drum lessons – Mindee Jorgensen

The Rudiment A Day Drummer Challenge!

August 13, 2020September 20, 2020Mindee JorgensenLeave a comment

Are you ready to take the challenge??

In drumming, there are 40 standard drum rudiments. I will be posting one rudiment video a day, for forty days, for the #rudimentadaychallenge

The video will include a brief lesson and demonstration of the days rudiment.

As a bonus, at the end of the challenge I will be giving away a free drum lesson to 2 interested participants!

The contest will happen on Instagram, but I will also be posting the videos on Facebook Twitter and YouTube.

Here are the details!

1 – Post of video of yourself playing the day’s rudiment with the hashtag #rudimentadaychallenge

2 – hashtag the name of the day’s rudiment.

3 – Tag me @mindianaj on Instagram if you do want to enter the contest for the free lesson!

At the end of the challenge I will pick 2 participants that tagged me and each will receive one free hour long virtual lesson!

You don’t have to enter the contest to join in on the fun either!!!

I encourage all my fellow drummers to join the challenge. Show your friends and family what drumming is about. Let’s inspire some new people to take up drumming.

Fellow teachers, I encourage you to join the challenge as well, and share it with your students. Let’s show the world how fun being a drummer is, as well as all the hard work that goes into it.

LET’S DO THIS!!!!

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September 7, 2019September 7, 2019Mindee JorgensenLeave a comment

Hello Friends!

I have been busy with music, which is great! Working hard on my passion and reaching my dream of being a full time musician. I am super grateful for all the support I get from friends and family! Thanks to everyone who buys or shares my music, and to all my drum students!

The New Dangerously Sleazy EP was released 8/23/19. Grab a copy on Bandcamp or find us on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon, ect…

We had a great time doing some shows to support the release! Our good friend Louie filled in for a show while Altair was busy seeing The Cure. He did a killer job and it was fun to jam with him again. Thanks Louie!

My first recording with The Dale Crover Band was released last month too! It is part of a split 7 inch with Conan Neutron and The Secret Friends for his Protons and Electrons compilation. I am still overly stoked and in slight disbelief that I get to play drums for one of the best drummers!!

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I have been getting some hardworking new drum students (and my veteran students are killing it as well.) My time slots are filling up quick, but I still have a few open! Do you want lessons, or know someone who would like to learn? Please send them my way! I am trying to fill 9:30-10:30 PM on Tuesdays, 3-4 PM on Fridays, and 5-6 PM on Fridays. I give lessons in person in East LA, or on SKYPE!

ModPods are almost done with the recording process for our next full length. The songs are spectacular and I am stoked on how this recording is coming along. We have been playing a handful of them live, and you can catch us on Saturday 9/14/19 at The Highland Park Bowl in Los Angeles. We are also playing the Joan of Rock festival in Brisbee AZ on 10/19/19.

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In other life news, I am searching for a mini van, hoping that a fine working and affordable Toyota Sienna appears in my life soon. I also want a new snare drum! I am getting ready to adopt a baby hamster and as always, giving Elvis the senior pup lots of love!

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Help me find a new Snare and listen to this interview!

June 16, 2019June 16, 2019Mindee JorgensenLeave a comment

I have a question for my drummer friends!! I am looking to get a new snare drum. The one I have now is the basic wood snare that came with my Yamaha Stage Custom kit. I am thinking I would like something metal? I play a lot of punk music, so something that has a lot of power and cut through. What are some of your favorites for playing this style?

My price range would be around 250. Send me some suggestions!

Tama Metalworks Snare Drum is one I saw at NAMM and really liked.

I was also looking at this DW Black Nickle Snare

Also!!! I was recently interviewed on The Trap Set with Joe Wong. It is one of the top drumming podcasts!!

The Trap Set Interview

It was a huge honor and I am grateful to be part of the list of amazing drummers he has had as guests on the show! Listen to the interview if you haven’t already, and check out some of the other interviews he has done with other great drummers! His episodes are always interesting and insightful.

We discussed a lot about my childhood, and my childhood trauma. Up until a few years ago, I rarely acknowledged what I went through or how much it affected me. I locked a lot of feelings and memories away. I started therapy a little over a year ago and it has helped tremendously. I feel less guilty, I have processed a lot of grief that was kind of just stagnant inside me, that I pushed away as I tried to be tough and pretend it didn’t bother me as much as it did.

Drumming really is what helped me overcome the pains of my childhood and awkward teenage years, my issues with my step mother, and my lack of self esteem. It gave me goals to focus on and work towards. It was an outlet for anger, pain, sadness and depression. It has been a driving force behind my path of healing from mental issues. I didn’t really expect to talk about this so much, but I am glad I was able to express some of what I went though and show how drumming has been such a positive in my life.