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ISSUE #49 \__\__\___THE____/__/__/ Jan 5, 2001
_______________TEMPO DISPATCH ___________
Newsletter For Drummers and Drumming Enthusiasts
Copyright Bill Powelson 2000 all rights reserved.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: What is in this issue?

1.  Feature Article:

   When to Buy Drums -
   Getting ROI (Return On Investment)


2. Humor? You Should Never Hire Anyone ...


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|__________FEATURE ARTICLE___________|

         When to Buy Drums -
   Getting ROI (Return On Investment)

     *  If you own a drumset already, how
can you be certain to get the HIGHEST return
on your investment?

     *  At what point does our interest in drumming
warrant the purchase of a drumset?

     *  Is there a way to tell if a student has
enough necessary natural talent to sanction the
expense of buying a drum set?

     I'll try to give you those formulas in this
article, then leave the rest to you.


ASK YOURSELF THE FOLLOWING . . .
     1.  Are you often consumed, possessed and mesmerized
by the BEAT of the music you listen to?  If it's almost
a disease, and if you have it . . . you'll know.  There
just won't be any doubt.

     2.  If you find that you MUST bang on any handy object,
IN-TIME with the BACKBEAT of the music on the radio . . .
That's the 'disease' I'm talking about. 
     If you have it . . . BUY DRUMS . . . before you tear
up all the furniture in the house.  :>)

     3.  Can you imagine sitting behind a drum set
for FOUR or FIVE hours at a time, playing along
with a continual stream of your favorite popular
recorded music?
     If the answer is yes . . . BUY DRUMS!

     That's what it may take to acquire the degree
of artistry necessary to make your investment in
equipment REALLY worthwhile.

     I find that the students who do this, usually
go 'pro' within a very short time.

     Those who DO NOT play with music for several hours
at a time, (on a routine basis) . . . will
usually lose interest very quickly.  The
drums may begin to 'seem' like bad investment
at that point.  DON'T LET THAT HAPPEN TO YOU.
    
MUSIC . . . AND YOUR LOVE OF IT,
IS THE KEY TO THE WHOLE THING.

     Most of the actual jobs we play are 4 to 5 hours
long with a 15 minute break every 45 minutes. 
     We must LOVE playing the music, or 4 hours will seem
like an eternity. 
     The truth is . . . it's quite common to leave a
four hour gig, wanting to play an additional
FOUR HOURS MORE. 

     All the lessons in my $57, course
are structured with those above perspectives
in mind.

     The lessons are designed and laid-out in
such a way that there'll be NO GUESS WORK about
WHEN to buy a drum set or what to do, once you
have them.
 
     Remember this . . .
     Most of the lessons in this course may be studied
WITHOUT DRUMS OR STICKS!

     The objective of the FREE lessons is to
get you playing, (or at least, going through

the motions of playing), every time ANY song
plays on the radio.  You'll be playing drums
all the time, anywhere you may be  . . . AND,
you'll continue to do it that way even when you
own a drumset. 
     Just because you aren't sitting behind a drumset
doesn't mean that you can't learn.  We tend to Jam
and have FUN when we are behind a drumset . . . but
we do most of our LEARNING when away from the kit.
 
     If the drumming-bug bites you, you'll know it by the
amount of time you begin devoting to this totally
engrossing past-time. 

YOU DO NOT NEED A DRUMSET
OR EVEN A PAIR OF STICKS
TO LEARN . . .
    
     Just tap on your knees as you sit, or tap on
your computer desk as you study the online lessons. 
You'll become totally amazed at yourself as you
step through the FREE lessons, one-at-a-time.
     Shortly after the 4th or 5th lesson, you should
begin to notice that most of the music on the radio
will be VERY EASY to follow.  You'll instinctively know
what to do, and how to play almost any song.

OR, TRY THIS . . . UNTIL YOU
CAN AFFORD A DRUMSET . . .

     Take a look at the following page.  My first drumset
was very much like the set at the bottom of this lesson.
You can make a similar practice rig for almost nothing.

 Build a Drum Set (Practice Rig)
for Pennies! 


     Once you have some sort of practice rig like
the one above to practice on . . .  and a pair of
sticks, you'll progress even faster. 

     Playing along with recordings should become the
one thing in your life that you prefer to do, during
ALL your idle moments.  It should become a way of
life, whether you are behind a drumset
or not.
   
     If that happens . . . a drum set should then
become a warranted and advisable investment.

(Look at it this way . . .)

     Money invested into a drumset ISN'T LOST MONEY,
even if you DON'T become a pro drummer!
     Lets say you drop $500 on a drum set today . . .
then play on that set 3 years, and finally sell
the rig for $300, in two or three years.
     Compute the actual cost?

     $200!

     When you look at it that way . . . it doesn't
seem outlandish or extravagant to invest $200 in a
potential lifetime career.  Does it?

     Maybe you had better ADD ANOTHER $49
to that total.  You'll be wanting to purchase
my complete 80 lesson course too.  :>)

     My objective as a teacher is to show you how
to make the MOST of your investment!  That's what
I'm all about and I'm REAL good at it!
     I want to show you how to turn that investment
into a profit, possibly within the first year, but you have
to take the first steps!

     Go for it!
     Begin studying in earnest for free, right here.
I dare you! :>)

 If you can't name and repeat each of the 
5 basic dancebeats, rapidly.  Learn to do it now!

     (If that lesson confuses you, back up one or two
lessons, then slowly move forward again.)  Otherwise . . .
don't sleep until you have memorized ALL 5 BASIC
DANCE BEATS. 
      *  Then, begin playing along with every song
you hear on the radio, no matter where you may be. 
Become obsessed with that! 

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|___________HUMOR? _____________|

You Should Never Hire Anyone...

* whose resume is printed in crayon.
* who asks to be addressed as "Frenchy,"
"Swifty", or "Your Grace."
* who makes observations such as, "Torquemada,
now there was a motivational wizard."
* who hisses at your questions.
* whose "interview suit" is red-and-white checked.
* who prefers to work while sitting in a
washtub filled with Roosevelt dimes.
* who carries a $200 attaché case with a
SEE ROCK CITY bumper sticker
  on it.
* who thinks your corporate logo should be
redesigned by Hanna Barbera.
* who has an extensive background as a:
   (a) religious fanatic,
   (b) paid informant,
   (c) harbor buoy,
   (d) human fly, or
   (e) UFO captive.
* who quotes Leon Trotsky more than four times, Abbie
Hoffman more than twice, or Morris the Cat at all.
* who was once discharged for booby-trapping
his (or her) Rolodex.
* who breaks into racking sobs when asked to
name a personal reference.
* whose resume is self-incriminating.
* who demands repeated assurances that your
firm hires "only the undead."
* who says, "For sure," more times than you
can keep count of.
* who wears a Walkman -- or carries a cassette
player the size of a life raft.

 

Your future career may LITERALLY depend on  THIS IDEA.


End of Tempo Dispatch #49, Jan 01, 2001





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