Vic_Rattledeth
Senior Member
Derrick, you are my idol. Awesome vid....even better then thomas langs stick tricks I must say.
djp132 said:Thanks for the compliments Rick, I've enjoyed your Drummer Essentials series as well!
Much appreciated Fanagel. Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers, that means a lot to me.
http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14867Jonny the Drummer said:those are so helpful. But I noticed that foot pedals are too small for the heel/toe and I have to take out that toe stopper if I'm wearing shoes. I only wear a size 8 but im 13. Even if I take out the toe stopper it still doesnt work. Anyways, It works great when I have no shoes on like you had in the video..
darkcherryfade said:I'm also very thankful for these videos and I give both Derrick and Tim Waterson props for being cool enough to share such great technique explanations with us without the slightest hint of selfishness involved.
Gethin said:Hi Derrick,
Hope you are feeling better..
great vids! you certainly have a great way of explaining things.
I do have a question though, with the heel toe, are you doing R heel, L heel, R toe, L toe, or R heel, R toe, L heel, L toe?
I also got confused with the jump from moeller, to triplets with moeller, but i'll work on the basics first anyway heheh..
great work, i also look forward to your next vid =)
Mike Newland said:What's always mystified me was what sticking pattern drummers of the more jazz soul end use to play fast fills and solos. Singles doubles what? You can't easily see unless you are two feet away. I was watching Martin Drew the other night from near the stage, from example, and could not figger it.
Having experimented following listening to Derrick's really excellent video a few weeks ago I suggest the following as a common practical use for Moeller. Maybe I'm the only person in the world not to have worked this out so if so please forgive my stupidity.
Say you want to play a passage on the snare with a mixture of 16ths followed by 16th triplets. Da da da da diddly diddly diddly crash sort of thing. Then you can play the 16ths hand to hand LR LR but when you want to move to the triplets your hands now move at HALF THE SPEED playing downward eighths LR LR with three beats produced from each downward movement by Moeller thus getting 16th triplets. Thus the faster notes require less effort than the slower ones! Your hands are moving at half the speed. It's very satisfying that it gets easier when you go faster. As Derrick says, the top players seem to get more relaxed the faster they go.
This also gives, it seems to me, the right sort of feel for jazzy souly pieces.