AWESOME.

Well its been like forever, and i still have.......2 followers ^_^ but only one follows, so its ok. cause this "someone" is the only someone that matters:*


So school today sucked alot, my german teacher was a straight up jerk to me, so it looks like were back to block one. "m just going to push harder. And on another note, my Girlfriend and I have decided best to prove our need for Christ by depending on him for our strength and his might to pull us through the mud.............. (Atleastiwaspulledthrough) not talking ALL day, and we haven't. But, I've thought about her alot. Ok, every second i have, i cant get her past my thoughts, not for a second.
( :* i love you cara) I just wanted to let you all know what was going on. Oh yes i played soccer with Joe today, and cut the grass and helped dig a trench hahahaha. not that much fun but its ok.
everyone enjoy their sleep time:)

Ha, i am sneaky :D I am in school on my little iPod, cause we have an am activity period and I have no work......"wink"

So this post I a little up date on my playing,
This Sunday I played with the worship band for my youth group.
I usally play every other week but since of Easter and other sircustances
we hadn't played in about 1 month. IT FREAKING ROCKED it wa sooo good
sounded amazing and everything, I can comforterably say we lead ppl
to the lord with our worship.

Stinken yesterday I worked so sorry but no update on music:(.....( not like anyone acutually reads this)

p.s. I'm so fed up SO fed up I can't live with out following him.

DAY FOUR!!!

Hi there, how is everyone on this wonderful Sunday, God filled morning?
- I'm hoping wonderful.
Well's its the fourth day of my excursion and im actually learning alot, I cant wait to get to the end of week 5, it's going to be brilliant:D
(on a side note, I'm not following any form of
organized pre-planned set of lessons.
I'm making it what i want it
to be as I go along.)
Today i started out with a new pattern, a very up beat positive panic at the disco eck, hi hat patten.

At first i played a simple 4/4 beat playing 8th notes on closed hi hats, and bass hit's on beats 1 and three, and snare hit's on beats 2 and 4. I soon after added hi hat lifts on the ands on 1 and 3

- 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

GOOD MORNING:D

Hello, Bloggers

I do know that this is day three but....I'm going to talk of day two.

yesterday I ran with the concept of the high hat lift and added different bass drum variations

such as...... hitting the bass on beats 3 the a of 3 and the & of 4 in the first "measure" you could call it and having bass hits on the & of 2 then on the 3 and followed by the & of 4. alternating each pattern one after the other.

"lets try this" 1 & 2 & 3 &a4 &, / 1 & 2 & 3 &a4 &

If you may be able to tell, i Bolded each of the bass hits:D.

that might help alittle:-[

(also if anyone has any questions please ask them, cause i not only want this to be a learning experience for me but for you all aswell.)

thanks

SpeakingForHuman

Hit it home,

YAY CARA!!!!! thats what i say, cause it was HER brilliant idea for me to start blogging about my music, SO everyone YAY! cara.

ALSO....If she gets 50 YAY's by the first, you have a chance of winning a GIVE AWAY:D

(one "yay" per blogger, prizes may vary)

God is good, SpeakingForHuman:D

God is good,

God is sooo good, this evening i was informed of a soccer game at 9:35 DANG!!!

but...thats not the point after the game i was taking a buddy home, and he asked me about having sexy with his gurlfriend, and what i thought about it...(so i thought) and let alone the first thoughts that came into my head where that of Jesus Christ and what He would do.

So I did I opened up my faith and my believes to him, to hopefully I've made some kind of impression in his life to as where the holy spirit is opened in his life. Cause a any friend is worth saving.

SpeakingForHuman

God is good,

It's Me!!!

Hello everyone.....(Cara)

It's 5:47 on a Thursday afternoon on a pretty poopy day outside.

So, lets cut to the "main idea" of all of this. I, Stephen Bickel, am going to be challenging myself to a little 4 to 5 week "boot-camp" may have you, behind the drum kit. In this 4 to 5 week testing i will be isolating different area's of my set. First starting today with the High hats, Snare and Bass drum. The entire plan for my "program" is to strengthen my technique and create a more solid playing style in each area of the drums.

- On another note Drums are my passion and from playing for 5 years now, I really am putting my playing into the lords hands, guiding me where ever it may be from worship band on sunday to the stage in some alien city.

Day one: Today and for most of this week i am focusing on the art of the high hat. i believe that most drummers today do not fully understand the beauty of the high hat, so through the next week or so i am going to do my research and obtain the resources needed to develop my use of the high hats.

- I started off with a high hat lift on the down beats of one and two. I maintained a quarter note tempo with my right hand on the high hats(rather beginner), bass kicks ON the beat of 1, 2, AND 3. Throwing in a snare on the 4th beat.

- After playing this high hat lift exercise over and over and over till it was carved into my brain, i played the snare every beat, or on the even or odd beats. to mix it up and create my own feel for it outside the written material.

- I being a drummer from practically nothing and from not having attended even one lesson the idea of creativity and adding your voice is such a big part of how i play, call me out please if I'm wrong but adding my own flare is what I'm all about. Except for the way i Want to life my life, in The image of Jesus Christ.