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Foxhill Mixed Year 2 Drummers
Posted: 01/07/14
Today I tried out three year 2 drummers playing in this combo for the first time. The main objective in the lesson was for the students to maintain their grooves in tempo and add a variety of fills of their choices rather than me dictating what they should play. I was very impressed with them!!!!!
Read more »Foxhill Reece
Posted: 01/07/14
Have a look at Reece aged 7 in action. What a brilliant lesson. Today we were combining a straight 8 beat grove with improvised fills using rims and syncopated snare and Tom patterns with 16 beat grooves. So many new concepts to remember and this was the first lesson we tried this! This little guy is going to be a […]
Read more »The Foxhill Drummers are Really Spectacular
Posted: 26/06/14
See two of the Foxhill students in action by going to ‘track student progress’.
Read more »A Great Day of Drumming at Foxhill Primary School
Posted: 26/06/14
Have a look at these two videos. The first is of one of my Year 2 students here for the first time adding some really great syncopated fills that he composed himself for this groove. The second is one of my Year 6 students using for the first time Rim Shots within a sixteenth note groove using hi hat semi […]
Read more »Foxhill Band Amazing!
Posted: 24/06/14
Check out our Foxhill Year 5 and 6 band. They were amazing at the Foxhill Showcase yesterday Monday!!!
Read more »Nick has got his new Jon Shuker Custom Bass !!
Posted: 20/06/14
Have a look at this beautiful Bass Guitar made by the most renowned Bass maker Jon Shuker! I can’t wait to collect mine in August!
Read more »Mrs Baker’s Dixons Music Primary Ukulele’s are Brilliant
Posted: 20/06/14
Look at our fabulous 5 and 6 year old Ukulele players! These children are ready for their concert next week! Rock and Roll!!
Read more »Bass and Drums a la 6 Year Olds
Posted: 20/06/14
Check out one if my little year 6 year old’s perfect right hand walking fingers on his Bass Guitar! What a great Bassist!
Read more »The Drum Trio Guys Are Ready
Posted: 17/06/14
Check this out….. Dan one of our Drum tutors, Jack and our Year 6 Ben Rhydding Primary School drummer have finalised and almost perfected their drum trio which they will play at the Burley Oaks Primary School demo this Thursday 19 June and at the Ilkkey Central Showcase on Saturday 12 July. Previous posts showed the guys working on the […]
Read more »Our New Addingham Primary School Drummer!
Posted: 17/06/14
Have a look at one of our fabulous students from Addingham Primary School here in his first filmed rendition! He is a really cool guy and is really doing well on the Drums!
Read more »Check out our trio for the Burley Oaks Demo and Ilkley Showcase Concert
Posted: 17/06/14
Have a look at this guys….. We have got Jonny one of our great guitar tutors playing with Jack on Bass and one of my amazing Year 6 drummers. They are playing ‘Fallout’ from the Rockschool grade 3 syllabus. This piece will feature this Thursday 19 June at the Burley Oaks Primary School demo and at our Ilkley central showcase […]
Read more »My Techno Girl Drummer Is Ready!
Posted: 17/06/14
A couple of weeks ago I posted one of my fabulous Year 5 girl drummers’ first attempt at her Ilkley concert piece with me and Dan our drum tutor on his new Roland drum machine. Look at how much further my student has come with this piece. Despite Dan creating havoc with all kinds of techno sounds on his drum […]
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