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In this weeks lesson we looked at samba patterns. Samba is an area I have never really been introduced too so going into this weeks lesson I was thinking in a clear mindset and ready to test my self and learn how some basic concepts. I feel overall I struggled at first with the grooves but after a while practising and warming up I feel like the more Pete explained the more I was able to intake, I decided to go home and look at this basic samba groove sheet where I have used it as a way to learn and better my sight reading and also learn to play samba patterns comfortably so I can use them if I was ever to play a gig that would need the groove.

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In my performance at the Prince Albert, I brought along my 10’ China cymbal to use for accents and fills. I enjoyed playing this song a lot due to the 6/8 time signature and the constant playing through the entire track, overall I feel this week was a great start to the term and I really gave 100% effort in learning and performing the song.

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I felt very excited to be playing this song for the pre-performance lesson. I had learned the song before going into the practice room, this is something I didn't do last term, and it paid off greatly.

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Academic

Keep on track

Not fall behind

Document in detail

Technical

Work on foot related stuff

Linear fills

Performance

Stage presence

Professional

Networking

Building a portfolio

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Swot analaysis

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In this weeks lesson we looked at the six stroke roll. I feel like this week I had more confidence in the concept we were learning, due to my common use of the five stroke roll I had a good understanding of rolls and how to achieve a great sound when using them in my playing.
I feel like I understood the assignment set as I was able to play all of what Pete was showing, I decided to break it down in my head so it made sense to me in My own little way, this was by realising the sticking is composed of a single followed by two double strokes and then back into a single and then just reversed.

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In this weeks performance, my group decided to rework the track completely from a slow and delicate track to a funk/disco feel. I think this idea was great and I really enjoyed playing it, my only criticism is that it felt way to fast for the vocals on the track making it feel rushed.
I decided to bring in my 8inch dry splash to play on the track for more dynamics when playing it after playing 5 stroke rolls on the hi hats, which I feel like I’ve made my trademark thing amongst my work.

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This week we focused on linear grooves. I felt confident about the concept when going into my class, as I have researched and looked at linear grooves in the past as it has been a Greg interest of mine. Due to the drummer abe Cunningham using linear fills and grooves I went into a mindset of thinking about his playing and how it can make sense in my head when relating the two whilst Pete was showing me, I feel this worked greatly as I was able to slip into the feel of the grooves really smoothly and I felt as if the rhythm and flow of the groves were really tight. I found the sheet above showing different linear grooves that take place one upbeats and down beats and I have been trying to read them and practise them this week.

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This week we dove into polyrhythms. I really was exited for this weeks topic as polyrhythms are a great interest of mine as I used to write math rock music with a close friend where we would use polyrhythms extremely frequently. In the lesson I enjoyed it the whole way through, I think finally hearing a drum teacher speak on the topic and break it down made it make alot more sense and really helped me get the feel for it and how to slip into the 2/3 polyrhythm naturally and where I could use it in different genres and musical compositions.

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this week's lesson we took a look at the 4/3 polyrhythm.
when attending this class I had a little fear coming into the class, this is due to me thinking that I knew the rhythms but turns out they were completely something else. After listening to Pete play the polyrhythm I soon realised that it is a familiar thing that I had heard in popular music and is something I've played/performed on numerous occasions. overall i have been enjoying the polyrhythm section of this term and look forward to what next week withholds.

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This week, I decided to strip back my performance and really play to the song, we did our own version of chain of fools as it wasn’t entirely accurate. We reworked the structure to make it more easy to keep up with and really toned it down during the verses and made it slightly louder in the choruses.
I overall enjoyed the route we took with the track and it taught me to play to the song more.

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For this week I was unable to attend, from what I understand the track was a very fun and testing track to play all round. I have heard this song many times before and therefore understand on a drummers behalf why the song may feel challenging, it has an unnatural feel to the grove, which I think is caused by apposing time signatures with what the rest of the band is playing. Overall I am gutted I could not make this weeks performances as I was very intrigued by this song.

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This week was my favourite week for definite, the song was cocoon by catfish and the bottlemen. I knew the song very well so the main focus was trying to achieve an accurate sound as a cover band, I feel we all played great in this performance and I especially feel as if I was able to show off when playing the track in certain areas and also create a great cover paying homage to the original in a great way.

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Florence + The Machine - Ship To Wreck (Official Audio)

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For the performance I decided to not play, I was feeling a little burnt out with drumming due to the excessive rehearsals I was partaking in that caused my to turn away from all things drums and focus on the more business orientated elements surrounding drumming and making a living as a drummer, my attending my other classes and really listening to the information that was there for me. I feel this song was a very easy song that I feel really balances the hard rock elements with beauty and makes a perfect sound where the two meet, this makes the song very intriguing to me to play.

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Florence + The Machine - Ship To Wreck (Official Audio)

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In this weeks performance I worked with a band I have never worked with once before, I had worked with the band on a Sumative performance where we performed an original track from the band so i was unsure how it would sound as Band doing a cover. We chose to put a technical spin at the end of the track whilst also going into a completely different song in general, this was quite fun in my opinion as it was a decision as a band to make it as ridiculous as possible as the end due to us being very comfortable with the original track.

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In this weeks pre prod class we decided to change the track completely as we now had the option too, we decided to change the track to a more funk sounding track, this made the track more energetic and I feel it worked even though we all agreed it was a risk.

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This being my final performance of my first year at waterbear, I decided I’m just going to give it 100% and really go crazy with the track. I feel as if I really found my footing with the band I was in this week and we came up with a great cover that allowed us all to really shine through and show our musical ability as a band and on our own instruments as well, i added crazy fills and really tried to deliver pocket into the track as I feel it is a key requirement in a funk track.

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in this video I am playing the drums in the song Totem by Fari, i had originally learned the track by playing what the previous drummer had played and I put my own twist on it. due to me being very confident and being able to play the song really well i decided to choose this song for my summative as i really get to show off my abilities on the drums.

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This is a short demo of my cover of Jackie down the line by fontaines dc, I played everything on the track and recorded it myself too. I feel as if due to me recording the drums midi and then gridding it up, it doesn’t really feel like a cover that it close to the original I think I am to record everything in a studio and get it mixed professionally so I can really show off how I can replicate the track and show off how I can play other instruments as it is a great interest of mine.