ISSUE #55 \__\__\___THE____/__/__/ Jul 5, 2001 _______________TEMPO DISPATCH ___________ Newsletter For Drummers and Drumming Enthusiasts Copyright Bill Powelson 2001 all rights reserved. ____________'IT'S ALL ABOUT DRUMS'_______ Tips * Tricks * Hints * Ads * Freebies * Lessons * _________NOW OVER 7,5OO SUBSCRIBERS!__________ TABLE OF CONTENTS: What is in this issue? *  NEW DOWNLOAD for paid students . . . Feature Article: *  DO YOU HAVE AN APTITUDE FOR DRUMMING?    Get the 'STRAIGHT ANSWER', in this article. 2. What's a BEATBUG?  3. Drum Instructors Wanted! 4. Humor?  THE MAN AND THE OSTRICH 5. Play the new DRUMMERS TRIVIA GAME. http://members.aol.com/bpowelson/d-triv02.html ------------------------------------------- SPECIAL NOTICE:  (Paid members) THE 90-LESSON 'COURSE-DOWNLOAD' HAS BEEN UPDATED AT THE HIDDEN SITE . . .    Go to the Latin Menu, on the private site and scroll down until you see the 'DOWNLOAD' instructions.  It contains 53 Tempo Dispatch lessons through March 2001, plus several new html lessons. _____________________________________ |__________FEATURE ARTICLE___________| DRUMMING APTITUDE / SELF-TEST ............................. IS THERE A DRUMMER WITHIN YOU, TRYING TO GET OUT?     You can EASILY make your own judgement about this and that judgement will be from within YOUR OWN HEART.  No one knows YOU, like YOU know yourself. You can be certain this kind of 'SELF-ASSESSMENT' will be TOTALLY honest . . . HERE'S HOW . . .     THE 'BACKBEAT' IS EVERYTHING to the aspiring drummer, as I've said in other lessons.  It's the KEY to the whole-ball-of-wax.  Can you 'feel' and HEAR THE BACKBEATS as you listen to music routinely on the radio?     Can you clap in-time, with the snare-backbeats?     If so, you most definitely SHOULD get serious about drumming. ....................................................... For a FREE E-MAIL LESSON, that explains exactly how to 'FEEL THE BACKBEAT', ask for 'TD #16' in a special note to me at: 'PAID MEMBERS' may visit that lesson, at the hidden website, right now at: http://207.240.40.16:82/drummers/hsdrum/td16.txt (Have your passwords handy) .......................................................     WORKING DRUMMERS . . . Those drummers we all admire, have developed a DEEP (virtually uncanny) 'sensitivity'  for the backbeat.  It's the thing that 'mesmerizes' us as a song is playing. It's the thing that makes people dance, stomp and clap their hands.  It's almost primal.      Many people can 'feel' the beackbeats, but too many OF THOSE SAME PEOPLE just don't realize that this SPECIAL TALENT is a MAJOR INGREDIENT TO THEIR DRUMMING POTENTIAL.    The drummers main job, on the gig . . . (or in a band), is to LOCK AND HOLD onto that BACKBEAT . . . so the other musicians in the band can play 'in-time' WITHOUT WORRYING so much about the tempo and the timing of the music.  We must help THEM feel what they are doing.    All the musicians in a band will be relying on the BACKBEAT FLOW . .  and they all want a drummer (or rhythm section) who'll MAKE the flow happen for them, 'effortlessly' as they play, over the top.    This allows them to concentrate deeper on the  multiple-complexities of their own musical expressions (ie; melodies, harmonies and other techniques.) TEST YOURSELF:    At the risk of sounding too much like 'Jeff Foxworthy' (the comedian) here . . . "YOU WILL KNOW YOU ARE A DRUMMER . . .(IF)"     *  If you are OBSESSED with the BACKBEAT.     *  If you have no trouble finding/feeling it in a song (any song.)     *  If you can NATURALLY feel the backbeats of a song, even though the drummer (on a recording) ISN'T PLAYING.  This gets easier as we practice with recorded music and as we develop a DEEPER OBSESSION for that SPECIAL FEEL.  It'll grow like cancer if we learn to LISTEN DEEPLY and routinely play along 'in-time' with ENOUGH recorded music.   HOW TO DEVELOP THAT 'FEEL' FOR THE BACKBEAT:     Remember:  When we play in a 'live' band . . . there's no (other) drummer to follow . . . We must INSTINCTIVELY KNOW and INSTINCTIVELY FEEL that backbeat flow . . . Then LOCK-ON and HOLD IT for the other musicians in the band.     We slowly BUILD this solid-sensitivity (or feeling) for the backbeat by playing, playing, PLAYING . . .  ALONG WITH virtually EVERY RECORDED SONG WE CAN GET OUR HANDS ON.  We learn to focus on the repeating (snare) backbeats  and we learn to consistently CONNECT 'in-time' with the drummers on the recordings, AS we listen.     Nearly anyone, (7-IN-10 PEOPLE) CAN do it . . . but ONLY those who are somewhat OBSESSED with that 'mesmerizing feel' for the backbeat flow, will 'CONTINUALLY' do it . . . for the SHEER PLEASURE of doing it.     If you are one of those people . . . you are a potential drummer!    Those who DO become obsessed with this backbeat thing, . . . Those who CONTINUALLY play along for the SHEER PLEASURE, will PREDICTABLY be the very same people who'll enjoy SUCCESS AS DRUMMERS.  They'll often go PRO, whether they WANT to become a professional drummer or not.    