{"id":23234,"date":"2020-05-01T08:28:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T15:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=23234"},"modified":"2022-08-22T08:54:30","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T15:54:30","slug":"larnell-lewis-learns-a-song-by-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/larnell-lewis-learns-a-song-by-ear\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Learn A Song By Ear This Quickly?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vIW72VXMPHo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to see Larnell Lewis hear a drumless song <em>twice<\/em> and nail it, form and feature, on his first run through? Hit that play button!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(P.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/fusion-drummer-attempts-metal-larnell-lewis-enter-sandman-metallica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">He did it again with &#8220;Enter Sandman&#8221; by Metallica<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How can Larnell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/how-to-learn-songs-on-drums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">learn songs so quickly<\/a>? How did he learn almost the entire <em>We Like It Here<\/em> album by Snarky Puppy on a 7.5 hour flight to record in Europe?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch him work through his process of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/casey-cooper-drum-lessons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">listening to the song&#8217;s details<\/a>, understanding sections and forms, and looking for shots and nuances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Larnell says, it&#8217;s important to practice listening and imagining yourself playing the drums &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/practice-drums-by-air-drumming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mental practice<\/a> was huge for him in this exercise but is also crucial when he&#8217;s away from the drums. He also listens to what the other musicians are playing and understands that when those things happen, &#8220;you have certain options you can draw from on the kit.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think you can nail it on the second go like Larnell? The song is called &#8216;Chick&#8217;s Pain&#8217; by Mathieu Fiset and is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/edge\">Drumeo Members&#8217; area!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to see Larnell Lewis hear a drumless song TWICE and nail it on his first run through? Hit that play button!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":23330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4024,4016],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-song-tips","category-songs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23234"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32033,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23234\/revisions\/32033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}