DJ Khai Xin Drum Challenge
30 days Drum Challenge by DJ Catherine 凱心
Many have asked, is it possible to perform drum within a short period time like 30 days? The answer is yes and even can be done with even shorter time. The tricks has no magic. It is simply supplying just the right amount of information to student to be able to perform the task, in this case, which is enable them to perform.
In Catherine’s case, she does need to learn to read notes but it’s all has been simplified to cut down time. She need to read because she need a guide when she is practicing at home. And it is better for her to be able to see music besides hearing it. With both visual and sound, memorising a song will become easier.
Next is to make sure she got adequate practice. It’s always better to practice with drum. But at home, she got to be a little creative. Teacher David also thought her how to practice without drum. It consist mostly of tapping table or her own lap and drum sticking exercise on whatever surface that she can find. It’s always better to have your muscle trained to have memory on its own.
The third part is to prep the mind to perform on stage. Depending on people, most are nervous for being on stage. Some people also scare of audience. And those big cameras, lightings and the loud sound are pretty frightening too. There is no practice on this part except to counsel them with a good information. For Catherine case, she doesn’t have this problem thanks to her nature of work.
While this method will work to most people, unfortunately, to those who are beat-deaf are unable to do this drum challenge. Any other rhythmic form of work would be difficult for them like dancing, marching or the most obvious, playing music. But we don’t see these people often and most probably they don’t have interest in music as all.
Well, all in all, being able to perform in such short period of time is awesome. The satisfaction is overwhelming. Besides being able to perform on stage, it trained a person to be consistence, hyper focus, setting your expectation and prep your mind to do so. This positive values can be apply into works or studies.
