{"id":8856,"date":"2018-04-06T08:53:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-06T15:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/blog\/?p=8856"},"modified":"2022-08-20T09:10:01","modified_gmt":"2022-08-20T16:10:01","slug":"dali-mraz-drum-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/dali-mraz-drum-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Be A Composer And Not Just A Drummer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YKclZdifEQE\/\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As drummers, our end goal is playing and making music with other musicians&#8230; So how do we break away from being &#8220;just the drummer&#8221;? In this lesson, Dali Mraz will teach you how to approach songs from a more melodic perspective rather than a percussive one. This includes being more sensitive to the other instruments, learning when to add embellishments without taking away from the main melody, and other tips to help you be more hands-on in the writing process.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lesson Index<\/b>:<br \/>\n0:18 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;32nd Notes To Mraz&#8221;<br \/>\n3:50 &#8211; Introduction<br \/>\n6:27 &#8211; Why should drummers care about becoming a composer?<br \/>\n10:07 &#8211; How to become more of a composer<br \/>\n22:37 &#8211; How to approach a song you&#8217;ve never played before<br \/>\n28:30 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Poland Madness&#8221;<br \/>\n32:11 &#8211; How important is technique?<br \/>\n37:15 &#8211; Recap and closing thoughts<br \/>\n47:12 &#8211; Jared makes a special appearance<br \/>\n49:30 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;21st Day&#8221;<br \/>\n53:14 &#8211; SONG: &#8220;Trip To G&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dali Plays:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dwdrums.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DW Drums<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/zildjian.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zildjian Cymbals<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/remo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remo Drumheads<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/vicfirth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vic Firth Sticks<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As drummers, our end goal is playing and making music with other musicians&#8230; So how do we break away from being &#8220;just the drummer&#8221;? In this lesson, Dali Mraz will teach you how to approach songs from a more melodic perspective rather than a percussive one. This includes being more sensitive to the other instruments, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4019,4038,4024,4016],"tags":[26,65,13,9,408,152,585,282,331,252],"class_list":["post-8856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drummers","category-full-lessons","category-song-tips","category-songs","tag-drum-beats","tag-drum-fills","tag-drum-lessons-2","tag-drumeo","tag-drums","tag-free-drum-lessons","tag-remo","tag-rudiments","tag-vic-firth","tag-zildjian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8856"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36219,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8856\/revisions\/36219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}