Drums - One Year Diploma (April 2012)
Drawing on years of professional experience, the Diploma in Commercial Music Performance offers you structured, ‘hands-on’ training and is packed with concepts, techniques, theory and performances, covering virtually every aspect of modern drumming.
As well as the focus on performance, this course teaches you to communicate musically and be creatively self-sufficient. The course also provides you with an understanding of how the music industry works and gives you the opportunity to study the work of the leading artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The course is underpinned by a BTEC National Diploma and is equivalent to 2 ‘A’ levels.
COURSE OVERVIEW
Technical Development: 60 mins x 2 classes
Focuses on the mechanical, physical and ergonomic principles of hand and foot technique. You will look at co-ordination, control, speed, endurance and mobility to develop effective self-expression on the kit and apply this to the study of the essential conceptual aspects of drumming, including styles, grooves and musical feel. You will also look at the mental approach to performing and practicing. Latin Percussion sessions will develop your understanding of the principles of African, Cuban and Brazilian rhythms, and give you a sound grasp of hand percussion.
Session Styles: 60 mins x 2 classes
Will give you the tools to be totally creative in your own right. You’ll study the approaches of the great drummers and develop the dexterity and co-ordination needed to respond to any musical situation.
Pre-Production: 60 mins x 2 classes
Supports the preparation of songs for the Live Performance Workshops. Parts, arrangement, tone and performance will all be analysed, with the emphasis on simplicity being taken to a very high standard. Attention to detail is paramount. You will also work on developing your time, feel and groove with a bass tutor in a weekly rhythm-section class.
Live Performance Workshop (LPW): 120 mins
Live Performance Workshop is your chance to put it all into practice - on stage with a full band line-up. You will develop your live sound in a number of different styles, concentrating also on performing, showmanship and the right mental approach. You will learn to communicate ideas with other musicians, with the focus on a tight, well arranged and professional performance.
Sight Reading & Ear Training: 60 mins each
You will study the recognition of intervals, chords, melodies and chord progressions, forming a direct link between music you hear and what you can write. You will also cover a simple step-by-step method for learning to read and perform from music notation, and interpret charts, as required by the industry. This will enable you to communicate quickly and effectively and perform to a high level in a variety of musical situations, opening up many emplyoment opportunities throughout your career.
Music Theory: 60 mins
Explores how harmony and theory is applied in commercial music in a very practical and relevant way. You will look at building blocks of music theory and also how these are applied and expanded in a variety of musical contexts and styles.
The Music Industry: 60 mins
Gives you practical music industry knowledge that will help you plan your career. You will be taken through all aspects of the music industry, including record and publishing deals, management, music synchronisation, legal issues, copyright, music teaching, live music, business plans, etc.
Music in Context: 60 mins
Provides a history of classic artists placed in their social, historical and political context. Artists studied include Elvis Presley, Nina Simone, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, David Bowie, Sex Pistols, Led Zeppelin, Public Enemy, Nirvana and Radiohead. Essential stylistic knowledge which will help you develop authenticity in performance.
Songwriting and Music Technology: 60 mins each
Takes you through the creative process of lyric, melody and chord writing to a final performance of your own original material. Music Technology classes introduce you to industry-standard music software packages, allowing you to build up effective backing tracks, work out solos and program your own music.
Extended Studies: 60 mins
A chance to recap and review key areas of the curriculum, as well as receiving information relating to assessments, auditions and
I remember a lot of moments of pure happiness. I did not belong to anyone at the time, i smiled and did lots of crazy things.
People adopt a certain pattern of behavior and try to comply with it. They tell each other things, which they think they SHOULD tell. If there is no response, they feel abandoned and turn their cell phones off. In some days or weeks there is so much emptiness, that they stop feeling anything. Am i not right? What will happen to YOU? Imagine a person whom you met and actually started daiting with, when suddenly he or she stopped answering the phone or ignoring you or stuff like that? There will certainly be a period of resentment, seasoned with anger and anxious thoughts, but then?
You become indifferent towards a person
and that is all
stop deceiving yourself.
if you feel desperate - lock yoursef up in your room and NEVER tell anyone what is really happening inside of your head.
nobody cares about you
nobody has ever loved you
nobody thinks about you
But it's all right, really, i am a little bit sad about that, but i will figure that out.
Here i work and study. I can create a different color of light whenever i want by simply placing a color paper on my lamp. I love that most of all. Also, there is a nice picture by Joan Miro "A woman with a dog", ans there are my favorite white drumsticks by Travis Barker. And so forth.
I have some plans according to my studies and i am thinking of going to the sea by train in 2 weeks, so i am overwhelmed by pleasant thouths. The only problem i have is to pass the rest of my exams.
on a big jet plane
i hope to win the grant and spend 6 months at Bolonga in Italy studying
take you for a ride
i hope to earn $3000 in 5 month
be my lover
looking forward to my stay in Iceland this summer and playing the drums
till the night, when we are on a train to the sea, on the same sofa. i will wait till you are very sleepy and then i will tell you a secret
but, please, don't tell it anyone else, OK?
i love you
and, please, do not tell me anything in return
Yesterday when i was inside a tram alone, it was snowing inside of it. Could you imagine that? All right, i was crying at the time, but it was so beautiful that i could not help smiling through my tears. I was reading a book, Richard Bach, alone there, with the snow inside of a tram, what can be more beautiful than that?
No one of them all is the One. The person who will go mad together with me everywhere i go. No one of them will not obey rules, will not sleep for 5 days, rest their head on my shoulder, drink Cola and play the drums with me.
Yesterday i was sitting alone in the cinema when the lights went off and i imagined myself playing there, on the stage, and feeling happy.
The only fear i have is the one that makes me understand that i will not find him.
you definitely won't understand, what is fucking going on inside of me.
i am not going to tell him or anybody about that.
who cares? i DO not want make anyone think about me the way i do it now
so, all right, i have lost the keys once again.
the keys to my mind