Practice program...

[chopfan]

I have a program that works, but It is so much that I want to practice. Some thoughts? 
I practice 5 - 9 hours everday.

[b_jizzle20]

I have a program that works, but It is so much that I want to practice. Some thoughts? 
I practice 5 - 9 hours everday.

yikes!! thats hecktic, 5-9 hours

I usually practice 2 hours/day (sometimes I gotta cut it short for my moms sake )...

starting off with Rudiments/stickcontrol, Foot exersises, Independance, then I practice 2-3 songs to learn them inside out...


 

[chopfan]

yeah its hectic.. But I have to, Im studying music at University of Agder in Kristiansand in Norway, so it is some hard homework..

I practice my rudiments on my HQ pad in the mornings from 0900 - 1200
and drumset things usually from 1300 - 1800, depends on school.


I have been thinking about writing down monthly goals, anybody done that before?

[JFunky]

yeah its hectic.. But I have to, Im studying music at University of Agder in Kristiansand in Norway, so it is some hard homework..

I practice my rudiments on my HQ pad in the mornings from 0900 - 1200
and drumset things usually from 1300 - 1800, depends on school.


I have been thinking about writing down monthly goals, anybody done that before?

...yeah man.  The goals are needed. 

...one thing I learned from Derico Watson and Christopher Coleman is to always have a Drum Journal.  That way you know where you stand and you can move from or go back to.

[theLearner]

I have a program that works, but It is so much that I want to practice. Some thoughts? 
I practice 5 - 9 hours everday.

5-9 HOURS!!!.......dude.. what do you do? I know your not out of highschool
cuz there is nooo other way would have that much free time....

[mingusfingus]

I have a program that works, but It is so much that I want to practice. Some thoughts? 
I practice 5 - 9 hours everday.

Hi, Virgil! 

[theLearner]

5-9 hours................... 
serious time management skillz....

[11111111]

I shall be your teacher...

Go out and buy the heaviest sticks on the market. Once you're able to play singles and doubles, leading with either hand, at 18000 bpm - return to me, for phase 2.

To develop foot control, I would like for you to unhook the spring. Until you're unable to control the beater, you will have to pull it off of the head. In any case, I want you to work on 64th note triplets w/ an inverted ratama-diddle flama-cue, accenting on every other stroke.

When you have mastered this regimen, return to me...

















...I'm sure we'll be able to find some work for you in a traveling freak-show.

[JFunky]

I shall be your teacher...

Go out and buy the heaviest sticks on the market. Once you're able to play singles and doubles, leading with either hand, at 18000 bpm - return to me, for phase 2.

To develop foot control, I would like for you to unhook the spring. Until you're unable to control the beater, you will have to pull it off of the head. In any case, I want you to work on 64th note triplets w/ an inverted ratama-diddle flama-cue, accenting on every other stroke.

When you have mastered this regimen, return to me...



...I'm sure we'll be able to find some work for you in a traveling freak-show.

...that's too funny! LOL

[SabianKnight]

I have a program that works, but It is so much that I want to practice. Some thoughts
I practice 5 - 9 hours everday.

Cut it in half and focus on Mastery. if you cannot leave an exercise and come back to it and play it just as well or better then you have not Mastered it. If it does not naturally bleed into your playing without thinking then you have not absorbed it into ownership. It is a proven fact that small interval workouts allow for better/higher intensity focus and yields better results.

Personally, 4hr practices make me feel great and I develop well in this. However, time is at a premium and I have found more discovery in the shorter bursts of staying with an exercise for longer period overall. 20-30 minutes per topic practiced.