As part of the course, we had a proffesional drummer come in and give an interactive lecture on several drumming styles, using the same rhythmic pattern for all of the different genres. I found this particularly interesting because it showed that all the styles are connected, just by playing it in a different way in a different tempo it could change the whole genre of the song.
The main part of the lecture was about the key 'fundamental skills' every musician should have.
This included time keeping, reading music skills, versatility in playing genres, knowledge of music technology, as well as working well with other people/musicians.
Something that the lecturer said stuck with me "I rarely see people who are just composers/producers" meaning that most people are playing an instrument on the side of being a full time composer/producer, I found this information interesting because at the moment I see myself wanting to go down the production/composing route, but if I do get a job in production I might need to keep up paino playing as a source of income too.
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