The easiest of the top 10 beats and it’s the most popular rhythm and song at basketball games, hockey games, and other indoor sporting events. Can you guess what it is?
In this video, I show you four different ways to play it and
also one thing to do that will create more bass (low sound) from your bucket.
Join the Bucket Drumming School for New Videos accompanied with Sheet Music.
Wednesday 10:40pm – 1am
Results:
-5 cents
-Made some new friends- Mitch, Josh, Leroy…
And I forgot the other people’s names.
-Jammed with Leroy who plays guitar and sings and
has been busking (playing on the street for tips) for 5 years
while traveling.
-A Lady and her husband bought me and Leroy
chips, cheese sticks, soda and a water.
She said it’s not out of pity but to support fellow human beings.
Then they Jammed on my bucket and Leroy’s guitar.
-Some guy came up to me and said “you’re new. What’s your name?”
I didn’t say anything but kept playing and he said,
“I’ve been here for five years and I’ve never seen you before.
You’ve got some nice beats for a white guy.”
Tuesday
10:40 – 11:40pm
Results:
– $1.75 (from two people)
– A couple of “thank you’s.”
-Numb hands because it’s cold
-Hello’s from my new security guard friends.
I got a new bucket with the $5 from last night.
I even splurged and got some duck tape ($7 total).
It didn’t help the amount of money I got tonight though.
I better start thinking of this bucket drumming more as
Practice time than pay. Because that’s what this is turning out to be.
Ya, I’ve only played on a Monday and Tuesday night so far.
But hey, $1.75 is not even minimum wage.
This is accomplishing some things though:
-I’m getting better at long solos/beats.
Sometimes when I practice it’s just a random mess and nothing
is connected. But I can’t do that if I’m performing.
-I’m playing to a metronome so my sense of playing to it is getting better.
-Getting better at improvisation. I’m making this up as I go.
I noticed I’m repeating things though.
-Practicing my “showy-ness”
I noticed people treat me differently depending on how I look
at them or if I smile or not.
-I’m learning how to learn something new while I perform.
If I mess up I’m not going to stop but repeat the mess up
to make it look like I did that on purpose.
-I’m learning what captures attention.
-getting softer
-going slower
-stopping/pausing
(opposite of what I think sometimes- louder, faster)
I guess getting louder and going faster holds attention
but first you have to capture it (maybe).
And I’m going to start counting phrases and do this
more structured.
haha.
