The Point

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Tanner, you truly are a remarkable person. God bless you

Aha I wish I felt that way about myself all the time. Thank you for your sentiment.

Also thank everyone for sharing your thoughts and passions. This is the quote I was thinking of when I posted this thread.

If you will penetrate the nature of the first distortion in its application of self knowing self, you may begin to distinguish the hallmark of an Infinite Creator, variety. Were there no potentials for misunderstanding and, therefore, understanding, there would be no experience.

I really wanted to highlight how when it comes down to each individual's passion and goals, there is no wrong way to go. Each and every one of your paths is real and will lead you somewhere. I stopped trying to determine whether or not all paths lead to the same end because really I see it doesn't matter. What matters is that paths are discovered and traveled.

P.S. - Primus and Funkadelic are both excellent (although I'm hard-pressed to call much of Primus funk, but there is definitely influence

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I'am about to start learning jazz style on the drums. I got the triplets down packed pretty well, it's the improvisation on the snare/bass and fitting that around the triplets that melts my brain at the moment.

Got the time/money now to learn from a teacher so that should speed me up a bit .

Excellent, I have been drumming for about 12 years now, it's good stuff!

Are you working on triplets in terms of left-right patterns? Like LRL RLR LRL RLR? Or more like LLR LLR LLR, RRL RRL RRL? How about some paradiddles? LRLL RLRR LRLL RLRR or double paradiddles? LRLRLL RLRLRR Or maybe some paradiddle-diddles? RLRRLL LRLLRR

Drumming is so much fun aha

All of those haha, I tend to divide my practice into half disciplined playing i.e sticking to patterns and un-learnt rudiments, staying in time signatures and half just jamming with whatever comes out and covering songs or playing my own groove to songs without putting any strong thought into it.

Right now I'am changing my technique, being self taught I was using my shoulder/bicep/forearm's more then was efficient as my teacher pointed out the other week. Gotta get those wrists more central. I also tend to play open handed so I'am concentrating on staying closed handed atm.
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I might also suggest, for your taking or not, practicing using just your fingers as well as your wrists. The fingers can give you the snap of power with the least effort and I believe the most articulate control comes from the fingers. A good practice I've used is trying to be as quiet as possible while still making coherent patterns, or trying to go as fast as possible while still as quiet as possible, a good exercise for control.

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I started on this journey for balance, but I'm now focused on self-discovery.