Premiere! The Tim Ferriss Experiment – Live Tweeting, Giveaways, Q&A, Behind-The-Scenes, and More

Look forward to seeing how fast you break the internet… #TFX

Tim,

Good Luck tonight & thank you for inspiring me to become a better human/person.

#TFX

Thanks,

KD

Awesome! Can’t wait!

This show will be a success for sure. Congrats and thank you for sharing your experiences with us. TFX!!!

Hey Tim. I love the show! You bring such a great attitude and personality to what you do. I can’t wait to see more!

Awesome job Tim. 5 days! I use the MED method in my speaking biz. It’s a game changer. Thanks for all that you do. Removing excuses every day.

Dear friend Tim,

Your book and his knowledge are changing my life.

In all my life this was the cheapest investment I made in knowledge.

Have Brazilian students? I am willing to be a “guinea pig”. Put into practice the concepts and test them in difficulties and results in another country, in another culture. You never interested in whether their lessons work in other markets, particularly in countries ‘development’?

I’m ready for anything, even motivated to learn English only to communicate with you (I could never learn other languages, especially English. Inclusive apologize for the horrible translation via “google”, I hope that’s understandable).

Meanwhile Tim, thank you very much.

You hits hard, but it changes my life!

Hug

Guilherme Brod

Hope all went well last night Tim (your blog broadcast went out late, I didn’t get it until the event was over)

I watched the first episode on YouTube and it was awesome! Would love to have watched it on iTunes, but it’s only available from the US iTunes store, not worldwide as I think you intended.

Good luck and kol hakavod (Hebrew for “all respect/good for you”)

Tim, you’re a crazy MOFO! Loved the show, man. I can’t wait to see what you’re getting into next!

Hey Tim, I have a suggestion in order to multiple your YouTube views to something around 4 to 8 times.

Get to someone to write down Subtitles in the top 5 most spoken Languages in the internet (not in the word). English itself included, for there are a lot of people who can read English but can’t understand it listening to it.

Can’t wait for the professional poker episode! Loved the premiere on drums. You were amazing. 🙂

I’m a 41 year old runner, swimmer, tennis player. I do Crossfit twice a week. 2 days I’m on my own in the gym and I pull from elements of the Prehab, Strength, and Geek to Freak sections of your book. This doesn’t follow the books minimalist approach. Injury prevention, strength, and maintaining muscle mass are most important to me. How do I solve for all 3 with only 2 hours per week of gym time?

Tim,

This is where you twitter link is pointing. https://twitter.com/tfx Looks Chinese.

I am NOT a TV watcher but I plan to turn it on tonight to see your show. Good Luck and thanks for doing it.

Cathy

Such a good episode Tim–if only it could’ve been about 10 min longer! You looked natural on the drum kit, by the way!

Loved the show. I caught it today on a HLN rerun. I have DVR’d your series and can’t wait for more.

Hey Tim, TFX season pass is not available on iTunes in Canada? Will it be available later? If not, how can we get it (I don’t have a TV, it’s old technology 😉

Thanks!

Can’t wait for it. Expecting there will be fantastic content in there as always Tim. And actually really want to get some insight into the use of Twitter

Awesome stuff! I love the growing movement of rapid skill acquisition, instead of the old “that will take WAY too long to learn” mentality

First and foremost I have to mention that Tim Ferriss’s blog, writings and videos have been unbelievably inspirational for me over the last few months. I am very excited to watch and share all of the upcoming episodes of the new show. I have been employing a lot of Ferriss’s techniques in my day to day scheduling, music practicing and business approaches and I am eager to share my insights on how these techniques can be used in creative fields and fine arts. On that subject, I would like to offer my thoughts on ‘The Tim Ferriss Experiment Premiere: Rock N’ Roll Drums’

The key to learning an instrument is finding the area that is either your weakest or the area that when worked on gives the biggest return in overall musicianship. You also need to have a fundamental knowledge of the applicable basics in the field you are working in. For example, when leaning a reggae bass line you need to first know the notes of the baseline (that can be quite complex) before you can attempt to learn the essential and subtle nuances of the song or genre. I believe the way the 80-20 principal applies to music practice is, by practicing extremely focused and targeted at the exact weakest point and/or most productive area, you only need to practice small amounts for dramatic improvement. I’m not sure it is possible to sustain a high level of practice very long each day. Sometimes, I practice so focused and so specifically for just a few minutes that my brain feels softened afterward. It’s very hard to describe, but you can practice so efficiently that it leaves you in an unusual head space.

