Atlanta Drum Academy Play Along Beginner Lesson #1

What's up everybody, and this is our Drone Class for the week. Alright, so, first thing we do what we always do. Break from the start. Thank you God for this day. Bless everybody that's watching this video. And let's all have a great and blessed Christmas. Amen. Alright, let's get to it. Let's warm up. Shake it out, shake it out. We're going to do a 4 minute and 12 second warm up. Alright. Here we go. Jones. Shake it out. What do we always start off with? Eight on the hand. You got it. One, two, four. Nice and smooth. Eight on the stick. Make sure that left hand is in a planned position. Does not move. Left hand. Two. We still got a long way to go. How much time? At least three minutes. Here we go again. Eight on the hand. One, two, three, seven, eight. Full out. Both sticks coming up. Sometimes. And we are good. We have three minutes. Here we go. Again. Now we're just going to accent the first note. Watch me demonstrate and then you come. Demonstration. Just me. Accent the first note. Just the first note. Here we go. First two notes. First two. First two notes. Can we do the first three? Do the first three notes. First four notes. Four notes. One. First five notes. One. First six notes. One, two, three. First seven. One, two. Good. Oh, my bad. I didn't know y'all were watching. All right. Here we go. Next part. We're going to do 16 notes. 16 notes. One and a, two and a, three and a, four and a, one and a, two and a, three and a, four and a. Here we go. Again. Your turn. Ready? And. My turn. Your turn. My turn. Your turn. Together. Again. Go to eight. Check it out. I got a tail. My first beat, first two notes. Anyway, so check it out. This is your homework. All right? We're going to combine what we worked on in the first two warmups. This is your homework. Remember at the end of the first one where we add it to the first note? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. And then you remember in the second one when we were working on the 16th notes. Alright, so we're going to put those two together. Alright, we want to go to the number 4 though. We want to go to the number 4. So this is the first part. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. And then you go to the 16th notes. Then you go 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Then back to the 16th notes again. Alright, let's pair together. Let's do 1. 1, 2, ready? And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 16th. 2 again. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Now let's add 2. Let's just do 2. 1, 2, 2. And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Let me make sure my iPhone still records because sometimes it acts like an Android and it stops. We good. Let's put 1 and 2 together. 1, 2, ready? And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8. Add 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Good. What comes after 2? Say it again. What comes after 2? I hope you said 3. But now we got 3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Let's do it again. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Alright, can we go from the beginning now? Here we go. 1, 2, beginning together. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Add 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Go to 3. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Good, let's do that again. Alright, we only accent up to 3. Alright, only accent up to 3. Alright, so after that accent, after that accent, you gotta make sure that stick stays down. Like on number 1, you only have one accent. Make sure that stick stays down for the tap. Do not let your stick come back up to here. Alright, so on 1, then you got 1, 2, 1, 2. Make sure that stick stays down, and then 1, 2, 3. Alright, so let's do 4 now. Alright, 4. 1, 2, 4, and... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Alright, let's put it together. 1, start from the 1. 1, 2, ready, and... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Go to 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Go to 4. 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. That's all you got. That's all you got. Now, let me check my phone again. That's all you got. That's all you got. That's all you got. It's still going. Alright, now, what I need for you guys to do for your homework is... Today is Tuesday, so I need you to send me a video back by Thursday. 7 p.m. Thursday, plan this warm-up. I mean, plan this exercise. Now, don't skip the first part of the video that comes straight to the exercise. That's not how it goes, because if you don't do the exercise, then you can't do the solo or whatever you want to call it, alright? Make sure at the beginning of the video, you play through that whole thing. You play along with me. Remember, I'm watching you. Look behind you right now. See? You didn't even know I was standing there, alright? One more time from the top, and we'll be done. 1, 2, together, slow. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Alright, that's it. Next week, we'll try to go up to eight. Don't forget to send me your videos. Oh, if you have an iPhone, you can text it to me. If you don't have an iPhone, please email it. atldrumacademy1 at live.com And make sure you turn your phone this way. Not this way. Alright? I have to tell some parents. They know who I'm talking to. Turn your phone this way. Alright? Peace. Music