ISSUE #77 \__\__\___TEMPO DISPATCH  ___/__/__/ May 5, 2003          Monthly Newsletter / DRUM SET LESSONS   Copyright Bill Powelson 2003 all rights reserved. ________________'IT'S ALL ABOUT DRUMS'______________ * Tips * Tricks * Hints * F*r*e*e Drumset-Lessons * __________NOW more than 13,500+ SUBSCRIBERS__________ IN THIS ISSUE . . . (TABLE OF CONTENTS . . .) (Feature-Article/lesson) 1. UNDERSTANDING BEAT-NAMES. 2. PERFECT TIMING?  It's essential to your success.    What's a Groove Guide?    Don't know?  (Click here) http://www.studydrums.com/z.html 3. Humor: Why we Love our kids. 4. Play the new DRUMMERS TRIVIA GAME. *  NEW:     ***  CHAT ABOUT DRUMS ***    ONLINE CHAT, FOR DRUMMERS ONLY:    E-mail a drummer friend and invite them for an online chat. http://pub9.bravenet.com/chat/show.php/762461667 __________________________________ |____Understanding Beat Names_____| Understanding Beat Names can lead to a greater understanding of the note value system and it can improve your sight-reading abilities.      Advanced students and beginners will be wise to study the early lessons at the password site from the top down.  Just scan them quickly if you already know the material, but do go over them . . .     Be sure you've MEMORIZED the Basic Dance beats and their names. They are named somewhat by the notation system.      We tend to name many of the beats by the notation we may be playing on the HI-HAT.  In other words, 16th 4/4, is called 16th 4/4 because we are playing 16th-notes on the hi-hat.     Learning in this way will teach you the note values, and the notation system more easily and quickly.  More importantly, you'll actually be learning to play like a pro, at the same time.     ALWAYS REMEMBER . . . Our primary objective is to PLAY the drums.  It's important to learn the awesome techniques we see and hear so many other drummers do onstage, or within the recordings we buy.      So . . . focus on jamming with your favorite recordings from the very start.     These lessons will explain the things you'll be hearing in the music.  You'll learn to listen deeper to your favorite music as you play it, and your sight-reading skills will develop as you study the lessons, play the music, and have a good time.     When playing along with recordings, challenge yourself to refer to the notation 'terms', as they are used in the lessons.  In other words, if you are hearing 16th-notes, 8th triplets, or any other note-value, in a song, try to recognize them and refer to those patterns by their note-value names.     Try to imagine how those patterns would appear if you were to write them as musical notation.  Better still . . . grab a pen, some paper, and write what you are hearing.     Your ability to read and write notation will steadily grow as you progress through all the 122+ lessons of the course. THE POINT . . .     You shouldn't try to direct special focus on learning to read.  Just follow the lessons and learn to play.  Your reading abilities will emerge as a by-product of the fun, when you also jam and play along with your favorite recordings.     Jamming should dominate more than 80% of this learning project.  Miss that point and you may be doomed from the start.     Have a ball . . .  :>)     That's what it's all about. .......................................................      Here online, many of you may find it easy to absorb SEVERAL lessons per week, while others may need several weeks on each lesson!       That's the advantage of online lessons!      The (very low) $49 cost is the same for EVERYONE. DO THIS . . .      Tally the amount of money you'll spend yearly with a private instructor . . . then compare that cost to the (current) $49.00 you'll spend (ONE TIME), here for the SAME lessons!  ........................................................ NOTE:      Not all the lessons are F*r*e*e.  Many of the best hidden lessons do not appear at the public-site at all. They're hidden, and they are not mentioned anywhere PUBLICLY, except on the 'Contents' page at:     Investigate the complete course, here: http://www.studydrums.com/contents.html  To order the $49 course, with your credit card, from anywhere in the World . . . go here:      Enrollment includes password access to all 120 lessons all the time, plus unlimited e-mail help anytime it is needed. https://secure.catalog.com/drummers/ccard.html ................................................ $77 is the next projected price increase, and it is ALREADY occurring in some sectors of my advertising!) ................................................ ___________________________________________ |____PRODUCTS TO IMPROVE YOUR DRUMMING_____| How's your tempo?  