the auditionhacker facebook group: a place to talk about auditions
why to choose family over practicing
5 ways to decide which audition(s) to take: an epic conundrum
squeeze every drop out of your lesson by recording it
7 ways to show musicality on snare drum
what to do if you get rejected from every summer festival
what percussionists can learn from bassoonists
bring your valentine to n.y.u. and hear delécluse's 12 études.
will james listened to my album! ...and then blogged about it.
will james is the principal percussionist of the st. louis symphony. before that, he was in the new world symphony, before me.
how often are delécluse études asked for in auditions?
day 12: my interview with jacques delécluse
day 10: delécluse click-track playalongs™
day 8: self-recording, the step-by-step method. #12daysofdelécluse
as you might imagine, there’s an incredible learning curve to self-recording. as you go through the process, you’ll find frustration and impatience. but this frustration and impatience can also be called “work,” and without work, you can’t progress. in fact, if you aren’t experiencing the tough work of focused self-recording, someone else is, and that someone else is accelerating their level of playing at a faster rate than you. be the person who is working hard, pushing their playing forward, finding more solutions to problems more quickly, and pushing themselves towards the goal.
day 7: every piece of gear you'll need for self-recording
day 6: the complete guide to self-recording - part one. #12daysofdelécluse
recording yourself allows this increased focus. first you play, and you put all your focus into what exactly you can do to perform this in an improved or optimized way. keep your eye on the ball here - set yourself up, draw your eyes to the tips of your sticks, and perform. don’t take your attention away from this activity. then, now that you have the recording, you can change your focus to listening and analysis.
day 5: didier vérité's 14 guidelines for playing delécluse. #12daysofdelécluse
day 4: introducing delécluse starter stickings™. #12daysofdelécluse
day 3: jb leclère compares french and american snare drumming. #12daysofdelécluse
today is day 3 in the #12days of delécluse. yesterday, i answered the question, "why record delécluse: douze études?" today, we hear from paris opera orchestra percussionist jb leclére. i'm also posting étude 3, which will be up for 24 hours. here are the three études currently up on youtube:
