September 22, 2021
632 – [Daniel Glass Show] Finding Your Golden Groove
Daniel Glass is back, and in this session he shares his concept of the “Golden Groove,” and explains how it’s possible to develop a deep, focused, relaxed, killer pocket by focusing on MOTIONS, as opposed to patterns.
What’s covered in this session:
- Daniel lays out his teaching philosophy called the Motion Based System, and explains some of the ways that is different from a Pattern Based System (the traditional learning system that drummers and drum educators have used for generations).
- How the Motion Based System addresses concepts like Feel, Pulse and Pocket that most systems don’t account for (and indeed that many teachers say are “impossible” to teach).
- How the Motion Based System was born out of Daniel’s experiences of teaching online for more than a decade, with most of the exercises designed to be taught in an environment where teacher and student can’t be in the same room.
- How the Motion Based System utilizes historical perspective, helping students to understanding how the MOTIONS they’re learning can provide context and nuance to the music they’re studying (beyond simply learning limb independence).
- Introduces Daniel’s new online course, “Finding Your Golden Groove,” which re-imagines and rebuilds a traditional rock beat from the “outside the box,” perspective of the Motion Based System. The goal is to help students understand the fundamental groove in a much more nuanced way – to show that by understanding the history, traditions and motions involved, they can make themselves much more employable.
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