Because I’d said so here, I ended up making sure I stuck to the plan and did in fact finish up learning Flow 1 from this video. It was quite tiring. I’d liken it to say, Shape Up ‘n Hip Out’s Rhythm Hips section in terms of pace. Also Neon’s own Belly Dance Party. But of course all the moves are drum pattern moves. These should improve one’s drum solo skills and sharpness no end. Normal drum solos, that is, not Saide-drum-solos.
What improved for me during this first big session with the first flow was sharpness and being able to make each mo ve distinct. Also spotting and turning quickly from one diagonal to the other. Staying on the beat.
So, I won’t be moving on to the next flow yet and will instead smoothen up this one so that I don’t have to check anything on-screen. I can see that Flow 2 is full of fast percussive moves, so.. not yet.
I have an odd way of doing this. I record the audio and move it to my iPod. On the way home in the car, or anywhere else I like, I give it a few listens. Naturally my mind revises the moves that go witht he sounds. And this means I dance it way more smoothly.
An interesting thing I did was to listen to some drum solos and identify the riffs, fitting some of the moves from this video in. Just for fun.
I also decided I will sometimes write about working with a particular DVD, like I have with this one!
ya it s really nice to let us know how you move on with a dvd!! very interesting!
This is an experiment. It’s fun to write! This part was easy though. Flow 2 of this video is definitely, definitely intermediate so won’t be making particularly quick progress with that! Let’s see what I write then!