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chrislesso-blog · 3 years

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UNLEASH YOUR BEST SELF THROUGH DRUMMING! Chris Lesso with Dom Famularo

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chrislesso-blog · 3 years

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Why your drumming needs more ATTITUDE, with Rich Redmond

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFZ-oE4f5II%5B/embedyt%5D ATTITUDE is the life blood of drumming. OWN every note you play, and play it like it’s your last! Today we go into a deep dive with Rich on why it’s essential to bring out maximum attitude in drums and in life!

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chrislesso-blog · 3 years

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Grow your drumming GROOVE, ENERGY, and ENTHUSIASM with Randy Cooke

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Randy Cooke epitomizes the crucial mix of being not only an amazing drummer, but an outstanding PERSON. This is the LTR attitude in drumming and life. You DON’T want to have the fastest hands on the block, and have no sense of humour. Show me someone that practices 8 hours a day, and I’ll show you someone really hard to get along…

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chrislesso-blog · 3 years

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How to use DRUMMING to get through challenging times (with Claus Hessler and Mike Sleath)

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Who is in YOUR circle? Who refuels and recharges you when you’re down? There is a great danger in trying to ‘lone-wolf’ it when you face challenges, so lean in on those around you to become your best self through drumming when you’re down and out! We are stronger TOGETHER.

Through LTR CONNECT we bring in the best people and drummers…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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'King Ghidorah: The 3 Headed Monster' (on DRUMS)

‘King Ghidorah: The 3 Headed Monster’ (on DRUMS)

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This song is about attitude and groove, everything drumming is about. The attitude to be unapologetically YOU, and the groove of creating MOVEMENT. In this track by my band modus factor, Ian DeSouza improvised a killer bass line, and Brownman layers trumpet lines with effects and tone. This song is about energy and vibe, taking…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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How to lower ANXIETY through DRUMMING (with Navy SEAL David Rutherford)

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“Being a musician means being part of a total experience—no winning, no losing.” Jim Blackley

Anxiety and depression levels are at all time highs. How do we handle the amount of distraction pummelling us day in and day out from every direction on the battlefield…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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How to lower ANXIETY through DRUMMING (with Navy SEAL David Rutherford)

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“Being a musician means being part of a total experience—no winning, no losing.” Jim Blackley

Anxiety and depression levels are at all time highs. How do we handle the amount of distraction pummelling us day in and day out from every direction on the battlefield of life? Our brains didn’t evolve to deal with the pace that the…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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Why you MUST keep your WHITE BELT MENTALITY in drumming and life (with Tommy Igoe)

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWUmdBhj6ow%5B/embedyt%5DThinking you’re above simplicity, minimalism, and the fundamentals, is the root to the disaster of your evolution, and the ceiling of your learning. Having a never ending ‘white belt mentality’ or a beginner’s mind is the key to discovering possibilities and living your potential through drumming and life. There are worlds waiting…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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Why you MUST keep your WHITE BELT MENTALITY in drumming and life (with Tommy Igoe)

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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The 5th limb in drumming is THE VOICE

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‘If you can say it, you can play it’

What holds so many drummers back from being all they can be, is not using the 5th limb of THE VOICE. Speaking rhythms is our reference point to create a SOUND. This tool is utilized so much more effectively outside of North America. Writing and reading music has it’s place, but being able to…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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Find your COURAGE through DRUMMING (with Dom Famularo)

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In the volatile landscape of the today’s world, our biggest challenges are to do whatever it takes to avoid mediocrity, lack of focus, and dis-couragement. Recently I was honoured to be interviewed recently by Dom Famularo on behalf of Sabian Cymbals, and we got DEEP into tactics on how to avoid getting to the end of your life…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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Find your COURAGE through DRUMMING (with Dom Famularo)

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In the volatile landscape of the today’s world, our biggest challenges are to do whatever it takes to avoid mediocrity, lack of focus, and dis-couragement. Recently I was honoured to be interviewed recently by Dom Famularo on behalf of Sabian Cymbals, and we got DEEP…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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Balancing Family, Drumming, and Pursuing Your Passions

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‘Time is not on your side, but your choices are.’

How do you balance family, work, and pursuing your passions? YOU CAN’T. All you have is time and focus. There are so many ‘spinning plates’ we all have moving simultaneously in our lives, and the only thing that keeps them all going is our CHOICES of what to focus the only…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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Balancing Family, Drumming, and Pursuing Your Passions

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‘Time is not on your side, but your choices are.’

How do you balance family, work, and pursuing your passions? YOU CAN’T. All you have is time and focus. There are so many ‘spinning plates’ we all have moving simultaneously in our lives, and the only thing that…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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The SECRET BODY LANGUAGE OF DRUMMERS, and how YOU can use it

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How you move is how you groove! Within the way you move IS your sound, and everything you are that makes you unique. When the pressure is on it’s difficult to play drums with confidence, and to internalize the FEEL in the grooves we admire from our favourite drummers. To rise to our next level of excellence, we can take the body…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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How to make a crappy drumset sound AWESOME (with Jojo Mayer)

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GEAR DOESN’T MATTER Here’s the big secret about gear that will be our basic approach: it doesn’t really matter! The paradox is that it actually doesmatter, but we’re going to approach it in a way that at the end of the day, the sound is in YOU and how you THINK, FEEL, and MOVE. You can create art and express yourself with a…

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chrislesso-blog · 4 years

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LME | Last Mile Excellence for Drumming & Life (with Josh Waitzkin)

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*This is an excerpt from ‘LTR METHOD: Unleashing Your Best Self Through The Power Of Drumming’. Get it now to elevate your drumming and life at chrislesso.com

It’s easy to be your best in the beginning. You’re fired up, motivated, ready to go! But what do you do when you’re on that last mile, depleted and…

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