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Getting really excited for our upcoming Unsnared Studio. 3 sessions over 5 weeks, focused on leveraging creativity in the practice room to develop flexible and expressive musical technique.
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I’ll share ideas used in the development of my forthcoming book, Unsnared Drum Lab (snare drum-based), and we’ll explore how they might apply to all instruments (not snare drum-based)
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Highlighting the importance of learning communities, in each session, we’ll open things up for people in the group to share their own issues, problems, or struggles, as well as reflections on the time between each meeting
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We have limited space left, so LMK if you want to join via the link above or send me a message.
#summerprogram #snaredrum #practice by @learning_percussion

This week’s learning percussion newsletter is about how “disposable” musical fragments can be vital to learning new music and refining skills. As always, more details in my Learning Percussion posts…

https://learningpercussion.substack.com/

#newsletter #snaredrum #percussion #practice by @learning_percussion

Thinking about tinkering…

Link in bio for this week’s newsletter, on CarTalk and tinkering in the practice room.

https://tinyurl.com/5eva586f

Interested in learning more? The summer cohort is coming up fast. I’ll share conceptual ideas, and we’ll put things into practice with material from cohort members.

#newsletter #cartalk #tinkering #unsnareddrum #snaredrum by @learning_percussion

New ideas!

In celebration of my forthcoming book, I’m launching a summer cohort, aimed at exploring how creativity in the practice room can help us develop custom-fitting instrumental technique, perform well under pressure, and learn music more effectively and efficiently.

Unsnared Studio is coming in June, and I’d love to have you join us.

Link above, or visit

https://michaelcompitello.com/unsnaredstudio

#summer #program #learning #snaredrum #percussion by @learning_percussion

After two recent MikeDrop episodes, our chat with Hannah Collins and our Metronome Showdown, I updated and consolidated some thoughts on using the metronome in practice, and its utility on the quest to develop timing, rhythmic expressivity, and pulse control.

Hot take: if you really want to develop pulse control and subdivision, the metronome can help, but there are better ways.

Constant, thoughtless metronome can trains us to do the wrong thing. Even if putting a metronome on every subdivision helped develop a steady pulse and even rhythmic subdivision—it doesn’t—evenness is just a tool, not an endgame.

Link above! by @learning_percussion

What makes a great percussion piece, and a great performance of it?

In this week’s Learning Percussion newsletter, I go deeper, sharing how long-term collaboration shapes expressive new music.

This video is part of my Unsnared Drum Performer’s Guide. For each work, I ask “what makes a great interpretation of this piece,” and then offer specific tips for learning and performing each work (and any work, to be honest), point the interpreter towards salient musical details, issues of style, and technical ideas that might facilitate flexible interpretations.�
I hope they are valuable tools for ALL pieces…

Shout out to @chrisgouletproductions and @jcostamusic for the vids!

#percussion #learningpercussion #practice #pearldrums by @learning_percussion

Inverted doubles are a useful way to strengthen the fingers, which help stabilize arms and wrists during rebounded strokes.

This week’s Learning Percussion newsletter explores inverted doubles in greater depth, offering a number of prompts to invent and compose your own exercises to help your hands. Happy practicing!

#percussion #learningpercussion #snaredrum #practice #pearldrums vicfirth remopercussion challenge snaredrum practice backtoschool getinshape practice musician snare warmup by @learning_percussion

Some thoughts about changing intervals on the marimba, and how to loosen the fingers to allow for relaxation and fluidity.

More marimba tips are in this week’s Learning Percussion newsletter including my clinic handout from @udelpercussion , my marimba exercises, and my top tips for Stevens grip for fun and profit.

#percussion #learningpercussion #marimba #practice #pearldrums by @learning_percussion

New post out on pataflaflas and how they can be useful to all elements of our technique. Hope you check it out! Link in bio by @learning_percussion

Thinking more about feedback, and how sometimes I feel like a Lumon employee: my onstage personality is unknown to practice room Mike.

Here’s another way to be your own teacher in the practice room: recording yourself to simulate a performance environment. Special thanks to my creative AI prompt engineering.

I wrote in more detail self-feedback in this week’s Learning Percussion Newsletter. Join me there (link above).

#percussion #learning #recording #AI #images #recording #selfrecording by @learning_percussion

Visited @cuboulderperc last week and fumbled when trying to help a student with inverted ruff-taps.

This morning, I took a break from book-writing and learning new notes to try and right my wrong!

Compression to the rescue. Next step: practice rolls 🤦 and work on my grip 🥸 and practice everything else 😱

#percussion #learningpercussion #snaredrum #practice #pearldrums #vicfirth #remopercussion #challenge #snaredrum #practice #backtoschool #getinshape #practice #musician #snare by @learning_percussion

This week, I explore one of my 7 tips for creative practice: practicing multi-modally.

I explore two techniques that emphasize recombination and help us get to know our repertoire better and perform with less stage fright. Link above!

1. Practicing horizontal music vertically, and vice versa
2. Making cheat sheets. Adding a step between reading and playing from memory forces us to think about musical structure, highlights the value of work away from the insturment, and increases our potential to visualize a work.

i’d love to know how you organize your practice, and what kind of strategies work for you.

Happy practicing!

#percussion #learningpercussion #snaredrum #practice #pearldrums #vicfirth #remopercussion #challenge #snaredrum #practice #backtoschool #getinshape #practice #musician #snare by @learning_percussion