Hi guys, new drummer here (but musician for nearing 30 years). I recently bought a set of eDrums (Roland RD-17KVX2) just to jam around on and have some fun and get a little more active while learning songs for my cover band (familiarizing, really, since I'm the bass player). While I have no plans to every play drums for a band, I'm still interested in learning and getting good for my own satisfaction.
Anyway, all my life, I've had this thing where if I'm sitting down, I'm shaking my knee (more so the right one, but sometimes the left; never both at the same time; but it's like playing heels-up kick or hi-hat). It's cathartic, I guess and just a habit; I don't even realize I'm doing it until I look down. But I've found that this tends to leak into my playing. It's nearly impossible to just play a single kick (with either leg) without also having some ghost-noting from my natural knee bounce.
Is this just something I'm going to have to train out of myself? I also wonder if it's the angle; I've read/watched that the angle of the foot pedals should be a little greater than 90 degrees, but I'm wondering if it might be better to lower the throne so I'm at or below 90 degrees?
Can anyone who's witnessed or experienced this chime in and offer any suggestions? Granted, I've only had my drums put together for about 3 days and I don't expect perfection (at least until next week), but I want to try to nip any bad habits I might be developing in the bud; I just don't know if this is something that will go away with slow, deliberate practice to make singular, deliberate hits each note or if this is something physiological that might require increased intervention to address.
Anyway, all my life, I've had this thing where if I'm sitting down, I'm shaking my knee (more so the right one, but sometimes the left; never both at the same time; but it's like playing heels-up kick or hi-hat). It's cathartic, I guess and just a habit; I don't even realize I'm doing it until I look down. But I've found that this tends to leak into my playing. It's nearly impossible to just play a single kick (with either leg) without also having some ghost-noting from my natural knee bounce.
Is this just something I'm going to have to train out of myself? I also wonder if it's the angle; I've read/watched that the angle of the foot pedals should be a little greater than 90 degrees, but I'm wondering if it might be better to lower the throne so I'm at or below 90 degrees?
Can anyone who's witnessed or experienced this chime in and offer any suggestions? Granted, I've only had my drums put together for about 3 days and I don't expect perfection (at least until next week), but I want to try to nip any bad habits I might be developing in the bud; I just don't know if this is something that will go away with slow, deliberate practice to make singular, deliberate hits each note or if this is something physiological that might require increased intervention to address.