During the month of August, the studio is running a discount campaign on rentals for three or more hours of band practice, and for students, which was advertised by this rather cheerful ad inside the practice room.

Advertisement for the summer campaign of a local sound studio in the Itabashi Ward of Tokyo, Japan. © 2025 Norbert Woehnl Photography.

I practiced some of the 8th-note patterns from the last drumming lesson. My drumming teacher had left me with quite a varied choice of reference songs; here are two examples of what I tried to play along with today:

  • Shake It Off by Taylor Swift

  • Part-Time Lover by Stevie Wonder

Drumming along to Shake It Off by Taylor Swift

Drumming along to Part-Time Lover by Stevie Wonder