i accidentally hit my hand on the edge of the drawer yesterday.... some skin is scrapped out and it feels like an open wound which is taking quite some time to heal... (well.. it is.. doh...hahah)

disgusting man...

its about half a cm long...

it hurts a little when i bathe... and when i apply gel on my hair (i m using liquid gel)... i have to make sure that it doesnt touch my wound...

ouch

at least it does not hurt when i m practising my rudiments...



oh ya... i just emailed the drummers abt the gladstone technique couple days back...

guess that's pretty intermediate stuff... from what i read from ah pek's post in singapore drummers circle forum..

but it's good to develop that kind of strokes...

it's somehow similar to free stroke but concept slightly different (i have been teaching the younger drummers some basics of free strokes.. yep.. but i m still working on it personally)...

gee... but well... even simple strokes can take a long time to master... correct techinique and discipline...

there's really too many things to learn in drumming...

too many...

ah pek mentioned something in the forum :



For me personally, I've been teaching all my students and friends the basic technique for years, that is the finger technique and some whipping technique.

I believe we drummers should learn how to lay an infectious groove and apply simple but 'meaningful' fills/rudiments.



how true!



i read up vic firth's history (btw he's not just a pair of sticks, he's a drummer)...

there's one which mentioned he played with Steve Gadd for one particular show... vic firth on percussions, gadd on the set..

during the rehearsals... steve played normal jazz beats (boom chik boom chik)...

vic firth was like thinking to himself..."oh man.. those kids who come to listen to steve gadd will be so disappointed"

then on the day of the show... they ran thru once before the show and steve began to play more...

on the show itself... steve gadd really showed his stuffs...

vic firth then realised steve gadd was actually listening to how he was playing the percussions and thinking of how to fit in for him...



yeah man... this is another thing lacking of me (and i believe for many musicians)... getting caught up with your instrument that you don't listen much to the your band mates...

band play is not just about timing... yes.. timing is important..

but it is also important to...



listening out to each other...

coming in at the right time and sit back at the right time



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yup

still on my java codes... still stuck with the GUI...

time to punch in some more codes...

guess i will be in school till late tmr nite...

oh my.. i've blogged too much...

argg.. back to my codes...