Forum: Drum Technique
07-07-2011, 01:18 PM
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,531
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-29-2011, 10:53 AM
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Replies: 51
Views: 5,514
Re: Heel up or heel down?
Isn't this exactly the same as asking if you should use wrists or fingers?
Personally I use the joints necessary to produce the sound I want. And when you use both regularly they start to morph in...
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-22-2011, 12:17 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,508
Re: Paradiddles
If you accent the first note of the paradiddle the moeller stroke is the most obvious choice for technique. If you want it to sound more like a roll without accents I would practice all the...
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-02-2011, 08:16 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,449
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Forum: General Discussion
05-29-2011, 01:32 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,769
Re: Whats with all the pissy musicians!?
Yes. Let's all play Rockband! Hit those notes! Improvisation is wrong! Your points will go down very quickly and everyone will laugh at your low score at the game over screen!
"=D"
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Forum: General Discussion
05-20-2011, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,038
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Forum: General Discussion
04-22-2011, 09:14 PM
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Replies: 380
Views: 53,475
Re: Dream Theater's new drummer
I don't like Dream Theater at all but since I kind of like watching Idol & similar reality shows (please don't shoot me, some people still smoke tobacco, I don't) when I can't do anything else that...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-22-2011, 11:40 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,284
Re: Mastering the Tables Of Time
Yes, one of my favourite books. I don't necessarily practice the exact exercises in the book daily but I try to apply the time table 'system' to almost everything I practice. I plan to go through...
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Forum: Drum Technique
04-21-2011, 11:30 AM
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Replies: 123
Views: 7,656
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Forum: Drum Technique
04-19-2011, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,065
Re: A humble plea to help a beginner....
Um..? I have heard buzz roll has many synonyms (crush roll, closed roll, multiple bounce roll) but I have never heard it called a ruff. A ruff is a ruff (four stroke, three stroke...).
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Forum: General Discussion
04-11-2011, 01:26 PM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,135
Re: E-drums too loud for neighbor
First be friendly with your neighbor and talk with him/her about the issue, be polite always. Then isolate your kit from the floor with a platform. Add other kinds of sound isolation if necessary....
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Forum: Drum Technique
04-11-2011, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 123
Views: 7,656
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Forum: Drum Technique
04-08-2011, 07:57 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,336
Re: Help with soloing in 7
For me easiest way to do anything in odd times, be it manipulating a groove or soloing, I find it A LOT easier if I sing the melody or the 'skeleton' rhythm in my head while doing it and always try...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2011, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 124
Views: 9,098
Re: Are you sick of the term "POCKET DRUMMER"?
Both you and SickRick have had your technique phases. So do you think you would have been even better if you hadn't had that and only focused on the groove to begin with?
But I don't know, maybe...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2011, 02:32 PM
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Replies: 104
Views: 5,468
Re: Just found this on Wiki, wtf?
I know this old saying, it's about university politics but I think we can replace it with music forums: "There's nothing as dangerous as music forums, because the stakes are so low."
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2011, 12:16 PM
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Replies: 124
Views: 9,098
Re: Are you sick of the term "POCKET DRUMMER"?
Yes, I agree, combination exercises are the way to go. When I practice rudiments on a pad, I always play some kind of groove with my legs (the rudimental ritual style) to keep it linked to some kind...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2011, 10:47 AM
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Replies: 124
Views: 9,098
Re: Are you sick of the term "POCKET DRUMMER"?
Yes, forgot to mention that part. Although I'm not sure about you catching up with him. To you it may seem easier that way because the difference might not be easily heard by anyone. But same holds...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2011, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 124
Views: 9,098
Re: Are you sick of the term "POCKET DRUMMER"?
I guess it's fair enough to shoot me with that semantic cannon since I'm doing it too. =P Yeah, English isn't my first language but I think I got my point across anyways. (*hiding behind the language...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2011, 10:12 AM
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Replies: 124
Views: 9,098
Re: Are you sick of the term "POCKET DRUMMER"?
I still see it like this: you have 2-3 years of technique and 15 years of groove playing practiced in to you. But you couldn't play like someone who has practiced 15 years of technique and only 2-3...
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Forum: General Discussion
04-04-2011, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 124
Views: 9,098
Re: Are you sick of the term "POCKET DRUMMER"?
(Matt said it all but I need my place to vent too =P)
First 'overplaying' and now 'pocket playing'. Seriously? Can't you see they are the opposite ends of the imaginary spectrum some jealous /...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-31-2011, 09:56 AM
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Replies: 61
Views: 3,253
Re: Playing exactly...
I'm always very disappointed if I have paid to see a band and all I hear is the same thing I could be listening to at home from the record for "free". Needless to say I'm not going to see many cover...
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Forum: Drum Technique
03-30-2011, 08:17 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,224
Re: speed issues
I can't play them cleanly @ 250bpm but I can play them cleanly @ 50bpm. Does that prove you wrong? I think the important thing is to clean the entire tempo range you are using, preferably using...
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Forum: General Discussion
03-29-2011, 01:45 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 5,893
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Forum: General Discussion
03-29-2011, 01:12 PM
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Replies: 85
Views: 5,893
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Forum: General Discussion
03-29-2011, 10:46 AM
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Replies: 85
Views: 5,893
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