I established a daily practice routine, but I'm not using rudiments most of the time. My hand technique is limited to single and double stroke rolls at the moment.
I'm focusing on bass drum control for both feet and building up my hand technique and endurance for blast beat practice and playing death metal and similar stuff eventually. I can play slower beats (hardcore and slower heavy stuff) and speed up to 150-160 bpm for a few minutes, sometimes over 200 bpm if you count short blasts and double bass parts. I always use a click when practicing.
I'm ten months into regular daily practice (I think) and I'm fairly green in learning sheet music and such things. I can read sheets enough to understand what I should do with it (bought the Roddy book on blast beats).
I'm self taught if you don't count the youtube stuff you can find online.
So, I see the Stick Control book mentioned many times here and elsewhere. What does it teach a beginner to do? Is it purely a book on rudiments and hand technique and would I benefit from it?
I'm focusing on bass drum control for both feet and building up my hand technique and endurance for blast beat practice and playing death metal and similar stuff eventually. I can play slower beats (hardcore and slower heavy stuff) and speed up to 150-160 bpm for a few minutes, sometimes over 200 bpm if you count short blasts and double bass parts. I always use a click when practicing.
I'm ten months into regular daily practice (I think) and I'm fairly green in learning sheet music and such things. I can read sheets enough to understand what I should do with it (bought the Roddy book on blast beats).
I'm self taught if you don't count the youtube stuff you can find online.
So, I see the Stick Control book mentioned many times here and elsewhere. What does it teach a beginner to do? Is it purely a book on rudiments and hand technique and would I benefit from it?