Chris Draper @heychrisdraper
Helping drummers with Advanced Fundamentals 🥁 | Currently Playing Drums @ Hamilton, London 🇬🇧 Joined June 2022-
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I'm putting together a free email course on Advanced Fundamentals If you've been thinking: "Am I doing this right?", "Is this really the best way to do this?" & "I'm playing the right notes, but how can I get this to sound like THAT" Then I think you'll be into it.
How to make it sound like you're sitting on the back of the beat without sitting on the back of the beat: Don't play early.
Another interesting viewpoint I'm pondering: 1. Become a cliched version of the sound you're aiming for. 2. Do this multiple times & combine different aspects. 3. Use your technique and skillset as a tool for the above, adhering the the principles of Advanced Fundamentals.
Interesting viewpoint I'm pondering: • Your teens are for playing • Your 20's are for learning • Your 30's are for unlearning I definitely seem to be unlearning 99% of what I remember from my college education. Much like 'you learn to pass your test, then you learn to drive'
How to win sound engineers as friends: Stop bashing the hihat/cymbals. Bringing the level in line with your kick/snare will mean they can take your OH level down. Then they can push your master fader & gain better control of their mix with more headroom.
How to develop better consistency in sound, and remove excess movement from your playing: Incorporate a start & end point to your stroke: 1. Starting point (stick relaxed, hovering close to the head) 2. Prep stroke 3. Down stroke 4. Rebound 5. End point (same as 1) Repeat
If you practice with a metronome but you find your time is still 'iffy' on gigs, you're not alone. Legacy education doesn't teach anything about how crucial a basic understanding of the nervous system is. Keeping the sympathetic nervous system in check = far more natural time.
One of the biggest unlocks for developing 'flow': Focus on finding areas of tension & anatomical 'kinks'. This could be: • how you sit • how you pivot from the hips • the angle of your wrists • how you lever your arms from your shoulder Flowing body = flowing playing
Your aim should be to become a 'conscious' musician (aware of everything that you're doing), but 'unconscious' in performance. This way, you lose the inner monologue but maintain control over your playing. It's the ultimate goal when you start developing Advanced Fundamentals.
The biggest issue I see with technique is a lack of awareness for the space and time between each stroke - this is where most bad habits happen. Optimise the space between & most problems disappear without needing hours of pad drills or any time spent 'rebuilding technique'
Do you get Knee/Ankle pain when playing? It is most likely 1 of 2 issues: 1) Burying the beater - You're forcing unspent energy back into your leg as vibrations. Terrible for nerves/blood vessels 2) Improper ankle/knee/hip alignment - move your BD/stool into a neutral position
The 4 A's Concept (to help teachers get 4 times the mileage from any given topic): Actionable - (How to) Analytical - (Here's how these 2 ways of doing the same thing differ) Aspirational - (You can do it) Anthropological - (Here's why you should do this thing)
Interesting teaching question I'm pondering: Beginners/Intermediates: Always want to work on advanced concepts Advanced/Professionals: Always want to work on beginner concepts At what point does this change happen?
Quick tip for up-ing your monitoring game in 2023: If you use in-ears or any kind of personal monitoring system... Stop using 99p adapters to plug your expensive headphones in. You'll panic when it fails mid-gig (been there!) Instead, use a DAP XGA-13 adapter. Thank me later!
How to solve the vast majority of forearm issues in 5 mins or less: You may well be straining your wrist extensors with weird angles on the kit. Study tennis stroke form and watch how the angle of the hand changes as it moves across the body. Apply the same thing to the drums
Anybody checked out the new Nickelback album? The drums are MAD. Actually perfect...
Do you have knee pain when you play? Try moving the strike point of your BD foot to the midsection to allow for the beater to rebound naturally. Also, check your foot-knee-hip alignment. You may have a valgus strain. Easy to solve by moving your BD in line with your stool.
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5 Simple Questions I Answer In 2 Minutes Every Night (To Create A "Ledger" Documenting My Days):
The Path to Growth is: shaped by discipline forged with passion a responsibility a way to learn an art form a privilege a mindset a lifestyle a journey limitless mastery What else?
…esp the young who are still trying to figure out who they are and how they fit into the world. (Just as a human being in society, let alone creatively.)
The zeitgeist of our time is taking the exception to the rule and making it the rule, thus not only distorting reality but inverting it which makes it confusing as hell for people…
When you cease to work on basic fundamentals that are useful and applicable on a daily basis and only work on “trick shots”, everything ceases to function in a relevant manner. The world is not a dunk contest or shooting half court shots, it’s shooing free throws. It might not be…
I’ve basically spent my first 3 years writing online unlearning all of the horrible writing habits I learned in college. And I’m guessing I’m not the only one.
Someone just sent me a fb msg asking for career advice on becoming a musician. I get this "?" a lot. Hope this helps
7 "goals" I give as instructions to ChatGPT when using it for rewriting: 1. More concise 2. More emphatic 3. More humorous 4. More descriptive 5. More persuasive 6. More informative 7. More action-oriented Instantly taps me into new writing voices. Highly recommend.
When I was 17, I said I’d do anything except teach. Nearly 17 years later it’s almost all I do. Never say never.
@heychrisdraper Beginners believe that becoming professional requires advanced techniques. Once you become professional it’s always about doing the basics well and the advanced technique as a last resort.
@heychrisdraper Excellent question! And observation. I have no idea... Worth considering for a few days though.
One of the reasons I love Twitter is the range of people on here. So many growth-minded folk want to learn and help others grow. If you're reading this, that's you. Thank you!
@heychrisdraper When they realise ‘boots and cats’ is where the 💷💷 is?!
Mastery, simplified: 1. Doing the dead-simple basics 2. Reminding yourself to keep doing the basics whenever you think you’re too good for them Less complexity, more consistency.
@heychrisdraper Have been using Waking up for 1.5 years now. The content, the authenticity and daily meditations. Big fan.
Ship 30 will see a massive growth spurt in the next 6 months. And I have this nagging feeling that I should document more of it. Some kind of periodic email/podcast/YouTube sharing insights into what’s happening. Would you be interested in this? If so, what should I cover?
@heychrisdraper @hubermanlab The Huberman Lab podcast and his newsletter. Ranges from the skill of learning, to fitness, to food, to fertility, he covers so much valuable information. Here's one to get you hooked. Cheers! youtube.com/watch?v=xJ0IBz…
Question for musicians: Where is your mental “spotlight” when you’re playing? I used to get so fixated on my own playing that it would make me tense/not listen to the band. Now I tend to zoom out and focus on my level of relaxation, my breathing, and locking in with the bass.
Decent drummers use their body to explore the drums. Good drummers use their mind to explore the drums. Great drummers use the drums to explore their mind.
@heychrisdraper You’ll never be mad at yourself for over preparing. Neither will anyone else in the band.
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