ISSUE #71 \__\__\___TEMPO DISPATCH  ___/__/__/ Nov 5, 2002          Monthly Newsletter / DRUM SET LESSONS   Copyright Bill Powelson 2002 all rights reserved. ________________'IT'S ALL ABOUT DRUMS'______________ * Tips * Tricks * Hints * F*r*e*e Drumset-Lessons * __________NOW more than 14,500+ SUBSCRIBERS!__________ IN THIS ISSUE . . . (FEATURE ARTICLE): 1.  HOW TO ACQUIRE 'TEMPO PERFECTION'. Mastering the TIME-KEEPING process.     2. More help with PERFECT TIMING?     What's a Groove Guide?    Don't know?  (Click here) http://www.studydrums.com/z.html 3. Humor: Two Hunters & FOR WOMEN ONLY 4. Play the new DRUMMERS TRIVIA GAME.  .... ALL UNPAID SUBSCRIBERS PLEASE READ THIS! .... SPECIAL NOTICE:     It now costs nearly $300 per month to send this (F*R*E*E?) newsletter out to you.  It's a labor of love!    THE BAD NEWS . . .     Once the subscriber-base increases to 15,000, the list-maintenance-costs will rise even more.  (We are now more than 14,500 strong!) 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NOW THAT WE HAVE THAT LITTLE BIT OF 'UNPLEASANT BUSINESS' OUT OF THE WAY, HERE'S THIS MONTHS LESSON . . . ___________________________________ |__________FEATURE LESSON___________| TEMPO PERFECTION AND HOW TO ACHIEVE IT.      THINK ABOUT THIS!      As we play ANY beat in ANY song, we are slicing BEATS PER MINUTE into millionths.  We must CONSISTENTLY land on the same millionth of a second . . . within EACH repetition of the beat, or we aren't perfect!      It's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to do that consistently, with EVERY repetition of EVERY beat, in EVERY song!      What is the solution?      There are many!  I'll try to shed some light on how it might best be accomplished, here. TEMPO PERFECTION: TIP #1      #1.  We must possess a DEEP, inner-sensitivity and FEELING for the backbeat flow of the music.  This is the NUMBER ONE PRIORITY!       PAID STUDENTS WILL LEARN ABOUT THE BACKBEAT, HERE: http://wwwc.catalog.com:82/drummers/hsdrum/td16.txt           *  UNPAID STUDENTS WILL NEED TO ASK FOR A FREE E-MAIL VERSION OF THAT LESSON.  Just ask for TD #16 in a note to:        It's a freeby.  Ask for it via e-mail, if you need it. TEMPO PERFECTION: TIP #2      #2.  MASTERY OF THE BASIC DANCE BEATS.  I know a lot of the young 'hotshot' drummers 'THINK' they are much too advanced to waste valuable time on the basic beats.  But, that sort of thinking is about the most serious mistake they can make. GEARING-MECHANISMS . . .     Students who do not FULLY UNDERSTAND THE GEARING-MECHANISMS inherent within the combined structures of ALL FIVE basic beats, will Sooner or later encounter tempo problems, somewhere, sometime on some songs.     Slower songs tend to give us the MOST trouble onstage.       Yes!  We'll need PERFECT TEMPO, with even the slowest of songs TOO, or our band may be replacing the drummer sooner than we expect.      It's the (less than obvious) 'mathematical-gearing-mechanisms' within each of the BASIC BEATS that will afford us TOTAL TEMPO CONTROL within ANY TEMPO.       REMEMBER THIS!     The SLOWER the tempo . . . the MORE TEETH we will need in our gearing-mechanism.  (In this case, the 'teeth' are the cymbal-notes we'll play on the hat.)     The FASTER the tempo . . . the LESS 'teeth' we will need. Consider it a PHYSICAL LAW of timing, tempo and speed.     Be aware of this point, as you study the BIG FIVE BASIC DANCE BEATS:     Analyze the NUMBERS!  See the NUMERICAL-PATTERNS that exist within the cymbal notes . . .  THAT'S THE GEARING-MECHANISM I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU SEE . . . http://www.studydrums.com/prime01.html     Notice how the SLOWER BEATS are using MORE TEETH (or cymbal notes), and the FASTER BEATS USE LESS.  It's just like the gearing of an automobile.      In our car, The LOWER, SLOWER GEARS need more teeth . . . and the HIGHER, FASTER GEARS, will use less.   We shouldn't try to use low gear at 120 MPH (or KPH), nor should we try to go 4 MPH (or KPH) in HIGH GEAR.     The BASIC Drum beats work on this same principle.     This simple bit of common-sense knowledge will help you achieve TEMPO PERFECTION onstage, and it will help make you a front-runner, when it comes to holding tempo like a human metronome.      