EVERYTHING . . . just seems to unfold, naturally from there. .......................................................... NOTE:  We are PLAYING DRUMS anytime we clap our hands, or bang on a table in-time, (or in-sync) with the backbeat flow of a song.  This fact ALONE, makes it EASY to spot any 'POTENTIAL' pro-drummer. ..........................................................    IN OTHER WORDS . . . you'll KNOW you have the aptitude . . . IF jamming/banging (with recorded music) becomes an obsession.  Something you'll do for hours-on-end, without pay . . . because the thrill of locking onto that backbeat-flow is SO MUCH FUN!    ANOTHER THOUGHT:  It's a kick to watch and SPOT all the POTENTIAL drummers in a crowd at a concert or revival.  TRY THIS FOR KICKS AT A NIGHT-CLUB, CONCERT OR REVIVAL!    Learn to watch for potential drummers in the crowd. Make a little game out of it.     The POTENTIAL drummers are the ones CLAPPING (OR AIR-DRUMMING) IN-SYNC with the BACKBEAT. They 'FEEL' it INSTINCTIVELY.   They'll be totally hypnotized by the BACKBEAT flow!     .................................................. OTHER FACTORS . . .     Other factors come into play in the making of a drummer, but they're all more-easily-developed factors . . . they're more (right-brain?) controllable.  (I think that's an ok way to describe it.)     *  COORDINATION . . . Anyone can DEVELOP the special COORDINATING abilities . . .      I say this after watching a TOTALLY OBSESSED, 14-year-old, 'POLIO VICTIM', go pro.  It was VERY DIFFICULT for that little guy . . . but his obsession for the backbeat OVERCAME ALL OBSTACLES. He was COMPELLED to overcome all the physical limitations and eventually became a VERY GOOD working-drummer (not great, but very good) against ALL the odds.  I saw this happen with my own eyes . . . (HE did the work.  OR, maybe I should say . . . he discovered that secret BACKBEAT 'thrill' . . . and the rest just came naturally, because of his TOTAL obsession to play, play, play along with all music.)     *  IMAGINATION OR RHYTHMIC-CREATIVITY:  Yes . . . this is another VERY SPECIAL part of drumming too, but it usually occurs NATURALLY as a result of that OBSESSION for the backbeat . . . If the obsession is there . . . the rhythmic- creativity will normally occur as an unavoidable out-growth or result.     Rhythmic creativity is the way we assemble and use the techniques (beats and rolls), after they are learned . . . It's they way we IMPROVISE and manipulate those beats and rolls we know, around the drum set, in accordance with the flow of the music we are hearing.      YOU'LL excel here . . . I already KNOW it!  It's the FUN part!     You have what it takes!  I just know it, and NOW, so do you! .....................................     Save yourself at least 35 years!  That's how long it COULD take you just to discover WHAT NEEDS TO BE STUDIED.      The informative page below will show you ALL those things in under 10 minutes.  Study it like a lesson, because, (aside from the fact that it is a promo for my complete course) . . . 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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. _________________________ |____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 _________________________________ |___________HUMOR? _____________| THE MAN AND THE OSTRICH A man walks into a restaurant with an ostrich behind him, and as he sits, the waitress comes over and asks for their order. The man says, "I'll have a hamburger, fries and a coke," and turns to the ostrich. What's yours?" "I'll have the same, "says the ostrich. A short time later the waitress returns with the order."That will be $6.40 please," and the man reaches into his pocket and pulls out exact change for payment. The next day, the man and the ostrich come again and the man says, "I'll have a hamburger, fries and a coke," and the ostrich says, "I'll have the same." Once again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change. This becomes a routine until late one evening, the two enter again. "The usual?" asks the waitress.  "No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and salad," says the man. "Same for me," says the ostrich.  A short time later the waitress comes with the order and >says, "That will be $12.62." Once again the man pulls exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table. The waitress can't hold back her curiosity any longer. "Excuse me, sir.  How do you manage to always come up with the exact change out of your pocket every time?" "Well," says the man, "several years ago I was cleaning the attic and I found an old lamp.  When I rubbed it  a Genie appeared and offered me two wishes.  My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, just put my hand in my pocket, and the right amount of money would always be there." "That's brilliant!" says the waitress.  "Most people would wish for a million dollars ! or something, but you'll always be as  rich as you want for as long as you live!" "That's right! Whether it's a gallon of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always  there," says the man. The waitress asks, "One other thing, sir, what's with the ostrich?" 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