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Melodics review drums1/7/2024 If I can get to a level that approximates where I was back in my 20s, then maybe I'll look for other approaches to learning. I'll stick with what I've done in the past. I have my work cut out for me in just trying to re-learn much of what I used to be able to do. I'm sort of curious about the music software but here I am at 57 trying to get back into playing. Getting comfortable with adding fills with 5s and 7s gave me a sound that started to differentiate me from lots of other drummers. And the last thing I worked on was trying to play cross rhythms, mainly 5s and 7s. After my friend taught me this I was amazed at how many profession drum recordings were essentially playing some version of this beat. And you can play it with the hi hat closed or playing eighth notes on the hi hat so you get a nice open hi hat pattern or you play eighths on the hi hat while on the bell of the ride. There are 6 different versions of the bass drum beat. It is basically the right hand portion of a paradiddle with the right hand either on the hi hat or the bell of the ride cymbal and 2 and 4 of the snare with ghost notes. But one of the things that really helped me advance was my friend, who also was taking lessons at Drummer's Collective, and was much better than me, shared with me something his teacher taught him. I found this effort of transcription and then playing what I transcribed to be extremely helpful in advancing my ability to play. Lastly, I would spend hours listening to albums, transcribing the drum parts on paper and then playing what was written on paper until I felt good enough to play along with the record. So I took a "snare drum class" which was essentially private snare drum lessons that helped me with both my technique as well as strengthening my snare chops and gave me some more facility. Then when I went away to college, I decided it would help my overall playing if I studied snare drum as an elective. Then when I took lessons at Drummer's Collective we did a combination of listening to albums and breaking down the tune and playing the grooves on the album combined with doing exercises from the books that teach hand and foot independence. Then for work on the set, my first teacher who was a jazz player had me playing to different tunes which I would play on my turntable on the stereo. Back when I was growing up in the 70's practicing involved doing hours of rudiments on the pad or snare. But clealry I can't comment on that since I know nothing about it. What do you use, got any tips on how you made it work for you and, if it's got something that doesn't quite work for you, how does it fall short?Īs an old fart at 57 I've never even heard of "practice software" although I have on doubt it exists. I know Roland (use to?) do some practice software but recent reviews seem to suggest this is fairly dated, has limited songs and probably also doesn't do some of the things that Melodics doesn't do etc. It does have a "practice" mode but you have to find an existing track with all the bits of kit you want to practice with and then, well it's not really meant for what I'd like to do which is practice the exercises my teacher has written out that I want to do with a click but also have the benefit of seeing where I'm drifting on the timing, being able to add what I'm meant to play so I can compare it on the screen and to track progress with that etc. It would be nice if you could put your own stuff in but I've not found an editor etc. I'd prefer if it gave a choice to see a proper musical score rather than just the squares on lines. Melodics is fun but I feel like it falls a bit short from some aspects. more info $550 usd $750 usd mixing & mastering – the art of the super producer deep dive into the art of eq, space, distortion, stereo imaging, and dynamics to make your projects release-ready while competing with other releases in the style.I'm a beginner and have been using a combination of books, lessons and Melodics software. more info $550 usd $750 usd producer skills – synthesis & sound design advance your music production development with sonic mastary, ableton technical skills with a focus on synthesis & sound design. Beat labonline music education on-demand music programs, synthesis & sound design, masterclasses and plugin guides check it out most popular foundation of music production begin with the basic essential skills for the modern music producer – the foundations of music theory, and ableton production and performance.
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