Derek Roddy here!

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hey bro....Had a great hang at PPC....will you still be in London after the 24rrth?

You BA you!
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EDIT: A few videos are online now at meinlcymbals.com !

Hi there. I´ve been at the Meinl Drum Festival too and had a blast. Drove almost 11 hours to see Chris Adler and Derek Roddy, of course. ;-) Awesome performance and a really nice, friendly guy.
Bernhard was given the first Meinl Achievment Award for his duty on drummerworld.com. Again, congrats Bernhard !

So, here are some pics ...
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Can´t wait to see some video footage.
 
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Derek your kit is so amazing it makes me cry looking at it haha.

I just bought the Sonor Force 2007 Fusion model kit, with Sabian B8 cymbal pack. Its pretty nice :)

What are your thoughts on that kit?
 
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Wow, that´s great. Have to import it though but I guess It´ll be worth it. Is he on the cover of that issue ?!
 
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I had never heard Derek play until today. I now have a new respect for metal drumming.This guy is playing at speeds I didn't think were humanly possible. I'm going to practice a few of his exercises. Phew!
 
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Got Dereks book yesterday in the mail. Really looked forward to this and I´m way more surprised as I thought I would be.

I love Jason Bittners book, but if I have to make a decision, I´d definately pick Dereks.

The CD rules, every lesson in the book is well, short played on the cd.
The 3 play-along tracks are killer, now I know what he played at meinl ! ^^

It´s too bad that the most music stores over here in germany are not able to order it, to my luck I found it on ebay.
 
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Thank YOU D. !

*cough* Could you do something to activate my account ? *cough*

I'll check into it for ya.
Mike ( the webmaster) has to enter them all by hand now (because of spammers)
I'm getting so many members now that he's having a hard time keeping up with it.
I'll let you know or it could just be a few more days.
Sorry about that.
Cheers.
D.
 
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Not a problem, of course I can wait a few days. If Mike´s a drummer it would suck to loose the fingers because of typing with 800 beats per button ! ;-P
 
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Derek Roddy + Metal= some of the best drumming ever.
 
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Does Derek Roddy use triggers? Or does he EQ his tracks alot?

They're pretty crisp because they pick up every stroke he takes.

And he takes ALOT of strokes.
 
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I don't know if this has been covered already but does Derek blast with 1 foot or two feet? The reason I'm asking is because I saw a few videos of george kollias doing a clinic and he said in a few of those videos that he think blasting with two feet is cheating. I can't help but think that this guy has a bit of an ego. Like he's racing with other drummers? Last time I checked, music was not a race. If someone blasts with 2 feet, it's easier to do than a single foot blast. Because of triggers, the result is the same. I just think that the single foot blast is a way of saying "I'm better than you". at least thats how george kollias makes it seem.
 
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