| Subject: |
|
Practice this summer |
| Name: |
|
Mrincrediguess |
| Date Posted: |
|
May 27, 06 - 9:22 PM |
| Message: |
|
We've come a long way, yes. We completely rebuilt ourselves in 2004. Then in 2005 and again in 2006, we competed and held our own. But now we can no longer say: "Well, we rebuilt in 2004..." If we want to be more competitive, we must be practicing on a regular basis IN ALL SECTIONS. Not just snares, not just tenors, and not just one bass drummer....EVERYONE. And everyone must be practicing on a regular basis, and not just cadences.
I hear students talking, and I've heard this many times over the years: "Oh, so-and-so lives, breathes, and sleeps drum line!" You know what I hear in my automatic translator when I hear someone say that? I hear: "I don't practice as much as so-and-so like I know I should, so to save myself embarrassment, I'm gonna say that this is their life and that I'm not gonna make it my life." No one ever said you had to make it "your life". Over the years, I've seen many great players that are into sports, etc. They practiced a lot to get where they were, but they had other things they were doing as well. So the other stuff is nothing but excuses.
My point: (I think you get it, but here it is anyway). Even if we don't miss a single Friday afternoon practice this summer, we are not going to get better until every person picks up their sticks at a minimum of 15 minutes per day. My fourth year as a drum tech, we had this posted on the band hall wall at Waco High School:
"While your not practicing...your competition is." |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reply
Forum
bravenet.com