- #1. January 1997 Feature Article: Creativity Vs. Academics.
- #2. February 1997 Feature Article: The Beauty Secrets of Simplistic Drumming.
- #3. March 1997 Feature Article: SOLO TIPS & FAQ.
- #4. April 1997 Feature Article: IMPROVISED FILLS
These are old issues of my e-mail newsletter, The Tempo Dispatch. I bundle them ALL with my Homestudy Package.
To subscribe to the Tempo Dispatch, send an E-mail notecontaining the words 'Subscribe' or 'Dispatch'.
The ads in these old issues are no longer valid . . .
Also included in the $49.00 package . . . are these are these mind-blowing lessons from the Tempo Dispatch archives (A total of 25+ additional drum set lessons.)
- TD # 5. SOLO TIPS II
- TD # 6. Getting That First Gig
- TD # 7. Beating the Monster Players to that 'Dream Gig'
- TD # 8. 'SCAVENGER HUNT' Hidden website lesson: 16th 4/4
- TD # 9. CUT-TIME 2/4 (POLKA)
- TD # 10. Jamming!
- TD # 11. Special Help with FATBACK
- TD # 12. Tuning Tips
- TD # 13. Learning to Write & Read drum notation.(Part I)
- TD # 14. Learning to Write & Read drum notation.(Part II)
- TD # 15. Solo Techniques (Triplets)
- TD # 16. Feeling The Backbeat
- TD # 17. PERFECTION / Internal Clocks & Rudiments
- TD # 18. THE 'UNIVERSAL' SONG COUNT
- TD # 19. DUMP THE TABS AND JAM!
- TD # 20. STICKS, PEDALS & SOUTHPAWS
- TD # 21. CYMBAL TIPS AND TRICKS
- TD # 22. Personal Musical Tastes VS The Real World
- TD # 23. DRUM SOLO MAGIC!
- TD # 24. 'PLAYING PERFECT FILLS': All mysteries solved!!!
- TD # 25. First Night On A New Gig! (Calming the jitters!)
- TD # 26. HI-HAT Tips and Tricks
- TD # 27. Reading Drum Notation: More helpful tips
- TD # 28. Guide to Development & Control
- TD # 29. TEMPO TEAMWORK: Eliminating self-doubt
- TD # 30. Learning to Learn!
- TD # 31. Double Bass and Song Ending Tips
- TD # 32. The Quest For Perfect Fills
- TD # 33. Using (open) 32nd-Note Rolls In Mid-Song
- TD # 34 READING DRUM NOTATION: A Practical Perspective
- TD # 35 Overcoming Stage-Fright
- TD # 36 Coordination tips
- TD #37.Jan 2000 Swishing the Hi-Hat
- TD #38.Feb 2000 Warm-Ups & Practice Rituals
- TD #39.Mar 2000 PRESS ROLLS & RUFFS
- TD#40.Apr 2000 Adapting 'Ruffs': Making Funky, Funkier!
- TD#41.May 2000 MORE . . . Drum Solo Goodies
- TD#42.Jun 2000 Rudiment Applications / Drumset
- TD#43.Jul 2000 "Feeling The Groove"
- TD#44.Aug2000 "The Birth of Rhythmic Ideas"
- TD#45.Sep 2000 "#1 Secret to Drumming Success"
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