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Upcoming Events, 2016:. Thursdays, June 9 - August 18, 6 pm. Performing with the John Moran Trio Open Jazz Jam Session. DA’s Deli and Dining. 7260 W. 159th St., Orland Park, Illinois. Friday, July 29, 7:30 pm. Directing the Moraine Valley Jazz Ensemble. Moraine Valley Community College. 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills, Illinois. Tuesday, August 2, 7:30 pm. Directing the Moraine Valley Percussion Ensemble. Moraine Valley Community College. 9000 W. College Pkwy., Palos Hills, Illinois. Saturday, March 12.
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Keith Sorensen: The Weight Room: Your diddles need work, right?
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Drummer, percussionist, music educator and blogger. Tuesday, January 17, 2012. The Weight Room: Your diddles need work, right? The double stroke, or diddle. Is one of the basic strokes you need to master to be able to play most basic rudimental music, and a staple of drum kit technique. You can totally be successful, musical, and groovy without solid diddles, but trust me, you'll have more fun. And be more free to express yourself. If you can master them. Then, switch hands. One exercise alone will not p...
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Keith Sorensen: Contact / Booking
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Drummer, percussionist, music educator and blogger. Keith is available for hire:. Live and studio - drum set and orchestral percussion. Remote recording - MIDI and audio drum set ups. Drum tuning and set up, repair and trouble-shooting. Lessons - drum set, percussion and beginning guitar. Light DJ set up - background and ambient music. Keith can be reached at the following:. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Keyboard Percussion 2: Vibraphone. Beyond the Kit: The Art of Performance (Repost).
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Keith Sorensen: Drummer's Weight Room: Tap Timing Exercise
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Drummer, percussionist, music educator and blogger. Monday, February 16, 2015. Drummer's Weight Room: Tap Timing Exercise. The “Tap Timing” exercise is simple. Play the rhythms and sticking as written, with metronome or music, and strive to. Make each stroke look, sound and feel the same. Start slow enough to play it accurately, and count out loud – at least at first. There are two major performance goals of the exercise:. Maintain the 8th note, “flow,” of each hand. Once these two things are happening c...
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Keith Sorensen: How do you spell fun?
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Drummer, percussionist, music educator and blogger. Monday, January 13, 2014. How do you spell fun? Because after a while, even lobster starts to taste like soap." - Dave Ramsey. When I taught high school band, I would start off every year by telling my new students that my whole goal for them was to have fun. That's it, just have fun. I loved the stunned reactions on their faces. They'd giggle and do little celebration dances. (Easy A! Then I'd twist the plot. You spelled it wrong! Several years ago I w...
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Keith Sorensen: Everything you've ever heard is a lie
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Drummer, percussionist, music educator and blogger. Wednesday, February 19, 2014. Everything you've ever heard is a lie. Ok, so not everything. You've ever heard is a lie. Just all the drum sounds you've ever heard on speakers or headphones. In college, I was the percussion manager for a small music store. I had complained to him about my kick drum (a 22" Tama Rockstar), and he invited me to bring it into the shop and get some new heads put on. With just a batter head on (a Remo Powerstroke 3), he had me...
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Keith Sorensen: Do I really need to read music?
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Drummer, percussionist, music educator and blogger. Thursday, September 27, 2012. Do I really need to read music? I get asked this question all the time. "Why do I need to read music? Well, imagine if you couldn't read English. First, you wouldn't be reading this post. Imagine if someone had to read everything to you everyday, from street signs to magazines, to text messages and Facebook status updates. How would that be for you? In a word, debilitating. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Keith Sorensen: The Plan - Five Days a Week
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Drummer, percussionist, music educator and blogger. Sunday, December 11, 2011. The Plan - Five Days a Week. All right, ya'll. This blog is growing, and I'm grateful! It has been my goal to get up to posting five days a week. I'm not there yet, but I do have a plan. I'll lay it out below, but I wanted to get my readers' perspective and input. The Bag of Tricks" - Every drummer has a toolkit. I'll try to help you fill it up with licks, tricks, kicks, fills and transcriptions that you can immediately ap...
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Keith Sorensen: About
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Drummer, percussionist, music educator and blogger. DRUMS/PERCUSSION/GUITAR • KEITH SORENSEN. Keith Sorensen is an award-winning musician, educator and performer. He has been described as, “inspiring…an exceptional musician and teacher.” A founding member of the nationally acclaimed Utah Wind Symphony. Rock/funk, jazz and world styles. Rudimental and orchestral (concert). Marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, etc.),. Timpani, snare drum, auxiliary instruments. Cymbals, tambourine, triangle, etc.),. Drum and Pe...
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