 | The purpose of this site is to inform those involed in worship at VCF Yakima, to train up and coming drummers, to link worship leaders together, and to give away what God has given us.
Thanks again for viewing our site,
Jimmy john
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| | Welcome to Jimmy John Online!
The Worship Drummer
Drum Roll Please!!!
All 8 ...O.k. 9 lessons are now out!!!...and yes - they're all free...every lesson for you to download!
Go to "The worship Drummer for these lessons:
Mid Tempo-Basic Rock - Mellow/Ballad
6/8 Time signature
An introduction to 16th Notes -16th Notes on the Hi Hat
An introduction to syncopation
Eighth Note Syncopation
16th Note syncopation
Moving away from the Hi Hat - (Floor tom and Ride cymbal)
An introduction to Swing & Shuffle patterns
Miscellaneous Beats in worship (How to work it out)
Lastly we are looking at developing the worship drummer lessons to video.
Here's some ideas:
Djembe and hand drum Lessons (Going from the drum set to percussion)
Bass drum playing
Snare drum playing (rim-shot, side stick, etc)
Beginning drum set fills
If you have any suggestions please e-mail me with lesson ideas. Your opinions are greatly appreciated.
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I'm also interested in gathering other teachings from the internet as well as links. If you know of any other sites out there with teachings - PLEASE send them to me!!! There's great stuff out there to train and equip!
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| | Music Samples
Check out the updates on the "Have a sample" Page.
You can listen to a 30 second sample of Your Mercy from the Vineyard CD "Fill me now".
Also out, the hidden tracks from the Unplugged CD and The Tortoise Run.
AND, you can have a free download of the song "How you love me" from a tortoise run.
Sample MP3's and PDF's of Chord charts and overheads are also available.
My favorite - Hands Down - is the free MP3 of My Son David on the hidden track from "A Tortoise Run" singing the song SELAH SNOW from his 3rd grade talent show at Lince Elementary!!!
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