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Greetings folks, after many a moon! Hope y'all are very merry during the silly season!
Had a really interesting revelation thanks to a conversation I had recently and I thought I'd share it with everyone.
A good drummer friend of mine is currently doing a multi-city world tour with one of the biggest names in jazz fusion guitar.
Recently he confided in me that it was physically a very challenging gig, where every night, the energy spent feels close to playing a 1 1/2 hr drum solo, back to back.
Much of the set is seriously uptempo. Add to that many solos... so yes, lotsa sweat, some leg cramps, aching hands, sore left wrist etc...
So he's discovered a via media. He shows me this grip where he holds the left hand stick between his index and middle finger knuckles ( sort of like a cigarette, only higher on the fingers ) with the butt of the stick sitting against the rear palm of his hand. So when he's comping he often resorts to this grip which, incredibly & completely relaxes his left hand and yet doesn't really inhibit his playing in any way. A power drummer's version of cruise-control..?
So, I tried it. And voila, yes, theres not really much that I cant do with this grip that I could otherwise ( matched or very occasionally, trad ). The hand remains in its most natural position.
Have any of you heard of this ? tried it? thoughts?
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Greetings folks, after many a moon! Hope y'all are very merry during the silly season!
Had a really interesting revelation thanks to a conversation I had recently and I thought I'd share it with everyone.
A good drummer friend of mine is currently doing a multi-city world tour with one of the biggest names in jazz fusion guitar.
Recently he confided in me that it was physically a very challenging gig, where every night, the energy spent feels close to playing a 1 1/2 hr drum solo, back to back.
Much of the set is seriously uptempo. Add to that many solos... so yes, lotsa sweat, some leg cramps, aching hands, sore left wrist etc...
So he's discovered a via media. He shows me this grip where he holds the left hand stick between his index and middle finger knuckles ( sort of like a cigarette, only higher on the fingers ) with the butt of the stick sitting against the rear palm of his hand. So when he's comping he often resorts to this grip which, incredibly & completely relaxes his left hand and yet doesn't really inhibit his playing in any way. A power drummer's version of cruise-control..?
So, I tried it. And voila, yes, theres not really much that I cant do with this grip that I could otherwise ( matched or very occasionally, trad ). The hand remains in its most natural position.
Have any of you heard of this ? tried it? thoughts?
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