  I'll satisfy your every desire for the next 24 hours, anything!"      Upon hearing this the older man picked up the toad and put it in his coat pocket.      The younger man seeing this exclaimed, "Well aren't you going to kiss her"      The older man replied, "No!  I'm 74 years old, and at my age I can have much more fun showing off my talking toad."      **************************      'BA-DIP BOOM CRASH!"  :>) ________________________________________ HERE'S ANOTHER FREEBY!!!!! ASK FOR THIS FREE E-BOOK!    HOW TO ASSEMBLE A NEW DRUMSET 'Assembling a New Drumset / Out of the Box'. I've decided to keep this 'Christmas Gift' available at NO CHARGE, all year long.          COMPLIMENTARY E-BOOK           * SPECIAL GIFT *             VIA E-MAIL: Just ask for this E-book if you need it. Send a note to:          (Mention 'NO-COST E-book') _______________________________________ If you enjoy this little 'e-zine' please show your support by reading the ads and buying the products. TO PURCHASE ANY OF THE DRUM SCHOOL PRODUCTS WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD, CLICK HERE https://secure.catalog.com/drummers/ccard.html END OF TEMPO DISPATCH #39 Mar 5, 2000