Drumming 3C
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- Start Date: 03 May 2025End Date: 12 Jul 2025Sat (Daytime): 10:30 - 12:00In PersonLocation: Keeley StreetDuration: 11 sessions (over 11 weeks)Course Code: ME631CTutors: Mark HuggettFull fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £249.00
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What is the course about?
Develop the playing skills and musicianship acquired in previous terms of Drumming 2 (2nd year). Our focus is to build technical skills and stylistic authenticity when playing a range of contemporary and classic grooves.
What will we cover?
- Fluency of mobility around the kit
- Study of contemporary styles, and classic grooves
- Practice at reading music for drums and learning song arrangements.
What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...
- improved stick control and rudimental technique and apply this to the drumset
- Play different styles with the correct 'feel'
- Demonstrate improved 4-way coordination for drums
- play in all common time signatures
- play together.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
For drum kit players who have successfully completed Drumming 2 in the last academic year, and new students with equivalent experience and technique.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
Learning as a group, using 5 or 6 kits, practice kits and pads; tutor demonstration; listen to recorded samples; playing together, playing solo; learning grooves by ear and from notation. Mostly we will play as an ensemble, sometimes for a sustained period.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Please bring your own sticks. Extensive learning resources are available in the google classroom.
When I've finished, what course can I do next?
Progress to Drumming advanced.
You should also be ready to join a band and start to rehearse!
I am a fully qualifiied teacher (PGCE) and professional musician . I have taught for City Lit since 2008 and have also taught in Secondary school and private Music college. I also work on Jazz Summer schools and workshops in partnership with The Vortex Jazz Club I have played Drums with a wide range of artists such as Prince Buster, Annie Whitehead and Jason Rebello. I have also played a wide range of styles from Jazz to Ska and Rock and electronic music . I run the independent Jazz label Jazz Direct and have produced many albums, one of which, Max Roach Park was nominated for Jazz album of the year in South Africa. I've worked extensively in TV and radio and toured all over Europe including major festivals such as Glastonbury, and in South Africa I love Music and I love teaching and am currently enjoying exploring all the possibilities of online delivery of teaching. I have a home recording studio using Logic Pro and a location recording set up for concerts. I have set up my home studio to faciltate online learning I also love Art and have a BA in Fine Art and believe in the power of Music and Art to unlock creative potential and enrich peoples lives.
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