Daniele Lewis yea. Muscles will build with rest. If you keep doing it every day. The muscles never really have rest so they don’t build. But that’s awesome tho. I’m currently only at 140BPM. Can’t wait to be at 200

It's the same method as lifting weight, you get stronger and muscles develop during the resting period.

That's exact, if you constantly repeat mistakes, they will become bad habits. The problem in what you say is that, in drums, when we speed up or slow down things we use different muscles and part of the body. So, for instance, if you learn something slowly, you most likely will use big arms and legs muscles motions, because the speed requires those parts, then, when you speed that up to a certain point, we need to shift the control to smaller and faster muscles, like wrist and ankles, for example, and in that moment, we are playing the same thing, but using completely different parts of the body, so that's when problems usually kick in. Does it make sense? That's why the important thing is not how fast or slow you learn something, but is to build comfort zones in which everything works, so if you need to play something that has to be played with ankles and wrists, because of its speed, it will be useless to learn it very slow using arms and legs motions. Your case works, instead, to learn the sequences of motions or notes that has to be played, so either to memorize or coordinate something, in that case yes, it's easier and better to learn it slowly first and then speed it up.

James Payne Yes that’s good advice. I never thought of it that way I will definitely implement that in my practice. When I was talking about playing slow and correctly was in reference to building the neural pathways or muscle memory. I definitely know that we all have different abilities, and a good memory is essential to learning arrangements and patterns etc. Thanks for the advice James.

Better late then never right? Anyway, I'm the same, and believe me, most of the people are. Concentration is something we can train and that has to be trained, but 3 hours a day it's already a good time anyway!!

You're very welcome man!

Great to hear that man! You're very welcome!

You're very welcome!

Awesome to hear my video helped!

The problem starts when you get stuck and you lose the trust in the process. Then, you'll need to know what is going on while you practice and how to approach it.

You're very welcome and I'm glad the video helped you man!

I'm super happy to hear that Norman!

Thanks James!!! Hope to meet you again soon!!! :D

@@NormanCeriotti How do you have 10 hours a day to practice??

@@bighouse5804 I used to wake up at 4 am and practice all day long. When I started working full time I was still able to practice 3/4 hours everyday waking up that early.

Glad you liked it!

James, may god bless you for your sinciarity.

More work is always what brings the results. Just listen to your body and your mind, if you can do 5 times a week, you will get there before who does it 4 times a week. Work hard and smart!

Ok, cool. Thanx for the reply!!

Yes, working on pads is still a great way to practice!

Not to mention that they probably miss out on other things in life due to their obsession. Which is perhaps a price they are willing to pay for greatness. Fair enough. But they could probably be great AND have a fulfilling life outside of their craft. I mean, they could probably get 95% of their results from 2-4hrs of practice- is it really worth putting in another 20 hours (exagerrating obv) for that extra 5%? Besides, it's not like that 5% won't come- it just won't come as soon (although maybe it will as you can probably maintain the consistency longer without burning out). It's like in the gym, I only train 1-2 days a week. Now, I'm sure I could probably make more gains training 3-4 days a week (though, again, not neccesarily, because we also have to factor in how recovered I am for each session). But it's not really MORE gains. It's just FASTER gains. And only slightly faster at that. I've been going to the gym consistently for over 10 years so I feel confident in saying that. But yeh, I think the point is that you can have your cake and eat it too if you are willing to put your pride/ego to the side and focus on what is actually practical and on being efficient and looking out for the point of diminishing returns in your practice.

The physical effort is substantially decreased if you are concentrated to stay synchronized with the external forces (like the rebound and the spring of the pedal) at all times during your performance. If you take advantage of the external forces, you will let them make the most of the work, but to do so, you have to be very concentrated. That's why my body, even if it doesn't have a muscular structure that can sustain much fatigue, can still play fast for long times with a decent amount of power. It's because I let the external forces work, and I just mainly control them, and that's also why technique helps us so much, it's basically a more efficient way of using the body to deal with the instrument. Of course, then, we have human limits, and after some hours our body gets tired, but mostly because our concentration ends and we start working more physically.

@@JamesPayneDrums could you make a video based on this topic? On how to stay focused all the time?

Do 20 minute sets. Followed by a 5 minute break.