Tommy Igoe: Great Hands for a Lifetime
...featuring the Lifetime Warmup
I got this DVD for Christmas and I am a huge Tommy Igoe fan. As a drummer and as an educator, it just doesn't get much better. This DVD is a complete hands warmup and is meant for all level drummers. The core is the Lifetime Warmup with three different levels: basic, intermediate, and advanced. I'm starting all of my drum students on the Basic Lifetime Warmup (featured below) this semester.
Check out the promo for the DVD...
Check out the promo for the DVD...
Not bad, right? No matter what you want to do as a percussionist or drummer it is all going to come down to hand technique (and foot techinque, but that's another day). There is nothing revolutionary or new here. Just a solid, back-to-the basics approach. As Tommy would say (in bad paraphrase), "It's about doing simple things at a high level."
So, here is the Lifetime Warmup Basic. The DVD comes with mp3 tracks so that you can practice along (like this guy from youtube):
So, here is the Lifetime Warmup Basic. The DVD comes with mp3 tracks so that you can practice along (like this guy from youtube):
So there you go! I'm trying to do this at least once each day. So far, I've just fired up this youtube clip and played along. If you can't play everything initially, play what you can and build from there. Let me know if you have any questions and I would be glad to help. As my students progress I will post the Lifetime Intermediate Warmup.