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LeJayk
drumming adept
Posts: 159
Joined: 04 Mar 2007
Location: Birmingham, UK
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 Practicing against a wall
If you can't get to a drum kit, or its really late, is it still helpful to stick a pillow against a wall and practice your foot technique that way?
I've started doing this a fair amount, as my kit has been taken apart temporarily. I'm just wondering if its a futile attempt, or it is actually doing me good?
Any other practice tips for when you cant really practice? Except the given practice pad/mouse pad ways 
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drumsforlife
session drummer
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Joined: 27 Apr 2007
Location: Macon, GA
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I had a music teacher once, (I used to take trumpet lessons) and he said ANY kind of practice is good practice if done right. If you see an improvement, then it's definately working! I kinda just "air drum" when it's late.
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 5:56 am |
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wicked_313
beginner
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Joined: 15 Aug 2007
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air drumming rocks i sit up late and i lernt most of smells like teens spirit in 2 days by air drumming it slowly nd then getin faster till i nealy at the right tempo
drumsforlife is spot on
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 6:05 am |
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ccrdrums
drumming adept
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Joined: 05 Feb 2007
Location: Midland,Texas
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im addicted to air drumming but to non drummers it can be a problem i look sorta crazy
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 9:50 pm |
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druming=life
drumming adept
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^ i'm addicted to desk drumming, it can easily drive everyone in class mad when i'm being all Danny Carrey-esque and get a little over board
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:04 pm |
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dkmfan
drumming adept
Posts: 57
Joined: 03 May 2007
Location: Boston
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yeah i have a terrible problem with not being able to stop hiting things like they are drums. Desks, chairs, and thing that makes noise, even my legs i have two giant red spots on my legs
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:20 pm |
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DrumFiend0206
session drummer
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Joined: 19 Nov 2006
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ccrdrums wrote:im addicted to air drumming but to non drummers it can be a problem i look sorta crazy
Haha, I've got the same problem. I go around in any store, or wherever. Grocery shopping, etc., and I Air Drum to whatever song is stuck in my head, haha. Everyone looks at me funny, but I actually met a pretty cool drummer doing that once. He saw me air drumming and just struck up a conversation with me, haha.
Air drumming is the shit.
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:44 pm |
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drumsforlife
session drummer
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Location: Macon, GA
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DrumFiend0206 wrote:Air drumming is the shit.
It beats the hell out of air guitar...IMHO
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:50 pm |
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DrumFiend0206
session drummer
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drumsforlife wrote:DrumFiend0206 wrote:Air drumming is the shit.
It beats the hell out of air guitar...IMHO
Most definitely. 
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:58 pm |
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Brother_Bong
groove master
Posts: 3152
Joined: 29 Jun 2007
Location: Maine
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I keep a pair of sticks in my truck, and bash the shit outta my steering wheel. I practice gravity blasts on my dashboard, its got a perfect fulcrum, and it sounds badass.
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trstn
drumming adept
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Joined: 21 Mar 2007
Location: Bremen, Germany
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Bong wrote:I keep a pair of sticks in my truck, and bash the shit outta my steering wheel. I practice gravity blasts on my dashboard, its got a perfect fulcrum, and it sounds badass.
haha yeah in the times where I had a car (don't need a own car anymore thanks to carsharing) I had sticks in it all the time and used them on multiple parts on every traffic light. I recommend that .. and pscht .. long drives are a good oportunity to practice finger technic .. please only one hand .. 
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