![]() ![]() That wasn’t a choice, I was really upset. I started playing bass drum in the school band and my parents were really supportive and got me a drum kit. I kept passing out while we worked on our whole notes because of all the blowing, so my teacher moved me to drums – and that was it. For some weird reason when I was five I thought the clarinet was the coolest instrument on the planet. I started in my school music programme playing clarinet. Let’s talk about the time before your website. I caught up with Mike at his Masterclass in London to talk about his early days of drumming, his website and many other things. His website ‘’ has not only made him one of the top educators of our time but also revolutionised drum education forever – and he has big plans to increase his lead even further. The drum community surrounding his online lessons, consisting of drummers from all ages and levels of ability, extends over the whole globe and is growing bigger every day.īut even if you’re not a regular subscriber, every drummer has seen at least a handful of Mike’s video lessons. This has been a great thread.Mike Johnston is probably one of the most recognisable names on the drum circuit today. I guess it doesn't convey sticking patterns but I'll just use whatever limbs works for my experiment. I wonder if it could translate into a form of braille? Still visually I think I can make me a tablature using dots (dash for closed) and same organization and no lines just all of it continuous and see if I can sight read it better or use it for charts to help jump start me on a song? It's upside down and all screwed up in comparison so "obviously" makes complete sense to me ROFL. But still I want to follow like reading drum notation but this streams (it's really continuous you just have a limited field of view)-I like it's less cluttered and toms much lower separate so that jumps out at me (they tend to confuse me visually so hesitate). ![]() Dang Andy you've been right all this time LOL.Īnother thing is it's almost like upside down drum notation so bass on top and cymbals on bottom and snare in between-then distinctions of open-close,way separate and lower toms, no lines, each cymbal has separate lineage, etc. It's like I see the light and what I'm missing generally is "spaces". It can turn to poo in no time being too busy. ![]() ![]() Things are jumping out at me as I try different things-one thing I'm way too busy a fella composition wise. I really like the groove and the drum machine is awesome-I can't quit playing with it. I can understand how it could be difficult to sight read, but to interpret and share ideas, I find it very useful. Then clicking on a box in the grid is akin to playing a note for that part.ĮDIT: The benefit of drum tablature is everything is spatially notated, and therefore gives a more visual representation of grooves and stickings. Or a generic one that lets you name the parts. Perhaps this inspires a new tablature tool on DW ( Imagine a button that inserts a 4/4 grid with sextuplet divisions, with 2 toms, snare, kick, floortom, hihat, ride, hihat foot, cowbell, etc. Think of it as a format for sharing ideas, rather than "is this what I need to use to construct sheet music out of in a band setting?". The good news is it works for people who don't get note durations from formal notation. HiHat and Ride patterns can be written with 'x', but if I'm trying to convey a certain sticking, I'll use 'R' and 'L' instead. A lowercase 'o' on the kick line indicates a note placement, however the same 'o' on the "HiHat foot" line indicates an OPEN position. It's limited so you have to use your imagination. ![]()
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