#igoechallenge

[adiwooddrummer]

#igoechallenge Back to the reggae fills challenge… I have started to add diddles to the ideas I came up with. Bear in mind that these are still just ideas. How these are phrased around the kit will make all the difference - double strokes sound particularly effective on hi-hats, these cymbals can sound SO articulate. Next stage is to the record them with the track and see how they sound - admittedly I have to do all this on a realfeel pad. I may try to hunt down my Drumeo P4 pad to see if that helps. #realfeel #realfeelpad #realfeelpracticepad #realfeelpads #realfeelpracticepads #rudiments #doublestroke #doublestrokeroll #doublestrokerolls #doublestrokes #lifetimewarmup #greathandsforalifetime #greathandsforalifetimedvd 
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[adiwooddrummer]

My battered practice pad post #igoechallenge - am now hitting the Lifetime Warmup at 180bpm. Unthinkable before Lockdown. It’s going to be interesting to see what I do with this once I next get my hands on a snare drum/drum set. #realfeelpads #practicedrums #practiceroutine #practiceroutines #practiceroutineformusicians #drums #drumming #technique #technicalpractice #rudiments #rudiment #flams #singlestrokes #doublestrokes #lifetimewarmup #tommyigoe #tommyigoegrooveessentials #tommyigoelifetimewarmingup #realfeelpad #realfeelpadsforlife #grabandgo #grabandgolifetime (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB3VlThnu1S/?igshid=1c97eu2p9nra3

[adiwooddrummer]

Blasted through the Lifetime Warmup - Basic; Intermediate; Advanced - this morning. Just the Paradiddle Variations, Triplet Rolls and Ratamacues at 215 bpm to get up to speed. Everything else is on its way. We have moved Jules’s solo singer set up into a different room as of today. Jules is back to gig hunting although for the most part it’s crawling speed. #igoechallenge #lifetimewarmup #realfeelpracticepad #rudiments #drumming #jtsmicrophone #tchelicon #tcheliconvoice #reverb #solovocal #solovocalist #reverbpedal #backtoblack #evacassidy #lockdownmusic #lockdown #lockdownrecording #facebooklive #homerecording #iphone #ipad #Vocals #vocalist (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBk4z1vnH5i/?igshid=1rwtslvhzjs6k

[adiwooddrummer]

#igoechallenge A glass ceiling smashing approach to the Lifetime Warmup. A “Grab & Go” (if I remember correctly, or is it “bite-size”?) involves blasting each element only a couple of times before moving onto the next, only I have been practicing the routine at multiple tempos all in one sitting. Has helped strengthen my Paradiddles, which have been amongst my weakest Rudiments for speed. Will have another crack tomorrow. #chartwriting #chart #realfeelpads #practicedrums #practiceroutine #practiceroutines #practiceroutineformusicians #drums #drumming #technique #technicalpractice #rudiments #rudiment #flams #singlestrokes #doublestrokes #lifetimewarmup #tommyigoe #tommyigoegrooveessentials #tommyigoelifetimewarmingup #realfeelpad #realfeelpadsforlife #grabandgo #grabandgolifetime (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_92pIUnuXP/?igshid=1ustja3xsecq5

[adiwooddrummer]

Step 3 of the #igoechallenge Assignment Days 31-45 - Creation pt2. In the end I went for a combination of my possible approaches - orchestral style vs groove drummer. I also decided to build up each groove during the second and fourth sections, starting with the bass drum and adding more voices to the groove every four bars. Section three I kept very simple, and, apart from a very quiet bass drum or possibly floor tom, laid out of section 1 all together. Really don’t want any of the playing to be bombastic, just supportive. #chartwriting #chart #realfeelpads #practicedrums #practiceroutine #practiceroutines #practiceroutineformusicians #drums #drumming #technique #technicalpractice #rudiments #rudiment #flams #singlestrokes #doublestrokes #lifetimewarmup #tommyigoe #tommyigoegrooveessentials #tommyigoelifetimewarmingup #realfeelpad #realfeelpadsforlife (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_1SYN2H_Jg/?igshid=nzrq779g3x8a

[adiwooddrummer]

Step 3 of the #igoechallenge Assignment Days 31-45 - Creation. I think I was always headed for Step 3, bypassing Step 2. Choosing/creating parts to accompany this wonderfully twisty piece of orchestral music has been great fun. I have a few initial ideas which I have written here but I think choosing an approach is the most important thing for me. My role should be a supportive one - there’s so much going on and it builds and builds. So an overall controlled volume is a must. All the ideas I have come up with are relatively low key but could build in intensity with volume and different voices. As for what I play, I could take a percussive approach as if an orchestral snare drummer with access to a huge pallet of sounds. There’s no snare, hi-hat or tom parts on this recording so I could provide those unique voices. I am a drum set player and could approach the piece using the layered rhythmic sound that configuration offers. In other words, play grooves! I think this has the most appeal as it plays to one of the drum set’s greatest strengths - coordinated multilayered rhythms. There’s a third option which is to use a combination. The best part about this assignment is that there’s no right or wrong. It’s about creativity. I can’t help but wonder what a conductor would want. I have had to be flexible in my approach in the past. On the other hand the music is fixed in stone so that makes things easier. #realfeelpads #practicedrums #practiceroutine #practiceroutines #practiceroutineformusicians #drums #drumming #technique #technicalpractice #rudiments #rudiment #flams #singlestrokes #doublestrokes #lifetimewarmup #tommyigoe #tommyigoegrooveessentials #tommyigoelifetimewarmingup #realfeelpad #realfeelpadsforlife (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_zDC5fHvb2/?igshid=d7se6n947dt3

[adiwooddrummer]

