New Beats!

We have just completed uploading the first of the "Essential Skills" series of exercises.  These exercise packets will each focus on a variety of skill sets that should be mastered by every rudimental percussionist.  Essential Skills for Battery Percussion: Volume 1 can be found under the new Beats section of the site.  This is also the new home of the Transcription Library.

Please download and share Volume 1 with your friends and look for more material in the near future!

Preparation=Productivity (for the Drumline Member)

prep·a·ra·tion: the action or process of making something ready for use or service or of getting ready for some occasion, test, or duty.

pro·duc·tivity: yielding results, benefits, or profits

As a member of any performing organization, one of the first things you learn is that how you prepare for a performance will directly relate to how precise, powerful and, (above all else) entertaining that performance will be.  For the performer this seems to be a fairly obvious path to success:

• Repetition leads to consistancy.
• Consistancy provides comfort and confidence in your performance.
• Confidence makes the act of performing appear effortless to the audience.

Yet repetition without structure or analysis can cause performers to learn bad habits and improper techniques that can lead to poor performance(s) and possible injury.  During rehearsal that responsibility falls on the instructional staff/director/coach/etc... but what can you do as a performer to set yourself up for success?

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