I’m making a list of songs I want to learn on drumset and piano. It will keep me focused on projects plus it will be fun to do! I will keep adding to this post and prioritize and also note where I’m getting the source of music.

Drumset:

1. Abyss - Circus Maximus (songsterr)

2. Lost In Myself - Anubis Gate (transcribe myself)

3. Yiri - Anubis Gate

4. The Shattered Fortress - Dream Theater (sheet music or songsterr?)

5. The Count of Tuscany - Dream Theater (sheet music or songsterr?)

6. The Dark Eternal Night - Dream Theater (sheet music or songsterr?)

7. Loved Ones - Circus Maximus (will transcribe myself)

8. Sapphire - Redemption (songsterr? or will transcribe myself)

9. Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray (songsterr or will transcribe myself)

10. Fates Warning - Seven Stars (songsterr or will transcribe myself)

11. Fates Warning - From the Rooftops (songsterr or will transcribe myself)

Piano:

1. Lost In Myself - Anubis Gate (chordify)

2. Loved Ones - Circus Maximus (chordify)

3. Sign of the Times - Europe (Europe songbook)

4. Tomorrow - Europe (Europe songbook)

5. Nightwish - Ever Dream (chordify or sheet music if I can find it)

6. Time Has Come - Europe (Europe songbook)

7. White Night Fantasy - Nightwish (chordify)

8. Red Sector A - Rush (Rush songbook or chordify)

9. Lifting Shadows Off a Dream - Dream Theater (Dream Theater songbook or chordify?)

10. Let the River Run - Vanishing Point (chordify)

Piano practice

I’ve also decided to start doing 10 minute practices every day for piano practice. I’m not nearly advanced at piano playing as drum playing so I can’t play for hours on piano like I can on drumset and I do have a pretty full schedule each week but there’s no reason I can’t at least try to get 10 minutes of practice in each day. I think it works for a busy person like me who has a lot of goals and interests. Plus if I only do 10 minutes a day, I can vary what I play each day so I don’t get bored. My background in piano playing is classical, but I really want to learn rock piano and the songs that I love which are mainly rock or metal songs. So I’m trying to vary what I do each day. One day I can do scales, another day a classical song, and another day a rock/metal song. I want to get better at piano so I can write music to the lyrics I’ve written. So far this seems to be working for me. Playing 10 minutes a day is better than trying to play for an hour and not being able to play at all or maybe even for weeks at a time! No excuses, I can do this.

I’m going to use this blog to post drumming stuff, but I think I’ll also use it to have a music journal, where I can reflect on both my drumming and piano practice. This is more for me than anyone else, but if anyone reads this blog and has anything positive to say, I won’t complain ;)