Is it perfect? WHAT'S A GROOVE GUIDE? FIND OUT HERE . . . http://www.studydrums.com/z.html *** ANOTHER SPECIAL BARGAIN *** SAVE $49.00 Order your Groove Guide from the school and receive the complete $49 homestudy course without charge (now 120-lessons.) https://secure.catalog.com/drummers/ccard.html  _________________________ |____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! TO ENQUIRE: Mention The Instructors Guide in a note to Bill Powelson _________________________________ |________TONGUE DRUMS? __________| WHAT'S A TONGUE DRUM? *  It's the perfect gift for drummers who already have everything. *  It's a terrific conversation piece. *  It's a great toy (or first drum) for pre-schoolers. FIND OUT ABOUT THE TONGUE-DRUM HERE! http://www.studydrums.com/tngdrm01.html _________________________________ |_____AD SPACE AVAILABLE ________| This ad-space is available.  Reach 13,500+ avid drum-buffs per month, with your music-related ad. INQUIRE:  drums01@att.net _________________________________ |___________HUMOR? ______________| Why We Love Our Kids:       I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked!       As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my five-year-old shout from the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"      My son Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me he'd dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and threw it in the garbage.      Zachary stood there thinking for a moment, then ran to my bathroom and came out with my toothbrush. He held it up and said with a charming little smile, "We better throw this one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago."     On the first day of school, a first grader handed his teacher a note from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents."     A woman was trying hard to get the catsup to come out of the jar. During her struggle, the phone rang so she asked her four-year-old daughter to answer the phone.     "It's the minister, Mommy," the child said to her mother.  Then she added, "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now, she's hitting the bottle."     A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter haven't you ever seen a little boy before?" POLICE:     While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about six years old. Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, "Are you a cop?"    "Yes," I answered and continued writing the report. "My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police. Is that right?"    "Yes, that's right," I told her.    "Well, then," she said as she extended her foot toward me, "would you please tie my shoe?"    It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. "Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked.    "It sure is," I replied.    Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van.    Finally he said, "What'd he do?" ELDERLY:    While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds.  She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs.    One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass.  As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, "The tooth fairy will never believe this!" Thanks to Jim Casey for sending these thoughts . . . vermontdrums.com ....................................... If you enjoy this e-zine, please enroll and help support this service.  _________________________________ _____PAYMENT OPTIONS/METHODS_____| 1. PAYPAL (Credit card) :  THE EASIEST WAY.     Visit the Main page , then scroll down to the PAYPAL ICON.  This is for the $49 course only. 2. CREDIT CARD: VIA MY SECURE ORDER FORMS.    COURSE ENROLLMENT AND/OR GROOVE GUIDE, HERE: https://secure.catalog.com/drummers/ccard.html 3. TO ORDER BY REGULAR MAIL . . . 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 ONLY: 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. BE SURE TO INCLUDE YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS! ................................... NOW, HERE'S ANOTHER F*r*e*e*b*y. ................................... ASK FOR THIS F*r*e*e E-BOOK, YEAR-ROUND.    HOW TO ASSEMBLE A NEW DRUMSET 'Out of the Box and Under the Tree" 'Assembling a New Drumset / Out of the Box'. Just ask for this E-book if you need it. Send a note to:          (Mention 'NO-COST E-book') _______________________________________ DRUMMING TRIVIA . . .     Play the DRUMMERS TRIVIA GAME     Try your luck.  It's a fun, educational experience . . . TEST YOUR DRUMMING KNOWLEDGE: http://members.aol.com/bpowelson/d-triv02.html ________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE TO: _______________________________________ DO YOU KNOW . . .     Any use of that word F*R*E*E, (coded here), may cause YOUR SPAM FILTERS to trash the e-mails I've worked so diligently to send to you?  PLEASE SET YOUR SPAM FILTERS TO RECEIVE E-MAIL FROM or these f*r*e*e lessons may soon stop.     Thanks. ..................................................... END OF TEMPO DISPATCH #77 May 5, 2003