Counting sheep

Every since friday i have been trying to count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &.

I was decided to start because of a question asked by Dean my drum student.

How to count demisemi quaver?

It struck me cuz i never tried counting demisemiquaver and in order not to sound sloppy and go out of beat all drummers need to count.

My answer was to count 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &... then treating each count as the first beat of your 4 demisemiquaver.



It works and he understood perfectly. I still looking out for better solutions if any...

And it works well too when i change from 4 to 3.
Then it becomes sextruplet... i think it is called this way..



Maybe it is true that drummers don't need too much theory, but it is also twice as true that drummers need to count and subdivide/ feel their beats in the countings.

So the next part instead of increasing beats in the 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
I have an urge NOT to say it lest it becomes too technical.. but it is an idea that i thought could not be missed.
I say for myself to understand, so next time i lose my mind to any fever or brain damage i can recall my ideas
Well it is just to keep counting and play your

TRIPLETS -- here you will have a polyrhythm of triplet over quaver
Crochet 3rds --- here a polyrhythm of semiquaver over triplets

Then something i realised while listening to Michael buble's Jazz.
We must change counting to 1&a 2&a 3&a 4&a Count in triplets. So if you wanna play quaver, the polyrhythm comes into play again.

So today in church i was late... i felt bad cuz i missed cell group and all the fun. :( Didn't wanna tok much too. Thank God no one tok much too :)
Had vocal training by Crystal.. Tats the second time in my life doing any vocal training hahaha i thought it was weird.. i am a drummer.. When would i sing aloud.. at most I will sing in my room for God. !?! Well hope i will sing better and better for God. But i think i can catch the notes better than when i first sang for joy.

The next thing that came with counting my 1 2 3 4 was all the notes come like ghost and sneak into the front of my head. That i can't really see but i know how it looks like when i want to see it.
So there was this part in God will make a way.. after the bridge.. when reuben wanted a slow down. But actually they found out he wanted a pause.

First i played my sextruplet, then a crochet at the 2.. then sextruplet all the way... wait.. i must write down what i see... lest i forget.



Then it seems to abrupt..
So ideas flooded in.. Van played triplets with a powerful feel. Hahaha! Tats is even more sudden to end hahahaha! See we have a common idea to build up after bridge. Hahaha! Cool van. We got Muo qi.

Anyway, reuben suggested to slow down... then come in with Ding ding ding ding.
I got what he means.. Actually right... Haiz... i say later...

Then bernard got the next idea that i use less intense fill in after the crash at "Today" And he said something in triplets on the 3 and 4 and i caught it... And so i played it on my snare only althugh his idea was for toms...

Well after that van suggested a cymbal crescendo on the 4. Since i only got 2 hands.. i can't play my triplets on 4 any more. So we decided on this... Although it still come out bad.. cuz i know y.. i am so technically involved in my head i got no more RAM to feel.

Anyway, though it is some amount of time spent, i thought such sharing was good. I mean, it is good when there is a problem and we work over it together.. Not necessary have to be drums.. maybe b'w guitar and keyboards or drums and keyboard or anything, singers.

I can recall the times when Elim will say she will follow the drums.. but seriously i am as lost as everyone where reuben wants to go. So if i am left to resolve the thing by myself, sometimes i will have a mental break down being pulled apart in 2 sides.

And This happened 2 times today, when i thought God will make a way was a verse.. but it seems to be able to do better as a chorus after the bridge... well... i was torn apart and we worked it out. And then crystal was saying.. "less intense" while i was in the second verse.. then i interprete it as... "go less intense later when in bridge".. so i did.. and Van and Crystal Build up and played more intense in bridge! Hahaha! I felt cheated at first. So i asked crystal again... to confirm she won't cheat me again.. Hahaha it was a total misunderstanding.. Haha. I thought it was funny. Anyway Crystal was having headache. So her intense was probably in the head... cuz i was really not intense when she felt i was... so if i went more intense in my standard of intense Crystal might collapse on the spot... Hahaha Joking.

And on Sunday, it will be totally for God. Tats tomorrow. I want to be there for prayer. No more music talk in my head *dump*. Jesus is the reason for all my hope and dreams.