Since you have been drumming, what is the one thing you have learned that was the Light Bulb, surprise, that made you say, Oh Wow.
You bring up a great point...Playing along to records, and driving a real band, is like the difference between being a passenger in a car ride as opposed to being the one who is doing the driving. Very similar yet very different. One has no responsibility, and the other is responsibilityWhen I started playing I played heel down and relatively quietly. This was fine for playing school band, college gigs, and cabaret. However, the first serious band I played with was a veteran punk band whose guitarist played on 10. I had never experienced anything like it in my life and realised that if I was going to continue down the rock path I had to play with a hell of a lot more power and conviction to get over and drive a real rock band. It’s one thing to play along with records at home at a comfortable volume, but it’s another skill set entirely to drive a rock band. I learned to wear ear plugs after that first rehearsal too!! Protect your ears!!![]()
Who showed you? Could you explain this, in like a lot of detail? How is best determined? The big O?”OH WOW!” after being shown, with modern teaching techniques, that drummers make the best lovers.
my lightbulb must be burned out...
hoping something lights up my world soon
And often should be.A fill can be a simple one bar roll.
This was of one my instructor's several reasons for promoting the heel-up method, which is mostly how he wanted me to execute. I'll go heel-down for select maneuvers, but my heel is up about ninety-eight percent of the time. That goes for the hi-hat pedal too.When I started playing I played heel down and relatively quietly. This was fine for playing school band, college gigs, and cabaret. However, the first serious band I played with was a veteran punk band whose guitarist played on 10. I had never experienced anything like it in my life and realised that if I was going to continue down the rock path I had to play with a hell of a lot more power and conviction to get over and drive a real rock band.
A fill can be a simple one bar roll.
Yup, I moved to heel up too but play both ways, mainly heel up on kicks and a combo of up and down on the hats…This was of one my instructor's several reasons for promoting the heel-up method, which is mostly how he wanted me to execute. I'll go heel-down for select maneuvers, but my heel is up about ninety-eight percent of the time. That goes for the hi-hat pedal too.