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Lesson Menu #4: Tempo Dispatch Archives


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These are the old issues of the e-mail 'newsletter' drum lessons. They have all been offered in the 'Tempo Dispatch' (newsletter) at one time or another. Some of these lessons later became html (web page) lessons too.

    1997
  1. Jan. 1997 Feature Article # 1: Creativity VS.. Academics.
  2. Feb. 1997 Feature Article # 2: The Beauty Secrets of Simplistic Drumming.
  3. Mar. 1997 Feature Article # 3: Solo Tips & FAQ.
  4. Apr. 1997 Feature Article # 4: Improvised Fills
  5. May 1997 Feature Article # 5: Solo Tips II
  6. Jun. 1997 Feature Article # 6: Getting Your First Gig
  7. Jul. 1997 Feature Article # 7: Beating the Monster Players to that 'Dream Gig'
  8. Aug. 1997 Feature Article # 8: Tuning Opinions (Bass Drum)
  9. Sep. 1997 Feature Article # 9: Cut-Time 2/4 (Polka to Punk)
  10. Oct. 1997 Feature Article # 10: Jamming!
  11. Nov 1997 Feature Article # 11: Special Help With Fatback
  12. Dec. 1997 Feature Article # 12: Tuning Tips

    13. 1998

  13. Jan. 1998 Feature Article # 13: 'Write' & 'Read' drum notation.(Part I)
  14. Feb. 1998 Feature Article # 14: 'Write' & 'Read' drum notation.(Part II)
  15. Mar. 1998 Feature Article # 15: Solo Techniques (Triplets)
  16. Apr. 1998 Feature Article # 16: Feeling The Backbeat
  17. May 1998 Feature Article # 17: Perfection / Internal Clocks & Rudiments
  18. Jun. 1998 Feature Article # 18: The 'Universal' Song-Count
  19. Jul. 1998 Feature Article # 19: Dump The Tabs and Jamm!
  20. Aug. 1998 Feature Article # 20: Sticks, Pedals & Southpaws
  21. Sep. 1998 Feature Article # 21: Cymbals Tips and Tricks
  22. Oct. 1998 Feature Article # 22: Personal Musical Tastes VS The Real World
  23. Nov. 1998 Feature Article # 23: Drum Solo Magic!
  24. Special Bonus: Drum Set Assembly (Out of the Box & Under the Tree.)
  25. 1998 Feature Article # 24: Play Perfect Fills . . . Always.

    26. 1999

  26. Jan. 1999 Feature Article # 25: First Night On A New Gig! (Calming the jitters).
  27. Feb. 1999 Hi Hat Tips
  28. Mar. 1999 Reading Notation: Helpful Tips
  29. Apr. 1999 Development & Control
  30. May 1999 Tempo Teamwork
  31. Jun 1999 Learning to Learn
  32. Jul 1999 Double Bass and Song Ending Tips
  33. Aug 1999 The Quest For Perfect Fills
  34. Sep 1999 Using (open) 32nd-Note Rolls In Mid-Song
  35. Oct. 1999 Reading Notation: A Practical Perspective
  36. Nov. 1999 Overcoming Stage-Fright
  37. Dec. 1999 Improving Coordination

    38. 2000

  38. Jan 2000 Swishing the Hi-Hat
  39. Feb 2000 Warm-Ups & Practice Rituals
  40. Mar 2000 Press Rolls & 'Crushes & Ruffs
  41. Apr 2000 Adapting 'Ruffs':  Making Funky, Funkier!
  42. May 2000 More . . . Drum Solo Goodies
  43. Jun 2000 Rudiment Applications / Drumset
  44. Jul 2000 Feeling The Groove
  45. Aug2000 The Birth of Rhythmic Ideas
  46. Sep 2000 #1 Secret to Drumming Success
  47. Oct 2000 Drumming Math = Swiss Watch Timing
  48. Nov 2000 Spice Up Your Fills (Part I)
  49. Dec 2000 Spice Up Your FILLS (Part II)
  50. Dec 2000 Two lessons this month: Immediate Drumming Success.

    51. 2001

  51. Jan 2001 Buying Drums - Getting ROI
  52. Feb 2001 Drums: Faster Fills+More Fun
  53. Mar 2001 Drums: Using 'Flams' as Fills
  54. Apr 2001 Quieter Practice Drums
  55. May 2001 Drums: Sight-reading tips
  56. Jun 2001 Drums: Snare Rattle / Partial Remedies!
  57. Jul 2001 Drumming Aptitude / Self-Test
  58. Aug 2001 Maintaining your Passion-4-Drums
  59. Sep 2001 Counter-Rhythms and Poly-Rhythms
  60. Oct 2001 TD #58: Two Drum Lessons this month
  61. Nov 2001 Fast Tempo Fills / Punk and Jazz
  62. Dec 2001 TD #60: Drumset Bargain Hunting.

    63. 2002

  63. Jan 2002 Coordination Solutions (Drumset)
  64. Feb 2002 Rudiment help (Drumset)
  65. Mar 2002 Common sense & drumming improvement (Drumset)
  66. Apr 2002 Drumming Imagination
  67. May 2002 Working the Cymbals
  68. Jun 2002 Time Sigs: 6/8 vs 4/4 (confusion)?
  69. Jul 2002 More help with Rudiments/Fills?
  70. Aug 2002 Coordination / Age / Tuning Tips
  71. Sep 2002 Tips for improving the Weak-Hand.
  72. Oct 2002 32nd Doubles, / Fills n Solos
  73. Nov 2002 Tempo perfection
  74. Dec 2002 Drumming Stats-(Female)

    75. 2003

  75. Jan 2003 Drums / Punk, Metal, Reggae, Jazz.
  76. Feb 2003 Mastering Bass Techniques without drums.
  77. Mar 2003 Teach to learn.
  78. Apr 2003 Mastering Independence
  79. May 2003 Understanding Beat-Names
  80. Jun 2003 Charting & Counting Tip

    81. It to appears as though there are 80 lessons here, but some of the lessons were two-part lessons which keeps the actual lesson total at 78 lessons (over an 80 month period). This Newsletter 'would' still be in operation but as 2003 dawned, the spammers and the Spam Filters ruined it. The last Newsletter I sent-out to over 13,000 list-members and subscribers, only a little over 1,000 Newsletters made it to their intended destinations. I blew a Rasberry at the whole thing. 12,000 newsletters went directly to (spam-filter) trash folders. It meant that most of my efforts were a total waste of time.

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