Forum: Drummers
03-17-2013, 05:16 PM
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Replies: 136
Views: 18,771
Re: Steve Smith
I love Steve's style. Through all his different "phases" and transformations, his melodic, smooth style is always there. He's definitely a big influence on my playing.
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Forum: Drummers
03-10-2012, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 207
Views: 54,262
Re: Alex Van Halen
Alex's drumming on the new Van Halen record absolutely slays me. This is, by far, the "heaviest" Van Halen record and Al does a bang-up job (pun intended) kicking these songs into high-gear. Nearly...
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Forum: Drum Technique
08-14-2009, 09:20 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,336
Re: Faarily New Drummer, Pain.
If your technique is sound, you shouldn't have pain.
How can we diagnose your problem, if we can't watch how you play?
Make a video, if you can, and post it.
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Forum: Drum Technique
08-13-2009, 04:37 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,157
Re: German Grip
I will have to interject that Jim was an AWESOME teacher and an even more AWESOME player. He teaches German grip in a very sound and quality way. I just have evolved my own style away from that in...
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Forum: Drum Technique
08-13-2009, 03:01 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,157
Re: German Grip
I can simplify a response by stating that, if it moves easily and with more range of motion and less stress on muscles or tendons/ligaments, it's probably a natural motion. In French-style, it's...
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Forum: Drum Technique
08-12-2009, 03:52 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,157
Re: German Grip
I think that wrist techniques are poorly taught, as a rule, in lots of drum lines. I was even "taught" that tight German grip by Jim Riley (Rascal Flatts, etc), but I eventually moved towards a more...
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Forum: Drum Technique
08-11-2009, 03:35 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 2,157
Re: German Grip
I know a lot of these guys like that "closed gap" thing, but it goes against your body. When you clench your thumb and index together, it tightens the muscles and restricts movement. Why on Earth...
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Forum: Drum Technique
08-02-2009, 10:37 PM
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Replies: 102
Views: 8,984
Re: Is Jazz Holding Me Back?
Just my $.02 ...
"Jazz" is not a person, nor a living entity. It is an abstract concept.
IT in and of itself, cannot do anything to you, including "hold you back".
You are in 110% control...
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Forum: Drum Technique
08-02-2009, 08:43 AM
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Replies: 21
Views: 4,925
Re: Left Side Floor Tom
I like using my 13" tom for a left-side guy. It's too big to be a rack tom and it just sits around not doing much, so I put it on the left. Since I use trad almost all the time, it's a...
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Forum: Drum Technique
07-23-2009, 10:54 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,189
Re: Dropping sticks and recovery
Practice one-handed for a while. If you can keep beats going and produce interesting fills with either hand, sans the other, dropping a stick shouldn't be a problem. Most of the time, it's the...
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Forum: Drum Technique
07-14-2009, 05:25 AM
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Replies: 27
Views: 6,449
Re: Need Help!! Shuffle Songs
Well, that's not what I was inferring. The right hand still "shuffles" when playing a full-on blues shuffle. The point is, a half-time Purdie shuffle will be encountered once in a blue moon,...
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Forum: Drum Technique
07-13-2009, 11:56 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 6,449
Re: Need Help!! Shuffle Songs
I'm just curious how often (aside from covering Rosanna or writing your own song with such a beat) does that groove actually come into play in real gigs?
Not that I'm opposed to learning it, but...
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Forum: Drum Technique
07-09-2009, 10:00 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 6,449
Re: Need Help!! Shuffle Songs
Black Friday by Steely Dan is a good basic blues shuffle, played well.
A good blues record primer in quality shuffles is "From the Cradle" by Clapton.
A great rock example is Easy Livin' by...
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Forum: Drum Technique
07-09-2009, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,743
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Forum: Drum Technique
07-09-2009, 09:14 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,865
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Forum: Drum Technique
07-09-2009, 08:26 AM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,865
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Forum: Drum Technique
07-09-2009, 08:22 AM
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Replies: 28
Views: 2,743
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-30-2009, 10:06 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,929
Re: Stopping bass pedal rebounds
You probably "bury the beater", right? Regardless of the head and tuning, it's probably a good idea to re-invent your bass technique so you can release the beater off the head by choice. That way,...
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-29-2009, 07:21 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,978
Re: Question about traditional grip
You would gain the ability to use traditional grip... ;) Seriously, I found my backbeats are "fatter". I can use mostly the fulcrum and a little wrist, for a "fatback" R&B kind of thing and it just...
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-26-2009, 01:18 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 2,035
Re: hitting two crashes at the same time?
It's just a music video. The kit was probably just a prop and not his actual kit.
Dave used a variety of different cymbals over the years. Earlier with Nirvana, he used mostly whatever he could...
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-19-2009, 04:38 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,864
Re: Drum Grip- keeping the opening in your hand
Bonham used a French-style grip, which makes THAT impossible to close the "gap", so I think you need to look harder.
"Closing the gap" typically tightens the muscles around the thumb, making your...
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-17-2009, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 8,545
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-15-2009, 03:48 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,451
Re: Trad Advice
I agree with all of that, but it still does not prove your semantic argument.
All "notes" have a rhythmic value of some kind, a dynamic value and there is no specified difference that makes one...
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-14-2009, 06:30 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,451
Re: Trad Advice
If you play "open-handed", where you are using mostly the crotch of the thumb to facilitate the movement(Jack DeJohnette style), rather than the fingers, you have an incredible range of motion not...
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Forum: Drum Technique
06-14-2009, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,451
Re: Trad Advice
The primary difference (at as far as fingers go) is the fact that matched grip pulls the stick into the hand behind the fulcrum, whereas traditional pushes the stick downward in front of the fulcrum....
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