TEMPO PERFECTION TIP #3      #3.  TEMPO TEAMWORK (ONSTAGE):  This is yet ANOTHER WAY to achieve indisputable command of perfect tempo.      PAID STUDENTS may read ALL about it here: http://wwwc.catalog.com:82/drummers/hsdrum/td29.txt HERE'S A FEW LINES FROM THAT IMPORTANT LESSON . . .      We need an ALLIANCE . . . hopefully with our bass-player.      If only we can persuade the bass player to stay with us (and vice versa) it will create a welding or solidifying element that will work to stabilize the bottom of the music in such a way that our tempo will become virtually unshakeable. The weaker band members who might otherwise follow a 'tempo-offender' (like sheep) into the pit-of-doom, will now be compelled to stick with the strongest force in the band . . . That's the bass-player/drummer ALLIANCE I'm talking about.      At this point . . . the bass player and drummer become invaluable members of the group.   This is the point where an otherwise 'lame' band . . . begins to take on real dynamics and fire!      Together . . . a strong bass player and a strong drummer (working together) can take total control of nearly any band and keep it.   HERE'S HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN YOUR BAND:      It's all in the 'ears', and learning to listen!  We must really listen and anticipate our bass-players every move!  It is important to know what your bass player is thinking . . . memorize the moves . . .  the kicks, the licks, and the musical phrasing.  STICK LIKE GLUE!      In one word . . . COMPLIMENT the bass-player (musically) in every way you possibly can.  Then, encourage that bass-player to do the same for you (with a baseball bat if necessary, haha.)        This is the sort of tempo-teamwork that can take any band out of the dives, and straight into the top paying jobs. TEMPO PERFECTION TIP #4      #4.  At the risk of making this sound like a blatant advertisement for Groove Guides, I must say that a Groove Guide 'DOES' offer the best and most obvious SOLUTION or FIX for NEARLY ALL TEMPO PROBLEMS.      FIRST . . . We must realize and accept the fact that we are ONLY human!  We weren't designed to split minutes into 'millionths of a second' with the same precision of a Swiss watch.      If we are silly enough to THINK we can . . . we're only fooling ourselves.      Those of us who may THINK we are perfect, are probably the worst of all, when it comes to actually doing it.  Like I said . . . it's virtually impossible to split EVERY second to the exact same MILLIONTH OF A SECOND, on EVERY repetition of EVERY beat on EVERY song.      Mechanical and/or electronic help will be needed if we are ever to resemble perfection.      The Groove Guide was invented for this PRECISE purpose.      A Groove Guide works just like the SPEEDOMETER on an automobile. It senses the (backbeats) tempo we are playing, then reports that tempo back to us VISUALLY, in BEATS PER MINUTE.           * If we are slicing the tempo PERFECTLY on every repetition of the beat . . . it will tell us VISUALLY.      * If we slow the tempo (or drag), it will tell us VISUALLY. The number of BEATS PER MINUTE will decrease.      * If we speed-up (or rush) the tempo, it will tell us VISUALLY.  The number of BEATS PER MINUTE will increase.      Once we are AWARE of our tempo imperfections (on ANY specific song) . . . it's much easier to aim for the true TARGET TEMPO and hold onto it.      To acquire the ability to do that will translate into POWER WITHIN THE BAND, as we play.  The other musicians in the band will KNOW that the drummer is right-on, and they'll follow without dispute or argument.      WE DRUMMERS WILL BECOME THE TEMPO LEADERS OF THE BAND, rather than tempo followers.       *  This in-turn causes a positive WELDING effect for the ENTIRE BAND, and that's exactly the thing that will make ANY band . . . kick-butt, and ANY DRUMMER A MOST-VALUABLE-PLAYER.      Check out the Groove Guide, here: http://www.studydrums.com/z.html   .......................................................      Here ONLINE . . . 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