AnthonyCervantez

Adding in more percussion elements to help create variety.

Practicing drop-ins, more off the cuff stuff, and adding textures/variations while maintaining a riff.

Double header for the late days. A family member is about to pass, don’t have a lot of time to focus on this stuff atm.

Had even less time today for this one. Finally decided to break out the pads, trying to give off an "intelligent punk" vibe circa 80's Stewart Copeland. Lots of studying going on this week.

Literally had 20 minutes to record this on the spot. Needed something quick and fast, have been working out my double kick chops so I figured it it was time to put it to the test for a working beat. I was digging in it by the end.

Honing in on my stability with ghost notes on the snare with some dynamics. Was going for a dub/outkast/early gorillaz kinda thing on the harpejji. I’m on crunch time for another week so no real time to elaborate on ideas or have a tonne of practice time.

I think this is the fourth day I’ve fell off the wagon. Last night I pulled an all nighter getting some freelance and programming work done. Priorities. Working on some more fills that are lengthy. Only 20 more days!

Another double header for today. I’m in crunch time with a lot of different projects. Recorded this yesterday but had to time to edit or upload it. Worked on sliding and using inner fingering for some more variation.

Inverted the pattern from yesterday between my feet. Rushing a little on the transition, but tbh the E-hat I’m using doesn’t like fast and rapid foot tapping. Nothing like a real hi-hat, but I hope when I get that DW-E kit all will be solved.

A little sloppy at the end but I think I can safely say I've broken the slump I was in with creating drum beats that I actually like.

Had to be a quick one with a tight schedule today. One of the things I wanna work out over the next few months is to have the most mobility on the harpejji. I’m talking insane, throwing jutsus level speed. For now I’m not looking at the board when possible to make sure I get use to relying on feel before I begin working on exercises.

Had to be a quick one with a tight schedule today. One of the things I wanna work out over the next few months is to have the most mobility on the harpejji. I’m talking insane, throwing jutsus level speed. For now I’m not looking at the board when possible to make sure I get use to relying on feel before I begin working on exercises.

Just cycling through some progressions, trying to maintain stability at faster tempos with fills. I need to work on my kicks, have a tendency to rush them over any other part/limb. The new toms feel fantastic in response though.

Nothing too fancy, working with rhythmic accents and displacements on the hats. The new rig feels great though and I’m excited for the weekend to get around to properly setting it up.

New revision to the kit, got a Yamaha Rack. Probably the most ergonomic it’s ever been. I’ll upload some photos later, but the room is a mess and I still gotta get the rig properly config’d by the end of this week.

Have worked on the setup all day today, I’m very happy with the results. You’ll see it next week! Have a nice Friday night!

Late postin’ Only the second time I’ve done it this challenge. You’ll see why it was worth it next week…

Big changes to the kit coming.

The next biggest thing for me is to synchronize 16th note rhythms between my kit and my hands. It’s really shaky here, unwieldy string bends and stuff. But, I’m not focusing on the board at all with my eyes which is a reassuring thing after all these years.

Practicing smooth transitions and patterns with arpeggiating chords and using the hat on the off beats. Things are heating up still, working on 3 separate projects and another cert. Probably gonna be this kinda stuff till the end.

Now it all comes together. My new regimen has given me BOUNTIFUL fruits. I can successfully bridge phrases without cracks in the flow. Hope you all have a wonderful Friday.

Incorporating paradiddles to grooves really opens things up as far as possibilities go for the drumpejji. This one was sorta tricky because it forced me to really have some precision with the placement of the bell hits. Main vulnerability is that I was prone to losing my balance between the feet.