Step 1 of the #igoechallenge Assignment Days 31-45 - The Chart. Question is, do I go to Step 2 (transcribing Tommy’s original parts) or Step 3 (creating a drum part)? Probably 3, where I get creative and compose my own part? I have a tiny bit of orchestral experience and love prog rock! Decision time. #lifetimewarmup #tommyigoe #tommyigoegrooveessentials #tommyigoelifetimewarmingup #realfeelpad #realfeelpadsforlife #realfeelpads #practicedrums #practiceroutine #practiceroutines #practiceroutineformusicians #drums #drumming #technique #technicalpractice #rudiments #rudiment #flams #singlestrokes #doublestrokes (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_wm3kvHZF7/?igshid=1chdz5rn532l3

[adiwooddrummer]

I set a goal for myself recently to work on some of the individual elements of Tommy Igoe’s Lifetime Warmup - #igoechallenge. The aim was to increase the quality/speed of these elements to an Advanced level, specifically to match the Advanced Backing Track that comes with the Great Hands package. Have made good progress - the only elements I have really struggled with are the all Paradiddles (excepting the paradiddlediddles). But have slowed them down again and began to push forward again. The Flam stuff is really falling into place. #lifetimewarmup #tommyigoe #tommyigoegrooveessentials #tommyigoelifetimewarmingup #realfeelpad #realfeelpads https://www.instagram.com/p/B_nNLybHx8S/?igshid=1y1s6lbgzln64

[adiwooddrummer]

#igoechallenge Day 26-30 Assignment My Current Best Tempos Rebound Strokes 170 bpm Five Stroke 170 bpm Seven Stroke 170 bpm Nine Stroke 170 bpm Ten Stroke 170 bpm Eleven Stroke 170 bpm Singles and Doubles 170 bpm Three Stroke Ruff 160 bpm Ruff Combo 160 bpm Single Paradiddle 160 bpm Double Paradiddle 160 bpm Triple Paradiddle 160 bpm Paradiddle-diddle 160 bpm Paradiddle Combo 140 bpm Singles Grid 140 bpm Single Drag 160 bpm Double Drag 160 bpm Triplet Rolls 125 bpm Flam Paradiddle 100 bpm Double Flam Paradiddle 90 bpm Triple Flam Paradiddle 90 bpm Flamacue 100 bpm Flamacue Syncopated 100 bpm Flam Taps 100 bpm Flam Taps 6/8 140 bpm Flam Accent 140 bpm Flam Drags 95 bpm Swiss Triplets 140 bpm Flam Combo 140 bpm Ratamacue Combo 170 bpm Target Tempos 180 bpm - overall Advanced Warmup tempo 110 bpm - Flam Paradiddles, etc 136 bpm - Flam Accents, etc 166 bpm - Flam Accents, etc - faster #lifetimewarmup #tommyigoe #tommyigoegrooveessentials #tommyigoelifetimewarmingup #realfeelpad #realfeelpads https://www.instagram.com/p/B_AzLygHrQQ/?igshid=eyv3cb7eyyr1

[adiwooddrummer]

@tommyigoe ‘s latest #igoechallenge is an interesting one. To write five two-bar reggae inspired breaks/solos in a swing feel with double stroke roll vocabulary. Then write five WITHOUT double strokes. Well, considering I rarely use doubles in fills anyway I have decided to write the non-double stroke fills FIRST and then come up with the double strokes versions after! Interestingly, while writing these five breaks I came up with something better. I’ve written ten one-bar reggae rhythmic fill ideas. These can be combined together in any order to create two-bar phrases. The next stage will be to adapt these to double strokes. #drumsanddrumming #drums #practicepad #realfeel #realfeelpracticepad #realfeelpracticepads #doublestrokeroll #doublestrokerolls #singlestrokeroll #ruff #aruffisasinglestrokeroll #ruffissinglestrokes #ruffrudiment (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-4VFzCHWB6/?igshid=3dwi67tnswtd

[adiwooddrummer]

#igoechallenge The latest Assignment from @tommyigoe is to write a transcription of the drum intro to Chick’s Tune played by the wonderful Al Foster. @dumberdrummer has written a very nice one, kudos to him, but this transcription is what I hear. I used the Audio Speed Changer app to slow the track down by 50% to help me. (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-rZWCRnCKH/?igshid=19pjpzgvd8qxd

[adiwooddrummer]

#igoechallenge Assignment 10/11 Tough one. Started out transcribing the accents onto a sixteen note grid, then added Flams. Once written, I practiced the accents first to the backing track. Once familiar with the patterns I started adding the flams. It became apparent that my flam taps weren’t fast enough to play fluidly so tried singles, which actually worked a treat. Started out at 60bpm and, to my surprise, over the last couple of days pushed up to tempo - 100bpm. Too sloppy to record a performance as yet. Another couple of sessions and I will try. (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-U2SzTnkN6/?igshid=1osw716nhql24

[adiwooddrummer]

This is a Nanigo - an Afro-Cuban rhythm from Groove Essentials 1. Day 9 of the #igoechallenge involves taking the original rhythm and coming up with musical variations. I have really enjoyed this assignment as I love taking a groove and reworking it. I particularly enjoy subtracting notes and simplifying a groove, identifying the fundamental elements that makes a groove work and just playing those. (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-P_3u_nGGQ/?igshid=krf08qlz2zt9

[adiwooddrummer]

Tommy Igoe’s latest Assignment (Day 8 - part of the #igoechallenge) is to compose and play three two bar solos. These solo spots are in the first Jazz tune in Groove Essentials. They need to be based on swung eight notes; eight note triplets; straight sixteen notes and develop a theme. I came up with a mottiff which I have carried over into all three. This clip is of me practicing them first to get the solos down at tempo (100bpm). Next I will start to incorporate them into the tune. (at Leicester, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-NtUVLHE5p/?igshid=19zuq7mli9dss