In this episode, Tim set out to learn the drum parts for a Foreigner song. Being relatively comfortable with the notes, grooves and fills of the song is step one. Once that is accomplished, the two areas I would recommend drummers focus on for maximum gain are; stick swing, and groove manipulation.

1 – Stick swing

Although there are a few different approaches to stick swing, I am going to talk about a full rock stick swing and the ‘Moeller Technique’. To start, a good stick swing needs to have more than a 90 degree stick rotation. Some great groove drummers swing 180 degrees or more, often having their drumstick over their shoulder and pointing down their backs between hits. The grip of the stick needs to be loose enough that it allows the cymbal or drum to resonate. If your grip is too stiff, you may accidentally be ‘choking’ the stick. It’s easy hear when someone is ‘chocking’ the stick because when they hit a drum it sounds harsh or unnatural and they will also break sticks and drum skins frequently. There is an anomaly in the drum world with immaculate stick swing and technique, world famous drum n’ bass drummer Jojo Mayer. He is also the only drummer on the planet that can successfully do a clean drum roll with one hand.

Check out this video of him breaking down the Moeller Technique http://youtu.be/_kH7Q_AtPZY

Also, check out the monster stick swing of Tony Royster Jr.

http://youtu.be/QZI9YvM02L8

2. Groove manipulation

The only way to practice groove manipulation is by recording or taping yourself. When practicing, the act of being behind your instrument skews the objective perception of the music you are making. Meaning, if you were somehow able to detach your observing self from your performing self with %100 objectivity, you would hear all of your mistakes, all the time. Recording and/or taping yourself helps gain this objectivity. Furthermore, to learn groove manipulation you can record yourself trying radical things. From a relaxed state of mind, experiment with your groove and try to get out of your comfort zone. When you listen back to your experimenting every now and then you will say to yourself, “oh what was that, that sounded good”. Then, you can develop some of the ideas and techniques that you ‘stumble’ upon. Another important note, don’t get caught up practicing to a metronome too much. It’s good to have a sense of metronomic time, but recording and experimenting should be done without a metronome.

Check out this video of Chris ‘daddy’ dave really manipulating the groove

http://youtu.be/LtCvi7dfyqU.

These areas are the most important and pay off the most when practiced by drummers. I suggest taking a very small amount of time and setting the goal of recording yourself for 5 minutes, listening to it, and not worrying about practicing for the rest of the day. Make sure that when you are playing and being recorded you are conscientiously trying different things, trying to be relaxed and inventive. When listening back, try and focus hard at where the groove is slipping or locking in and why. Practicing small focused amounts will lead to huge improvements and help to keep the physical association you have with your instrument positive.

I must re-iterate how much I enjoy all things Tim Ferriss and I’m sure the whole series will be amazing.

Thanks for reading and I’d love to answer any questions or hear any ideas on this if anyone has any.

Tom Heuckendorff

He Tim,

Loved the first episode!

Is it possible to get TFX also in the Dutch iTunes store? I even made a American iTunes account ( I’m just that bad :p) but it somehow doesn’t accept my creditcard. Any possible way I could watch the following episodes in another way?

Keep up the great work,

Bas

Hey!

Donna or Tim, this is very upsetting! I can’t watch TFX! How is a Canadian suppose to watch the Tim Ferris Experiment when every outlet is catered to only America’s? Is there any way Canadians can watch??

Alex Bakay

from Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario

Wish there was a way to watch TFX without having to bow down to the Apple overlords. Ever thought about releasing your shows on another platform?