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Post by thisDevice on May 1, 2004 1:08:06 GMT -4
Sorry your forum is full of nonsense, and lacking much of anything drum related... If I were a pro drummer like yourself I would chat it up with you. I've been playing for 5 years total, but there was a 2 year break somewhere in there, don't ask me what i was thinking... Anyhow, I've been in 3 different bands now with alot of variety, and a couple that were actually talented. When I first started I was in a creed-smack inspired nu-rock band... After that I took those next two years off. Then I was approached by an aquaintance that needed a drummer, I decided to dust off the skins and join Robby Hellfire and the 500 Club, we were a rock-n-roll fused 80's punk band, with a Cramps-esque vocalist. That was alot of fun, then Robby got married. Now I'm in a band that's not unlike yours, we're called This Device, we don't have a piano, or a female vocalist, but we do take a softer approach to our emotional music. Wow, I rattled on for awhile there, the point of the story is, I've been playing for 5 years and still consider myself a novice... my left hand rarely leaves the snare drum... I've managed to fool alot of people, done tons of shows, and even a few recordings without anything but compliments, but my skills have topped out, and I know nothing about rudimentary drumming, do you think it is too late to go back and try to teach myself some rudiments after 5 years of developing my own style?  |
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Post by Thrill Kill Will on May 2, 2004 14:58:14 GMT -4
NEVER
never never never never never nevernever never never nevernever never never never never never
get the point?
never too late, never ever.
(well ...i hope so, other wise i'm screwed because i've got about 13 years of rudiments to do)
get a pair of sticks, could try a larger size or flip them around to work the wrists, and get cracking. work on paradiddles and double-paras (doubles i find more fun because you can swing them in a 3/4 sorta triplet feel). do single stroke and double stroke rolls, not crushed/pressed rolls, but like 16th note patterns. double strokes will help that left hand soo much. i like to do simple triplet stuff to work the left hand = R-L-L-R-L-L. do it while you're watching tv, or on the train or waiting someplace. try it on the kit too, turn rudiments into little beats. or break up the monotony by playing a short beat then doing a long rudiment fill, then back to the beat and so forth. whatever keeps you practicing is golden. don't expect results in 3 days. but try it for a month and you might be surprised to feel how much more comfortable that left hand is.
also try throwing your left hand on the hihat and your right on the snare, play open handed, do 8ths and 16ths on the HH like that and you'll FEEL it. that's a work out.
good luck!
and if something works for you, post about it, maybe you'll help someone else!
-will
ps - for a 2 week old forum i think we're doing ok with drum talk!
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