Yamaha DTXpress/DTXplorer/DTXtreme

Vern,

I used to spend alot a time playing along to the CD's, over and over again.
Especially in my younger days.  Now days I will spend maybe half hour at the
beginning of each session playing to a CD to warmed up. I then switch over
to the Radio. I will spend a half-hour on one station, say Rock, then move
to C&W, then Jazz, etc. I try to play along mostly to songs I have never
heard or maybe heard once or twice but never learned to play. I find that it
helps me keep my ears (and mind) open  and forces me to anticipate. It also
gets me away from the monkey see/monkey do of playing the same songs over
and over and having my mind wonder off thinking about something else, while
I am doing the same repetive beat over and over again.

For me this works because I don't have to learn a particular song down to
the tenth degree and therefore can improvise when and where I want too and
not necessarily following what someone else created. In the end I may not
have mastered or even come close to every nusance, but it certainly feels
more creative and fun.

OGD

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Vernon Graner [SMTP:vern@...]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 28, 2004 11:30 AM
> To:	DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:	[DTXpress] Practice Music?
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> Ok, so I'm trying to get a few minutes of practice in each day, and I'm
> looking for suggestions on what music I should try to play along with to
> help develop different styles... So far I've been using these:
> 
> Rock--   Back in Black, AC/DC
>          Enter Sandman, Metallica
>          Welcome To The Jungle, Guns and Roses
>          Rock Candy, Montrose
> 
> Swing-- Boot Scootin Boogie, Brooks & Dun
>          All my Xs live in Texas, George Strait
>          Zoot Suit Riot, Cherry Poppin Daddies
> 
> Speed-- Good Girls Don't, The Knack
>          Superbeast, Rob Zombie
> 
> Agility-- Chop Suey, System of a Down
>            Montate, Puya
> 
> Humility-- Yyz, Rush :)
> 
> So, any other Suggestions? What do you listen to/practice to?
> 
> Vern
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